ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

Editor’s note: This Noon Report webinar will now take place on March 4.

Lt. Gen. William Graham Jr., the 56th chief of engineers and commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, will speak March 4 during an Association of the U.S. Army webinar.

In February, the Association of the U.S. Army’s “Army Matters” podcast will highlight the incredible stories of a colonel who’s using data to fight the enemy and a veteran who overcame a tough transition to civilian life and now helps others find their way.

Fort Liberty, North Carolina, is being renamed Fort Bragg in honor of Pfc. Roland Bragg, a Silver Star recipient who served during World War II.

Students at Department of Defense schools are leading in fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores, according to a national assessment.

Buoyed by a resurgence in enlistments after two tough recruiting years, the Army is expanding the number of units that can train new recruits.

The Army’s program to enhance soldiers’ readiness through regular mental and physical fitness continues to expand across the force, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said.

The Army has formally established the Command Assessment Program, a centralized screening program meant to strengthen the selection process for battalion and brigade commanders and other leadership positions. 

In a letter to Tricare beneficiaries in the West Region, the director of the Defense Health Agency offered several steps to troubleshoot the transition to the new contractor, TriWest Healthcare Alliance.

Efforts to revitalize professional writing across the force are a “very important part of the fiber of our Army profession,” the commanding general of Army Training and Doctrine Command said.

Retired Gen. Louis Wagner, an emeritus senior fellow for the Association of the U.S. Army and longtime supporter of AUSA programs, died Jan. 24 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He was 93.