Articles from Army Magazine, AUSA News, and Headline News relating to the Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting
Concerned about the higher number of training and operations days many of its citizen-soldiers are racking up on the road to readiness, the Army National Guard is reviewing its policy on the requirements that have been in place for years.
The Army's new physical fitness test significantly raises the bar for combat readiness, officials said Oct. 8 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.
The Army’s achievements in cyber operations, and the challenges it will face in the future, were the focus of a talk at the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition Warrior’s Corner. Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee, military deputy to the Chief Information Officer, G-6, on the Army Staff, reminded the audience that they “can’t watch the news today without something happening in cyber."
The 2018 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., included a U.S. Army Futures Command panel presentation, in which representatives from multiple communities of interest presented an overflow crowd with their perspectives on the new command, some early command accomplishments, and the way forward.
“We’ve been doing a lot of talking and we have made a lot of decisions in the last year,” said Undersecretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy. “And much of how we will be successful in the future is how we work with industry and Congress as we proceed forward.”
The winners of the U.S. Army Best Warrior Competition were announced Oct. 8 during the Sergeant Major of the Army Awards Luncheon at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.
The 2018 Soldier of the Year is Cpl. Matthew Hagensick, 75th Ranger Regiment, and the NCO of the Year is Sgt. 1st Class Sean Acosta, 1st Special Warfare Training Group.
Speaking in the Warriors Corner venue at the 2018 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington D.C., Brig. Gen. John B. Richardson, director of Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, G-3/5/7, outlined the evolution and current vision for Army Reserve mobilization planning.
Richardson began by offering a historical perspective of reserve mobilization thinking in the years between Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm, noting the mandates of the current National Military Strategy/National Defense Strategy called for a new way to view mobilization.
The Patton Veterans Project aims to help veterans coping with post-traumatic stress by teaching them to make short, collaborative films about their service experiences, the group’s founder said at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.
“The real test is the transformative process” said Patton’s Veterans Project (PVP) founder Ben Patton, the grandson of famed World War II military commander Gen. George S. Patton. “Can we get the veterans to invest in their own recovery?”
After years of tight budgets and advances by adversaries that have eroded the U.S. competitive advantage, the Army is “moving out” to reform itself and to modernize to be ready to fight and win any future war, Army Secretary Mark T. Esper said Oct. 8.
The Association of the U.S. Army is a growing organization in numbers and influence, its president and CEO said at an Oct. 7 dinner with chapter presidents.
Gen. Carter F. Ham said AUSA has more than 132,000 members today, up from 75,000 one year ago, calling it a “team of teams” because part of the growth has been in combining power and weight of association partners.
“Together we are voices that are exceedingly powerful from the Pentagon to the halls of Congress to the communities across the nation,” Ham said.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey kicked off this year’s Battle Challenge by leading the pack of some 60 competitors on a maneuver obstacle course designed to test physical stamina and tactical skills.
Now in its second year at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., the Battle Challenge has replaced the sergeant major of the Army’s traditional run and breakfast once hosted for soldiers and NCOs attending the meeting.
