Articles from Army Magazine, AUSA News, and Headline News relating to the Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting
The Association of the U.S. Army is seeking nominations for the George Catlett Marshall Medal, the association's highest award for distinguished and selfless service.
At its 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition, the Association of the U.S. Army presented for the fourth year its National Partner awards, recognizing organizations that provide outstanding support to the association.
“The National Partner Program is critical to the success of AUSA,” said retired Brig. Gen. Jack Haley, AUSA’s vice president for Membership and Meetings. “We simply could not accomplish our mission to educate, inform and connect America with the Army without the support of our National Partners.”
Army special operations forces are transforming for the future by increasing multidomain capabilities, growing asymmetric lethality and expanding the ability to compete and win in the information space, senior special operations leaders said.
For less than $800, soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division are building drones that are designed to be disposable, the deputy commanding general of the division said.
The Attritable Battlefield Enabler, or ABE 1.01, named after the division’s bald eagle mascot, is yet another advancement soldiers are making as the Army works to adapt and keep up with fast evolving drone warfare.
Amid a global environment that is increasingly volatile, uncertain and complex, Army counterintelligence acts as an important “frontline defense,” said Lt. Gen. Anthony Hale, deputy Army chief of staff for intelligence, G-2.
The Army needs help from industry as it works to streamline its sustainment processes and become a more datacentric organization, a senior Army leader said.
“Data is no longer just a support function, it’s central to everything we do,” Lt. Gen. Chris Mohan, acting commander and deputy commanding general of Army Materiel Command, said earlier this year. “Our focus on [advanced analytics and artificial intelligence] is about empowering our people to make smarter, faster decisions and deliver readiness with greater efficiency.”
Several months ago, the 1st Theater Sustainment Command-Forward was in a bind. One of its Patriots in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility was down as a result of a broken hydraulic hose. With the replacement part’s lead time at 900 days, the unit called Army Materiel Command for help.
The ability to take risks in combat starts with building trust at home station, according to the 75th Ranger Regiment’s command team, who addressed a session on leadership at the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Richard “Rick” Merritt, a veteran of more than 36 years of service, 25 of which he spent in the 75th Ranger Regiment, was named Honorary Sergeant Major of the Army during the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition.
“This is special,” Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer said as he introduced Merritt on Oct. 15 at the conclusion of a professional development forum he hosted.
Transforming to mobile brigade combat teams. Fielding the M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle. Delivering Next-Generation Command and Control to a division. Launching from the Artillery Execution Suite. Establishing Joint Interagency Task Force 401 for counter-unmanned aerial system warfare. The list goes on.
