Army Seeks 250 Officers to Transfer Branches

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Army Seeks 250 Officers to Transfer Branches

In a bid to rebalance the force, the Army is seeking about 250 infantry and armor lieutenants to apply for voluntary branch transfer into the adjutant general, finance or signal corps.

The offer from Army Human Resources Command applies to infantry and armor lieutenants in year group 2021.

History-making Selection for 7th ID

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Maj. Gen. Michelle Schmidt
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History-making Selection for 7th ID

A career military intelligence officer with numerous combat deployments, including with the Army’s most elite special operations forces, has been selected for another trailblazing assignment.

Maj. Gen. Michelle Schmidt will command the 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, making her the first woman to lead one of the Army’s active-duty maneuver divisions.

Legendary Ranger, Veteran of 3 Wars Dies

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Retired Lt. Gen. David Grange at a Ranger School graduation.
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Legendary Ranger, Veteran of 3 Wars Dies

Retired Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Jr., a decorated veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam and the revered namesake of the Army’s Best Ranger Competition, died Sept. 11. He was 97.

Investing in Warfighters is Army Priority

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Investing in Warfighters is Army Priority

As the Army pursues its most ambitious modernization effort in decades, people remain at the center of everything, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said.

“The thing about warfighting is it’s not just about equipment,” McConville said July 28 during the Association of the U.S. Army’s inaugural Warfighter Summit and Exposition near Fort Bragg, North Carolina. “You can’t execute strategy, you can’t execute plans, unless you have great squads, platoons and companies, because they’re the ones who actually do it.”

New Platform Adds Speed, Lethality to Infantry Units

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New Platform Adds Speed, Lethality to Infantry Units

The authors of a new paper published by the Association of the U.S. Army argue that investing in the Mobile Protected Firepower platform will keep soldiers in the fight while returning “shock effect” to infantry brigade combat teams.