Bloody 1973 Conflict Offers Lessons for Today’s Army

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Bloody 1973 Conflict Offers Lessons for Today’s Army

As the Army adopts new doctrine for multidomain operations, lessons from the “highly destructive” 1973 Arab-Israeli War offer insights that can be operationalized for today’s force, the authors of a new paper say.

French Announce Planned D-Day Experience

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French Announce Planned D-Day Experience

An ambitious D-Day project has been announced in France to create what is being called a “living tableaux” to retell the history of the Allied landings of World War II and the Battle of Normandy.

Graphic Novel Features Double Medal of Honor Recipient

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Graphic Novel Features Double Medal of Honor Recipient

Capt. Tom Custer, the first soldier in U.S. history to earn two Medals of Honor, is the subject of the latest graphic novel in the Association of the U.S. Army’s series on recipients of the nation’s highest award for valor.

Webinar Highlights Lessons from George Washington

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Webinar Highlights Lessons from George Washington

Retired Lt. Gen. James Dubik, an Association of the U.S. Army senior fellow, will speak June 8 at a webinar hosted by the association.

Part of AUSA’s Noon Report series, the event will begin at noon Eastern. It is free, but registration is required here.

Merrill’s Marauders Recognized With Gold Medal

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Merrill’s Marauders Recognized With Gold Medal

Nearly eight decades after their heroic actions during World War II, the Army’s famed Merrill’s Marauders were honored May 25 during a virtual Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. 

The Marauders “answered the call for the most dangerous missions” and “faced the most brutal conditions in the jungles of Burma,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said during the ceremony.

Trailblazing Buffalo Soldier Promoted 100 Years Later

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Trailblazing Buffalo Soldier Promoted 100 Years Later

More than a century after his death, Charles Young, the first African American colonel in the U.S. Army, was posthumously promoted to brigadier general.

The long overdue recognition took place April 29 at an event hosted by Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, where Young began his Army career and became the third African American to graduate from the academy in 1889.