In the race to create new cyber and electronic warfare units for multidomain operations, the Army has not fully assessed the risk involved with creating some of those units at an accelerated pace, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.
Carrying through with a promise made earlier this year, the Total Army Sponsorship Program is expanding for relocating soldiers, civilians and accompanying families.
Under the new rules, the receiving unit must assign sponsors to assist enlisted soldiers who are E-6 and below, those who are chief warrant officer 2 and below, and officers who are O-3 and below. First-term soldiers are required to accept a command sponsor, but other soldiers may decline if they wish.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the proposed U.S. Space Force would have 28,300 to 30,700 positions, with about 23,000 of the military and civilian personnel transferred from the existing military services to the new branch of the armed forces.
The one-time startup cost of the new military department would be as much as $3.2 billion, mostly for office facilities.
A new Defense Department policy bans the use of geolocating features on government and personal devices in operational areas.
While some details will be determined by local commanders, the policy announced Aug. 3 has potentially wide implications, involving phones, fitness trackers and other computer applications that track location, store the information and can potentially be shared with others.
Recent events in Charlottesville serve as a reminder that participation by soldiers in extremist organizations is considered inconsistent with military service.
The Army has shown significant progress in a major readiness issue by significantly reducing a glut of soldiers who are not able to deploy on contingency operations.
“The Army has reduced Total Force nondeployable personnel from 15 percent as of June 2016 to 11.5 percent in March 2017,” Lt. Gen. James C. McConville, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel, told Congress. If soldiers overdue for medical and dental exams were excluded, the nondeployable rate would be 9 percent, he said.
March 29, 2017
A former George W. Bush administration defense official is calling for a complete overhaul of the Defense Department’s civilian personnel system to separate them from other federal workers and to encourage the workforce to be more efficient and better equipped for their jobs.
March 28, 2017
Army leaders have taken action in the wake of a photo-sharing scandal involving images of female Marines.
The Army’s 2-year-old social media policy has been updated to include more direction about online conduct, Maj. Gen. Jason Evans, director of military personnel management for the Army, recently told the House Armed Services Committee.
March 21, 2017
A new Bipartisan Policy Center report indirectly endorses a key mission of the Association of the U.S. Army by calling for better understanding in the American public about the U.S. military.
Jan. 27, 2017
As the Army and the other services carry out congressionally mandated cuts in their civilian workforces, DoD has issued new guidance that makes job performance—not tenure—the primary factor in deciding who will stay and who will be let go.
