Donahue Speaks at AUSA Coffee Series

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Gen. Christopher Donahue meets with soldiers in the field.
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Donahue Speaks at AUSA Coffee Series

Gen. Christopher Donahue, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, will speak June 25 as part of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Coffee Series.

The event will take place at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The event opens at 6:30 a.m. with registration, coffee and networking. The program is scheduled to begin at 7:15 a.m.

Troops Build Readiness, Partnerships Across Indo-Pacific

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Troops Build Readiness, Partnerships Across Indo-Pacific

American soldiers are building readiness alongside their allies and partners across the Indo-Pacific, a panel of leaders said May 14 during the Association of the U.S. Army’s LANPAC Symposium and Exposition in Honolulu.

“Our No. 1 priority is building warfighting lethality and readiness, and we do that through Operation Pathways throughout the year, with 40 exercises with 20-odd nations,” Lt. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, commanding general of I Corps, said during a panel discussion titled “Shoulder to Shoulder.”

George: Soldiers Embrace, Shape Army Transformation

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade engage simulated opposing forces during Allied Spirit 25 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC), Germany.
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George: Soldiers Embrace, Shape Army Transformation

The Army is gathering insights from its initial transforming in contact brigades and adjusting in real time to shape the future of the force, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said during Defense One’s 2025 State of Defense series.

“In the Army, we like to say they’re only lessons observed, they're not lessons learned until we actually change how we train and operate, change how we organize, and then change how we buy things,” he said. “I think that that's the most exciting thing, is that we're seeing changes in weeks and months, rather than waiting years to advance.”

Army Adds 10 Basic Training Units

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Soldier at basic combat training
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Army Adds 10 Basic Training Units

Buoyed by a resurgence in enlistments after two tough recruiting years, the Army is expanding the number of units that can train new recruits.

Ten additional training units will be established by April and split between basic training sites at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, according to Hunter Rhoades, a spokesman for the Army’s Center for Initial Military Training.

Soldiers Test Next Generation Squad Weapon

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Soldiers test the Next Generation Squad Weapon at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Soldiers Test Next Generation Squad Weapon

About 200 soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division tested the capabilities of the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon system from Sept. 1 to Oct. 30 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

The operational assessment included a range of weapon configurations, force-on-force engagements and static live-fire ranges, according to an Army news release.

Camarillo: Army Already Applying Lessons from Ukraine

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Soldiers conduct live-fire training.
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Camarillo: Army Already Applying Lessons from Ukraine

Some of the lessons learned so far from the war in Ukraine have come into play as the Army considers how it will fight in the Indo-Pacific, Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo said.