The U.S. Army has launched an online training tool that works to give soldiers insight on the selection board’s process.

The service branch said Thursday the tool includes printable training aids and a 49-minute video that defines the Army Department selection board; shows the board’s processes and instructs soldiers on how to prepare for future boards.

The video also includes a mock board segment where soldiers are placed in the position of board members to grade and rate candidates, the Army added.

Tamika DeVeaux-Wallace, noncommissioned officer in charge at the DA Secretariat, said the tool references regulations and concepts to help soldiers build their careers.

Deveaux-Wallace added the video aims to dispel misconceptions that soldiers have on the selection board process.

The DA Secretariat developed the tool through a seven-month period at the human resources command.

Maj. Gen. Carl Mundy III, former deputy commander of the Marine Corps Forces Central Command, has taken a new role as commander of the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Military Times reported Wednesday.

Charlsy Panzino writes Mundy took over the post from Maj. Gen. Joseph Osterman, who will serve as deputy commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, during a ceremony held Tuesday at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Mundy, a 33-year Marine Corps veteran and an infantry officer, served as a battalion commander and chief of a Marine expeditionary unit during his deployment to Iraq.

The Defense Superior Service Medal recipient previously worked as deputy commanding general of I Marine expeditionary force in California and commander of the 5th Marine expeditionary brigade at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.

He also served in other staff assignments with the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Marine Corps office of legislative affairs and the Marine Corps recruit depot in South Carolina.

The U.S. Air Force has established its first remotely piloted aircraft course for electronic combat officers through a collaboration between the 57th Wing, 432nd Wing, 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing and the 26th Weapons Squadron.

The Air Force said Wednesday the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper course works to address a demand to have a certified ECO instruction program for both types of squadrons brought by regulations that dictated every wing or squadron weapons and tactics office have graduated and certified electronic combat pilots.

The 15-day three-phase course covers threat jamming preparation and planning functions, RPA integration into satellite communications during simulated flights and a hands-on tactic, technique and procedure execution in support of airborne RPA flight operations.

Creech and Nellis Air Force Bases have graduated a beta class of five airmen that learned RPA’s use of the electromagnetic spectrum including area of operation non-kinetic threats, radio communications, GPS, remote-split operations and Link 16.

The U.S. Navy and its counterpart in South Korea will continue to jointly conduct oceanographic activities under an extended memorandum of agreement between the two services.

U.S. Navy Oceanographer Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet signed the agreement’s extension to let both countries collaborate on military surveys and oceanographic analysis work, process hydrographic and geo-acoustic data and share information, the Navy said Wednesday.

“The data we collect and share will not only allow us to continue to support multiple naval assets in the region and support our anti-submarine warfare mission, but will help to ensure safety of navigation for our assets operating in the Republic of Korea’s coastal waters,” Gallaudet said.

The Navy Oceanographer advises the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations on oceanography, meteorology, hydrography, precise time, climate change, the Arctic, maritime domain and geospatial and celestial referencing issues.