Gen. Mark Milley was inducted into office as the new U.S. Army chief of staff at a ceremony in Fort Myer, Virginia on Friday, Army Times reported. Milley takes over from Gen. Ray Odierno, who has retired after nearly 40 years in service, Michelle Tan reports. During the swearing-in event, Milley reiterated his intentions to keep …
Read More »Gen. Ray Odierno: Army Should Continue Push for Situational Awareness, Unmanned Tech Programs
Outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno told reporters Wednesday he wants the military service to continue its efforts to develop information processing, unmanned and autonomous technologies, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. “We have programs in place to do that, but we have to continue to push on those …
Read More »Gen. Ray Odierno’s Facebook Town Hall Tackles Retirement Pay, Ranger School Admission Issues
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno has said that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is in talks with Congress to repeal the proposed caps on cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act, the Army website reported Wednesday. He said during a Facebook town hall that efforts are …
Read More »Gen. Ray Odierno: Army Wants New Tech for Ground Tactical Vehicles
The U.S. Army has tapped BAE Systems and General Dynamics to help decide if the military branch will upgrade or replace its existing fleet of Bradley combat vehicles, Defense News reported Monday. Joe Gould writes the companies were awarded $28 million each to design and assess technologies for the Future …
Read More »Gen. Ray Odierno: Army Eyes New Combat Vehicle Development Programs
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno has said the military branch is looking to build four types of ground combat vehicle over the next two years, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes the Army wants an air droppable off-road truck, a scout car, a light tank and an …
Read More »Gen. Mark Milley Nominated Army Chief of Staff, John Richardson Picked for Navy CNO Role
Gen. Mark Milley, commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Gen. Ray Odierno as the military branch’s chief of staff, DoD News reported Wednesday. DoD News reports U.S. Navy Adm. John Richardson, currently director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, has …
Read More »Army Rolls Out Mobile Access to Training Network; Charlie Ostrand Comments
The U.S. Army has implemented mobile access to the service’s training network with a username and password in a move to transition from the common access card protocol. Soldiers can sign up for a username and password through the defense manpower data center from the Army training network homepage, the …
Read More »John McHugh, Ray Odierno Point to Acquisition Reforms Amid Tight Budgets
U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno have highlighted the service’s continued efforts to reform its acquisition process and facilitate efficiency and oversight amid reduced budgets. “We take stewardship very seriously,” McHugh told the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing, according to a report published Wednesday on the Army website. …
Read More »Ray Odierno, John McHugh Preview Army Service Contract Cuts
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno and Secretary John McHugh have announced that the Army is in the process of cutting its spending on services contracts to drive efficiency, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jared Serbu writes that the contract spending cuts could continue over the next three years and would add to other reductions …
Read More »Ray Odierno: British Defense Spending Cuts Could Affect UK, US Joint Operations
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno has warned that steep cuts to the U.K.’s defense budget could affect the British military’s ability to collaborate with U.S. troops in future campaigns, the Daily Telegraph reported Monday. Con Coughlin and Steven Swinford write Odierno said the U.S. Defense Department needs …
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