Army's Nonprofit Goes Digital: New Online System Speeds Financial Assistance
Army Emergency Relief, the service’s de facto nonprofit, has launched a new online portal that allows soldiers and their families to apply for support without visiting a physical office — a significant digital upgrade aimed at improving speed and access to aid. The online portal allows soldiers across the active duty, National Guard and reserve […]
Black Hawk in Deadly Collision May Have Turned Off Location Monitor, But Trump Blames Air Traffic Control System
President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter last week on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers. He vowed to replace it after NTSB officials told members of Congress that advanced surveillance technology available on the helicopter was turned off. […]
Lawsuit by New Orleans Truck Attack Victims Says City, Contractors Failed to Implement Safety System
Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from an Army veteran who sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street, killing […]
Sending a THAAD Air Defense System to Israel Adds to Strain on US Army Forces
WASHINGTON — The deployment of a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it will add to already difficult strains on the Army’s air defense forces and potential delays in modernizing its missile defense systems, Army leaders said Monday. The service’s top two leaders declined to provide […]
US Will Send a Missile Defense System and Troops to Run it to Israel to Aid Defense Against Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that Defense Secretary […]
Army's Pier System Now Faces Second Watchdog Review After Troubled Gaza Mission
Following the seemingly bungled Army mission establishing a pier off the Gaza Strip to deliver aid to the region, the Pentagon’s internal watchdog has launched an investigation into the service’s capabilities to conduct such a mission. The Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General earlier this month announced that it’s investigating how the military runs […]
VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers
Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially jeopardizing care for other patients including active-duty service members, according to Pentagon investigators. White House officials, senior military and other national security leaders, retired military officers, and family members have all benefited. The […]
A New Army Training System Was Set to Go Live Next Month. But the Switch Is Now Delayed Indefinitely.
The Army was set to launch its new online training platform at the beginning of 2024, retiring the long-maligned Army Learning Management System, or ALMS. But the service says it has delayed the rollout of the new platform indefinitely. ALMS was set to be taken offline Jan. 4 and replaced with the Army Training Information […]
Army Set to Retire Online Training System, Leaving Soldiers with 2-Week Gap in Access
A key tool for the Army’s online training apparatus will be taken offline next month in favor of an updated website, according to the service. The Army Learning Management System, or ALMS, will be taken down at 5 p.m. EST on Jan. 4. Its successor, the Army Training Information System, or ATIS, will launch at […]
‘Last Stop USA’: How the Army Is Trying to Fill in for a Broken Education System
Nearly every student, sitting at desks in Army uniforms at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, had a similar story. The public schools they came from were crumbling: There were holes in the walls, books held together with duct tape, few computers, not enough teachers and failing air conditioning that made paying attention in class impossible in […]