Army Set to Overhaul Length of Noncommissioned Officer Academies to Cut Costs

Army National Guard’s Infantry Advanced Leaders Course

Army planners are moving toward a sweeping overhaul of the service’s professional military education pipeline for noncommissioned officers, part of an aggressive push to slash costs. The overhaul is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks and primarily aimed at slashing the cost of sending soldiers to school — particularly travel expenses like rental […]

Hegseth Orders Army to Cut Costs by Merging Some Commands and Slashing Jobs

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden

WASHINGTON — The Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 headquarters staff in the Pentagon and shift personnel to units in the field, according to a new memo and U.S. officials familiar with the changes. In a memo released Thursday, […]

Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar

Self-Directed Credentialing Assistance has been added to the Army Credentialing Program.

The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known as Army CA, in a bid to rein in costs that could be one of the most consequential shifts in soldiers’ benefits in years. Introduced force-wide in 2020, Army CA was hailed as a groundbreaking complement to […]