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FREE Linkedin Premium for U.S. Military
Cory Boatwright, LinkedIn’s Head of Military & Veteran Program and Partnerships, is proud to announce, in honor of Military Appreciation Month, active-duty U.S. military personnel—whether serving on active duty, in the National Guard, or Reserves—will have access to LinkedIn Premium at no cost while they serve–enabling earlier network and skill building to facilitate smooth transitions […]
S.T.E.P. Suspension
From SMA Michael Weimer: “Effective Immediately (May 15): To meet the CSA’s intent of eliminating training which is redundant, antiquated, or doesn’t support warfighting and lethality, the U.S. Army has determined it will eliminate approximately 346 hours of Distributed Learning Courses for Officers and NCOs. An analysis determined these courses were redundant and/or antiquated when […]
FY24 SSG Fully (& Most) Qualified List
Congratulations to all our SSGs earning Fully Qualified (FQ) & Most Qualified (MQ) Status FY24 SSG Evaluation Board FQ & MQ List
Free (No-Cost or funded) Certifications
You probably already know the U.S. Army funds 100s of certifications with Army Credentialing Assistance (CA), but there are other ways to get FREE (No-cost to you or Funded) Certifications! Institutionally Delivered Credentialing (IDC) is an all-volunteer program endorsed by multiple Commandants based on the needs of the branch and managed locally by the school […]
Army 4-Star Who Pressured Panel to Help Career of Unfit Officer Suspended, Facing Pentagon Investigation
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth suspended one of the service’s top generals Friday after Military.com reporting revealed he may have inappropriately intervened in a service assessment panel‘s work in an attempt to help the career of a subordinate officer who was deemed unfit for command. The case of Gen. Charles Hamilton, who oversees Army Materiel Command, was also referred […]
Army to Slash Thousands of Jobs in Major Revamp to Prepare for Future Wars
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs. The cuts will mainly be […]
Army announces transformation of its recruiting enterprise
With the armed forces facing the most challenging recruiting environment in a generation, the United States Army announced a transformation of its recruiting enterprise. During a Pentagon news conference, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and Chief of Staff of the Army Randy George detailed sweeping changes in how the Army will identify and recruit […]
‘I still have more to give’: Country singer Craig Morgan reenlists in Army at 59
The Army’s recruitment numbers were so dire in the fall that country singer Craig Morgan turned to his friend, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, and told her that he wanted to reenlist. There was one problem: At 58, the Army veteran was only a few years away from the military’s mandatory retirement age of 62. So Blackburn, then a […]
FY23 RA SFC Evaluation Board FQ / MQ List
Congratulations to all those SFCs earning Fully Qualified (FQ) & Most Qualified (MQ). FY23 RA SFC Evaluation Board FQ List FY23 RA SFC Evaluation Board MQ List Want to know your Order of Merit List (OML) Number? Army Career Tacker (CAC required)