Davis Winkie

The Army’s top NCO suggested that troops who score a 540 or higher on the Army Combat Fitness Test be exempt from body fat screening.

The initiative is one of the most promising efforts the service has to address its recruiting issues. What’s next?

“Survey burden” can occur when populations grow tired of overly complex or frequent surveys, and it can reduce the quality or quantity of responses.

The new fiscal year brings challenges both old and new for the Army — implementation of a new fitness test, concerns over barracks conditions and more.

“We get criticized sometimes for being ‘woke.’ I’m not sure what ‘woke’ means,” the Army secretary said.

The wait continues, with not even a tentative launch date in sight.

The Army’s first-ever civilian tech director has been on the job for two years. What’s next?

There’s no sugarcoating it: all three components of the Army missed their required end strength for fiscal 2022.

Three brigade commanders have been fired there since April 2021.