The Army has cleared three companies to bid on the service’s plan to outsource initial helicopter pilot training, despite some lawmakers’ reservations about the idea.

The Training Management Directorate (TMD) published the third in a series of Training Circulars (TCs) to further amplify subjects introduced and discussed in training doctrine publications ADP 7-0 and ...

Figure 1. A 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Long Knife" Trooper qualifying on their M240 at Fort Riley, Kansas (Photo by author) A wise mentor told me that command­ers are responsible for ...

As the Army appears to be turning the corner in its years-long recruiting challenges, two new boot camp sites will start creating even more soldiers this fall. Basic combat training at Fort Sill, ...

The US Army is considering a new basic training system for its helicopter pilots to potentially replace its UH-72 Lakota aircraft. The first of 18 Airbus UH-72B Lakota helicopters (above) was ...