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  • U.S. Army authorizes combat patch for service in Somalia February 28, 2020
  • Army aggressively moves forward on OMFV, seeks industry input on path forward February 7, 2020
  • Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy, other service secretaries, meet with housing executives February 6, 2020
  • Army announces new Aviation Incentive Pay rates January 31, 2020
  • Army begins movement for Defender-Europe 20 exercise January 21, 2020
  • U.S. Army withdraws Water Supply Rule January 21, 2020
  • Army announces upcoming 10th Mountain Division Headquarters unit rotation January 17, 2020
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  • Army Staff Sgt. Danny Hanson reapplies face paint during an exercise, Jan. 13, 2020 at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La.

    Face paint

  • U.S. Army Reserve Alaska and 82nd Airborne Soldiers prepare for Japanese Forces' annual New Year Jump aboard a C-130J Super Hercules out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2020.

    Yokota Friendship Jump

  • Lt. Col. Connie Opsal (right), with the Oregon National Guard Biathlon Team, engages her targets during the 2020 National Guard Biathlon Western Regionals in Utah, Jan. 11, 2020.

    Biathlon regionals

  • An Army paratrooper lands after jumping out off a C-160 in Alzey, Germany, Dec. 18, 2019, during a multinational training exercise.

    Wind Blown

  • Service members assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington conduct a Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 211th birthday at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2020.

    Lincoln's 211th birthday

  • Soldiers from the 1-25th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion unload an AH-64 Apache from a C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 12, 2020, at the Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, La.

    AH-64 Apache

  • U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers use snowshoes to summit Monte Specie while conducting search, rescue and recovery training with alpine instructors from the Italian Army during exercise Alpine Rock in Toblach, Italy, Jan. 10-12, 2020.

    Alpine training

  • Spc. David Rogers, (center) a 19K armor crewman with the Nevada Army National Guard, fires a 40mm training round from an M320 grenade launcher during a training event just north of Las Vegas, Jan. 8, 2020.

    Grenade launchers in action

  • An Army Combat Fitness Test instructor watches Soldiers attempt the new fitness test at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., Nov. 1, 2019.

    ACFT instructor

  • U.S. Army Soldiers conduct a live-fire qualification at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 5, 2019.

    Live-fire qualification

  • The U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus performs for Polish audiences alongside Polish military musicians during several events on their holiday tour in Poznan, Poland, Dec. 17 and 18, 2019.

    Music in Poland

  • Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams renders a salute during the playing of the National Anthem before the 2019 Army Navy Game in Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 2019.

    Williams Salute

  • Army Capt. Collenn O'Conner follows contamination procedures during a simulated chemical attack as part of an Expert Field Medical Badge test in Baumholder, Germany, Dec. 16, 2019.

    Smoky surroundings

  • Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Couillou gathers up his parachute after a jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 11, 2019.

    Parachute pack

  • Veterans of World War II attend a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge at the Mardasson Memorial near Bastogne, Belgium, Dec. 16, 2019.

    Mardasson Memorial

  • U.S. Army Soldiers with the New Jersey Army National Guard are reunited with their Families and friends after a welcome home ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Westfield, N.J., Dec. 12, 2019. The Soldiers, who are part of New Jersey's 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, served in support of Operation Spartan Shield in Jordan.

    Welcome Home

  • U.S. Army Alaska and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson leaders, along with Gold Star Families and community members, remember the fallen and honor military veterans as part of Wreaths Across America, Dec. 14, at Fort Richardson National Cemetery. Following the ceremony, they joined community members and volunteers in placing the nearly 4,000 donated wreaths at head stones throughout the cemetery.

    Wreaths Across America

  • 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy personnel prepare to helocast from a UH-60 Black Hawk during a waterborne operations course at Bellows Air Force Station in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Dec. 4, 2019.

    Waterborne Operations Course

  • U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew-chief scans the horizon during a 20 multi-ship air assault to the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Island of Hawaii, Nov. 11, 2019. During the fire support coordination exercise at PTA, the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade is tasked with providing troop-lift, air-assault, and close air support.

    Scanning the horizon

  • Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Regiment conduct tank crew gunnery, Nov. 11, 2019, at the Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho.

    Tank crew gunnery

  • Special Operations Soldiers with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) load a simulated casualty onto a UH-60 Black Hawk at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 21, 2019. The Green Berets used the MCAGCC training areas to refine detachment tactics and prepare for combat operations.

    Green Berets simulated casualty training

  • Paratroopers assigned to 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, advance into the woodline while participating in the unit's Spur Ride in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Nov. 20, 2019. The�Spur Ride�is the only means of joining the Order of the�Spur, aside from a wartime induction. The conduct of a�Spur Ride�varies but it is generally an event held over multiple days during which a trooper must pass a series of physical and mental tests relevant to the Cavalry.

    Spur Ride

  • Soldiers from the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team fire their mortar system in support of operations in Laghman Province, Afghanistan March 5th, 2019. Alpha Troop, 1-108th Cavalry Regiment of 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

    Operations in Afghanistan

  • U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, attach explosives to steel bars while conducting breaching and demolition operations during Exercise Full Tang at Baumholder Training Area in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Nov. 18, 2019.

    Attaching explosives

  • A tank crewman with 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, ground guides his tank in the  Republic of Korea, Nov. 19, 2019, during the battalion's gunnery qualifications. The brigade is on a nine-month rotation in support of 2nd Infantry Division and our Korean allies.

    Gunnery qualifications

  • California Fire Department captain instructs California National Guard service members supporting Joint Task Force Rattlesnake in chainsaw operations at Project Area Highway 44 near Shingletown, Oct. 31, 2019.

    Chainsaw operations

  • Soldiers from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, conduct port operations in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in preparation for their redeployment from their nine month Atlantic Resolve rotation, Oct. 15, 2019.

    Port operations

  • Afghan National Army soldiers with U.S. and Coalition advisors assigned to the 1st Armored Division, prepare to conduct an extraction from a forward outpost during an Afghan-led and executed clearance operation, Sept. 25, 2019, in Southeastern Afghanistan.  Resolute Support is a NATO-led, non-combat mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

    Extraction from a forward outpost

  • Detmer enlisted in the Army during the Korean War. He said he enlisted in part because of his father. His father tried to join the Army during World War II but was turned down because of his age. He felt led to serve for his father's sake. In time Detmer was on a ship heading for Korea. According to Detmer the Army offered soldiers on the ship alternative duty assignments and he chose Germany. He went to Landstuhl and then Kaiserslautern, Germany. He was in the engineering branch. Detmer said the Army taught him discipline, committing to a career and being on time. When he left the Army, he attended Idaho State University and graduated with a degree in Education. He said he eventually landed a job at Bishop Kelly High School, a private Catholic School in Boise. He taught history and coached football, basketball, baseball.

    Steven Detmer, 85, U.S. Army, 1953 -- 55.

  • The top command sergeants major from across the U.S. Army Reserve perform the leg tuck for a practice Army Combat Fitness Test at Fort Eustis, Va., Oct. 25, 2019, during the Army Reserve Senior Enlisted Council. The council is a three-day event hosted by Command Sgt. Maj. Ted Copeland, the U.S. Army Reserve's senior enlisted leader. During the workshop the enlisted leaders tackled various topics that affect Soldiers' readiness, training and professional development. They conducted a practice ACFT as they lead the effort to implement the new test over the next 12 months before it becomes the official fitness test of record across the U.S. Army.

    Leg tuck

  • Kosovo Force Regional Command East Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team hosted an EOD Challenge, Oct. 20, 2019, on Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The challenge required 15, two-person teams to complete an obstacle course for the best time. Each task simulated the physical and mental challenges EOD technicians face in the line of duty.

    EOD Challenge

  • Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams and Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II pose together after the Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2019. Both received the Medal of Honor for actions with the Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 3336, Special Operations Task Force-33, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on April 6, 2008.

  • Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own", and the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Seymour Drovis in Section 57 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 16, 2019.

    Military funeral honors

  • Soldiers test their M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks for the first time at Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 18, during a live-fire accuracy screening test. The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, converted from a Stryker to an armored brigade, June 20 as part of the Army's strategic focus to counter the threat of near-peer adversaries.

    M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks

  • Army 1st Lt. Alexander Clark , right, of the U.S. Armed Forces Men's Soccer Team competes for the ball during a preliminary round match with Qatar for the Council of International Sports 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China Oct. 16, 2019. The CISM games open, Oct. 18, 2019 and close, Oct. 28, 2019.

    U.S. Armed Forces Men's Soccer Team

  • A Soldier engages the enemy in a stress shooting lane during the 2019 HQDA Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Oct. 9, 2019. The Best Warrior Competition represents highly trained, disciplined and physically fit Soldiers from cohesive teams across the Army capable of winning on any battlefield.

    Best Warrior stress shooting lane

  • Trainees had to overcome their fear of heights, negotiate the rappel wall, and multiple rope bridges to complete the event. Overcoming fear and staying committed and focused on the mission at hand is a critical skill for U.S. Army Soldiers, Fort Jackson, S.C., Oct. 4, 2019.

    Rappel Wall

  • A Soldier leaps over an obstacle during the Army Best Medic Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 24, 2019. Twenty-eight two-Soldier teams from all around the world traveled to Washington state to compete in the finals to be named the Army's Best Medic. The competition is a 72-hour arduous test of the teams' physical and mental skills.

    Leaping over obstacle

  • Soldiers from both the ADGPI - Indian Army and U.S. Army forces exchange gifts of gratitude to each other for successfully completing exercise Yudh Abhyas 2019. The joint training is designed to build the two armies joint capacity, and share culture and knowledge to support the Pacific region on Joint Base Lewis--McChord, Wash. Patches, hats, mugs, and flags are some of the gifts exchanged by the enlisted and officers.

    Partnership and friendship

  • An infantryman fires a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle system, Sept. 13, 2019, during a qualification range at Fort Carson, Colorado. The Soldier is assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,

    Shooting recoilless rifle system

  • A Soldier breaches a steel door with an exothermic cutting torch during training in the Republic of Korea. The torch is just one of many tools engineers use to breach obstacles.The Soldier is with 3rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.

    Breaching a steel door

  • U.S. Military Academy cadets go toe-to-toe in the boxing ring during the 2019 Central Area Boxing Rumble in West Point, N.Y., Sept. 20, 2019.

    Cadets boxing tournament

  • Soldiers conduct an intense circuit training course in preparation for the Army Combat Fitness Test, at Fort Sill Okla. They are from 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade.

    Circuit training course

  • Pfc. Roberto Sanchez, prepares radio communications during the 2019 Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Oct. 7, 2019. The Best Warrior Competition represents highly trained, disciplined and physically fit Soldiers from cohesive teams across the Army capable of winning on any battlefield.

    Best Warrior Competition

  • A paratrooper from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, packs his parachute following an airborne jump during exercise Saber Junction 2019, at the Hohenfels Training Area, Sept. 18, 2019. SJ19 is an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Sept. 3 to 30 Sept. 2019.

    Packing parachute

  • U.S. Army paratroopers fire 105mm artillery rounds with an M119A3 Howitzer during Exercise Saber Junction at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 11, 2019. 4-319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment (AFAR), 173rd Airborne Brigade is supporting the brigade's fire support coordination exercise. The FSCX allows command posts from the brigade down to the company to synchronize communications as well as airspace and ground deconfliction to allow rapid and lethal combined arms effect on the enemy.

    Fire support coordination exercise

  • In support of the Iraqi Security Forces, Soldiers fire their M777 towed 155 mm Howitzer at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2019. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct a fire mission to disrupt known enemy positions on Qanus Island, Iraq. As long as Daesh still poses a danger to the security of Iraq and northeast Syria, the Government of Iraq and ISF partners, supported by Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, will continue to strike and ensure the military defeat of Daesh.

    Supporting Iraqi Security Forces

  • U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems returns to the C-17 Globemaster III location after the HIMARS Rapid Infiltration demonstration during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019, Selah Creek Landing Zone, Wash., Sept. 25, 2019. Exercise Mobility Guardian is Air Mobility Command's premier, large scale mobility exercise. Through robust and relevant training, Mobility Guardian improves the readiness and capabilities of Mobility Airmen to deliver rapid global mobility and builds a more lethal and ready Air Force.

    High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems

  • Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division with varying skill levels prepared for the new marksmanship standards by conducting a pilot program to assess current installation support capabilities at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Soldiers will now incorporate the standing firing position into the marksmanship qualification as well as 8-10 second intervals to change magazines and positions, making qualification more combat oriented.

    New marksmanship standards

  • Paratroopers prepare to connect the Army Ground Mobility Vehicle to a CH-47 Chinook during sling load training in Grafenwoehr Germany, Aug. 09, 2019.

    Sling load training

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