Jeff Schogol

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Jeff Schogol

The Army’s top leaders faced tough questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about media reports that the Pentagon is shifting $1 billion away from repairing Army barracks to instead fund military operations along the southern border. And if that happens, there will be fewer repairs and renovations to the soldiers’ living quarters next year, the Army’s top general told lawmakers on Wednesday.

3 days ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

The Army has surpassed its recruiting target for this fiscal year, exceeding a goal that was already significantly higher than it has been in the past. “Yesterday, the United States Army met its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goal four months early, welcoming more than 61,000 new recruits,” Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll testified before Congress on Wednesday. The fiscal year runs through Sept. 30.

3 days ago | cnas.org | Jeff Schogol

The Army has surpassed its recruiting target for this fiscal year, exceeding a goal that was already significantly higher than it has been in the past. “Yesterday, the United States Army met its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goal four months early, welcoming more than 61,000 new recruits,” Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll testified before Congress on Wednesday. The fiscal year runs through Sept. 30.

4 days ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

Ukraine’s audacious drone strike on Sunday that may have destroyed several Russian strategic bombers has confirmed long-held fears about first-person view drones, or FPVs, being launched from commercial containers for a surprise attack. Videos purportedly show the Ukrainian drones being launched from trucks parked near their targets thousands of miles inside Russia.

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

The Army Criminal Investigation Division is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the death of 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano earlier this month in Honduras. Parisano, 25, was serving as a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with the 1st Battalion, 228 Aviation Regiment assigned to Soto Cano Air Base, near Comayagua, Honduras.