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DVIDS
As the commander of the Training and Doctrine Command, Gen. Stephen J. Townsend is leading the charge in building today's soldiers while changing the Army for the future. Throughout a career spanning more than 36 years, Townsend deployed to combat at every rank from second lieutenant to general officer, and he commanded some of the Army's most historic units. While responsible for the training of more than 500,000 service members each year in his current assignment, he still makes a point to stay in touch with soldiers at all levels and build the Army team from the ground up. Here are his insights on teamwork and the role sustainers play in the success of the total Army.
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U.S. Army
Staff Sgt. Vanessa Carrillo from 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy was recently selected as the Basic Leader Course Facilitator of the Year in a new competition hosted by the NCO Leadership Center of Excellence at Fort Bliss, Texas. "She's the one representing the academy and it speaks to the quality of instructors that we have here," said Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Smith, commandant of the 7th Army NCOA. "We have the reputation of being a top NCO training institution. We really have excellent, committed instructors, and she is a perfect example of that."
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War on the Rocks (opinion)
Col. "Ned Stark" writes, "In my last article, I discussed the need to measure what we value in line with the stated desire of Gen. Goldfein. I pointed to the Air Force's core values of 'integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do' as the place to start. I offered 360-degree evaluations as a potential option. However, after more thinking and interactions with airmen, I'd like to spend more time on describing the problem with the current evaluation system and offering some suggestions for an improved system — and less time advocating for specific formats."
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Navy Times
Before the Navy fights, survives and beats an enemy in a high-end sea battle, the war will be won or lost by how well chief petty officers trained and led their junior sailors. That's the message Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (SW/AW/IW) Russ Smith is hammering home to the enlisted force, every chance he gets, long before any shot is fired. While Smith's primary concern as the Navy's top enlisted sailor is to advocate for junior personnel, he believes his responsibilities don't end there. He also sets the tone for chiefs throughout the service, which is why he wrote that he wants "to leverage our 3,000 master chiefs in leading 31,000 chief petty officers to build winning teams in preparation for the future fight."
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Marine Corps Times
The Corps is amid a large-scale modernization of its enlisted professional military education in an effort to prepare its noncommissioned officers for a future fight. Upcoming changes include the renaming of the Enlisted Professional Military Education Directorate to the College of Enlisted Military Education, adding a week to the resident Sergeants School, and streamlining curriculum to ease accreditation at civilian universities. The driving principle of these efforts, according to Col. Christopher Williams, the director of the College of Enlisted Military Education at Marine Corps University, is that "a smarter Corps is a more lethal Corps."
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Defense One
Lawmakers must reach a bipartisan, bicameral deal to ease statutory budget caps in fiscal 2020. With control of the House, Democrats are expected to press even harder to pursue equal increases between the defense and non-defense sides of the budget, raising the specter of lengthy impasses and government shutdowns.
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The Greenville News
Amanda Kelley didn't set out to become the first female enlisted soldier to pass the incredibly rigorous Army Ranger course. For Staff Sgt. Kelley, that was just another step along the path toward her bigger goal — to become Sergeant Major of the Army. And purely by the coincidence of her gender, if it happens, she would be the first female to attain that office, the highest position enlisted personnel can hold.
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The New York Times
The Army has punished two members of the Special Forces team ambushed in Niger last October for their decisions before the mission and for insufficient training alongside their Nigerien allies in advance, according to military officials. Four others in their chain of command were also disciplined. The punishments appear to run counter to another narrative the Army has pushed in past months: the heroism displayed by the troops under fire. Almost all of the soldiers on the 11-man team, including those who were killed, have been nominated for valor awards, though they have yet to be approved.
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Marine Corps Times
Every year the Corps needs to ship nearly 30,000 plus recruits to stand on the yellow footprints at its recruit depots in order to fill the void of the mass exit of first-termers and other Marines. But headed into fiscal year 2019 the Corps will need to recruit roughly 38,500 new Marines to adequately man the force. At issue for the Corps is retention of the force. According to a recently published letter, the Corps has the "youngest population" but "highest turnover," with nearly 60.4 percent of the Corps in the rank of E-5 and below.
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