I want my money, and I want it now! Or at least have access to it when I retire… The military is a young man’s game. Humans were not made to conduct battle drills in their 60’s. That’s why the military still allows for a 20-year retirement with pension. It encourages you to get out…
You should get paid more if you do more. Apparently, this rational view is a seemingly hot take. The Army just published new physical fitness standards, renaming the test from the “Army Combat Fitness Test” (ACFT) to just the “Army Fitness Test” (AFT). And in the AFT, it raised the minimum standards for those whom…
In 1999, the U.S. led a NATO air campaign to stop Serbian forces from the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians. For context, Kosovo was a province of the country Serbia. However, the majority of the people living in Kosovo where ethnic Albanians. The Serbian government at the time, wanted to restore Kosovo (which holds religious…
Without a doubt, the best Sergeant Major of the Army we have had in the last three decades has been Sergeant Major Daniel Dailey. He was a Soldiers’ Soldier. Why was he the best? Simple, he increased morale, productivity, and efficiency by giving Soldiers what they wanted, all while costing the Army no money. Want…