Hosted by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point since 1967, Sandhurst promotes military excellence of future leaders from across the world. The 51st competition, which takes place April 12 and 13, encompasses 49 teams representing 13 international military academies (Australia, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Germany, Denmark, Korea, Thailand, Colombia, Greece, Japan, Mexico and United Kingdom),...
On April 12, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan hosted a ministerial meeting with ministers and disaster management officials from 18 Caribbean countries to launch a new disaster resilience initiative, the U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership, at the U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami, Florida. The event reinforces the close ties between the United States and the Caribbean, and...
The 2nd Annual Fort Benning Infantry Week celebrates the U.S. Army Infantry with a series of competitions. The week kicks off April 8, 2019, with the Best Mortar Competition and the Lacerda Cup, and finishes with the David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition.
The Best Mortar Competition, hosted by the 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, is scheduled to take place April 9 through 11,...
Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker, a 3rd Infantry Division Soldier who was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment and killed in action in Iraq in 2003, is slated to be awarded (posthumously) the Distinguished Service Cross – the nation’s second highest award for valor – in Pittsburgh, April 5.
Description: The U.S. Army is hosting the first-ever Army Weeks in the Army's priority cities over the next year and invites everybody to come meet the Army. With a little something for everyone, this is the Army you haven’t met yet.
Events across each city will include performances by Army Bands, such as the Six-String Soldiers, aerial jump teams, science and engineering equipment...
Civilians observe and participate in various military exercises at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek; a Marine Corps Security Forces facility in Chesapeake, Va.; and Joint Base Langley-Eustis during the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, April 22-25, 2018.
Civilians observe and participate in various meetings and military exercises at the Pentagon, Quantico, Coast Guard District 1, Naval Submarine Base, Fort Drum and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst during the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference held August 6-12, 2017.
Civilians observe and participate in various military exercises at Joint Base Charleston, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, Moody Air Force Base, Naval Station Norfolk, Joint Expeditionary Base, Little Creek and the Pentagon during the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, June 11-15, 2018.
