The U.S. Army Best Warrior Competition is the pre-eminent path to earning the right to be called the best. It serves as the definitive measure of the Army’s number one priority – readiness. Those who have embarked on this path sought to overcome the deafening principles of fear, fatigue, mental exhaustion, uncertainty and a host of attributes that would otherwise prevent success on the...
Ms. Gina Ortiz Jones is the Under Secretary of the Air Force. She is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, comprised of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, to include organizing, training, and equipping Air and Space Forces and for the welfare of approximately 697,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen and Guardians and their families worldwide....
USASOC Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
U.S. Army Special Operations Command celebrates its 30th anniversary, Dec. 1, 2019. The U.S. Army established USASOC on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a major command, days before the start of Operation Just Cause in Panama. USASOC consists of approximately 33,000 Soldiers and Civilians spread across four major subordinate commands, including the 1st...
USMC Recruiter Testimonials
Air Force General John E. Hyten was sworn in as the 11th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Nov. 21, 2019. In this capacity, he is the U.S. second highest-ranking military officer and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was commissioned in 1981 and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in engineering and applied sciences. His military career includes assignments in a...
Gen. Stephen W. “Seve” Wilson is Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va. As Vice Chief, he presides over the Air Staff and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council and Deputy Advisory Working Group. He assists the Chief of Staff with organizing, training, and equipping of 685,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving...
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – While Team Vance may best be known for training student pilots, an Airman in a flight suit is rarely the first person a civilian meets when they enter the base for the first time.
The job of meeting, greeting and vetting these visitors falls on the shoulders of the Airmen in the 71st Security Forces Squadron, commonly known as Defenders.
They are...
Women in all branches of the military soon will have unprecedented opportunities to serve on the front lines of the nation's wars.
Leon Panetta, in one of his last acts as President Obama's Defense Secretary, announced the policy change, which would open hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war, the Pentagon...
