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An Exclusive Sneak Peek: What Does the Next Generation of Army Leaders Think? - Part II
Check out a sneak peek of our next episode, the second in our two-part series talking with top cadets. What do our future leaders think about climate change? Army recruiting? A.I? And social media? Tu
What Does the Next Generation of Army Leaders Think? : Part 1
Many of todays Army leaders started out as cadets in ROTC or JROTC. Well, what do the youth in the program today think about the Army and the world itself? In todays episode the first of a very sp
From Draft to All-Volunteer: A Celebration
In July, 1973 then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird announced the U.S. military would fill its ranks with volunteers, not draftees. In the last fifty years over 11 million volunteers have sig
Who Will Win This Army Cooking Competition?
Most people know Robert Irvine as a celebrity chef and television host. But not everyone knows he got his start in the British Royal Navy at age 15, that he runs 11 businesses employing over 5,000 peo
Pop Quiz: Did the U.S. Army Fight in the Asia-Pacific War?
John McManus, one of the most prolific chroniclers of Army history, has just completed an acclaimed trilogy of books about the Asia-Pacific battles in World War II. Hosts LTG (Ret.) Leslie C. Smith an
Set up for Failure? These WWII Black Women Warriors Overcame
In early 1945 a predominantly all-black, all-female battalion was sent to Europe to do the impossible: ensure delivery of 17 million pieces of mail to aid morale across the continent. They succeeded,
Finding Purpose in Hunting War Criminals and Honoring Heroes
MSG (Ret.) Darrell Utt has overseen many brave missions in his life, from ones as a young child that put food on his familys table to tracking down war criminals as a Green Beret. Today he oversees t
What’s in a name? Well, everything.
When the Department of Defense decided to examine the renaming of its bases in 2020, it turned to Brigadier General (Ret.) Ty Seidule to vice-chair its Naming Commission. Not only is BG (Ret.) Seidule
Love, Art and an Inspired Baby Name
Actress Jill Wagner (Teen Wolf, Wipeout, numerous romance films), was raised in a military family, and reunited with an old boyfriend, Major David Lemanowicz, while on a USO Tour in Afghanistan in 201
Lessons on Being Bold from the Next Generation
What does the next generation think about the world today? About service? About their own anxieties? Well, perhaps the best place to start is to chat with this years Boys and Girls Clubs of Americas