Retired Gen. Gordon Sullivan Laid to Rest jlieberher Fri, 05/10/2024 - 14:23 Retired Gen. Gordon Sullivan, the 32nd Army chief of staff and former president and CEO of the Association of the U.S. Army, was laid to rest May 10 at Arlington National Cemetery. Sullivan died Jan. 2. He was 86. Speaking during the service in Memorial Chapel at Fort Myer, Virginia, Mark Sullivan summed up his father in three words: “Great American soldier.” “That’s what he was,” Mark Sullivan said. “If you take it all away—the rank, the awards—what we have is the heart and soul of a great citizen, a great servant ..read more

AUSA Launches Family Fellows Program jlieberher Fri, 05/10/2024 - 10:03 The Association of the U.S. Army is launching a Family Fellows program to grow and enhance its support to military families. Four military spouses make up the program’s inaugural class. As AUSA family fellows, they are subject-matter experts and advisers on issues relating to military families. They will expand the AUSA Family Readiness directorate’s mission to educate, inform and connect through relevant programs and resources, educational and outreach efforts and advocacy for Army and veteran families. AUSA family fello ..read more

Petraeus: Conflict Requires Strong Strategic Leadership jlieberher Fri, 05/10/2024 - 07:25 In his new book, retired Gen. David Petraeus explores the evolution of selected conflicts between World War II and the ongoing fights in Ukraine and Gaza and lays out the importance of military strategic leadership. During a webinar hosted May 9 by the Association of the U.S. Army as part of its Noon Report series, Petraeus points out that conflict begins with political strategic leadership that must be executed with strong military strategic leadership, beginning with four tasks. “First, you have to ge ..read more

Army G-8 Speaks at AUSA Coffee Series jlieberher Thu, 05/09/2024 - 12:48 Lt. Gen. Karl Gingrich, deputy Army chief of staff for resources and plans, G-8, will speak May 21 at a Coffee Series event hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army. The in-person event will take place at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The event opens at 6:30 a.m. Eastern with registration, coffee and networking. The program is scheduled to begin at 7:15 a.m. It is free for military members, government employees and the media. For more information or to register, click here. Online registration is avail ..read more

Mingus: Army Must Move Quickly to Transform jlieberher Thu, 05/09/2024 - 07:15 The Army must move quickly to transform and integrate emerging technologies into its formations as it prepares for increasingly complex and evolving threats, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said. “Armies now can increasingly see farther, sense farther, shoot farther, engage remotely and with pinpoint accuracy,” he said during a hearing before the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee. Appearing alongside his counterparts from the other services, Mingus said the Army’s readiness needs mirror the “ra ..read more

AUSA Releases 2 New Podcasts in May jlieberher Wed, 05/08/2024 - 07:10 An emerging veteran-owned company honoring an iconic World War II unit and the Army’s role in recovery efforts at Baltimore’s Key Bridge will be highlighted in May as part of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Army Matters podcast series. First up is a podcast featuring Ruben Ayala, a Special Forces veteran who is now CEO and founder of Triple Nikel. In 2020, Ayala realized that a lot of top military-themed retail brands had become politically polarizing, so he and three fellow veterans decided to create Triple Nikel Cloth ..read more

JROTC/ROTC and Future Service Members Luncheon Doubles Turnout from 2023 Event presleyprice97… Tue, 05/07/2024 - 17:24 On the final day of the 2024 Global Force Symposium & Exposition, our chapter hosted more than 500 cadets for the JROTC/ROTC and Future Service Members Luncheon, nearly doubling event participation from the prior year’s event. Demonstrating the close relationship with local JROTC and ROTC programs, the chapter invited all programs across North Alabama regardless of branch of service. Cadets from 15 high schools and two universities attended the panel and luncheon and had ..read more

COL Shane Upton Addresses AUSA Redstone-Huntsville Community Partners at Leadership Breakfast presleyprice97… Tue, 05/07/2024 - 17:20 COL Shane Upton, the first Director for the Army Futures Command Contested Logistics (CL) Cross-Functional Team (CFT), provided an overview of the CFT’s mission at the quarterly AUSA - Redstone-Huntsville Chapter Community Partner breakfast held at the Rocket City Trash Pandas stadium, Toyota Field on February 20th.  The Contested Logistics (CL) Cross-Functional Team (CFT) was formed in 2023 to address the need to sustain forces and equipment quickly ..read more

An Evening in the Desert with Operation Eagle Claw presleyprice97… Tue, 05/07/2024 - 17:05 By Marie Waxel It’s often referred to as one of the most successful failures in the history of the U.S. military. Operation Eagle Claw was an ill-fated mission on April 24, 1980, to rescue Americans held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. The mission exposed the deficiencies in mission planning, command and control and inter-service operability within the U.S. military at the time, thus prompting changes within the Department of Defense that remain in effect today, to include the establishment ..read more

Weimer: Authentic, ‘Caring’ Leaders Build Strong Teams jlieberher Tue, 05/07/2024 - 07:12 Leaders who genuinely care about their soldiers and take the time to develop them are the ones who build the Army’s most cohesive teams, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer said. “The defining factor of a phenomenal leader versus somebody that can just drive to mission success all the time, I think there’s a caring factor,” said Weimer, who became the 17th sergeant major of the Army on Aug. 4. Before becoming the Army’s top enlisted soldier, Weimer was command sergeant major of U.S. Army Special Operati ..read more