Soldiers Journal: Armed Forces Day
The city of Torrance, California holds a celebration larger than any other over its year. The city's Armed Forces Day Parade is an event where citizens come out to show their support for those that serve.

The city of Torrance, California holds a celebration larger than any other over its year. The city's Armed Forces Day Parade is an event where citizens come out to show their support for those that serve.
Adaptive Warrior Sydney Davis tells us about being a competitor for Warrior Games.
Adaptive Warrior Monica Southall tells us about being a competitor for Warrior Games.
Adaptive Warrior Ryan Major tells us about being a competitor for Warrior Games.
The Under Secretary of the Army and Sergeant Major of the Army visit the birthplace of the Army, Philadelphia, for a challenge to remind Soldiers that you must #EarnYourCake!
A profile of Greg Quarels and his journey to become an Adaptive Warrior for the 2016 Warrior Games.
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division join British and Polish Troops for Exercise Swift Response 16. Commander of US Army Europe, LTG Ben Hodges and Chief of Staff of the Army, GEN Mark Milley tells us about the importance of the training.
A recruiting station in Blacksburg, VA is running a pilot program for the Occupational Physical Assessment Test that will help Future Soldiers realize what Army jobs they are eligible for.
An Army Veteran draws on the Warrior Ethos for motivation as he trains for competition in the Octagon as a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.
Best Warrior is the highlight of all Army competitions. Fort AP Hill hosted this year and the winners were announced at this year's Association of the United States Army Convention.
More than 300 Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, representing more than a dozen colleges and universities, gathered at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for the Army Senior Leader/ROTC Professional Mentor Forum where Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning provided keynote remarks and took questions from cadets on subjects ranging from leadership, the value of diversity, and the critical role ROTC cadets play as ambassadors to bridge the civilian-military divide.
Squad X is a multiyear Department of Defense program sponsored by DARPA to identify emerging technologies and facilitate their development for military use. The Joint Deployable Analysis Team, also known as JDAT, recently supported the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command’s Maneuver Battle Lab by enhancing their assessment process for testing Squad capabilities. The Maneuver Battle Lab is responsible for infantry capabilities development under TRADOC’s Maneuver Center of Excellence, ...
Current U.S. integrated air and missile defense capabilities are not keeping pace with the rapidly evolving unmanned aerial systems threat and require both materiel and non-materiel solutions to mitigate warfighter capability gaps. BLACK DART is an annual field demonstration of current and emergent Counter-UAS technologies sponsored by the Joint Staff J8 Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization also known as JIAMDO. As the Black Dart 2016 lead assessment organization, the Joint Staf...
About a decade ago, Soule Malame left his home country of Togo in search of a better life in America. Today, he's paying it forward to another West African nation, as part of a U.S. Army mission to strengthen Cameroon's military and its people in defeating Boko Haram and other violent extremists. A first lieutenant with Task Force Toccoa, a 101st Airborne Division-led unit based just south of the frontlines of Boko Haram in northern Cameroon, Malame uses his cultural identity to be a key part of...