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How the Sgt. Maj. of the Army earned two Bronze Stars with Valor
"I'd give it back right now if I could get my soldiers back.”
He never thought he’d make it out of Iraq alive. Now, he’s the Army’s top enlisted leader
“Pound for pound, I’d put him up against anybody."
The Army is reviewing its height and weight standards for the first time in decades
"[W]e don't just need all the young, fit soldiers ... We actually need all shapes and sizes.”
The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants leaders to stop scheduling training just for the sake of it
"Stand up for your people."
The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it
“Is there something we’re missing?”
Denzel Washington is the US Army’s newest (honorary) sergeant major
"He just wants to do better for the Army.”
Amid tuition assistance uproar, Army vows to reimburse soldiers who paid out of pocket
“At no point should the schools require any [up-front] payment."
The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants soldiers to take a three-year break — with a catch
SMA isn't ready to say goodbye to you just yet.
I took the Army Combat Fitness Test. Here’s what I learned
I'm still kind of sore.
Army leaders are begging soldiers to take the fitness test everyone loves to hate
“It’s extremely important for us to know and get the information that we can pull and say, ‘Do we have the right version?'"
Here’s what soldiers think of the Army’s new grooming standards
Plenty of men had strong opinions on the updates, which overwhelmingly applied to only women.
‘This can’t be my Army’ — The Fort Hood report is a long-overdue wake-up call for Army leaders
"[T]he more I read it, the more I thought to myself, ‘This can’t be my Army. This just can’t.’”
A new Army policy is changing the way deployed or pregnant NCOs are promoted
A new Army policy starting Jan. 1 will help streamline the promotion process for soldiers