AUSA Conference

The theme of whole health was woven this year throughout the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting.

The active-duty Army saw 175 suicides in 2020, a rate of 36.4 per 100,000, up from 30.7 per 100,000 in 2019.

The Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System is being developed to replace the current RQ-7B Shadow UAS.

The New Commanders' Risk Reduction Toolkit (CRRT) is currently being fielded to active-duty units.

The Holistic Health and Fitness strategy is designed to work with unit leaders and individual soldiers to hone performance.

Congress granted the Army authority to move lower-ranking officers into critical unit positions as part of the 2019 NDAA.

The U.S. Army plans to roll out a mobile app for its squad leaders that will act as a daily playbook.

The surface-to-surface missile that the Army wants could be positioned in areas in the Pacific islands to deter China.

The service anticipates that barracks upgrades will cost $9.6 billion through fiscal 2030.

The Army created six SFABS to serve as special advisory units to train and advise foreign partner armies.