Fort Belvoir kicked off the holiday weekend early Thursday with a wreath-placement ceremony followed by a multi-part festival. Retired Col. Gerald P. Krueger, the keynote speaker, shared his appreciation for the sacrifices made by servicemembers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers from a U.S. Army EOD Company completed the Washington Nationals high intensity interval training workout at Nationals Park field in Washington, D.C.

Service members across different military occupational specialties are feeling the pressure. Gathered together in a classroom is an engineer, a combat medic, a legal administrator, and a hodgepodge of other MOSs—spanning active, Reserve and National Guard components. The Common Faculty Development-Instructor Course at the D.C. National Guard’s 260th Regiment Regional Training Institute (RTI) gives both officers and noncommissioned officers like U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Erica Williams the tools to build lesson plans and effectively reach their intended audience.

A recent high school graduate may ask, “If I enlist in the Army, what’s in it for me?” The answers are wide-ranging yet simple: you get good pay and benefits, professional advanced training, the chance to travel, and the opportunity to build strength and character and be part of something greater than you might have thought possible.

The Office of Special Trial Counsel improves U.S. Army justice, as the most serious allegations are moved from the chain of command to independent prosecutors. The new Fort Belvoir headquarters has 8 mid-level headquarters and 26 field offices around the Army and is the biggest change to military jurisprudence since the adoption of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in 1950.