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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division set up a command post with the M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle during exercise Spectrum Blitz 25 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, April 11, 2025. Spectrum Blitz 25 is an exercise that provides an opportunity to train Electronic Warfare Teams in Electronic Warfare Training Strategies at the platoon level. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Collin Mackall)

Electronic warfare receiving more senior level attention within the Army

The Army released an electromagnetic warfare strategy in March and is working on an implementation plan.
U.S. Army 125th Intelligence Electronic Warfare (IEW) Battalion, Electronic Warfare team, gives a capabilities brief of the V-Max to Colonel Paul Hayward, Deputy Commander – Interoperability, 25th Infantry Division, during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023, at the 5th Marine Combat Training Center, Puslatpur, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2023. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh)

One electronic warfare payload to rule them all?

The Army is pursuing a modular mission payload to serve as a universal EW standard where capabilities can be loaded onto systems.
FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber))

Here’s how the Army is working to get electronic warfare gear to units faster

A project manager described the new approach as essentially “free testing."
A Sea Cadet from Advanced Training Command New England applies a tourniquet to a mannequin as part of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course June 30, 2025. TCCC is developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA) Joint Trauma System (JTS) to teach evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Sydney Wall)

Defense Health Agency offers voluntary buyouts as part of workforce reduction effort

DHA leadership has “authorized Network Directors to offer the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment or VSIP” options to interested personnel, an agency official told DefenseScoop on Monday.
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Attendees gather for a Permanent Change of Station Joint Task Force Industry Day panel discussion near Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 12, 2025. The event brought together transportation industry partners, military leaders, and logistics experts to exchange ideas on improving the Department of Defense’s Household Goods Relocation Program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keira Rossman)

Industry spotlights tech gaps as DOD puzzles out new PCS plan for moving military families

Opportunities for technology to make service members' complex PCS moving process smoother marked a key theme at an industry day this week.
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