Auditability goes hand in glove with accountability and equipment-on-hand readiness. The tenets of our Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP) are the foundation for ensuring we have the assets needed to be a combat-credible Army, capable of deterring and competing below the level of armed conflict and up to multi-domain conflict. These same tenets also ensure […]

DefenceTalkAssignments to units within the United States Army Forces Command are synonymous with rotations at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. FORSCOM’s newest unit, the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, headquartered at Fort Benning, Georgia, is completing their first rotation at JRTC throughout the month of January. The self-proclaimed “world premier crucible […]https://www.defencetalk.com/joint-readiness-training-center-evolves-to-meet-todays-battlefield-threats-71146/

DefenceTalkWASHINGTON: In 2017, there were approximately 40,000 virtual health encounters across the Army in both deployed and garrison settings, said Dr. Colleen Rye, chief of Army Virtual Health. That’s a big increase over previous years and the increases are expected to continue, she said. That 40,000 does not include telepharmacies, teleradiology or secure messaging, she […]https://www.defencetalk.com/growth-of-us-armys-virtual-health-technology-improves-readiness-71107/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s senior logistician told National Guard leaders to ensure their units are ready for the next war, because wherever and whenever it is, it will take the total force to fight and win. “Place yourself on the battlefield and work left,” Army Materiel Command’s Gen. Gus Perna said via teleconference to more than 400 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rethink-readiness-to-prepare-for-next-war-says-us-armys-top-logistics-general-71039/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered snap checks on troop combat readiness in Russia’s central military district, the defence ministry said. “According to the order, troops in the central district… are being brought into full combat readiness from 09:30 Moscow time (0630 GMT),” defence minister Sergei Shoigu said. Russia has recently intensified snap checks […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-orders-snap-military-exercise-in-central-russia-65304/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s vice chief of staff said the $613 billion Overseas Contingency Operations, or OCO, funding does not allow the Army the flexibility required to get at home-station readiness for units that are not deploying. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn testified before the House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness, March 25. “It also does not allow […]https://www.defencetalk.com/allyn-army-needs-predictable-consistent-funding-to-get-at-readiness-63685/

DefenceTalkUnrelenting budget constraints have degraded Army readiness and modernization to historically low levels, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno told a Senate panel here today. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee alongside Army Secretary John M. McHugh, Odierno discussed the impact of sequestration on the Army’s readiness and modernization, and the risks […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-chief-readiness-degraded-to-historically-low-levels-63482/

DefenceTalkDuring a Senate hearing yesterday on President Barack Obama’s $9.5 billion military construction budget request for fiscal 2014, Defense Department Comptroller Robert F. Hale said the severe and abrupt budget cuts imposed by sequestration are devastating the U.S. armed forces. Hale and John Conger, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, testified on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-comptroller-sequestration-devastates-u-s-military-readiness-47759/