The Army began baseline cognitive assessments for new recruits, and the other services are expected to follow in the coming months. Washington and Beijing have been on a collision course over China’s increasingly assertive actions to defend its territorial claims in the South China Sea. Three brigades are experimenting with new tech and tactics that could shape how they deploy to tomorrow's fights. The Marine Corps is rolling out training simulators to spare Marines from excessive blast exposure. "It flies like a dream," ACC head Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said of the new EA-37B Compass Call, a heavily adapted Gulfstream jet that will replace the EC-130. Adm. Samuel Paparo says the U.S. military is open to the possibility, depending on consultations under the allies’ 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty. The Abraham Lincoln is outfitted with F-35C and F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets and will replace the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. At least four command sergeants major have been relieved. The move, which may be approved by December, is expected to free up signal soldiers for more unit-level work within the brigades. The sale, which still needs approval from Congress, would continue a huge year in foreign military sales that are reaching historic highs. Load More