Association of the United States Army - AUSA

Foreign adversaries are targeting U.S. Army personnel on social media, job sites and gaming chats, the deputy Army chief of staff for intelligence, G-2, warned in a message to the force. Issued in June, the All-Army Activities message, or ALARACT, warns that foreign adversaries are “increasingly” using social media and fake job offers to gain sensitive information from Army personnel and their families. #ReadMore: https://loom.ly/UFzueOE #AUSAorg #USArmy #socialmedia #bevigilant #cybersecurity

Key issues for military families—and their service members’ propensity to continue serving—were inextricably linked to their well-being in 2023, according to a new report from the Military Family Advisory Network. “Our country, our national security, our democracy counts on those who serve,” the group’s 2023 Military Family Support Programming Survey found. “They count on their families, and this report has shown that their well-being—the whole family—and propensity to recommend military service are not mutually exclusive.” #ReadMore: https://loom.ly/kadY5_s #AUSAorg #USArmy #family #milfam #milspouse #militaryfamilies #militaryservice #support #familysupport #member #advisory

We have a surprise sweeter than a box of chocolates! Join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of Forrest Gump by entering to win a *SIGNED* DVD from the one and only Gary Sinise! Click the link below to enter to win. Run, don’t walk — the contest ends at midnight on July 31st! LINK: https://lnkd.in/efN4xCx8

The Army will need to take a proactive, integrated approach to signature management to maintain the information advantage, senior cyber officials said during a panel discussion July 2 at a Hot Topic event hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army. “The Army needs to ... understand the information that we are disclosing, ... the content and context of that information, [understand] how … we need ... to inform our commanders of what their risk is today and do forward-based denial planning integrated across echelon,” said Joseph Macri, program analyst in the threat systems management office within Program Executive Office-Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. #ReadMore and #Watch: https://loom.ly/YpeuXlY #AUSAorg #USArmy #cyber #cybersecurity #program #integratedapproach #complex #management #events

Registration is open for an Association of the U.S. Army Noon Report webinar featuring retired Lt. Col. William Nance, author of Commanding Professionalism: Simpson, Moore, and the Ninth US Army. The event with Nance begins at noon Eastern on July 16. It is free, but registration is required here. In Commanding Professionalism, part of AUSA’s Book Program, Nance writes about Lt. Gen. William Simpson, commander of Ninth U.S. Army, and his chief of staff, Brig. Gen. James Moore. #ReadMore and #RegisterNow: https://loom.ly/-jCeDcc #AUSAorg #USArmy #noonreport #webinar #author #events #book #highlights #professional

Happy Birthday USA! Celebrate with 10 miles in Washington, D.C. this October! Army Ten-Miler Race registration is open to the public and available for large groups! Register at www.armytenmiler.com! Use code GOARMY to save $10!

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 🎆 Make sure to have a safe and fun #4thofJuly! 🎆

Lights, camera, action! 🎬 Our new episode just dropped — and it features a very special guest you might know from the big screen… Celebrate Forrest Gump’s 30th anniversary by tuning in to our conversation with actor @GarySiniseOfficial and hear about how he supports veterans through his organization, the @GarySiniseFoundation. Click here to listen: https://lnkd.in/eUJ2XVX6 #Podcast #USArmy #POW

More than 160 years after participating in what’s now known as the Great Locomotive Chase, Pvts. Philip Shadrach and George Wilson were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The two Civil War heroes were recognized with the nation’s highest award for valor by President Joe Biden during a July 3 ceremony at the White House. “This was a long time coming,” Biden said during the ceremony, as he described the Great Locomotive Chase as “one of the most daring operations in the entire Civil War.” #ReadMore: https://loom.ly/jpA81b4 #MedalofHonor #honor #warheroes #warhero #USArmy

The United States is struggling to outpace its global adversaries in the information domain, and a whole-of-society response is needed, the special envoy and coordinator of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center said July 2 at a Hot Topic event hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army. “In the information domain, our adversaries are devoting more attention [to gaining the information advantage], and we are not winning,” James Rubin said during a keynote address. “The information threat is not something that can be solved by even a whole-of-government response, it needs a whole-of-society response.” #ReadMore: https://loom.ly/OlBm81A #AUSAorg #USArmy #informationwarfare #globalengagement #theinformationadvantage #domain #government