Soldiers Magazine

Monthly Basic Pay Table EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 2004 YEARS OF SERVICE PAY GRADE <2 2 3 4 6 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS O-10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 O-9...

Beyond its role in defense of the nation, the Army and its Soldiers have contributed to medicine, technology, exploration, engineering and science. The milestones listed in this monthly chronology offer only a small glimpse of that proud story of selfless...

RECRUITING new Soldiers can be a challenge, so the U.S. Army Accessions Command reached out to the country's fastest-growing sport for help. The NASCAR season that ended in November with a race at Homestead racetrack in Florida marked the first...

THE Tigris River flows peacefully through the heart of Iraq, a stark contrast to the gunshots and loud lasts from rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices that echo in the distance. For the Soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom,...

SOME 112,000 service members--including more than 37,000 National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers--began deploying to Iraq and Kuwait early this year, in keeping with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's November troop-deployment announcement. Additionally,...

"THE Army has never failed the American people, and it never will," Army Chief of Staff GEN Peter J. Schoomaker has said. In recent comments to media representatives, he outlined areas on which he and other senior Army officials are focusing their...

EVERY grimace, drop of sweat and gasp for breath accented the pain, anxiety and determination visible on the faces of the challengers as they responded to shouts of encouragement, or perhaps to their own inner voices: "Come on, just a little farther,...