WASHINGTON — Growing up as a self-described simple country boy in Anderson, South Carolina, Lt. Col. Michael Pope spent many summers on his grandfather’s farm, where something always needed fixing.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!" Under the blanket of darkness, a small fire team of young lieutenants detonated their last breaching charge, sending ...

PERSONNEL EXPERIMENT: Navy engineering, acquisition and aviation engineering duty officers would receive "demonstration authority" under a Defense Department proposal to experiment with changes to ...

As we celebrate National Engineers Week, we must ask: How can we do more to build the next generation of engineers? The U.S. faces a growing skills gap in STEM, jeopardizing our leadership in ...

This chapter begins with a discussion of issues for the five officer career fields that require a STEM degree, followed by discussion of issues for the three civilian occupational series that require ...