Gen. James McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, announced the new initiative to pick battalion commanders at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army. "We spend more time ...

Army officers bucking for a battalion command will soon have to go through a five-day assessment course aimed at evaluating their mental and physical potential for the sought-after assignment.

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