Known as the “Why Wall,” the board is meant as an inspiration for the recruits who could not meet the Army's physical and academic test standards, so they went into the Future Soldier Prep Course.

Gainey, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, is closing out his first year of command and focusing on the future ... “We already have Soldiers and noncommissioned ...

In 2022, the Army stood up the Future Soldier Preparatory Courses, training camps for applicants to get up to snuff with those standards. Nearly one-quarter of the 55,000 soldiers recruited last ...