Infantry Online: Magazine Ceases Printing; Transitions to Web-only Format

 

After a century of supporting the training and professional development of the Infantry, ourbranch magazine will cease publication of printed issues and will instead appear solely as a Web-based journal as of the end of Fiscal Year 2013. This was not our choice alone, but instead reflects the economic realities of this time of constrained resources. We are not alone in this transition; Training and Doctrine Command has directed that no more professional bulletins will be printed in FY14, and we are fortunate to have the option to remain viable through our Web presence.

Our new Web portal, Infantry Online, is currently under development and will not only include issues of the magazine but also other research and professional development features. We will continue to print articles on training, doctrine, lessons learned, tactics, weapons, equipment, and professional development as in the past. We will also continue to publish updates on Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE) and U.S. Army Infantry School initiatives and priorities along with the Commandant’s Note to keep our world-wide readers up to date on our branch.

We are currently archiving all of our back issues, which will be available on a no-charge basis for our readers who wish to use Infantry as a research tool as they have in the past. We will also have a searchable index where viewers can find articles according to topic, keyword, or author.

To facilitate access, we anticipate making new issues of the magazine easier to download and read on mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets, and e-readers.

Infantry will continue to appear on a quarterly basis, four issues per year, with updates posted periodically to ensure currency of subject matter.

Infantry is not “dead;” we will continue to be a prime professional development publication for the Army. It is likely that we will continue to be solely Web-based for the foreseeable future but, should our Army’s current budget uncertainty be resolved at some time later, hard copy publication will always be a goal and — hopefully — once again a reality.

For more information, please contact magazine staff at (706) 545-2350 or email usarmy.benning.tradoc.mbx.infantry-magazine@mail.mil

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