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August’s AUSA Corner

The Association of the U.S. Army Notes alone or teamed with other devices or human
operators in di erent environments.

1. Pay Raise Equity e lead researcher, Derek Paley of the
e scal 2022 defense budget asks Congress to approve 2.7% pay Maryland Robotics Center, said the goal is

increases for both uniformed service members and federal civilians, “to migrate the dangerous, dirty and dull
breaking a long practice in which civilians would receive a pay raise work to the autonomous platform,” but

linked to in ation and service members would receive raises that keep there will always be a human operator
pace with private sector wage increases. If approved by Congress, the involved at some level.

across-the-board pay hikes could take e ect on Jan. 1, 2022. 4. AI reat

2. Bu alo Honors e bipartisan National Security

E orts are underway in Bu alo, New York, to rename the Central Commission on Arti cial Intelligence
Park Post O ce for Indiana Hunt-Martin, an Army veteran who warns the U.S. has a narrow window for

served in World War II as part of the 6888th Central Postal Direc- success. “For the rst time since World

tory Battalion, the rst all-Black unit of the Women’s Army Corps. War II, America’s technological predomi-
Hunt-Martin, who died Sept. 21 at the age of 98, used the Central nance—the backbone of its economic and

Park Post O ce, which was close to her home. A bill to rename the military power—is under threat,” says its

post o ce is pending in the House of Representatives and endorsed nal report. “China possesses the might, tal-

by Bu alo Mayor Byron Brown, who said it would honor her and ent, and ambition to surpass the United States as
other Black women who have served and continue to serve in the the world’s leader in AI in the next decade if current
U.S. military. trends do not change.”

3. AI Partnership e commission recommends creating a dedicated Digital Corps,
A new partnership between the U.S. Army Research Laboratory modeled after the Army Medical Corps, with special policies for
and the University of Maryland focuses on autonomous systems and recruiting, pay and promotion that could attract and keep experts.

arti cial intelligence. It seeks devices and technology that can work It might also have part-time workers.

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