FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- While many Soldiers go throughout their careers collecting mementos and photographs for scrapbooks and photo albums, Sgt. 1st Class David Geig picks up a pencil and his sketchbook.

To facilitate research, U.S. Army Futures Command's eight cross-functional teams, or CFTs, have conducted dozens of Soldier-centered engagements called Soldier touch points to further the Army's ...

The sketch, by Union soldier John Avery, who was stationed at Fort Lyon from 1862 to 1863, shows a vast field of Army tents in the foreground with uniformed soldiers on guard duty or gathered in ...