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September 08, 2010 - The first brigade of Soldiers to deploy exclusively in support of Operation New Dawn has arrived in southern Iraq.
September 07, 2010 - The Defense Department is putting some of its most vexing challenges on the Internet for the public to help solve as part of a new initiative to invite creative solutions to government problems.
September 07, 2010 - After spending the better part of the past decade defending the Defense Department’s computer networks, the Joint Task Force Global Network Operations command cased its colors.
September 07, 2010 - For Americans, emergency preparedness must now account for man-made disasters, as well as natural ones.
September 07, 2010 - Before candy gets stocked in supermarkets for the upcoming Halloween season, teams will already be busy taping at overseas locations throughout the world for special greetings to be aired during the holiday season.
September 07, 2010 - Beginning Oct. 1, most Army families will see an increase in their child care fees, while others will see a reduction and some will see no change in fees for School Year 2010-2011. This is a result of a new Department of Defense policy.
September 07, 2010 - Three Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 206th Military Police Company will be featured on a special edition of the Comedy Central Show "The Colbert Report" which is set to air Sept. 8.
September 03, 2010 - The 75th Ranger Regiment has refined its assessment and selection process to expand the training and evaluation windows for potential candidates.
September 03, 2010 - In the past year, more than 1,300 Soldiers, including about 20 drill sergeants from Fort Benning, have taken the Master Resilience Training course, part of the Army's Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program.
September 03, 2010 - Enhanced leadership, ensuring recruits are compatible with military service and conducting better post-deployment screenings are among solutions the acting director of the Army National Guard recently suggested to reverse the spike in Soldier suicides.
September 03, 2010 - There are now enough resources in Afghanistan to deliver "tangible and lasting results," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai here today.
September 01, 2010 - The Army, Air Force team got an exciting 5-3 victory Aug. 29 during the first-ever Wounded Warrior Charity Hockey Game at the Ice Palace, Aiea, Hawaii.
September 01, 2010 - Sugared energy drinks, fatty foods, video games and television…. just a few of the 21st Century’s creature comforts.
September 01, 2010 - A sergeant stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., received The American Legion's Spirit of Service Award Aug. 31 in recognition of his extensive volunteer efforts in the community.
September 01, 2010 - The Department of Defense and all of its components now maintain thousands of Facebook pages according to the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs' registry maintained on www.Defense.gov.
August 31, 2010 - The Department of Defense and all of its components maintain thousands of Facebook pages according to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs' registry maintained on www.Defense.gov.
August 31, 2010 - Veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in Vietnam and other areas will have an easier path to access quality health care and qualify for disability compensation under a final regulation that will be published on Aug. 31, 2010.
August 30, 2010 - Certifying one’s son to fly a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with night-vision gear takes the stress level up a notch.
August 30, 2010 - During a mid-week celebration Aug. 26, Fort Knox honored Vietnam veterans and give them the warm "welcome home" they deserved, but few received, after returning to the United States following the war some 35 years ago.
August 29, 2010 - The 2010 Army Fall/Winter Safety Campaign provides information to help Soldiers, family members and civilians understand the hazards of cold weather activities and how education, awareness and information can guide them safely through the fall and winter.
August 27, 2010 - This year's GovEnergy workshop and tradeshow at the Dallas Convention Center, Aug. 15-18, hosted nearly 4,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers from the private and public sector.
August 27, 2010 - Confused by the Army's new Physical Readiness Training program? There's an "app" for that.
August 27, 2010 - U.S. Army leadership gathered at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Va., Aug. 26, to celebrate Women's Equality Day on the 90th anniversary that women gained the right to vote.
August 27, 2010 - Staff Sgt. Amanda Kokkonen, an advanced individual training platoon sergeant with Alpha Company, 344th Military Intelligence Battalion, Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, was named the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year.
August 27, 2010 - The secretary of the Army spent two days at Joint Base Lewis-McChord this week, getting a firsthand view of its services and facilities.
August 26, 2010 - When Operation Iraqi Freedom ends and Operation New Dawn launches Sept. 1, don't look for a lot of fanfare as the mission officially moves from combat to stability operations, the top U.S. Forces Iraq spokesman told American Forces Press Service today.
August 26, 2010 - The 121st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) of the District of Columbia National Guard recently became the first unit to perform a medical evacuation mission using the UH-72 Lakota helicopter in Hohenfels, Germany on Aug. 10.
August 26, 2010 - The Defense Logistics Agency is taking steps to cut costs and boost efficiency as part of a larger effort to reform the way the Pentagon does business, defense officials said today.
August 26, 2010 - Female Soldiers may be wearing a more form-fitting version of the Army Combat Uniform featuring more room in the hips and legs by 2014, according to developers at Program Executive Office Soldier.
August 25, 2010 - The concept of a class ring originated in 1835, as West Point became the first American university to honor its senior class with a treasured keepsake of gold.
August 25, 2010 - The U.S. Army has seen significant technological, doctrinal and structural changes within the past decade.
August 25, 2010 - When the Casey Elementary School warning bell rings for the very first time at 7:55 a.m. Monday, Principal Shelly Kennedy will have already met her students at the entrance of the new building, and a new era will have begun in Warrior Country.
August 24, 2010 - When Staff Sgt. Trevor Harvey lights the candles on the altar before Mass on drill weekends, he favors the hand that once pitched to Ken Griffey Jr.
August 24, 2010 - Guam's history is one of bloodshed and celebration, hardship and prosperity. It's also one of significant events that would later alter the course of history.
August 24, 2010 - Members of the All-Army men's basketball team nearly came to blows before they came together to win the silver medal at the 2010 Armed Forces Basketball Championships.
August 24, 2010 - Pentagon officials today mailed out 150,000 new "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" surveys, this time seeking input from military spouses about the potential repeal of the law that bars gay men and lesbians from serving openly, officials said.
August 24, 2010 - As U.S. combat troops leave Iraq, the helicopters are sticking around.
August 23, 2010 - With construction booming and the Army looking for more ways to "green" its construction practices and buildings, the Fort Drum Program Office of the Army Corps of Engineers New York District, decided to look into alternative sustainable energy sources.
August 22, 2010 - It is unlikely the U.S. military will resume a combat mission in Iraq after Sept. 1, the top U.S. military commander there said today, citing progress in Iraq’s government and security forces.
August 20, 2010 - As U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan close a difficult summer of fighting, the top commander there remains optimistic about the country’s future and committed to the military mission.
August 20, 2010 - Considered a battlefield curiosity just a few years ago, biometrics has become recognized as a vital warfighting capability.
August 20, 2010 - Pentagon officials today released the Defense Department’s final review of recommendations issued by an independent panel in the wake of the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting spree on Fort Hood, Texas.
August 20, 2010 - It's extreme, it's funny, it's a lecture and yet it feels like a night at the comedy club.
August 19, 2010 - "An angel in disguise" is how Army Maj. Nathlon Jackson was described by Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley at a ceremony at the Army National Guard Readiness Center Wednesday.
August 19, 2010 - New pain relief measures are being employed by anesthesiologists at three coalition hospitals in Afghanistan to help Soldiers suffering from traumatic injuries caused by improvised explosives devices.
August 19, 2010 - As U.S. forces were preparing to cross the Iraqi desert to invade an area controlled by a powerful dictator in March 2003, Mitchell Anwar was busy constructing a special gift for his dad in Mr. Morris' seventh-grade wood shop class in Olympia, Wash.
August 19, 2010 - Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., Army chief of staff, lauded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the magnitude and scope of military construction and civil works projects the agency has undertaken over the past five years.
August 19, 2010 - Members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here dropped more than 1,192,000 pounds to 22 different drop zones, including fuel, water, food and additional supplies needed by servicemembers on the ground.
August 19, 2010 - A fundamental shift will take place at the end of the month in the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq, a Pentagon official said Aug. 19.
August 19, 2010 - A team of more than 20 U.S., Sri Lankan, and Mongolian civil engineers started repairing a dilapidated school here Aug. 16, as part of Operation Pacific Angel-Sri Lanka.
August 18, 2010 - Three of the four services met or exceeded their active duty recruiting goals for July, and the one that fell short did so intentionally, Defense Department officials announced today.
August 18, 2010 - The Air Force's top NCO spoke at the Air Force Sergeants Association Professional Airmen's Conference Aug. 17, citing readiness, deliberate development and resiliency among Airmen and their families as his main focuses.
August 18, 2010 - More than 2,000 participants from 18 countries are taking part in Panamax 2010, one of the world's largest multinational maritime training exercises, aimed at defense of the Panama Canal.
August 17, 2010 - Two C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft flew missions from here into Russia on Aug. 13, delivering firefighting supplies promised by President Barack Obama to aid in the battle against rampant wildfires.
August 17, 2010 - Afghanistan has a lot of building and rebuilding to do in the next few years. Three decades of war in the country has left little to no nationwide infrastructure, which only complicates the urgent need for construction.
August 17, 2010 - The Army extended the presence of the UH-72A Lakota Helicopter into the Military District of Washington, Aug. 11, as it replaced the UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter, or Huey, at Fort Belvoir's Davison Army Airfield.
August 17, 2010 - Soldiers will have three new Department of Defense schools to send their children to starting this month, and $3.7 billion has been slated for school construction projects through 2016.
August 17, 2010 - On Aug. 3, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army, visited one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) major projects -- the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier.
August 16, 2010 - China has made some progress, but not enough, in military transparency, and the Chinese decision to suspend military-to-military contacts with the United States is acting against the interests of both countries.
August 16, 2010 - A new system being developed to give helicopter crews a “heads up” when they’re being attacked, as well as the shooter’s location, is slated to ship to Afghanistan in October to see how it stands up under combat conditions.
August 16, 2010 - Increased dwell time and predictability are coming, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston told approximately 500 Soldiers here Friday at Club Hood.
August 16, 2010 - National Guard members need to know that even though a new DoD policy authorizes them to use many of the social media and other Web 2.0 platforms available on a non-classified government computer, there are consequences for their misuse.
August 16, 2010 - The New Parent Support Program addresses the many concerns and challenges that military families with children, from infancy to 3, face during early childhood with an emphasis on family strengths.
August 16, 2010 - Quick, yes or no: I believe my life has a higher purpose? I believe in our mission? I can call people I know in an emergency? I trust the team I work with? I feel comfortable with my family support net?
August 16, 2010 - U.S. advise and assist operations in Anbar province helped Iraqi Security Forces achieve a milestone Aug. 10 when the Iraqi Police hosted their first community outreach event at the Anbar Police Department's media center.
August 15, 2010 - Excellencies, allow me to present the closing ceremony of Exercise Shared Accord 2010, and thank you for your presence.”
August 13, 2010 - Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet (C2F) will host an opening ceremony for PANAMAX 2010 at the Ely Hall Conference Center aboard Naval Station Norfolk Aug. 16.
August 13, 2010 - Hollywood is delivering messages of thanks and support to our men and women in uniform through Letters from Hollywood, a new website launched by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command July 30.
August 12, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered a thorough force structure review of the Marine Corps to determine what an expeditionary force in readiness should look like in the 21st century.
August 12, 2010 - Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan will now go with a new uniform in their mobility bag -- one that fights fire and fleas, and makes them less visible to insurgents.
August 12, 2010 - About one-third of the 1,200 troops that have been authorized to support the Department of Homeland Security-requested Southwest border mission have received their orders, Guard officials said today.
August 12, 2010 - "It's hard to fight complacency when you're just waiting around," admitted Sgt. 1st Class Elias Munoz as he and two of his Soldiers attempted to hook up cable for television in a room set aside for U.S. Soldiers here.
August 12, 2010 - Like the times, the Army is changing and it's starting from the ground up with Basic Combat Training. The transformation went into effect July 1, as the standard for training future Soldiers.
August 12, 2010 - The U.S. Army defended its culinary crown when a two-man team representing the service was judged champions of the second Freedom Chef Challenge, Aug. 3, held during the 2010 American Culinary Federation National Convention in Anaheim, Calif.
August 11, 2010 - The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan now has almost 120,000 troops from 47 different countries assigned to it, NATO officials said yesterday.
August 11, 2010 - An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was reported to be heavily damaged when it slid and rolled over on Knik Glacier during a rescue mission.
August 11, 2010 - Now that the leak has been plugged and the oil has been stopped, three of the four states on duty are decreasing the number of National Guard members they have responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
August 11, 2010 - Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis brings a wealth of experience in the Middle East to his new assignment as the commander of U.S. Central Command here, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
August 11, 2010 - Officials with the 39th Information Operations Squadron, the Air Force's sole formal training unit for cyber and information operations training, expanded their sphere of education recently by graduating the first joint and coalition partners.
August 10, 2010 - Faced with a long recovery and the reality that he might never run, surf or return to his Special Forces team, Army Staff Sgt. Andre Murnane made the decision last year to have his right leg amputated below the knee after it was shattered by a bomb.
August 10, 2010 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stressed the need for strong garrison leadership today, underscoring the effects longer periods at home between deployments may have on troops and their families in the future.
August 09, 2010 - A demonstration project under way at 20 sites in the United States and overseas is helping to break down technological barriers to promote more interoperability and better intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data sharing.
August 09, 2010 - Leadership at all levels is the key to lowering the suicide rate among servicemembers, a Medal of Honor recipient told National Guard members Sunday.
August 09, 2010 - Desktop computer users see his face each time they log in, reminding them to practice good cyber security.
August 09, 2010 - Senior noncommissioned officers played a big role during the four-day Land Forces Symposium held in Columbus, Ga., Aug. 1-4.
August 09, 2010 - The National Guard likely will continue to play a significant role in overseas contingency operations for the foreseeable future, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told 1,800 Guard members Aug. 8.
August 08, 2010 - Iraqi security forces are on track to assume full operations and prepared to deal with spates of violence by extremists intent on derailing Iraqi progress, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said this morning.
August 08, 2010 - The Army is striving to reduce soldier suicides and mental-health problems by giving troops more dwell time between deployments, identifying tell-tale symptoms more quickly and eliminating the stigma of seeking help.
August 07, 2010 - When Iraqi forces began pouring over the border into neighboring Kuwait, most Americans would have had a hard time finding the country on a map.
August 06, 2010 - President Barack Obama this week hailed “one of the largest logistics operations we’ve seen in decades” accompanying the force drawdown in Iraq.
August 06, 2010 - Historic, monumental and simply incredible are just a few ways to describe the milestone soon to be attained by the men and women of the 55th Wing.
August 06, 2010 - The Senate unanimously confirmed Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as commander of U.S. Central Command.
August 06, 2010 - The day retired Gen. Charles A. Horner received the call 20 years ago that eventually launched Operation Desert Shield he was flying his F-16 Fighting Falcon.
August 05, 2010 - In response to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' effort to find efficiencies throughout the services, National Guard officials are taking a hard look at how they operate.
August 05, 2010 - Returning the National Guard to its Cold War-era strategic reserve posture is not the answer when Defense leaders discuss the future, the Army's chief of staff said here yesterday.
August 04, 2010 - As he tells the story, his head is on a swivel. He looks around as if he’s lost something. With various verbal pauses and clicks of his tongue, he seems distracted, as if he could be doing something more important than reminiscing about the past.
August 04, 2010 - The members of the 59th Dental Training Squadron here have a unique service they provide their patients. They help reconstruct their faces.
August 04, 2010 - Defense Department officials must plan to maintain recent additions to the ground forces for the foreseeable future and boost their long-range strike, maritime and cyber capability to confront global trends and threats.
August 04, 2010 - It was a day-long tour, complete with equipment displays and a tour of a field site, for Chilean Army officers who visited the 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, July 30, 2010.
August 04, 2010 - .S. military forces in Afghanistan are responding rapidly to the disastrous flooding that has reportedly killed more than 1,200 people in Pakistan, 60 in Afghanistan and affected millions.
August 03, 2010 - Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, traveled to New Orleans yesterday to address some of the challenges confronting our military families.
August 03, 2010 - If National Guard members continue to deploy in support of overseas missions, their family readiness groups will need to be supported at the same pace, Guard leaders told unit volunteers here yesterday.
August 03, 2010 - President Barack Obama’s nominee as assistant secretary of defense for health affairs told Congress today he’ll strive to improve the medical system that serves military members and their families.
August 02, 2010 - People are at the center of the counterinsurgency guidance the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan issued yesterday.
August 02, 2010 - National Guard troops in four states are in training today as they prepare to join colleagues already supporting Border Patrol agents on the nation’s Southwest border.
August 02, 2010 - Tucked in the dense woods of a typically quiet, remote German logging trail is a flurry of activity. A small bulldozer scoops dirt into a wooden box large enough to be a closet, whereby more dirt is transferred into smaller buckets.
August 02, 2010 - The red jackets of the Tuskegee Airmen remain as distinctive today as the red tail markings on the aircraft they flew during World War II.
August 02, 2010 - An 11-person team from the 32nd Combat Communications Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is deployed to Meteti, Panama, to bring phone and data service to engineers and support personnel participating in New Horizons Panama 2010.
July 31, 2010 - Commanders from the 3rd Wing and the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing here spoke to local media July 31, discussing the weekend's Arctic Thunder air show and the tragic C-17 Globemaster III crash July 28 which killed four crewmembers.
July 30, 2010 - Memorial Day is a time for remembrance; it'll certainly be a day one Airman here will never forget.
July 30, 2010 - More than 200 Airmen are here supporting the 100th National Scout Jamboree July 26 through Aug. 4. Approximately 46,000 Boy Scouts are attending the jamboree from throughout the country.
July 29, 2010 - A congressionally mandated panel has recommended broad changes to long-term Defense Department strategies and priorities, including funding a major recapitalization of equipment.
July 29, 2010 - The Utah National Guard's 141st Military Intelligence Battalion will deploy to Iraq in a few weeks with 83 soldiers who have earned Eagle Scout badges from the Boy Scouts of America.
July 29, 2010 - When an aircraft comes back from a sortie broken, and the part to repair it doesn't exist in the supply chain, all hope for repair might feel lost. However, in the distance, an Airman wields a glimmering, 35,000 degree Fahrenheit light of hope.
July 29, 2010 - In 1747, fire burnt this town to the ground. Chicago, London and many other cities have befallen the same fate, only to rebuild and re-energize their fire disaster preparedness programs.
July 29, 2010 - Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team received a rousing welcome home from Iraq here today, not only from fellow Soldiers, family members and community leaders, but also from Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden.
July 28, 2010 - The classified military documents released by the group WikiLeaks.org could not only threaten the lives of U.S. troops, but the Afghan civilians with whom they work, a top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said today.
July 28, 2010 - Eligible servicemembers and veterans have less than three months to apply for Retroactive "Stop Loss" Special Pay.
July 28, 2010 - Pvt. Hannah Grossman appears to be your typical Soldier in training. Young, determined and focused. However, before donning an Army Combat Uniform, the Human Resource Information Management Specialist student was a professional cage fighter.
July 28, 2010 - He's been shot at in combat, he's saved lives on the battlefield and he responded to the wounded victims of the Nov. 5 attack on Fort Hood, and now Staff Sgt. Zackary Filip has been named the Military Times Soldier of the Year.
July 28, 2010 - Fort A.P. Hill Commander Lt. Col. John Haefner encouraged a crowd of hundreds to write letters to Soldiers and veterans at the official release ceremony of the “Celebrate Scouting” stamp at Fort A.P. Hill, July 27.
July 27, 2010 - Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis called for harmony and consistency in the U.S. Central Command area of operation today, citing the need for continued military, civilian and regional cooperation to successfully drive out extremism.
July 27, 2010 - The new, improved physical training uniform, or IPTU, has seen many improvements from the current PTU and sizing also has improved for both sexes.
July 27, 2010 - The Pentagon today condemned the actions of the group Wikileaks.org, which released thousands of classified U.S. military documents on its website last night.
July 26, 2010 - Though the battle in Regional Command-East in Afghanistan is more difficult than expected, U.S., NATO and Afghan forces are making progress there, Army Maj. Gen. John F. Campbell said here yesterday.
July 26, 2010 - Providing soldiers a home away from home has been Carole Coveney's mission for more than two decades.
July 26, 2010 - The U.S. Army is leveraging its annual C4ISR integrated capabilities event at Fort Dix to assess a contoured, rechargeable battery that will allow the Soldier to be more agile in the battlefield.
July 26, 2010 - A Virginia Army National Guard Soldier serving an active-duty tour with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command was awarded the Soldier's Medal at Fort Monroe July 23 for his actions that resulted in saving the lives of three men.
July 26, 2010 - "Your opinion matters" is the view of Air Force officials on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" survey released July 7 to more than 98,000 randomly selected active-duty Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members.
July 26, 2010 - The annual Air Force Reserve Developmental Education Designation Board will convene at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here in November to select Reserve officers for in-residence developmental education schools for the 2011-2012 academic year.
July 24, 2010 - The Pakistani military and government are grappling with the problems of militants in the country and don’t get enough credit for the sacrifices they are making, according to U.S. military officials here.
July 23, 2010 - The Air Force undersecretary testified before the House Armed Services Committee July 22 about how Air Force officials are working with their Defense Department counterparts to control spending and transform business operations and create efficiencies.
July 23, 2010 - Service chiefs from each branch came together to lend their support to the cause of helping military children July 23 here.
July 22, 2010 - Since 2003, the Army medical community has worked feverishly to establish processes that will improve the speed at which post-traumatic stress among military members is diagnosed, the Army’s surgeon general said here today.
July 22, 2010 - A World War II veteran received long-delayed recognition for heroism he displayed 65 years ago in the skies above Nazi Germany during a July 19 award ceremony held in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.
July 22, 2010 - Shelly is a smart, successful business owner, but a brief liaison with a man claiming to be a servicemember nearly cost her everything.
July 22, 2010 - Caring for wounded and injured servicemembers is among the highest priorities for officials within the Defense Department, the acting deputy assistant defense secretary for clinical and program policy told Congress today.
July 21, 2010 - Working with other agencies in a hostile environment on a quick turn around rotation, four airlift crews managed to deliver more than 100 helicopters to Army units at three locations in Afghanistan.
July 21, 2010 - The Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts program will resume Oct. 25, but with some significant changes to the popular spouse employment program, a defense official announced today.
July 21, 2010 - As U.S. Africa Command matures and strengthens ties with African nations, American interests on the continent become more stable, the command's top officer said today.
July 20, 2010 - Tour lengths for servicemembers assigned to South Korea and the Army's deployment cycles were on the minds of Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division's 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team when they met with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates here today.
July 20, 2010 - The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command Exceptional Family Member Program brought together about 100 EFMP program managers from around the world.
July 20, 2010 - U.S. Army aviators flew with aviators from the Iraqi Army July 19 for a training mission in the Baghdad area intended to strengthen relations between their units and train the Iraqi aviators on VIP transportation.
July 20, 2010 - U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program boxer Spc. Jeffrey Spencer won a gold medal and teammates Sgt. John Franklin and Spc. Carrie Barry struck bronze at the 2010 U.S. National Boxing Championships July 12-17.
July 20, 2010 - By 8:30 a.m., it is 98 degrees Fahrenheit under the tarpaulin. A group of eager Iraqi Army soldiers huddle around Sgt. Jasen Sumner as he explains how to conduct preventive maintenance checks and services on the track pads of the M1A1 Main Battle Tank.
July 20, 2010 - The second most senior man in the U.S. Army saw both the dedication and the challenges facing ammunition plant employees and the mission in general.
July 19, 2010 - A C-130 Hercules flight engineer with more than 700 deployed flying hours who is also a cancer survivor is riding his bike 4,000 miles across the U.S.
July 17, 2010 - The Army released a candid suicide prevention training video Thursday in an effort to deter the increasing number of suicides amongst troops.
July 15, 2010 - Lisa Daniel is a writer and editor for the Defense Department’s American Forces Press Service. I invited her to write a guest blog for Family Matters to highlight the "Me and a Friend" program that's benefiting military children.
July 15, 2010 - Sheet protectors, a frank discussion ahead of time and an 8x10 photo taped to the car seat -- these are a few of the tips Army spouse and mother Rebekah Sanderlin has come up with to help cope with family separations.
July 15, 2010 - More than a dozen Airmen and Marines from Task Force New Horizons spent a day with local children at the elementary school in Sansonsito, July 12, building rubber-band airplanes and playing games.
July 14, 2010 - A young man working on a farm in Illinois decided to enlist in the National Guard in March 1953 after he received a challenge from his friend and employer.
July 14, 2010 - Because Congress has yet to pass a supplemental funding bill, the Defense Department must start taking measures to ensure uninterrupted war operations, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
July 14, 2010 - Preventing suicide among servicemembers and veterans calls for comprehensive education and communication, the director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury said here July 14.
July 14, 2010 - Airmen with the 56th Medical Group at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., provided general medical health care at the U.S. Army South New Horizons-Haiti 2010 Task Force Kout Men Ennery medical assistance site here June 13.
July 13, 2010 - The Electronic Systems Center's Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program recently reached a significant milestone when the sensor and first software baseline were delivered to Edwards Air Force Base, California.
July 13, 2010 - Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen look forward to going home on R&R and redeployment from various locations throughout the Middle East but would rather avoid the 100-percent 'baggage dump' required for customs inspections.
July 13, 2010 - Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen assigned to Joint Task Force New Horizons have made major progress on their engineering and medical missions in Haiti, the task force commander said today.
July 12, 2010 - Forty years ago today, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and his wife, Deborah, said, “I do” -- not just to each other, but to four decades in the Navy.
July 12, 2010 - Challenges such as a parent deploying can cause overwhelming stress for a child and some family readiness groups have found a way to provide support with fun -- summer camp.
July 12, 2010 - An Army National Guard officer received the South Carolina Medal of Valor June 19 after saving the life of a man ejected from his truck when it was struck by a train.
July 12, 2010 - The 732nd Security Forces Squadron, Det. 3, was inactivated during a ceremony July 3, at 7:32 a.m.
July 12, 2010 - Four Little Rock Air Force Base aircrews took part in the largest formation ever assembled for a joint forcible entry exercise June 22 and 23 at Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg, N.C.
July 12, 2010 - A combat controller, who last year was laying in a hospital fighting for his life, is now riding his bicycle across America as part of his rehabilitation and to inspire other wounded warriors.
July 12, 2010 - Survey responses on the possible repeal of the law that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military will allow leaders to make informed decisions, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said July 10.
July 11, 2010 - Like many combat-injured servicemembers, Army Pfc. Matthew Castillo del Muro has found comfort in family and support.
July 09, 2010 - Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Butler is a former Marine who’s now serving here as an instructor with the Texas Air National Guard.
July 09, 2010 - Panjshir Governor Keramuddin Keram met with Provincial Reconstruction Team Panjshir officials July 1 to discuss a project that could bring 35,000 new trees to the province by the end of the year.
July 09, 2010 - Army Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann, commander of Multinational Battle Group East (MNBG-E) for Kosovo Forces (KFOR) 12 held an informal meeting here July 7 with media representatives from throughout Kosovo.
July 09, 2010 - Fort Jackson Soldiers who are injured during Basic Combat Training have a new weapon at their disposal to get up and running again.
July 09, 2010 - The newly refurbished Three Servicemen Statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled today after six weeks of restoration.
July 08, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today recommended Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command.
July 08, 2010 - The newly refurbished Three Servicemen Statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled July 8 after six weeks of restoration.
July 08, 2010 - Power consumption at Fort Bliss, Texas, has dropped by three megawatts, and the post is looking to shed even more in its quest to become a "net zero" energy installation.
July 08, 2010 - Recruiter Sgt. 1st Class Keven Parr's way of life is about to change substantially. This month, he starts his new assignment at Fort Sill, Okla., as a drill sergeant.
July 08, 2010 - Hundreds of Soldiers will leave their units in Iraq and return home early over the next two months to help meet the president's mandated troop strength of 50,000 in the country by Sept. 1.
July 07, 2010 - At noon today, Defense Department officials e-mailed surveys to 400,000 servicemembers as part of a special review to prepare the military for a potential repeal of the so-called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law that bans gays and lesbians from openly serving,
July 07, 2010 - Two bilingual security forces Airmen assigned to New Horizons Panama 2010 are spending their free time in front of a black board teaching English classes to members of the Panamanian Frontier Police (SENAFRONT).
July 07, 2010 - After much planning, anticipation and constructive feedback, the Army Air Force Exchange Service and the Air Force Uniform Office officials have partnered to bring an improved physical training uniform to select military clothing sales stores in July.
July 07, 2010 - Several active duty security forces members now have a better idea what the “Total Force” concept is after learning valuable combat skills from Guard instructors.
July 07, 2010 - The newly constructed Georgia National Guard Language Training Center recently opened its doors at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga., and provides the resources necessary for military intelligence linguists to hone their language skills.
July 07, 2010 - In April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson called on Americans to face the freezing, muddy trenches and deadly chemical weapons of the Great War in an effort to make the world safe for democracy.
July 06, 2010 - In a memo to senior civilian and military leaders, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates reiterated the need for leaders to take media engagement seriously, and to stay within their levels of knowledge.
July 06, 2010 - The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, or CMA, announced that on July 1, 2010, it achieved the destruction of 75 percent of its chemical agent stockpile as defined under international treaty obligations.
July 06, 2010 - Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, strongly urges Soldiers to participate in a study that will help the service learn more about the causes of suicide and improve prevention efforts.
July 06, 2010 - In 2005 an insurgent sniper in Baghdad nearly killed New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Craig Macy.
July 06, 2010 - "Sorry, you aren't going anywhere until your EFMP status is updated," is a distressing thing for a Soldier to hear as he or she is preparing to PCS.
July 06, 2010 - One Army veteran, severely wounded in Iraq, has been given a great boost forward to start a new life with his soon-to-be wife.
July 06, 2010 - Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard's 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company have been performing transport duties off the coast of Louisiana near Grand Isle and the Grand Terre Islands to assist workers with the oil cleanup effort along the Gulf Coast.
July 05, 2010 - Afghanistan’s army, with help from the NATO training mission there, is working to increase its growth, develop leaders and increase retention to make a stronger force.
July 04, 2010 - Maneuvering through the bazaar crowd during the week’s busiest day, Marines from Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, patrolled the Hazer Joft bazaar in Garmsir, Afghanistan, June 2,
July 04, 2010 - The objective in Afghanistan is to win, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said today as he formally assumed command of the International Security Force in Afghanistan.
July 04, 2010 - Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, presided over a naturalization ceremony in Al Faw Palace here today in honor of 156 servicemembers who earned their U.S. citizenship through service to the nation.
July 04, 2010 - As Americans back home celebrated with fireworks and festivities, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, opted to spend their Fourth of July holiday in Iraq, thanking U.S. troops for the service and sacrifice.
July 04, 2010 - When Defense Department and USO officials created the “Me and a Friend” program, Kelsie Vick was who they had in mind.
July 04, 2010 - Military service members from 51 countries became U.S. citizens during a swearing-in ceremony aboard the USS Midway Memorial Museum July 2.
July 03, 2010 - The United States in on track or ahead of schedule to end its combat mission in Iraq this summer, and the lack of a permanent government there will not serve as a deterrent to that plan.
July 02, 2010 - The military's efforts to have more language-qualified servicemembers are beginning to pay off, the Defense Department's senior language authority said this week.
July 02, 2010 - One year after U.S. forces withdrew from Iraqi cities, the chief of staff for the 3rd Infantry Division and Task Force Marne said yesterday that Iraqi security forces have proven themselves capable of conducting independent operations.
July 02, 2010 - Out of more than 700 applicants, an active-duty Army lieutenant colonel's name rose to the top of the 2010-2011 White House Fellows program list-a program designed to give participants hands-on experience with the inner workings of the government.
July 01, 2010 - The Defense Department’s readiness reporting system, designed to provide a comprehensive overview of a unit’s manpower, skill sets, equipment and capabilities as well as mission requirements, is nearing full operational capability, a top official said.
July 01, 2010 - A new era in military medical readiness training opened at Camp Bullis June 25, as Air Force officials cut the ribbon on an $18 million Medical Readiness Training Center.
July 01, 2010 - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs is offering bronze medallions to attach to existing, privately purchased headstones or markers, signifying a deceased's status as a veteran.
July 01, 2010 - U.S. Soldiers at Al Asad Air Base not only have an inexpensive way to deliver small items like ammunition, food and water, they have trained Iraqi special operations forces how to do it themselves.
July 01, 2010 - Planners and leaders from U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command met here June 24 to coordinate the next milestone in Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC relocation of the two commands to Fort Bragg, N.C.
July 01, 2010 - Tank trails and roads cut across the 40,000 acres of the Hohenfels training area, dusty brown ribbons that vehicles use to carry Soldiers, munitions and equipment through a simulated war zone for multinational military training.
July 01, 2010 - The Army launched a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile, June 28, from Kauai, Hawaii, which successfully intercepted and destroyed another missile launched just minutes earlier.
July 01, 2010 - Last week, he was an Army noncommissioned officer, but today, Mark Cox is a new cadet at West Point. Not yet a plebe in the Corps of Cadets until he completes Beast Barracks.
June 30, 2010 - The local village elders and the Afghan National Army met with the Marines of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, held a shura recently to discuss future civil affairs projects.
June 30, 2010 - The government of Puerto Rico on Monday extended the validity of current birth certificates until Sept. 30, giving U.S. citizens born on the island more time to apply for and receive the new, security-enhanced certificates.
June 30, 2010 - On the Fourth of July, the nation will celebrate its 234th birthday. For most of us, the coming weekend will be filled with family gatherings, festivals and fireworks.
June 29, 2010 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that he returned from Afghanistan this week reassured that U.S. and NATO forces remain on track there, but also concerned about the synergy among terrorist groups in the region.
June 29, 2010 - Service before self is expected in the military, but one family has taken that concept to new heights.
June 29, 2010 - The Marines and Sailors of Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Tank Battalion, are currently training with Bulgarian soldiers at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria.
June 28, 2010 - Afghanistan remains crucial to American national interests, and the United States will need to provide assistance to that nation for years, President Barack Obama said in Toronto yesterday.
June 28, 2010 - When the National Intrepid Center of Excellence opened its doors here last week, the sense of hope in reversing the rising tide of brain injuries and psychological illness in servicemembers was palpable.
June 28, 2010 - Nearly 100 officials from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard gathered in Denver for the Individual Ready Reserve Interservice Conference June 22 and 23.
June 28, 2010 - The transition of Tactical Satellite 3 from experimental to operational mode June 18 marked the beginning of many significant firsts as U.S. Strategic Command accepted the hyperspectral satellite for operational use.
June 25, 2010 - This week almost 300 National Guard members from four states are helping to prepare for future floods and recover from past flood damage.
June 24, 2010 - Flanked by Korean War veterans, many proudly bearing the medals and insignias of their military service, defense officials commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Korean War and saluted the veterans during a ceremony held at the Pentagon here today.
June 24, 2010 - The 13th Air Force hosted seven civil engineers from countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region during a subject matter expert exchange summit called Pacific Unity here June 3 through 17.
June 24, 2010 - An independent council of Cabinet members announced a proposal yesterday they said will seek to end veteran homelessness in five years and put the nation on a path to end homelessness in the United States by 2020.
June 24, 2010 - As part of the ongoing response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fish and Wildlife experts have taken to the air with Florida National Guard aviators to spot oil encroaching near the beaches of Florida's Panhandle.
June 23, 2010 - Shortly after President Barack Obama announced today that he had accepted Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s resignation, the departing general released a written statement expressing his support for the president’s Afghanistan policy.
June 23, 2010 - Retired Gen. Donn A. Starry is considered to be the architect of the 1980s' Air-Land Battle Doctrine, which transformed how the Army fights conventional wars.
June 23, 2010 - A statue that honors legendary Eighth U.S. Army Commander Gen. Walton H. Walker was unveiled beside the 8th Army headquarters here, June 23.
June 23, 2010 - Soldiers from the 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and Air Force F-16 fighters teamed for four days with the 17th Iraqi Army Division conducting a full-scale defensive-fires exercise at the Besmaya Range Complex outside Baghdad.
June 23, 2010 - Army and DoD officials told a Congressional committee Tuesday about what they are doing in Afghanistan to keep contracting funds out of the hands of the Taliban and other criminals.
June 23, 2010 - The Army announced today it has begun shipping its new 5.56mm cartridge, the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round, to support warfighters in Afghanistan.
June 23, 2010 - President Barack Obama today accepted Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's resignation as the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, calling it the right decision for national security.
June 22, 2010 - Top U.S. and military leaders took part in a roundtable discussion with parents at the elementary school here today to gain greater insight into the education challenges military families face.
June 22, 2010 - Officials at Arlington National Cemetery have established a special call center to address concerns worried family members may have about the potential mishandling of their loved ones’ remains.
June 22, 2010 - An A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 358th Fighter Squadron here was one of 17 military officers selected by the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation to be a student in Olmsted Scholar Class of 2011.
June 22, 2010 - Post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury and suicides among servicemembers are interrelated problems requiring holistic prevention methods and more scientific study, military leaders told a Senate panel June 22.
June 21, 2010 - Service before self is expected of our Soldiers, but one family has taken it to new heights.
June 21, 2010 - The Army prevailed once again as Soldiers from U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit dominated the competition at the 51st Interservice Pistol Championship matches held here June 14-18.
June 21, 2010 - It's been a long time coming, but Afghanistan's National Police Training Center is progressing according to plan.
June 21, 2010 - Recent decisions by joint military medical officials here to outfit paramedics with specialized equipment and to stock medicine rarely needed by typical military patients saved a serviceman's life after he suffered a heart attack June 9.
June 21, 2010 - The Air Force triathlon team recently excelled in all athletic categories at the 2010 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship June 5 at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Calif.
June 19, 2010 - A transfer-of-authority ceremony between the 17th Fires Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division was held in the chapel on COB Basra June 17, 2010.
June 19, 2010 - Corpsmen with 4th Marine Medical Battalion took a break from their schedule to gather and celebrate the 112th birthday of the Navy Hospital Corps June 17.
June 18, 2010 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Roland Lueras left for a year-long deployment to Iraq on Father’s Day last year, missing his family’s usual gift-giving celebrations.
June 18, 2010 - Airmen and Soldiers brought their experience from Afghanistan and Iraq to test the latest communications systems in the Colorado Springs portion of the joint Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration on June 16.
June 17, 2010 - Engineers with NATO Training Mission Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan are working with their Afghan partners to build infrastructure to support the growth of the Afghan national security forces.
June 17, 2010 - The 3rd Wing commander and his spouse were recognized for their contribution to the nation, the Air Force and the local community.
June 16, 2010 - Marines and Sailors with scout platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Tank Battalion, are currently partnered alongside Romanian and Ukrainian soldiers at Babadag Training Area, Romania, to conduct the third peacekeeping operation training.
June 16, 2010 - When an airman is seriously injured, multiple agencies are ready to provide help.
June 16, 2010 - President Barack Obama's directive calling for the start of a conditions-based drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July 2011 shouldn't be considered as an exit date.
June 16, 2010 - More than 15 health care providers from Bangladesh gathered at the Smiling Sun Clinic here June 12 and 13 to attend a subject matter expert exchange on neonatology as part of Operation Pacific Angel.
June 16, 2010 - U.S. and international forces are making progress in southern Afghanistan despite a tough and resourceful insurgency, defense officials told Congress today.
June 15, 2010 - To maintain the U.S. position of having the strongest military in the world, leaders must ensure that servicemembers and their families always “are the center of gravity,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last night.
June 15, 2010 - The Army christened the new Ground Soldier System June 14 with a name that honors World War II Medal of Honor recipient Col. Robert B. Nett.
June 15, 2010 - Three Soldiers earned berths in the 2010 FILA Wrestling World Championships by winning their weight classes at the U.S. World Team Trials on June 10-11 at the Mid-America Center here.
June 15, 2010 - Nearly 300 Fort Carson Soldiers graduated from a seven week Dari and Pashto language class June 11, in advance of their deployment to Afghanistan where they will be expected to help their battalion commanders better interact with the local population.
June 15, 2010 - More than 400 National Guard members from three states have been called up for flood duty after heavy rains and snow run off caused cresting rivers this week.
June 14, 2010 - U.S. and Canadian servicemembers are working side by side in defense of North America and fighting side by side in defense of freedom in Afghanistan. Now officials want to expand that cooperation to the cyberworld.
June 14, 2010 - Military personnel at Dover Air Force Base, Del., performed their duties with solemn respect over the past several weeks as U.S. servicemembers killed in Afghanistan returned to U.S. soil.
June 14, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates helped to celebrate the Army’s 235th birthday today at a Pentagon courtyard ceremony and imparted a message for its leadership to always make time to listen to what their troops have to say.
June 14, 2010 - Servicemembers from Joint Task Force-Bravo transported 12,800 pounds of relief supplies June 3 to four areas of Guatemala affected by Tropical Storm Agatha and the Pacaya volcano eruption.
June 14, 2010 - The nation may never become entirely "paperless" in the way it documents patient medical records, but the military and veterans health care communities are on the right path and have the technologies in place to one day be very close.
June 11, 2010 - Support for the mission in Afghanistan from allies and partners has increased steadily in the past year, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
June 11, 2010 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Stoner says resilience is "the ability to have a positive outcome from negative situations." He should know.
June 11, 2010 - Vice President Joe Biden today praised Iraqi and U.S. security forces for killing two top leaders of the al-Qaida in Iraq terror organization."Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!"
June 11, 2010 - About 450 U.S. and NATO forces are working to bring the 3,300 members and 48 aircraft of the Afghan army air corps up to par as part of a long-term effort to give the country a self-sufficient air force, the Air Force general leading the transition team.
June 11, 2010 - It's 3 a.m. in Panama City Beach, Fla. The bay looks like black liquid glass as the motor boat filled with combat controllers-in-training cuts through the water.
June 10, 2010 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today told graduates of the National Defense University here that their careers will be dominated by their understanding of the precise application of military force and national power.
June 10, 2010 - The soldiers of the Vermont Army National Guard’s 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team have been working hard to make a difference during their deployment to Afghanistan, the brigade’s commander told reporters recently.
June 10, 2010 - U.S. and Pakistani defense officials wrapped up a four-day session in Pakistan today aimed at expanding the two countries’ defense relationship to address current and future threats.
June 10, 2010 - The top two officials in charge of Arlington National Cemetery here were disciplined after an Army investigation found the cemetery’s management to be “dysfunctional,” Army Secretary John M. McHugh announced today at the Pentagon.
June 09, 2010 - With recruiting on pace to exceed goals, the increased numbers may help to ease attrition problems that have plagued the Afghan army and police, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
June 09, 2010 - Several members of the Washington Redskins joined forces with the USO and the Wounded Warrior Project here yesterday at the ESPN Zone for a “Guitar Hero” video game showdown with soldiers stationed in Basra, Iraq.
June 09, 2010 - In the largest state activation of the Wyoming National Guard in more than 10 years, more than 200 soldiers and airmen are working around the clock to protect residents and their property against floods in Fremont County.
June 08, 2010 - Members of the government of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development met with U.S. Army veterinarians for the first time during a veterinary care conference held here June 3-6.
June 08, 2010 - Michigan Army National Guard Spc. Anna Jonkman, 22, says she has a keen sense of cultural awareness. To her, it is a natural instinct she applies daily while escorting Iraqis to work here.
June 07, 2010 - Airmen from the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Det. 3, graduated the last 15 of more than 400 Iraqi police students at the Taji Law Enforcement Academy here June 3.
June 07, 2010 - The air-sea battle concept being developed by Air Force and Navy officials exemplifies the closer, more integrated relationships the military needs in order to confront future challenges, top Pentagon leaders said.
June 07, 2010 - Twenty-eight Medal of Honor recipients recently launched the "Medal of Honor - Speak Out" campaign to encourage servicemembers struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries and other health problems.
June 07, 2010 - A military musician assigned to the U.S. Navy Band here teaches rowing to wounded warriors recovering at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
June 06, 2010 - The military’s top officer thanked the D-Day veterans of World War II for their service here today, and asked them to reach out to those who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan to share their common experiences.
June 04, 2010 - The largest office building in the Commonwealth of Kentucky will house the Army's newest center of excellence -- the Human Resource Center of Excellence, formed by the consolidation of Accessions Command and the Human Resources Command at Fort Knox.
June 04, 2010 - The difference between rapid acquisition and traditional acquisition can be as much as six years or more.
June 04, 2010 - As the Army prepares to celebrate its 235th birthday, three women have taken the broad theme of the Army's long tradition and history and transformed it into a series of books designed for children.
June 04, 2010 - "Eagles" from across the history of aviation are sharing their stories with Air Command and Staff College students here this week.
June 03, 2010 - Airmen assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team help Afghan government officials here with reconstruction, health and social projects to improve lives for Afghan citizens in the region.
June 02, 2010 - Got a cell phone handy? It could be your ticket to keeping up with your professional development requirements.
June 02, 2010 - Army Capt. Kelly Calway doesn't don a cape, fight crime on a daily basis or possess any sort of superhuman powers.
June 02, 2010 - Cell phones could soon be the ticket to keeping up with professional development requirements.
June 01, 2010 - The U.S. military today officially ended its earthquake disaster response in Haiti today, leaving what is left of assistance with humanitarian and construction projects on the island to two annual military exercises in the region.
June 01, 2010 - The military’s top officer yesterday called on Vietnam Veterans to stay connected with today’s servicemembers, saying their lessons learned, especially with post-traumatic stress disorder, can help veterans of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
June 01, 2010 - City of San Antonio officials and local Airmen conducted an exercise here May 27 to test both military and civilian responses to a hypothetical tornado occurring in another state, which could cause evacuation of patients to San Antonio.
June 01, 2010 - More than 200 multinational troops converged in front of the Regional Command East command building here to see an I-beam segment from the World Trade Center unveiled during a Memorial Day ceremony today.
May 31, 2010 - A memorial ceremony was held globally May 26 by tactical air control party Airmen to honor a fallen comrade.
May 30, 2010 - The role of U.S. Forces in Iraq continues to evolve with the launch of Operation New Dawn later this year, and the majority of efforts will be re-focused on the responsible transfer of authority to Iraqi Security Forces.
May 28, 2010 - Afghan soldiers, supported by International Security Assistance Force troops, have completed a clearing operation aimed at disrupting insurgent presence in and around Bala Murghab.
May 28, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told troops worldwide May 28 that any repeal of the so-called "don't ask don't tell" law will be delayed until the ongoing Defense Department high-level review is completed.
May 28, 2010 - Airmen, Sailors and Soldiers were joined by military veterans in a retreat ceremony here May 27, honoring those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the defense and service of their nation.
May 27, 2010 - For the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, Army Spc. Kevin Pemberton is the bane of their existence.
May 27, 2010 - As ambulance after ambulance pulls up to the tents on the flightline, medical staff members rush out to carry in patients on litters brought in from local hospitals.
May 27, 2010 - Sirens wailed across Israel and residents took shelter during a nationwide civil defense exercise carefully watched by a delegation of National Guard leaders May 26 here.
May 26, 2010 - Less than 30 seconds, that's all it takes for 40 container-delivery-system bundles, totaling 70,000 pounds of supplies, to drop out of the back of a C-17 Globemaster III.
May 26, 2010 - Army Staff Sgt. Chris Kleinhans has just about seen it all during his past two-and-a-half years as a trainer/mentor at the Joint Readiness Training Center here.
May 26, 2010 - The National Guards of several states are closely watching Louisiana this week and are prepared to assist in its oil spill operations if needed, a senior Guard leader said today.
May 26, 2010 - From camps to golf clinics to acclaimed museums, military children have an abundance of free summer programs to choose from this year, a Defense Department official said.
May 26, 2010 - An Air Force master sergeant was recognized May 24 for his role in helping advance the capabilities of the newly-formed Afghan National Army Air Corps.
May 26, 2010 - An X-51A Waverider flight-test vehicle successfully made the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight May 26 off the southern California Pacific coast.
May 25, 2010 - The day kicked off here late last week as a celebration in the fictional Afghan village of Sangari.
May 25, 2010 - The Formal Marksmanship Training Course teaches Marines how to effectively pass on their rifleman skills by certifying them as shooting coaches.
May 25, 2010 - The U.S. and South Korean militaries will undergo two new training exercises in light of last week's finding that North Korea sank a South Korean navy ship, killing 46 sailors, a Pentagon spokesman announced today.
May 25, 2010 - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill could soon reach levels on par with the 250,000 barrels of crude oil lost in the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill, the Coast Guard commandant said yesterday in an interview on CNN's State of the Union.
May 24, 2010 - Joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron were called into action when their unit came under attack during joint operations near the Afghanistan and Pakistan border May 12 through 15.
May 24, 2010 - Members of the 59th Emergency Medicine Squadron participated in a simulation grand rounds, which incorporated the use of high-fidelity medical simulation in the Wilford Hall Medical Center simulation center here May 21.
May 24, 2010 - Brig. Gen. James Lariviere, the commanding general of the New Orleans-based 4th Marine Division, traveled here May 16 to visit U.S. service members participating in African Lion 2010.
May 24, 2010 - With a member of Congress, senior military leaders and state and local dignitaries present, a major milestone was met today at the port through which nine out of every ten rounds of ammunition sent to Iraq and Afghanistan are moved.
May 24, 2010 - On a sunny morning in Boston, more than 2,000 runners gathered on Yawkey Way outside of Fenway Park to run nine kilometers with the finish line being one of the most famous spots in Boston... home plate of Fenway Park.
May 22, 2010 - Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III called the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md., a milestone in the United States being able to conduct full-spectrum operations in a new domain.
May 21, 2010 - The Military Sealift Command's hospital ship USNS Mercy is moored in Guam to bring on mission-support teams, supplies and other equipment to prepare for a five-month humanitarian deployment.
May 21, 2010 - Developing a deliberate approach to energy and climate change is an important platform to national security and the U.S. military mission, a senior Defense Department official told members of Congress here yesterday.
May 21, 2010 - Saturday's graduation at the U.S. Military Academy will mark 30 years since the first women joined "the long gray line" of West Point graduates.
May 21, 2010 - Soldiers around the world can support the USMA Black Knights lacrosse team as they take on Cornell this weekend, thanks to an agreement between ESPN and Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online.
May 21, 2010 - A visit to the warrior transition unit at Fort Carson, Colo., this week was worth the time, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a Pentagon news conference today.
May 20, 2010 - One year ago, Air Force Senior Airman Brian Petras was flying C-130 Hercules missions around the world.
May 20, 2010 - The Louisiana National Guard’s construction of the Tiger Dam shoreline protection system near in the southwest pass of the Mississippi River Delta continues to move ahead as an oil spill threatens the Gulf Coast.
May 20, 2010 - Air Force officials here directed an immediate service-wide inspection, recall and reporting of defective advanced combat helmets May 19.
May 20, 2010 - Mothers or any family member or friend can play a pivotal role in the recovery of servicemembers severely wounded in combat, according to wounded veterans visiting here the day after Mother's Day.
May 20, 2010 - Some promotion boards, along with command and school selection boards, are convening earlier or later than usual this year, due to the Human Resources Command relocating to Fort Knox, Ky.
May 19, 2010 - Army medical personnel are making progress across a broad range of issues affecting health care for Soldiers and their families, according to the Army's top medical officer.
May 19, 2010 - Marines and medical officers from Brigade Headquarters Group and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD) and an Afghan national army medic from Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, set up a village medical outreach on May 15.
May 19, 2010 - The Marines of Company L left the their mini-grinders and uniform maintenance to enjoy the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers game at Petco Park, May 16.
May 18, 2010 - The National Football League's High School Player Development program, sponsored by the National Guard, invited nearly 200 local high school football athletes to a one-week camp last week at a local Washington, D.C., high school.
May 18, 2010 - The 755th Air Expeditionary Group marked the one year anniversary of the creation of four air expeditionary squadrons whose purpose is to provide joint expeditionary tasked and individual augmentee Airmen May 5 here.
May 18, 2010 - The Army recall of 44,000 Advanced Combat Helmets that were issued to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is the result of a Department of Justice investigation as well as independent tests that show the helmets do not meet Army standards, officials confirme
May 18, 2010 - Iraq combat veteran Troy Yocum is walking 7,000 miles across the nation, banging his drum, gathering followers and trying to meet his goal of raising $5 million for U.S. veterans and their families in need.
May 17, 2010 - Tucked away at the entrance of the Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina, this community of about 6,000 residents welcomed the nation’s second Army Strong Community Center during a grand opening ceremony May 15.
May 17, 2010 - An Army medic's heroism during a firefight in Afghanistan led to his recognition with the U.S. military's second-highest decoration for valor.
May 17, 2010 - Marines and their Moroccan Army counterparts conducted Marine Corps Martial Arts training together at Tifnit training area here May 16 as part of Exercise AFRICAN LION.
May 17, 2010 - One year ago, Senior Amn. Brian Petras was flying C-130 Hercules missions around the world.
May 15, 2010 - Joint operations were underscored here this weekend as thousands of civilians gathered at the 2010 Joint Service Open House to get a closer look at the military’s best aircraft and vehicles and the servicemembers who operate and maintain them.
May 15, 2010 - The 2010 Warrior Games may have ended May 14, but for the wounded warriors who competed here this week, their work is just beginning, officials hope.
May 15, 2010 - Oregon National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Matthew Zedwick knows what it's like to be a real american soldier.
May 14, 2010 - Marine Corps athletes used teamwork and skill to win gold in the inaugural Warrior Games wheelchair basketball tournament here yesterday, but Lance Cpl. Justin Martin’s performance could lead people to believe he could have won the game all by himself.
May 14, 2010 - The Warrior Games cycling competition, held at the U.S. Air Force Academy here in a May snow shower yesterday, would have daunted the toughest of professional cyclists, but not wounded, ill and injured servicemembers.
May 13, 2010 - After a dismal start during opening competition May 11 at the inaugural Warrior Games, Army teams now have something to cheer about after taking home four medals in archery and qualifying with the best time in 12 of 24 preliminary swim categories.
May 13, 2010 - An early look at the scorecard reflects a winless record for Navy after the first two days of competition at the inaugural Warrior Games at the U.S. Olympic Training Center here.
May 13, 2010 - Five non-rated air liaison officers joined the ranks of battlefield Airmen across the Air Force after graduating from the basic Tactical Air Command.
May 13, 2010 - With heavy hearts and a true sense of the meaning of "service before self," eight members from several chapters of the American Gold Star Mothers recently visited here May 4 for a Mother's Day tribute.
May 13, 2010 - As American military members and their coalition partners fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, medics from these same countries work in collaboration to treat their battlefield wounds in theater hospitals.
May 13, 2010 - A U.S. and Vietnam servicemember-hosted medical clinic concluded three days of centralized free care to Vietnamese patients as part of Operation Pacific Angel 10-2 here May 12.
May 12, 2010 - You win some, you lose some. That statement sums up the Army’s scorecard after the first day of competition at the inaugural Warrior Games at the U.S. Olympic Training Center here.
May 11, 2010 - In the midst of a series of diplomatic meetings here, Afghan President Hamid Karzai took time to visit with American servicemembers who were wounded helping his country.
May 11, 2010 - The first plenary session of the African Land Force Summit began with Department of State's Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto, who spoke on the Obama administration's policy on relations with Africa.
May 11, 2010 - "Trust Your Hopes Not Your Fears" is a song that embodies the strength and positive outlook Army spouses need to support their Soldiers.
May 11, 2010 - “It’s very humbling,” said Military Spouse Magazine's Army 2010 Spouse of the Year, “and it makes me feel good about the work I have done."
May 11, 2010 - Defense officials are lauding the Senate's confirmation of Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, to also lead the new U.S. Cyber Command.
May 11, 2010 - The Louisiana National Guard is conducting around-the-clock operations to fill in a breach near here in support of operations related to the oil spill off the Louisiana coast.
May 11, 2010 - The 2010 David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition came to a close on Sunday evening, when the last teams standing following the three-day event had crossed the finish line.
May 10, 2010 - The top military commander and senior U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan both expressed confidence today that the U.S. strategy being employed there will succeed.
May 09, 2010 - Under a blazing North African sun, U.S. Marines and Soldiers worked to offload 276 vehicles and pieces of equipment from the USS Arc in preparation for AFRICAN LION 2010 here.
May 08, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates used the occasion of the 65th Anniversary of the Victory in Europe to declare war on duplicative overhead, bloat and needless spending in the Defense Department.
May 07, 2010 - More than 80 members of the Kentucky National Guard remain on duty after last weekend's storms drenched the south-central part of the state with several inches of rain.
May 07, 2010 - The Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion built an improved ribbon bridge in St. Bernard Parish yesterday to be used in support of operations related to the oil spill off the state’s coast.
May 07, 2010 - Pentagon officials hosted their fourth annual motorcycle safety event today to rev up interest in learning the right way to ride.
May 07, 2010 - The chief master sergeant of the Air Force visited the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here April 26 and 27 to gain first-hand knowledge of Air Force and Army expeditionary skills training.
May 06, 2010 - The Army is continuing the most fundamental and profound series of changes it has seen since World War II, the service’s chief of staff said here today.
May 06, 2010 - The inaugural Warrior Games competition May 10 through 14 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., will feature individual and team events and an ultimate champion multi-sport challenge for a Chairman's Cup trophy.
May 05, 2010 - President Barack Obama signed legislation today to improve health care for veterans and to recognize the important role that family caregivers play in the recovery of wounded personnel.
May 04, 2010 - The National Guard is transforming itself to meet the threats of the 21st century, but the transition is hard and will be painful for units, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said here today.
May 04, 2010 - This week, the names of six American servicemembers will join the list of other departed or missing troops featured on the intersecting black-granite walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
May 04, 2010 - Members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community participated in the second annual FitFactor Triathlon May 2 here.
May 04, 2010 - The White House announced April 21 that President Barack Obama will address the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2010 at the annual commencement ceremony. West Point's graduation is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 22 at Michie Stadium.
May 04, 2010 - A humvee slowly drives down a dusty road in Afghanistan and seconds later, an IED explodes off to the right, causing the windshield to crack and the driver to swerve.
May 04, 2010 - National Guard Soldiers and airmen are on the ground in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida supporting civilian authorities tackling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.
May 03, 2010 - The Army is helping civilian employees advance their careers through a range of workforce development programs.
May 03, 2010 - He'll have a tough time swimming -- and shooting -- and he's got stiff competition from his training buddy. But Sgt. Robert W. Laux wants to take home some metal and recognition from the Warrior Games in Colorado.
May 03, 2010 - The Army's second-highest civilian visited Picatinny April 29 for the first time since he was sworn in as the 30th under secretary of the Army in September 2009.
May 03, 2010 - Last year, for the first time, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, more commonly know as The Old Guard, participated in the David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Ga.
May 03, 2010 - Something alarming could be a click away for computer users who are not cautious.
April 29, 2010 - The “Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” took five months to plan, and the Kentucky National Guard is no stranger to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks “Run for the Roses.”
April 29, 2010 - A program that started three years ago to help Navy and Marine Corps families cope with stress from multiple deployments and other types of pressure has proven so successful it has become a model for the Defense Department.
April 29, 2010 - The Department of the Army released Wednesday the 2010 Army Modernization Strategy (AMS).
April 29, 2010 - The Army's best and brightest senior scientists gathered for a science and technology conference April 27-29 at the U.S. Military Academy.
April 29, 2010 - Throughout 2010 and 2011, more than 20,000 Soldiers from Fort Campbell's 101st Airborne Division will deploy to Afghanistan, the first time an entire Army division has deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom within one year.
April 28, 2010 - Men and women in uniform from across the services gathered on the White House’s south lawn today to give wounded servicemembers a send-off as they began a bike trip from the nation’s capital to Annapolis, Md.
April 28, 2010 - In the blockbuster movie “Avatar,” Jake Sully, a former Marine who lost the use of both legs in combat, climbs into a vessel that magically restores his body when he assumes a new, 10-foot-tall avatar identity.
April 28, 2010 - Not once, but twice. Twice, in 2004 and 2007, a combat photographer who was assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., was wounded in Iraq.
April 28, 2010 - Guard kids differ from active duty kids in only one way: access. This means access to support programs and access to peers who understand what they are going through.
April 28, 2010 - From inside of a small compound, known as Patrol Base Khodi Rhom, the Marines of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, alongside a section of Afghan National Army soldiers, patrol an area once known for large amounts of enemy activity.
April 28, 2010 - Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment hit the ground running with Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration training here April 24-25.
April 27, 2010 - The Defense Department today agreed to provide access to some of the documents subpoenaed by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week related to the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shooting investigation.
April 27, 2010 - Eighteen new recruits recited the oath of enlistment at the Sun-N-Fun Air Show at Lakeland, Fla., April 17.
April 27, 2010 - Marine Forces Reserve offers an array of opportunities for those officers who want to live in the spirit of “Once a Marine, always a Marine.”
April 26, 2010 - The focus of a New York Times article depicting neglect and suffering endured by a group of wounded soldiers recovering in an Army program is unrepresentative of the recovery effort at large, the Army surgeon general said today.
April 26, 2010 - Air National Guard security forces are at the top of their game, their top officer said here April 21.
April 26, 2010 - More than 500 Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, descended upon a massive training area at Fort Bragg, N.C. to conduct essential training for their upcoming seven-month deployment to Afghanistan.
April 23, 2010 - It was April 2007 and the early-morning sky was clear as Army sniper Sgt. 1st Class Brandon McGuire and his spotter scanned for insurgents near Forward Operating Base Iskandaryia in Iraq.
April 23, 2010 - To mark the 102nd anniversary of the U.S. Army Reserve, a hand-picked group of 60 reservists representing units in every U.S. state and territory re-enlisted together at a ceremony held today on Capitol Hill.
April 23, 2010 - Two dozen U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, born in countries from Brazil to Tobago, stood before U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House Rose Garden today to take the oath of citizenship for the country they serve.
April 23, 2010 - The remains of an Airman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors, according to Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office officials.
April 22, 2010 - At next month’s inaugural Warrior Games, retired Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tim Lang plans to showcase more than his shooting skills and athletic ability on the wheelchair basketball court.
April 22, 2010 - Using ground-source heat pumps, the installation staff has cut their natural gas requirement in half.
April 22, 2010 - Although you don't see them, Soldiers from the 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade of the Ohio National Guard see you anytime you fly into the nation's capital.
April 22, 2010 - The U.S. Army has outfitted a handful of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, more commonly referred to as MRAP, vehicles with Network Integration Kits designed to give the bomb-defeating vehicles the ability to share real-time information.
April 22, 2010 - More than 100,000 requests from troops desiring to transfer their unused education benefits to family members have been approved under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, a defense official said today.
April 22, 2010 - The Army Chief of Staff met with U.S. Army Special Operations Command and XVIII Airborne Corps leaders, Soldiers and family members during a short visit to the post April 20 and 21.
April 21, 2010 - The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is doing its part to be a good environmental steward and "green" leader in the Department of Defense as it takes steps in building and renovating exchanges worldwide to have a smaller impact on the environment.
April 21, 2010 - Developing smart robots with the ability to work for and alongside Soldiers is the ultimate goal of the Army's $63.2 million investment in a new robotics cooperative agreement with industry and academia over the next five years.
April 21, 2010 - Warfighters rely on an elite team of professionals who take the fix to the fight repairing battle-damaged equipment in the combat zone.
April 20, 2010 - In a prelude to this week’s Earth Day events, a major independent research group today called the Defense Department a leader in energy conservation.
April 20, 2010 - Army officials announced an action plan to support a Chesapeake Bay Strategy at a 2010 Earth and Arbor Day celebration that saw APG earn several environmental awards.
April 20, 2010 - Army leaders told members of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan during an April 19 hearing that the service is institutionalizing contracting reforms introduced over the last seven years of conflict.
April 19, 2010 - The U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command recently conducted the second Exceptional Family Member Program Summit to enhance services for family members with special needs.
April 19, 2010 - The U.S. military’s role in Haiti is slated to further decrease by June, with the 2,200-strong U.S. force currently there expected to drop to about 500 members, the former top American commander in Haiti said today.
April 19, 2010 - With a reorganization of units overseeing military medicine in the national capital area under way, interim steps are in place to maintain good care and emergency preparedness during the transition.
April 16, 2010 - Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research here are discovering new ways to combat and prevent the spread of malaria.
April 16, 2010 - Defense Department officials today recognized the best in National Guard and reserve family programs saying such efforts are critical to combat readiness.
April 16, 2010 - Officials in the new U.S. Cyber Command need to strike a balance between protecting military assets and personal privacy, the presidential nominee to lead the command told a Senate committee April 16.
April 16, 2010 - More than 1,800 servicemembers, families and friends gathered to celebrate the lives of two fallen Airmen in a joint memorial service April 15 here.
April 15, 2010 - The National Guard has many federal employees who play a crucial role in domestic and overseas operations, and Guard leaders hope to expand their numbers in the states, territories and the District of Columbia.
April 15, 2010 - Navy Vice Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld Jr. told a Senate committee today that if confirmed to head U.S. Northern Command he will work to build and maintain the command’s relationships he called critical to the mission.
April 15, 2010 - The new U.S. Cyber Command needs to strike a balance between protecting military assets and personal privacy, the presidential nominee to lead the command told a Senate committee today.
April 15, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has directed the Defense Department immediately to implement 26 interim recommendations of an independent panel he appointed to look into the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, Pentagon officials said today.
April 15, 2010 - Military leaders and a host of celebrities came together here yesterday to pay tribute to outstanding servicemembers and other special honorees at a star-studded event.
April 15, 2010 - Members of the 4th Marine Logistics Group, 4th Atlanta Support Battalion, Charlie Company here are moving shipments of mine-resistant, ambush-protected, all-terrain vehicles overseas to a number of remote locations.
April 14, 2010 - The military’s top doctors were on Capitol Hill yesterday to give their assessment of the Defense Department’s Medical Centers of Excellence, four hospital centers they say are on their way to becoming the best in the world for research and treatment.
April 14, 2010 - The number of suspected suicides among soldiers serving on active duty dropped slightly for the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year, according to information Army officials released today.
April 14, 2010 - Members of the United States Air Force Honor Guard performed before thousands of spectators during the 3rd Annual Joint Service Drill Team Exhibition April 10 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
April 14, 2010 - Department of Defense officials here announced the winners of the 2010 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards April 14.
April 14, 2010 - It's a heady résumé: war hero, veteran pilot, commercial pilot, safety officer, father, grandfather, husband and projects officer: with such an extensive list of credentials to his name, one would expect this Soldier to be incredibly busy.
April 13, 2010 - The goal of the inaugural Warrior Games, scheduled for May 11-14, is to build confidence and provide rehabilitation for disabled servicemembers and veterans, the commander of U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command said yesterday.
April 13, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates re-emphasized today the top priority U.S. and NATO forces have put on protecting civilian lives, an effort he called critical to success of the Afghanistan strategy.
April 13, 2010 - Four U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program wrestlers are ranked No. 1 in the nation in their respective weight classes by TheMat.com, the premiere Web site that covers USA Wrestling.
April 13, 2010 - While Soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment were assisting Iraqi Security Forces with security they each took time out to present three schools with new books April 11.
April 13, 2010 - "Soldier Show 27.0" is the working concept of the 2010 U.S. Army Soldier Show, an "entertainment for the Soldier, by the Soldier" song-and-dance production, and this year's edition revolves around current social-media phenomena.
April 13, 2010 - Eight battle-wounded veterans of the Iraq war shared lessons learned from their recovery processes with paratroopers here April 6, including advice on suicide prevention.
April 13, 2010 - Army installations earned two Department of Defense Environmental Awards for fiscal year 2009.
April 12, 2010 - The National Guard is helping civilian authorities to protect 46 heads of government and international organizations at the largest domestic summit since the founding of the United Nations.
April 12, 2010 - Join the Marines and see the world? Check. Enlist in the Army to serve with the famous Rakkasan Brigade from the 101st Airborne Division? Check. Sing on American Idol? Check. Have a mother who’s a movie star? Check.
April 11, 2010 - While the new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review removes some of the intentional ambiguity from the country’s nuclear policy, “all options are on the table” for countries like North Korea and Iran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.
April 09, 2010 - U.S. Forces Korea is gearing up for a full range of activities to begin this summer commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, and the strong U.S.-South Korea alliance that continues to maintain stability on the Korean peninsula.
April 09, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today announced the winners of the 2010 Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence.
April 09, 2010 - Close collaboration between Defense and Veterans Affairs department officials are helping to identify and treat mental-health issues in returning combat veterans before they escalate into more serious, long-term problems.
April 09, 2010 - With 153,000 veterans enrolled in the Post-9/11 GI Bill this semester, and new automation tools to arrive this month to improve processing procedures, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki declared the program "on track."
April 08, 2010 - On her third deployment to Afghanistan, Army Spc. Traci Petaway said it’s the little things she misses most about being back home – holding her husband’s hand or playing in the sand with her 2-year-old daughter, Arabelle.
April 07, 2010 - Between weekend drills, overseas deployments, the work in communities during peacekeeping and natural disaster missions, full-time jobs and school, National Guardsmen often find themselves too busy making a difference to find time for their hobbies.
April 07, 2010 - The Army is now 35 percent complete in its effort to move equipment and materiel out of Iraq as part of the U.S. withdrawal from that country.
April 07, 2010 - With the April 15 tax deadline around the corner, a defense official has offered guidance on how troops can file their returns, and reminded servicemembers to submit their forms on time.
April 06, 2010 - For some military members, the call to duty is surpassed only by the call to help others.
April 06, 2010 - Army veteran Patrick McDonald loved serving his country, but after a tragic training accident in South Korea in 1991, his four-year military career came to an end.
April 05, 2010 - With 60 percent of the surge force yet to be delivered to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama’s August deadline, the commander charged with making it happen said he has assured commanders that everything is on track.
April 05, 2010 - The Defense secretary related to U.S. Air Force Academy cadets some lessons he has learned from a government career that has taken him from the shadows of the Cold War into a much-altered security landscape as the Pentagon's chief.
April 05, 2010 - Dozens of U.S. Air Force Academy cadets traded in spring break's sunlit beaches for hammers, nails and saws to build homes for the needy during an alternative spring break March 22 through 26 in Texas and Kansas City.
April 02, 2010 - Summit participants pitched their proposals on how to better implement the Army's Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program in Arlington, Va., Thursday, as the third annual SHARP summit came to a close.
April 02, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates traveled here yesterday to personally present U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) with the Joint Meritorious Unit Award.
April 01, 2010 - U.S. special operations forces in Iraq will remain at current levels even as the number of American troops there is nearly halved over the next five months, the top special operations commander said today.
April 01, 2010 - In a popular movie, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," a group of teenage girls keep in contact with each other by sharing a pair of jeans.
April 01, 2010 - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced March 31 that the department's Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Task Force has completed the final draft of a comprehensive report concerning veterans of the Gulf War.
April 01, 2010 - Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. asked the crowd of about 2,000 how they were doing and after a hearty "Hooha" response, he proceeded to tell them how they were doing.
April 01, 2010 - Outlining his vision for the future of the Army, Joseph W. Westphal, under secretary of the Army, framed his message with a focus on creative sustainability for attendees at the March 29 Association of the Army's Installations Symposium and Exposition.
April 01, 2010 - The Army wants to develop critical thinkers who are better prepared for "hybrid" enemies and complex situations - such as those being fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
April 01, 2010 - The Army's Installation Management Command and Army Materiel Command have begun an 18-month pilot program at four AMC installations to determine whether or not IMCOM garrisons should be established at all of AMC's 21 installations.
April 01, 2010 - Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, someone is washing vehicles and equipment at the wash rack on Camp Arifjan.
March 31, 2010 - The coalition record on civilian casualties has improved significantly as a new strategy has gone into place in Afghanistan, but American leaders continue to hammer home how important it is to avoid killing civilians.
March 31, 2010 - About 400 disabled veterans here for the 24th annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic -- including about 150 veterans of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan -- aren’t anticipating pulling April Fools pranks tomorrow.
March 31, 2010 - A change in record keeping methods may be partially responsible for a spike reported in prescription drug use among Soldiers, said the Army surgeon general.
March 30, 2010 - After visits to U.S., coalition and Afghan forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kandahar provinces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today that “never has our partnership … been stronger, or the challenges we face, clearer.”
March 30, 2010 - Air Force veteran Sean Halsted was a decent skier before he fell 40 feet out of a helicopter while on a fast rope during a search-and-rescue training exercise in 1998.
March 30, 2010 - Online registration is scheduled to open on April 1 for the 2010 Army Ten-Miler at www.armytenmiler.com.
March 30, 2010 - The first female two-star general in both the Air Force and Department of Defense was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery March 29.
March 30, 2010 - Air Force veteran Sean Halsted was a decent skier before he fell 40 feet out of a helicopter while on a fast rope during a search-and-rescue training exercise in 1998.
March 29, 2010 - Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki opened the 24th Annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic here last night, encouraging participants to conquer the mountain and prove to themselves what they’re able to achieve.
March 29, 2010 - Separated by seven time zones, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, a deployed U.S. paratrooper and his stateside wife celebrated the strength and resilience of America’s wounded warriors with synchronized 50-mile runs March 20-21.
March 29, 2010 - Walking among skiers preparing to hit the slopes here during the first day of the National Disabled American Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki noticed a long row of lonely wheelchairs just beyond the staging area.
March 29, 2010 - Nations may not always see eye to eye in the political arena, and militaries may find it difficult to agree in how to manage conflicts around the globe.
March 29, 2010 - While continuing to deter external threats to South Korea, Eighth (Field) Army is taking a proactive approach to prevent potential insider violence.
March 27, 2010 - As a part of the Army's ongoing commitment to address the problem of sexual harassment/sexual assault and eliminate them from its ranks, the Army will hold its third Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault Prevention Summit in Arlington, Va.
March 26, 2010 - U.S. Northern Command and its sister command, North American Aerospace Defense Command, are inextricably linked to the National Guard, Northcom’s operations director said March 23.
March 26, 2010 - Perhaps no other weapon platform has more significantly transformed the way the U.S. military wages war in recent years than unmanned aircraft, a senior defense official told Congress March 24 here.
March 26, 2010 - The more than 100,000 veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in Vietnam and other combat areas will have an easier path to qualify for disability pay under a proposed regulation published by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
March 26, 2010 - The American Red Cross - we're confident it'll be on hand to lend support when a major disaster occurs, but did you know it's also there to help individual servicemembers and their families in times of need?
March 26, 2010 - With the recent increase in construction on Fort Carson, a Directorate of Public Works program has kept busy ensuring that tribal cultural or sacred sites are not impacted.
March 26, 2010 - At the time, Iran was in a war with Iraq and had recently dismantled its U.S. embassy and held 53 U.S. hostages who were released in 1981.
March 25, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today announced changes to the Pentagon’s regulation on homosexuals serving in the military.
March 25, 2010 - As the country celebrates Women's History Month, the most significant change for women in the military comes down to the uniform they wear and the mission that comes with that uniform.
March 25, 2010 - For the first time in 23 years, the U.S. Army is allowing a pair of Sikh Soldiers to keep their hair and beard intact and wear a turban.
March 24, 2010 - This summer will mark the first time since 2003 that the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan will overshadow the American presence in Iraq, the top U.S. military officer told Congress today.
March 23, 2010 - The overall success of a business initiative starts with the human factor, especially when it means change for employees.
March 23, 2010 - The 10th chief of staff of the Air Force was laid to rest in a full-honors ceremony March 22 at Arlington National Cemetery, but his legacy lives with today's Airmen through his emphasis on developing camaraderie.
March 23, 2010 - All eyes were on World War II veterans as they were honored and recognized at the World War II Memorial in Washington March 11 for their participation in the Pacific Campaign more than 65 years ago.
March 22, 2010 - Some deployed servicemembers will not be charged for rest and recuperation leave under a new Defense Department policy.
March 22, 2010 - Construction on a new 2.7-mile pipeline to bolster ground refueling operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing began March 17 at a non-disclosed base here.
March 20, 2010 - The World War I Skyfighters of France teamed with modern-day American Airmen in Afghanistan in an art gallery exhibit in the Pentagon dedicated March 18 by Air Force senior leaders and showcases the work of the first aviation artist.
March 20, 2010 - The nation depends upon women, both military and civilian, at all levels of the Defense Department, from the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan to the upper echelons of military command, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here March 19.
March 19, 2010 - An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot recalled a harrowing mission she flew in Iraq for an audience at the Women's History Month luncheon here March 15.
March 19, 2010 - A new threat environment means a transformed National Guard should maintain its force after drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Guard’s highest-ranking general said here this week.
March 19, 2010 - Three of the four services and all of the reserve components met or exceeded their recruiting goals for February, Pentagon officials reported.
March 19, 2010 - Patriot Academy, the military’s first accredited high school, graduated its first class here yesterday.
March 19, 2010 - The endodontic staff here at the Combat Center performs root canals on a regular basis, but one of their patients March 17 was one of a kind.
March 18, 2010 - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has appointed six new members to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, an expert panel that advises Department of Veterans Affairs officials on a wide array of issues affecting women veterans.
March 17, 2010 - One of the U.S. military’s greatest advantages over its adversaries is its ability to move an enormous amount of people and equipment quickly anywhere in the world.
March 17, 2010 - Soldiers should find themselves spending twice as much time at home station as they do deployed by 2011, the Army's vice chief of staff said on Capitol Hill yesterday.
March 17, 2010 - Army Lt. Col. Marc Hoffmeister has endured some of the most grueling conditions on the planet.
March 17, 2010 - The military’s increasing practice of training and equipping indigenous forces to counter terrorism in their home countries is a highly decisive, comparatively low-cost approach to fighting global terrorism.
March 17, 2010 - Army Cpl. Adam J. Fargo, a medic, was killed by a homemade bomb while on patrol in Iraq more than three years ago.
March 17, 2010 - U.S. military officials are providing support to the ongoing relief efforts in Chile following the 8.8- magnitude earthquake that struck the country in late February.
March 16, 2010 - Reports of sexual assault involving servicemembers rose by 11 percent in fiscal 2009, a senior Defense Department official said yesterday.
March 16, 2010 - Well-Being officials at U.S. Army Forces Command G-1 are now accelerating their preparation for the command's 2010 Army Family Action Plan (AFAP) conference scheduled for March 23-26, in Atlanta, Ga.
March 16, 2010 - Two National Guard officers helped give 104 high school juniors and seniors a glimpse of the workings of government that included meetings with the president and a Supreme Court justice last week.
March 16, 2010 - Brain injuries occur outside of combat as well as within. Our Soldiers and their families, our children and the elderly, are at risk for traumatic brain injury.
March 16, 2010 - The U.S. Army's Feb. 25 release of a formal Request for Proposal, or RFP, to industry marks a significant step forward in the effort to build a first-of-its-kind, highly versatile Ground Combat Vehicle, more commonly referred to as the GCV.
March 16, 2010 - The Army Test and Evaluation Command has been deploying teams to the Iraq and Afghanistan theater to assess new systems under combat conditions.
March 16, 2010 - U.S. Army South continued to push Soldiers to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during the past several days as its headquarters element deployed to provide support to the Joint Task Force-Haiti headquarters as part of Operation Unified Response.
March 15, 2010 - The ongoing U.S.-Afghan operation in Marja, Afghanistan, probably is the greatest in the history of counterinsurgency, the United States special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan said in a weekend television interview.
March 15, 2010 - While flying on United Airlines last week, I overheard a telephone conversation from a gentleman seated directly behind me. His words went something like this: "Although today was an extremely sad day for me, it was absolutely the happiest day of my life.
March 15, 2010 - The Defense Department's family care plan policy will be expanded in the coming months to encompass a wider population of military parents, a defense legal expert said.
March 13, 2010 - At the request of local medical officials, Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team expanded the mobile hospital here March 12 to better meet the medical needs of the population surrounding Angol.
March 12, 2010 - In addition to the surge of military forces in Afghanistan and the drawdown in the U.S. military presence in Iraq, U.S. officials are implementing a “whole of government” approach in both countries.
March 12, 2010 - The 757 came to a halt on the runway here, a freezing rain bouncing off of its fuselage.
March 12, 2010 - Because one-third as many soldiers are killed in vehicle accidents as in combat, researchers are developing a training simulator that creates environments mirroring the challenges servicemembers face behind the wheel.
March 12, 2010 - Matthew Bilancia addresses the slopes like a man on a mission, cutting and edging his snowboard down the mountain with the confidence and passion of someone who’s been doing it all his life.
March 12, 2010 - When a servicemember is critically injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and in need of a blood transfusion, it is the responsibility of technicians in the 932nd Blood Support Detachment here to ensure units of blood platelets are collected and shipped.
March 12, 2010 - A 23-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo deployed to Belize March 1 through 4 to provide medical care to more than 630 people in rural areas of the country.
March 11, 2010 - Some Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul military members will soon prepare to travel back to their duty stations after assisting their Afghan partners with improvements in Zabul province communities.
March 11, 2010 - The recently released request for proposals for the Air Force's next-generation tanker aircraft was fair, the Defense secretary said here March 11, and he expressed disappointment that Northrop-Grumman has withdrawn from the competition.
March 10, 2010 - Children with a strong nondeployed parent or caregiver and a solid support system have a better ability to cope with deployments, two recent studies have shown.
March 10, 2010 - An American facial thoracic surgeon and an Afghan medical team from Kandahar Regional Medical Hospital partnered March 1, here to help heal a young man who had severe burn injuries for six months.
March 10, 2010 - More than 1,000 civilians and servicemembers watched as World War II Women Airforce Service Pilot corps remembered their sisters-in-arms during a wreath-laying ceremony March 9 at the Air Force Memorial here.
March 10, 2010 - Federal officials are taking action to reverse years of decline in the percentage of people with disabilities in the federal workforce.
March 10, 2010 - Thousands lined the streets of downtown Daytona Beach, Fla., March 4, to honor Chief Warrant Officer Romulio Camargo, a Special Forces Soldier who was paralyzed during combat in Afghanistan in 2008.
March 10, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' visits with Marines here and with Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Afghanistan's Kandahar province have reinforced his belief that the strategy is working in Afghanistan.
March 09, 2010 - A white-painted blast wall standing in front of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, headquarters here bearing the names of 22 fallen soldiers was a sobering reminder to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates of the cost of the war.
March 09, 2010 - When he was a child, visiting the Philippines was all about vacationing and fun with the family for C.J. Rueda.
March 09, 2010 - Three Soldiers from the Oklahoma Army National Guard are choosing to lace up some skates and strap on elbow and knee pads as members of the Oklahoma City Red Dirt Rebellion Rollergirls.
March 09, 2010 - The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command is hosting the first U.S. Army Domino Championship, which runs through April 24.
March 09, 2010 - The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today a new initiative to solicit private-sector input on a proposed "fast track" veterans' claims process for service-connected presumptive illnesses due to Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War.
March 09, 2010 - Soldiers spoke and the Army listened. Officials will debut a new device designed to combat the deadly threat of improvised explosive devices during a Florida conference later this month.
March 08, 2010 - Under a deluge of rain, the 757 touched down here late at night, returning Army Staff Sgt. Michael David P. Cardenaz home. He had been killed just a few days before in an enemy attack in Afghanistan.
March 08, 2010 - It’s not uncommon to see Army Sgt. Benjamin Kirk Rudy walking around with an elaborate pirate-style coffee mug while spouting off some random pirate fact.
March 08, 2010 - The Military Health System has launched a new Health.mil Web site that provides a single point of entry to military health news, information and resources.
March 07, 2010 - The Iraqi election process shows how far the country has come, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
March 07, 2010 - Despite sectarian and ethnic differences across Iraq’s political landscape, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said he expects new Iraqi leaders will continue their previous government’s efforts to employ inclusive coalitions to bridge those divides.
March 05, 2010 - The commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan has issued new rules governing night raids, acknowledging that although they can have value militarily, they also can foster ill will toward international forces on the part of the Afghan people.
March 05, 2010 - The Washington Capitals showed their support for America’s armed forces with their seventh annual “Salute to the Military” appreciation night event held yesterday at the Verizon Center here.
March 05, 2010 - A computer-based game is helping to support the training of military commanders and their staffs in counterinsurgency and stability operations.
March 05, 2010 - Two Missouri Air National Guard C-130 Hercules transport aircraft with 47 crewmembers are en route March 5, to aid earthquake-ravaged Chile.
March 04, 2010 - As a student at the Command and General Staff War College here, part of Maj. Jackie Thompson’s studies have included examining how broad economic theories relate to warfare.
March 04, 2010 - Defense Secretary has called on every member of the Defense Department to play a personal role in creating a secure environment that will help to prevent more tragedies like the Nov. 5 shooting rampage that left 13 people dead at Fort Hood, Texas.
March 04, 2010 - The Marine Corps Special Operations Command Recruiting Team came to town knowing they had a tough job ahead of them.
March 03, 2010 - The Defense Department’s review on the potential impact of repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the military will solicit input from troops of every service and rank -- as well as their families.
March 03, 2010 - After Sept. 11, 2001 Staff Sgt. Sparkle Reid was a different person. She wasn't like most Americans who were changed by the events themselves but more so in that she was in one of the 2,973 families who grieved after losing a family member in the tragedy.
March 03, 2010 - A team of military and civilian doctors performed the first-ever female hand transplant in the U.S. Feb. 17 at Wilford Hall Medical Center here.
March 02, 2010 - As more U.S. and coalition troops arrive in Afghanistan, their top commander there has some requests for them: Recognize the impact of every action you take, and serve as role models for Afghan security forces.
March 02, 2010 - Servicemembers and civilians remembered 100 years of military flight during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration here, March 2.
March 02, 2010 - Every time a servicemember is killed or wounded in combat, it sets off a sweeping process aimed at identifying what happened, who perpetrated it and how it might have been prevented -- and instituting changes to reduce the likelihood of it being repeated.
March 01, 2010 - Former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsledder Steven Holcomb ended Team USA’s 62-year gold medal drought in Olympic bobsled competition by driving Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz to victory in the four-man event Feb. 27.
March 01, 2010 - Every time a servicemember is killed or wounded in combat, it sets off a sweeping process aimed at identifying what happened, who perpetrated it and how it might have been prevented, and instituting changes to reduce the likelihood of it being repeated.
March 01, 2010 - Lt. Benjamin Foulois piloted the first military airplane, the Signal Corps Aircraft Number One, into the air for seven and a half minutes at nearby Fort Sam Houston March 2, 1910.
March 01, 2010 - As a young man of 25, John Wilpers was a member of the 308th Counter Intelligence Corps when he helped capture Japanese Gen. Hideki Tojo, who served as prime minster from 1941 to 1945 and was wanted for war crimes.
March 01, 2010 - U.S. Army product manager released its final report on Feb. 25, containing key results and lessons learned from the integration of Army networks and systems during the execution of its annual C4ISR system-of-systems integrated capabilities event.
March 01, 2010 - The chaplains of Task Force Mountain Warrior are providing spiritual fitness to Soldiers by visiting every combat outpost and forward operating base in their area of operation in eastern Afghanistan at least once a month.
March 01, 2010 - Soldiers assigned to the communications directorate for the Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command have played a critical role in supporting Civil Affairs and other humanitarian operations conducted in Haiti during Operation Unified Response.
March 01, 2010 - The leaders of the Bronco Brigade met with Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. in a roundtable discussion about Comprehensive Soldier Fitness during his visit here, Feb. 26.
February 26, 2010 - More than 100 members of the 505th Command and Control Wing here recently helped prepare Soldiers for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan by providing predeployment training for soldiers participating in exercises at various locations.
February 26, 2010 - Military officials are addressing the problem of sexual assault, but more needs to be done, officials acknowledged in testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Feb. 24 here.
February 25, 2010 - Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, joined USO volunteers here Feb. 23 in putting together care packages for the families of 3,000 Florida National Guard servicemembers who will deploy in the coming weeks.
February 25, 2010 - The members of Sheppard Air Force base learned about the legacy of Buffalo Soldiers during a banquet Feb. 19 here.
February 24, 2010 - The United States is in the middle of a “cultural transformation” in mental health treatment led by the Defense Department and the military services, the department’s top mental health expert told a congressional panel today.
February 24, 2010 - Airmen from the 375th Aeromedical Staging Flight quickly assembled to receive 44 patients, 22 of them on litters, after an aeromedical flight originating in Germany had to divert Feb. 7, here, because of more than 20 inches of snow in Washington D.C.
February 24, 2010 - Aligning with the vision of the 37th Training Wing commander, a program emphasizing character development has had a significant impact on the Airmen of the 343rd Training Squadron.
February 23, 2010 - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Stutzke looked over the rock quarry from a distance as three explosions boomed.
February 23, 2010 - After finishing sixth in the two-man Olympic bobsled competition Feb. 21, former Army World Class Athlete Program bobsled driver Steven Holcomb said he looks forward to the upcoming four-man event and ending the U.S. drought of 62 years with no gold.
February 23, 2010 - The commanding general of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico visited here Feb. 12 to experience air-to-air fighter training and the remotely piloted aircraft training program firsthand.
February 22, 2010 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff helped to honor the accomplishments of Army and Navy members here Feb. 20 during the 24th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards gala.
February 22, 2010 - Eliminating foreign terrorists and their safe havens in the southern Philippines is the No. 1 priority of U.S. forces deployed here, said Army Col. Bill Coultrup, the region’s top U.S. military officer.
February 22, 2010 - Expressing deep regret over civilian casualties resulting from a NATO air strike yesterday, Pentagon leaders said today they support the strategy that puts as much emphasis on protecting the Afghan population as capturing or killing insurgents.
February 22, 2010 - Former U.S. World Class Athlete Program bobsled driver Steven Holcomb finished sixth in the two-man Olympic Bobsled competition late Sunday and said he looks forward to the upcoming four-man event and ending the USA's 62 years with no gold in the sport.
February 20, 2010 - Starting this summer, Soldiers sent to fight in Afghanistan will wear an Army Combat Uniform with the "MultiCam" pattern instead of the standard-issue universal camouflage pattern.
February 19, 2010 - The Defense Department has temporarily halted a popular employment assistance program for military spouses while it conducts a "top-to-bottom" review of its services, officials said today.
February 19, 2010 - The Defense Department is on track to transition the majority of its more than 220,000 civilian employees out of the National Security Personnel System by Sept. 30, more than a year ahead of deadline, the official heading up that transition said today.
February 18, 2010 - The Civilian Expeditionary Workforce, introduced in January 2009, is up and running at full speed.
February 18, 2010 - Monday marks the start of the annual Military Saves Week, the culmination of a year-long Department of Defense financial readiness campaign.
February 18, 2010 - Soldiers competing on Team USA's two-man bobsled squads were delighted to resume their Olympic training Wednesday night at Whistler Sliding Center.
February 17, 2010 - Internal strife that tore Colombia apart in the 1990s affected the lives of many, including a 15-year-old now deployed here as a sergeant in the U.S. Army.
February 17, 2010 - When Operation Moshtarak kicked off here Feb. 13, Army helicopter crews from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade inserted nearly 300 Marines and Afghan security forces into Marja, Afghanistan, under cover of darkness.
February 17, 2010 - Army World Class Athlete Program biathlete Sgt. Jeremy Teela of the Vermont National Guard was penalized for starting early and finished 24th in the Olympic men’s 12.5-kilometer pursuit race yesterday.
February 17, 2010 - The need for U.S military forces in Haiti is dwindling as Haitian authorities and nongovernmental organizations begin to accept a greater share of relief efforts in the ravaged country, an American military official said.
February 17, 2010 - The number of suspected soldier suicides increased for the first month of this year, and the Army’s head of suicide prevention vowed today to sharpen the focus on combating the problem.
February 16, 2010 - The United States recently donated a number of water trucks, field artillery cannon and patrol boats to the Pakistani government, according to U.S. State Department news releases.
February 16, 2010 - Since the Army introduced the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program in October 2009, there has been much focus on a holistic approach to physical, emotional, social, spiritual and family well-being.
February 16, 2010 - More than 40 space warfighters from the U.S. and deployed locations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Southwest Asia attended the Theater Space Conference Feb. 8 through 10 here,
February 14, 2010 - Operation Moshtarak, the Afghan-led initiative to assert government authority in the center of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, completed its first day of clearing operations yesterday, military officials reported.
February 14, 2010 - International forces in Afghanistan have suspended use of an artillery rocket system, pending a review of an incident today in which two rockets missed their target and killed 12 civilians in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
February 13, 2010 - Key military clearing operations for Operation Moshtarak have begun in the central part of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, Afghan government officials announced today.
February 12, 2010 - Soldiers and airmen of the District of Columbia National Guard continue to help in the wake of back-to-back storms that dumped several feet of snow on the nation’s capital.
February 12, 2010 - Two additional battalions of U.S. Navy Seabees are being deployed to Afghanistan in support of the 30,000-troop surge ordered by President Barack Obama in December.
February 12, 2010 - While the 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), prepares to re-deploy in early March, it simultaneously prepares for its stateside mission should a hurricane hit the Mississippi gulf coast.
February 12, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during an interview aired last night that the effort to build up Iraq's security forces and move forward with the U.S. drawdown plan there remains on track.
February 11, 2010 - Army Sgt. Jeremy Teela has returned to the site of the best performance of his three-time Olympic career with sights set on becoming the first U.S. biathlete ever to win an Olympic medal.
February 10, 2010 - The Defense Department's review of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law will help to ensure readiness and unit cohesion remain intact if Congress repeals it.
February 10, 2010 - Air Mobility Command Airmen worked hand-in-hand with Army Soldiers to provide much needed relief to since a 7.0 earthquake struck there Jan. 12.
February 10, 2010 - Coalition forces, volunteers and Afghan doctors are working to render medical care and assistance in the wake of a series of avalanches that struck a high pass in Afghanistan’s Parwan province Feb. 8 and 9.
February 10, 2010 - The United States celebrates February as Black History Month by recognizing the many contributions made by African-Americans throughout history.
February 09, 2010 - Defense officials encourage military families to once again take advantage of the free electronic tax filing services offered through Military OneSource.
February 08, 2010 - The 17th-annual National Character and Leadership Symposium will feature presentations by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and other keynote and concurrent speakers who will gather here Feb. 17 through 19.
February 08, 2010 - A tiny bug bite recently prompted a small child in Kenya to walk alone for eight hours and admit himself to a clinic specializing in parasitic diseases.
February 08, 2010 - The Pacific Air Forces commander presented a medal to a member of the "Greatest Generation" during a ceremony here Feb. 5.
February 08, 2010 - Ramstein Air Base officials hosted three officers from the Republic of Macedonia army Jan. 26 to 28 to help them enhance future operations and achieve mission success.
February 08, 2010 - Members of the District of Columbia National Guard have been on the job through an historic snowstorm and post-storm cleanup, supporting emergency response efforts and more in the nation's capital.
February 08, 2010 - Under Secretary of the Army Joseph Westphal learned first-hand about Army depot helicopter repair and recapitalization during his brief, but substantial tour of CCAD's facilities aboard Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Feb. 3.
February 08, 2010 - Hours after the earthquake struck Haiti, members of U.S. Army South's Humanitarian Assistance Survey team were notified that they would be departing for Port-au-Prince the next day.
February 07, 2010 - There is still time to toughen sanctions to pressure Iran into complying with international demands that it halt its nuclear program that many believe is geared toward developing a nuclear weapon, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
February 05, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today pledged surplus mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles along with expanded access to classified information to U.S. allies to help in combating the threat of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan.
February 05, 2010 - The Army garrison commander here hosted two town hall meetings to inform Fort Sam Houston garrison employees about the progress of Joint Base San Antonio Jan. 28.
February 04, 2010 - The Defense Department announced it collected $17.2 million in last year's annual federal fundraising campaign, a record-breaking sum of charitable donations to groups operating in Haiti and other areas where needs exist.
February 03, 2010 - Army Capt. Matt Pratt and his songstress wife, Lisa, lived the dream in southern California Feb. 1, thanks to an Army morale and recreation program that supports soldiers and their families.
February 03, 2010 - More than 200 joint military participants from across the United States and Puerto Rico will gather for Virtual Flag 10-2 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center in March here.
February 03, 2010 - The Army revealed its Fiscal Year 2011 budgets Feb. 1, including $143 billion to fund training and sustainment of the total force, and an additional $102 billion to fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
February 03, 2010 - Scientists, researchers and former NFL players have joined together to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and brain injuries, a spokesman for the Defense Department "Real Warriors" program said today.
February 03, 2010 - Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. visited the newly organized 162nd Infantry Brigade, responsible for training combat advisors for Iraq and Afghanistan, during his trip to the Joint Readiness Training Center, Jan. 29.
February 02, 2010 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff did not speak about money today during his testimony on the fiscal 2011 defense budget request before the Senate Armed Services Committee, but rather what that money will do.
February 02, 2010 - Jan. 18 was a snowy day in Central Asia. Jamie Morris, a female Peace Corps volunteer assigned to a village in Kazakhstan, was traveling in a taxi with two other passengers when their vehicle was hit by a truck.
February 02, 2010 - Capt. Matt Pratt and his wife Lisa lived the dream of the Army Family Covenant on Feb. 1, in Southern California.
February 02, 2010 - Soldier, Infantryman, Airborne Ranger, combat diver, mountain climber, skier, triathlete, surfer, husband and father are just a few words to describe Capt. Scotty Smiley.
February 02, 2010 - Gen. William E. Ward, commander, U.S. Africa Command, became a Trumpet Award recipient Saturday during the 18th Annual Trumpet Awards, for his ability to inspire others through his extensive military career.
February 01, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today said he hopes that the U.S. and China quickly resolve any potential issues that emerge in the wake of a U.S. arms deal to Taiwan.
February 01, 2010 - U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) released the U.S. Navy carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Feb. 1.
January 31, 2010 - Just returned from an international conference on Afghanistan, NATO’s top military commander expressed confidence that the critical pieces are being put into place to make 2010 a turning point for Afghanistan’s future.
January 29, 2010 - It took a few trips to the grocery store before Army Capt. Matthew Staton realized he needed help.
January 29, 2010 - As relief supplies and support continue to pour into Haiti, members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Operations Group has helped to ensure a steady flow of help into the areas that need it.
January 28, 2010 - A tiny bug bite recently prompted a boy in Kenya, Africa, to walk alone for eight hours and admit himself to a clinic that specializes in parasitic diseases.
January 28, 2010 - President Barack Obama stressed during his State of the Union address tonight the importance of confronting terrorists who threaten the United States and of succeeding in Afghanistan while continuing a responsible military drawdown in Iraq.
January 28, 2010 - National Football League representatives visited Airmen, civilians and earthquake victims Jan. 27 at Homestead Air Reserve Base.
January 27, 2010 - Born a 1950s baby boomer, I grew up during the Cold War with the threat of nuclear holocaust looming on the horizon. As a little girl, I had dreams in which Russian troops swarmed over the hill in our back yard.
January 27, 2010 - Airmen stationed in Japan and other locations around the world joined their Japanese counterparts and sister services to kick off the year's first bilateral exercise Jan. 22, here.
January 27, 2010 - Defense Department officials here launched a free, online tutoring service for servicemembers and their families.
January 26, 2010 - The National Guard responded to severe weather in the Dakotas and Arizona yesterday.
January 26, 2010 - A normal convoy run by the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Detachment 3 team would have been a routine 20-minute drive for Army Spc. Tommy Turner if not for an improvised explosive device that detonated, ripping through a Humvee.
January 26, 2010 - An Air Force lieutenant was posthumously awarded the National Intelligence Medal for Valor for her efforts to teach Afghan military officials how to gather and interpret military intelligence Jan. 22 here.
January 26, 2010 - As the eldest of six children, Capt. Kate Gowel always felt a desire to lead. She first led the way into the military -- a path all five of her siblings soon followed -- and later led the way in her career as a military lawyer.
January 26, 2010 - The Department of Veterans Affairs is beginning the process of recovering advance payments made available during the fall 2009 semester to servicemembers who applied for education benefits.
January 25, 2010 - The 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force transferred authority of Iraq’s largest province to the Army’s 1st Armored Division in a Jan. 23 ceremony here that marked the end of the Marine Corps’ mission in Iraq.
January 25, 2010 - The 354th Security Forces Squadron training instructors here recently received training on a new simulation system that will train Airmen in marksmanship, collective and judgmental firing skills.
January 25, 2010 - In an ongoing effort to aid earthquake victims in Haiti, additional U.S. Army South Soldiers and civilians deployed Jan. 23 to the devastated Caribbean nation as part of Joint Task Force Haiti and Operation Unified Response.
January 25, 2010 - Members of the Iraqi Army and Federal Police got hands-on rifle training from the best in the business at Contingency Operating Station Cashe South during a six-day advanced marksmanship training course.
January 23, 2010 - Over the past six years, thousands of Marines deployed to Al Anbar province, Iraq, the largest and once most volatile province in the country.
January 23, 2010 - Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment labored to get through the massive pile of gear in the center of the CH-53E Super Stallion and out into the burning sun of southern Afghanistan, Jan. 17, 2009.
January 22, 2010 - The Army will conduct a review to determine if leaders were negligent in their supervision of accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, Defense Department officials announced yesterday.
January 22, 2010 - USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 medical personnel provided emergency medical assistance Jan. 21 to hundreds of injured Haitian citizens at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard Clinic in Carrefour, Haiti.
January 22, 2010 - Roughly 20,000 U.S. troops will be supporting relief efforts in Haiti by Jan. 24, military officials said, adding to the 13,000-strong American force currently there.
January 22, 2010 - The Army kicks off another year of readiness musters, Jan. 23, for some 14,000 Soldiers in the Individual Ready Reserve.
January 22, 2010 - Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, the Training and Doctrine's deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training, spent some time at Fort Knox last week for a conference on reception battalions.
January 21, 2010 - Almost everyone has experienced some lower back pain, and according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, low back pain is the second most common neurological ailment in the United States.
January 21, 2010 - As part of an increasing commitment to addressing behavioral health care for Soldiers, families, and retirees, several tele-behavioral health initiatives are under way.
January 21, 2010 - The U.S. Army's Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems has called upon its technological expertise to help to relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
January 21, 2010 - On the final day of the 2010 Army Family Action Plan conference last week, delegates broke from their individual working groups and voted on their top five issues, three of which involve services for wounded or ill warriors.
January 20, 2010 - You could hear the crowd before you could see it. From the top of the hill that serves as a landing zone for disaster relief here, the crowd looked massive, the largest yet at this U.S. military relief point.
January 20, 2010 - Most military children attend non-Defense Department schools, but military officials are determined not to allow their unique needs to slip through the cracks.
January 20, 2010 - Seven current and former members of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program have earned spots on Team USA for the XXI Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for Feb. 12-28 in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
January 19, 2010 - The Korean War has been characterized as a forgotten conflict, lost somewhere between World War II and Vietnam.
January 19, 2010 - Army Spc. Jonathan Emard, 20, was killed June 4, 2008, in Tikrit, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire and hand grenades.
January 19, 2010 - When the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort’s crew cast off lines Jan. 16 and the ship headed for earthquake-ravaged Haiti, it did so with shelves stocked in part by Defense Logistics Agency team members here.
January 18, 2010 - Base leaders met with civilian representatives Jan. 17 to assess current operations and plan for further support in response to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti Jan. 12.
January 18, 2010 - Afghan National Security Forces countered an insurgent attack here in the capital city today, and with help from international forces, are securing the area where several explosions and small arms fire were reported this morning.
January 17, 2010 - As the sun rises over the sweeping palms here, not much is certain about Army Lt. Col. Mike Foster’s day.
January 17, 2010 - The security side of U.S. humanitarian relief operations in Haiti will take on a larger role as violence increases in the aftermath of the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck five days ago, the top U.S. commander in Haiti said today.
January 16, 2010 - Officials at U.S. Southern Command headquarters here provided a recap last night of the previous 48 hours of developments in the Haiti relief effort.
January 16, 2010 - Hundreds of 82nd Airborne Division troops from Fort Bragg, N.C., arrived here overnight in the first wave of putting a substantial U.S. military relief effort in place in the wake of this week’s devastating earthquake.
January 15, 2010 - After 2,500 years of retirement, a former general has been hired as a military consultant to help troops cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
January 15, 2010 - The shooting spree allegedly perpetrated by a self-radicalized soldier of Muslim faith has revealed shortcomings in the Defense Department’s ability to counter dangerous outside influences on the military, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
January 15, 2010 - The Pennsylvania National Guard is sending a uniquely equipped plane to Haiti to provide radio and television broadcasts to keep the people of the earthquake-stricken nation informed as rescue and humanitarian missions continue.
January 15, 2010 - Due to advances in modern medicine, many wounded servicemembers are returning to the fight or transitioning their experience to civilian employment. Naval Sea Systems Command wants them on board.
January 14, 2010 - As early as mid-February, the rollout of a civilian hiring test initiative will require current Air Force civilian employees to follow new procedures when applying for jobs at select bases.
January 14, 2010 - "The realistic training that's going to be given to the students in here is overwhelming," said Scott Hussey, an ADA instructor, as the Air Defense Artillery School officially opened its doors to students at Fort Sill.
January 14, 2010 - Army Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. delivered their 2010 plan for the Army to the most senior NCOs here during the annual Sergeant Major of the Army Nominative conference.
January 14, 2010 - Trainers at the joint U.S. military command that coordinates troop deployments are wrapping up an exercise to prepare forces for duty in the Horn of Africa.
January 14, 2010 - As time for their pre-mission brief drew near, route-clearance crews here began to gather around Army 1st Lt. Chris Johnson, their platoon leader.
January 13, 2010 - Soldiers and others can now read the latest Army news on their iPhones, thanks to a new application created by the team that developed the Army's Web site, www.Army.mil.
January 13, 2010 - Suicide is a growing problem in the military community, and its leaders must be committed to reversing that trend, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
January 12, 2010 - Senior officers with Air Force Space Command and 24th Air Force held a space and cyberspace career panel in the Academy's Fairchild Hall Jan. 11.
January 12, 2010 - Army 2nd Lt. Sophie Hilaire does not particularly fit the general image of an explosive ordnance disposal warrior.
January 12, 2010 - Six soldiers added finishing touches to the new Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facility on Victory Base Complex here Jan. 7.
January 12, 2010 - When retired Army Maj. Ed Pulido was medically evacuated from Iraq in August 2004, he knew tough challenges were ahead, as he’d have to learn to live without his left leg.
January 12, 2010 - After World War I, a hit single begged the question, “How do you keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?”
January 11, 2010 - Preventing suicide is more than simply recognizing the signs, it involves building strong community and individual support before the idea ever sets in.
January 11, 2010 - There are no clear-cut answers to suicide prevention, but through collaboration and team work from federal and private institutions, the nation can better address the challenge, Defense and Veteran Affairs department officials said today.
January 11, 2010 - When Staff Sgt. Megan Krause returned home from a deployment in Iraq in 2006, she thought the scariest moments of her life were over.
January 10, 2010 - Executing the president’s strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan presents his biggest challenge, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told CNN host Fareed Zakaria today.
January 08, 2010 - Kelly Henry was hoping for a picture-perfect reunion when her husband returned after a yearlong deployment to Iraq.
January 08, 2010 - The Navy’s top officer and top enlisted sailor visited sailors assigned to the international joint command here yesterday.
January 08, 2010 - Defense Logistics Agency officials have made shopping for construction materials easier for warfighters in Afghanistan.
January 07, 2010 - In the wake of a Dec. 31 suicide bombing attack that killed seven CIA operatives in eastern Afghanistan, the military’s highest-ranking officer yesterday underscored the close ties between American armed forces and the U.S. intelligence community.
January 07, 2010 - Some 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the inaugural Warrior Games May 10-14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced today.
January 07, 2010 - Counterterrorism in Africa has come into greater focus since the United States cited five African countries on a list of nations deserving more scrutiny amid heightened airport security following a botched terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight.
January 06, 2010 - A report this week from a top U.S. military intelligence official criticizing the state of intelligence in Afghanistan is a “candid self-assessment” that enriches debate on U.S. strategy, the Pentagon press secretary said today.
January 06, 2010 - The United States will pursue “any and all means possible” to support the Yemeni government as it confronts the terrorist threat within its borders that threatened the United States directly in a failed Dec. 25 attack.
January 06, 2010 - Since the thwarted terrorist attack against Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, news reports detailed the possibilities of security threats from Africa.
January 05, 2010 - Airmen of the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group here are training 30 Afghanistan National Army Air Corps soldiers on the M-240B rifle in January here.
January 04, 2010 - The Air Force and Naval academy football teams triumphed in their respective bowl games Jan. 2, shining a spotlight on the servicemember-athletes comprising the rosters and the armed forces they represent.
January 04, 2010 - The Air Force's newest expeditionary unit, the 586th Expeditionary Support Squadron, was activated in a special ceremony Jan. 2 at an air base in Southwest Asia.
January 04, 2010 - Following the deactivation of the 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., finally said goodbye to their home away from home for the past three years.
January 01, 2010 - The U.S. Central Command chief put the Al-Qaida threat in Yemen in perspective during a news conference in Baghdad today.
January 01, 2010 - The new year brought a new command to Iraq as Multinational Forces Iraq furled its colors, replaced by U.S. Forces Iraq during a ceremony at the al-Faw Palace in Baghdad.
January 01, 2010 - Progress in Iraq will continue as American forces draw down in the next year, U.S. commanders in Iraq said today.
December 31, 2009 - Building partnerships and understanding the nature of Afghanistan and its people are keys to achieving success in that country, the commander of NATO’s Joint Command in Kabul said.
December 31, 2009 - Army Staff Sgt. Brain K. Pascual likes to get out and tell soldiers about their re-enlistment options as part of his work as a career counselor in Iraq.
December 31, 2009 - A team of Airmen handles thousands of passengers, pallets and vehicles flying into Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
December 31, 2009 - When the crewmembers of 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight first deployed to Kandahar Airfield in August, they knew they would be transporting many wounded warriors throughout Afghanistan.
December 31, 2009 - The Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program is working to prepare servicemembers and their families for a successful transition to civilian life.
December 31, 2009 - As New Yorkers and visitors gear up for New Year's Eve celebrations, the citizen-Soldiers of the New York National Guard remain on duty in support of homeland security missions across the state.
December 30, 2009 - the real winners of the Eaglebank Bowl in Washington, D.C were wounded Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen who benefit by involvement with the bowl game's charity partner "The Wounded Warrior Project."
December 30, 2009 - Third Army's involvement in the drawdown of U.S. troops and equipment in Iraq has served an important role in completing the mission and bringing U.S. servicemembers home.
December 30, 2009 - Alive day is a term dubbed by a number of injured combat veterans to describe the day they escaped death. Some were left with scrapes and bruises, others lost their limbs and, for some, there would be emotional wounds.
December 30, 2009 - The Army recently completed networked operational tests of the first pairing of its developmental Common Controller device with equipment now used by Soldiers in theater from the Land Warrior effort.
December 29, 2009 - More than 100 National Guard soldiers and airmen responded over the holiday and through the weekend to support callouts by governors in four Midwest states hit by severe winter weather.
December 29, 2009 - Georgia Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron have teamed up with 48th Infantry Brigade soldiers in eastern Afghanistan.
December 29, 2009 - Twelve soldiers and three sailors conducted a 10-day Toxic Industrial Chemical Protection and Detection Equipment training exercise here recently.
December 29, 2009 - Thirty years ago today, Dec. 29, my father forever changed my life, as well as the lives of his other family members. He took a shotgun and shot himself in the head. His death certificate reads, "Self-inflicted gunshot wound."
December 28, 2009 - U.S. Army scouts are helping Iraqi army commandos in securing their country.
December 28, 2009 - In a Soviet-era aircraft hangar here, a rivalry born during the Battle of the Red River is still alive and well, although now that energy is spent supporting the Afghan people.
December 28, 2009 - Twenty members of Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines spent a special holiday evening visiting children at the Social Development Center in Zamboanga City Dec. 23.
December 24, 2009 - The first blind student to attend the Maneuver Captain's Career Course here graduated with his class Dec. 15 in a ceremony attended by family and friends.
December 24, 2009 - Mention “Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar” around a native Minnesotan in Iraq, and you’re almost guaranteed a glazed-eyed expression and rambling murmurs of longing.
December 24, 2009 - Ophthalmic surgeons here are the first in the Defense Department to employ a state-of-the-art laser that will shorten recovery times for corneal transplantation.
December 24, 2009 - As the rest of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport bustled with holiday travelers Dec. 23, its USO Lounge offered military travelers -- many returning home from overseas deployments -- a welcome sanctuary of solace.
December 23, 2009 - U.S. Army Col. Timothy J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi docked with the International Space Station at 5:48 p.m. EST Tuesday.
December 23, 2009 - Since July 2, 1937, the Unknown Soldiers interred at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery have never been alone.
December 23, 2009 - During his first trip downrange as Secretary of the Army, John McHugh was in familiar territory in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well during his subsequent visit to wounded warriors at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center today.
December 23, 2009 - Each year thousands of military children are affected by either a mother or father deploying, and when this happened to the Choate family here, it sparked an idea helps prepare military children deal with deployments.
December 22, 2009 - The benefits a grateful nation makes available to those who serve in its military are numerous, but connecting servicemembers to the resources in their local areas – especially when they serve in the reserve components – can be a challenge.
December 21, 2009 - Five Airmen are operating a fully-equipped trauma center, providing emergency care, basic medical care and educational services to hundreds of Filipino and U.S. troops on the southern island of Jolo, Philippines.
December 21, 2009 - National Guardsmen in seven states were called to duty over the weekend after a record snowfall blanketed the Northeast.
December 21, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates praised young Americans who have answered the nation’s call to duty in a commencement address at Indiana University Saturday.
December 21, 2009 - Conference attendees addressed issues related to unmanned aircraft systems' access into the national airspace system Dec. 9 through 11 here.
December 20, 2009 - Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said his trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq has given him an opportunity to assess changes in strategy and meet the men and women who will carry out that strategy.
December 19, 2009 - The teamwork between Iraqi and American security forces is behind the vast improvements in Iraq, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said during a news conference here today.
December 18, 2009 - Three days after Christmas in 1909, the Army authorized an assistant whose sole purpose would be to allow chaplains to focus on ministering to the spiritual needs of Soldiers and their families throughout the world.
December 18, 2009 - On the 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, veterans of that conflict were recognized by the countries whose freedom they helped secure.
December 17, 2009 - Doctors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and the University of Miami collaborated to perform the first pancreas islet cell transplant Thanksgiving Day on an airman whose pancreas was injured so severely in Afghanistan that it had to be removed.
December 17, 2009 - A new law protects military spouses from being taxed for work performed in states where they're living outside their home states as a result of military orders.
December 17, 2009 - Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine are coming up with ways to sustain servicemembers' performance in environmental extremes, a research physiologist at the institute said Dec. 17.
December 16, 2009 - The pre-mission brief concluded, combat engineer Army Sgt. Darrin Lewno called together the assembled route-clearance crew, all members of the 211th Engineer Company of the South Dakota Army National Guard.
December 16, 2009 - Though American and Pakistani soldiers are interacting at an unprecedented rate, that trend needs to gain momentum, a senior U.S. embassy official said here today.
December 16, 2009 - An Air Force medical team trained in helping people recover from traumatic events returned from Fort Hood, Texas, after responding to the Nov. 5 shootings, which left 13 people dead and dozens injured.
December 16, 2009 - One-by-one, 10 Charleston-based C-17 Globemaster IIIs took off from Charleston Air Force Base Dec. 16 in support of exercise "Operation Thunderstruck."
December 16, 2009 - Members of the armed forces are strong, healthy and ready to accomplish their mission, a survey of their health-related behaviors has revealed.
December 15, 2009 - A soldier is wounded during a joint British and Afghanistan National Army patrol in Helmand Province. Shot through both legs, his condition worsens while being cared for by the medics.
December 15, 2009 - U.S. troops need to be prepared to operate in a complex human terrain when they arrive in Afghanistan.
December 15, 2009 - U.S. Army officials met here Dec. 15 to discuss the 8th U.S. Army's role in the most significant transformation in the 60-year history of the Republic of Korea-United States Alliance.
December 14, 2009 - U.S. soldiers, family members and friends have brought the gift of sight to an Iraqi baby born blind with congenital cataracts.
December 14, 2009 - The road to success in Afghanistan goes through the south, a former commander of international forces there said today.
December 14, 2009 - Reservists face unique challenges that may be tipping their stress level over that of their active-duty counterparts, a health affairs official said.
December 14, 2009 - The Arlington Wreath Project, an unofficial national tradition, prompted about 6,000 volunteers to wake up extra early this morning to help place 16,000 wreaths on graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
December 14, 2009 - The holidays are a special time of year when family and friends get together and celebrate the season in various ways, but many servicemembers serving Afghanistan cannot go home for the holidays due to their military obligations.
December 14, 2009 - On the western side of the Pentagon, at the memorial to those who died during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, volunteers had mounted 184 evergreen wreaths on the fence -- one for each person who died there.
December 11, 2009 - Officials of the Metropolitan New York USO held their 48th Annual Armed Forces Gala and Gold Medal Dinner and honored the only five living Air Force Medal of Honor recipients Dec. 9 in New York City.
December 11, 2009 - Hearts Apart morale program members organized an annual holiday party to help families adjust to seperation from deployments Dec. 4 at Hurlburt Field.
December 11, 2009 - An Air National Guard member from the 129th Rescue Squadron here recently returned home from her deployment to Afghanistan after being wounded by enemy forces while rescuing three injured American Soldiers July 29.
December 10, 2009 - Defense and military officials gathered at the Pentagon to discuss the top issues facing the Yellow Ribbon Program for reserve-component servicemembers and their families during a two-day summit that concluded today.
December 10, 2009 - By Western standards, the $444,000 special-needs community center may seem pretty ordinary. But to the local community - and especially the children who go to the center - it is anything but.
December 09, 2009 - The largest U.S. Defense Department-sponsored exercise in Africa this year yielded many important lessons, the commander of U.S. Army Africa said yesterday.
December 09, 2009 - Royal Air Force Lakenheath Airmen partnered with the Starlight Foundation to host a Christmas party for terminally and seriously ill children Dec. 5 at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, England.
December 09, 2009 - Kid Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker Band entertained servicemembers at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 2.
December 09, 2009 - The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element performed a Medical Civil Action Program, or MEDCAP, from Nov. 19 to 23 treating 2,987 people in several different cities affected by the El Salvador mudslides.
December 09, 2009 - As 2009 comes to a close, the stage has been set for the 110th annual Army-Navy Game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa., at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
December 08, 2009 - Al-Qaida remains a danger, and the area along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan is the epicenter of global Islamic extremism, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the Foreign Press Center here today.
December 08, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here today to ensure troops in Afghanistan have what they need to accommodate the incoming 30,000 soldiers and Marines, and to tell them, “We are in this thing to win.”
December 08, 2009 - Defense Department officials highlighted the Pentagon's programs for people with disabilities Dec. 8 and recognized accomplishments of employees with disabilities.
December 08, 2009 - About 16,000 Marines and Soldiers have been notified they will deploy to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's new strategy.
December 07, 2009 - Officials are working to boost the resources and support the Defense Department’s Exceptional Family Member Program provides to military families with special needs.
December 07, 2009 - Members of the 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron officially ended operations during a deactivation ceremony Dec. 3 at Camp Bucca, Iraq.
December 06, 2009 - In a joint message to senior Army leaders on Dec. 2, Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey Jr. stated that the Afghanistan troop increase will not affect plans underway to restore balance.
December 06, 2009 - Even as hundreds of Marines launched a new offensive in southern Afghanistan, top U.S government and military officials made the Sunday morning news-show circuit here today spelling out President Barack Obama’s new war strategy.
December 04, 2009 - The Army’s chief of staff stepped back in history Thursday evening to Christmas Eve in Belgium 65 years ago by reading one of the most inspirational letters written by a commander to his troops.
December 04, 2009 - Through combined military research programs and medical cooperation, the Defense Department has been able to accomplish incredible promise in a future vaccine development for HIV and AIDS, a senior official in that effort said Dec. 3.
December 04, 2009 - Hundreds of residents of Danag now have a restored shrine and access to free medical care due to the collaborative efforts of the armed forces of the Philippines Marine Battalion Landing Team-5 (MBLT-5), Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines.
December 04, 2009 - More than 100 chaplains and chaplain assistants attended the Chaplain Corps Summit here recently, in part to celebrate 60th anniversary of the Air Force Chaplain Corps and the 100th anniversary of the chaplain assistant career field.
December 03, 2009 - Realignment of military medical facilities in the national capital region ordered by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission is on track to meet the commission’s deadline, senior Defense Department officials said here yesterday.
December 03, 2009 - The Defense Department is in the throes of a “major in-sourcing initiative” that Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said will recapture some of the vital expertise the department had lost, particularly in the acquisition realm.
December 03, 2009 - July 2011 is not a withdrawal date, but a specific target date for beginning to transition security responsibility to Afghan forces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on several morning talk shows today.
December 03, 2009 - U.S. Air Force Academy junior defensive back Reggie Rembert was named to the first-team all-Mountain West Conference in football, as announced Dec. 1 by conference officials.
December 02, 2009 - The 30,000 additional troops President Barack Obama is sending to Afghanistan will focus on reversing the Taliban’s momentum.
December 02, 2009 - Thirty-two specifications of attempted premeditated murder were preferred today against alleged Fort Hood, Texas, shooter Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan under Article 80 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
December 02, 2009 - Since Col. Mark Baker took command of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Group at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in June 2008 when the unit activated, he's seen the unit take its mission to new levels.
December 01, 2009 - When Airmen deploy to places like Iraq and Afghanistan they accomplish difficult and challenging missions. Unfortunately some return injured or even having paid the ultimate price for freedom.
December 01, 2009 - Sixty-five years after World War II's landmark Battle of the Bulge, U.S. and Belgian troops will again march side by side in Bastogne on Dec. 12 and 13.
December 01, 2009 - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan today expressed support for a new strategy that entails sending 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan by next summer and begins a drawdown of forces in July 2011.
November 30, 2009 - The remains of a U.S. paratrooper reported missing since early this month in western Afghanistan were recovered yesterday, military officials said.
November 30, 2009 - For 102nd Signal Battalion telephone technician Alexander Weber-Fetscher, June 22, 2007, will be remembered as the day he welcomed a new life into the world and helped to save another.
November 30, 2009 - Global positioning system technology is being applied to older rotary-wing aircraft to help save lives, a senior helicopter pilot based at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., said.
November 30, 2009 - A young Army captain wounded in Iraq and now working to improve conditions for other wounded servicemembers will be honored by the Business Executives for National Service tonight in New York.
November 30, 2009 - Airmen and Iraqi army technicians destroyed a stockpile of captured munitions and improvised explosive device components weighing close to 1,200 pounds Nov. 24, at a range outside of Baghdad, Iraq.
November 30, 2009 - According to air mobility experts on the ground in Iraq, initial results of the ongoing U.S. Army direct support mission Concept of Operations test there indicate what Air Force and Air Mobility Command officials have said all along: the Air Force support
November 27, 2009 - President Barack Obama and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, released Thanksgiving messages today.
November 27, 2009 - The Air Force's top officer and enlisted member paid a Thanksgiving visit to Airmen who are deployed to the NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan and Combined Air Power Transition Force here.
November 27, 2009 - Several military organizations are working together to provide servicemembers with healthy, good-tasting, sustainable and nutritionally sound combat rations.
November 25, 2009 - In the midst of a nondescript Middle Eastern-style village, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team soldiers interact with the local inhabitants the same as they have done day in and day out on routine patrols.
November 25, 2009 - The Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli re-emphasized details of the Army's Modernization Plan and what is "necessary" in conceiving the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle as he met with more than 200 industry representatives.
November 25, 2009 - How do you plan Thanksgiving dinner for 180,000 people more than 6,000 miles away? If you're a food buyer at the Defense Logistics Agency, you start by making a shopping list in April for meals to be served to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
November 24, 2009 - As Army Sgt. First Class John Wright lay in a hospital room after being wounded in Afghanistan this summer, he probably didn’t envision himself feeling especially thankful a few months later.
November 24, 2009 - Every year, Airmen here support the largest air mobility exercise in the United States. This Mobility Air Forces Exercise, or MAFEX, is essential in making sure both Soldiers and Airmen are prepared to coordinate jointly during overseas contingencies.
November 24, 2009 - Early on a drizzly Nov. 13 morning, 39 wives of 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Soldiers stepped off a bus at the soccer field near Camp Casey's Carey Gym.
November 24, 2009 - Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, who spent 25 years in the Army on active duty and in the Reserve, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. Warman was one of the 13 people killed in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, Nov. 5.
November 23, 2009 - The leaders of the Pentagon’s review board on the Fort Hood, Texas, rampage reported for duty here today to begin their 45-day investigation to what led to the mass shooting, a Pentagon official said.
November 23, 2009 - A theory gaining momentum among counterinsurgency and military medical experts is that the health of a nation's people affects the health of a nation.
November 21, 2009 - The Falcons dropped their last game of the season to 22nd-ranked BYU 38-21 in the final game of the season here Nov. 21.
November 21, 2009 - An estimated 120,000 Soldiers and veterans are now eligible for retroactive Stop-Loss Special Pay.
November 21, 2009 - The Army released suicide statistics for the month of October and the total number of suicides, suspected and confirmed, for 2009. Data indicates the number of Soldiers taking their own lives has surpassed numbers recorded at the same time last year.
November 20, 2009 - Grand Forks Air Force Base Airmen recently received the Gold-Level Presidential Volunteer Service Award for Airmen who donated more than 12,000 hours of time to volunteer activities both on base and in the local community during 2009.
November 20, 2009 - The Army is revamping the curriculum to take lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan and build more effective close-quarters fighters, said Matt Larsen, the school's director.
November 20, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a National Guard conference today he sees benefits of a new plan that allows reserve-component servicemembers to conduct pre-deployment training before the clock starts ticking on their 12-month mobilization cycles.
November 20, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today announced the Defense Department will conduct a broad review of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood, Texas, shooting that left 13 dead and dozens injured.
November 20, 2009 - The Secretary is particularly focused on ensuring Soldiers have adequate opportunity to refresh and reintegrate between deployments.
November 19, 2009 - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited servicemembers Nov. 19 at the newly established International Security Assistance Force Joint Command here.
November 19, 2009 - Retired Col. Lewis L. Millett, who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading what was reportedly the last major American bayonet charge, died Nov 14.
November 19, 2009 - Army civilian employees registering for Civilian Education System courses face a major change in the application process.
November 19, 2009 - About 30 Fort Jackson Soldiers and civilians participated this week in a course at the University of Pennsylvania designed to help Soldiers and their families develop resilience.
November 18, 2009 - The leaves are changing color at Arlington National Cemetery – a bright backdrop for something as sobering as a funeral. An Army chaplain in his dress blues presents a folded flag to the fallen’s next of kin, a man who looks to be in his 40s.
November 18, 2009 - The USO has changed a lot in 68 years and today marked another milestone in the group’s history of supporting the military when it sponsored a care package service specifically for female servicemembers.
November 18, 2009 - At the Air Force Warfare Center here, lessons learned supporting ground troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are being shared with the aviation community and incorporated into the training as quickly as they're developed.
November 17, 2009 - The provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province serves as a model for the continued integration of civilian assets into military operations to achieve a unified strategic goal.
November 17, 2009 - The rate of soldier suicides continues to concern Army leadership, with 211 active-duty and reserve-component suicides confirmed this year, the Army’s No. 2 officer told Pentagon reporters today.
November 17, 2009 - An Army mobility team visited Moody Air Force Base Nov. 5 and 6 to conduct a mass assessment test on more than 800 Airmen.
November 16, 2009 - A little bit of home made its way to this remote base in Iraq’s Maysan province recently, as soldiers tested their skills in a barbecue competition.
November 16, 2009 - Two soldiers working deep inside this aircraft carrier serve as liaisons between the aviators of Carrier Air Wing 11 and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
November 16, 2009 - Six delegates from the Vietnam military's health and general logistics fields met with U.S. Air Force officials here Nov. 10 during a 13th Air Force-hosted visit.
November 16, 2009 - Air Force officials here announced Nov. 16 measures to meet the fiscal 2010 end strength of 331,700, requiring personnel management actions to reduce the force by approximately 3,700 officers and enlisted members.
November 15, 2009 - U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons gained more than 550 yards of total offense as the Falcons won in a 45-17 rout at Falcon Stadium here Nov. 14.
November 14, 2009 - President Barack Obama used his weekly address today to call for a careful and complete review of what happened before the Nov. 5 tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas.
November 13, 2009 - More than 160 National Guard members in three states have responded to flooding caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Ida today.
November 13, 2009 - All active-duty and reserve-component military branches met or exceeded their recruiting goals for October, Defense Department officials said.
November 13, 2009 - The number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reporting psychological problems is at its lowest since 2004, while morale among military units in Afghanistan has fallen significantly over the past two years, according to Army reports released today.
November 13, 2009 - Senior federal officials here Nov. 12 pledged their support of President Barack Obama's directive to increase the hiring of military veterans.
November 13, 2009 - In the aftermath of the Nov. 5 shootings, Soldiers, family members and civilians are looking for answers, but they're also looking for help.
November 12, 2009 - Airmen at Ramstein Air Base will see a new change in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training with the use of the new M-50 Joint Service General Purpose Mask and Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology, effective immediately.
November 12, 2009 - With the traditional "I do's" and exchange of wedding bands some 54 years ago on Oct. 1, 1955, James and Phyllis Hivner began their life's journey together which, like many young couples, began with not knowing what the future held.
November 12, 2009 - Although the Air Force is the nation's youngest service, its proud history not only shows the essential contributions of officers or enlisted troops, active-duty members or reservists, but also a history of family commitment.
November 11, 2009 - Today’s military is the “best-equipped, best trained, best educated, and the most competent military in the history of mankind,” Vice President Joe Biden told 240 servicemembers and veterans at his home at the U.S. Naval Observatory today.
November 11, 2009 - First Lady Michelle Obama today urged all Americans, including military veterans, to put their skills to use in volunteer service to assist U.S. communities and citizens in need.
November 11, 2009 - The nation’s capital today hosted throngs of people paying tribute to men and women who currently or previously wore the uniform of the U. S. military.
November 11, 2009 - The nation will long remember those who were killed during the Nov. 5 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, President Obama said during a memorial service there this afternoon.
November 10, 2009 - It’s 2 a.m., and the intelligence electronic warfare maintenance section of the 1st Armored Division’s 4th Brigade here is ready to spark into action.
November 10, 2009 - Thousands of soldiers, veterans, military family members and civilian employees gathered here beneath brilliant blue skies to bid an emotional farewell to 13 of their own killed during last week’s shooting rampage, and to support the families left behind.
November 10, 2009 - California Air National Guard members based here successfully demonstrated coalition personnel recovery operations using net enabled data link capabilities during the U.S. Joint Forces Command Exercise Bold Quest 2009 Oct. 27 to Nov. 5.
November 10, 2009 - An Air Force recruiter stopped a robbery in progress while attending his unit's annual training conference Oct. 29 here.
November 09, 2009 - President Barack Obama will join Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, Army Secretary John M. McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. at Fort Hood, Texas, tomorrow.
November 09, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has delegated the authority to order up to 45 days of pre-mobilization training for reserve-component soldiers to the secretary of the Army.
November 09, 2009 - The Army has worked hard on developing programs to maintain the psychological health of the service, but much more needs to be done, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. said yesterday.
November 09, 2009 - Readers of Mark Bowden’s “Black Hawk Down” can put the book aside when they’ve had enough of their mind’s reaction of the brutal 1993 battle of Mogadishu, Somalia.
November 08, 2009 - Scientists at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center are researching armored vehicles made with built-in sensors that automatically report when they are damaged.
November 08, 2009 - A linebacker's halftime rant and an unexpected aerial attack gave the Air Force Academy Falcons a 35-7 win over the Army Black Knights Nov. 7.
November 07, 2009 - President Barack Obama expressed his sorrow over the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, and praised the soldiers and civilians who responded to aid the wounded in his weekly address to the nation today.
November 07, 2009 - After a moment of silence for those killed in the shootings Nov. 5, at Fort Hood, Texas, Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh and Chief of Staff of the Army George W. Casey Jr. addressed Soldiers, family members and the press.
November 07, 2009 - Grieving Soldiers and family members gathered for a twilight vigil last night in remembrance of comrades and loved ones who were killed or wounded in the Nov. 5 shooting attack here.
November 07, 2009 - "Pop, pop, pop." Those were the sounds Fort Hood's first responders heard when they arrived at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center here, Thursday.
November 06, 2009 - When he joined the Navy 15 years ago, Cmdr. Trent Kalp probably expected to serve six-month deployments to the middle of the ocean during his career.
November 06, 2009 - Fort Hood, Texas, was uppermost in the minds of National Guard members today, especially with an Alabama citizen-soldier reportedly among the wounded after a deadly shooting rampage there.
November 06, 2009 - The attack that killed 13 people and wounded 30 more at Fort Hood, Texas, yesterday “was a kick in the gut,” not only for Fort Hood, but also for the entire Army, the Army chief of staff said today.
November 06, 2009 - Army Regulation 350-1 is being revised to give more Soldiers a chance to excel in Army training.
November 06, 2009 - U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is believed to be the lone shooter of some 43 people on Fort Hood, Texas, and he survived being shot by a civilian police officer, the base commander said.
November 06, 2009 - Resources to help those affected by the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, are flowing to the post, Army officials said today.
November 05, 2009 - When the National Training Center opened here in 1981, it presented the most realistic training environment imaginable to prepare troops for a potential large-scale, tank-on-tank confrontation with the Soviet Union in Germany’s Fulda Gap.
November 05, 2009 - ESPN's "College GameDay" crew will broadcast live from the U.S. Air Force Academy 8 to 10 a.m. Nov. 7 from the Terrazzo for the Air Force vs. Army football game.
November 04, 2009 - Military families make tremendous sacrifices in support of the nation and deserve recognition as well as the best programs and policies the Defense Department can deliver, a defense official said here Nov. 3.
November 03, 2009 - For three days in October 1944, a Japanese-American military unit fought in dense woods, heavy fog and freezing temperatures in the mountains of France, answering the prayers of an American battalion pinned down by German forces.
November 03, 2009 - Members of the 19th Airlift Wing from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., took the lead at the Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 10-01 held here Oct. 25 through 29.
November 03, 2009 - As the Defense Department begins to compensate military members forced to serve beyond the expiration of their contracts, the number of those still serving under "Stop Loss" has been greatly reduced, a Pentagon official said.
November 03, 2009 - The new Army secretary received an official welcome from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the Army's top uniformed officer today at a ceremony held in Conmy Hall on Fort Myer, Va.
November 02, 2009 - Physicists at the Army Research Laboratory are bringing quantum “ghost” imaging from the realm of scientific curiosity to practical reality.
November 02, 2009 - A few Soldiers, Marines and civilians work with equipment right out of the pages of yesterday's science fiction when they keep a fleet of robots in the fight at the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment, or JRRD.
November 02, 2009 - For the first time ever, the Air National Guard will be the sole operator of a new aircraft straight off the assembly line.
November 02, 2009 - Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (HIMARS), drove their High Mobility Artillery Rocket System out the rear of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Oct. 22, with a new advancement.
November 01, 2009 - The Falcons' offense got back on track Halloween night, gaining 382 yards in a convincing 34-16 win over the Colorado State University Rams.
October 30, 2009 - Modern technology makes warfare more fast-paced, efficient and deadly, but the ever-present confusion or “fog” of battle still causes inadvertent deaths of friendly forces and civilians.
October 30, 2009 - Army Lt. Col. Chris Carlson thrives to stay physically fit, and neither his ripe age of 46 nor his heavy workload here at the Pentagon could prevent that.
October 30, 2009 - The Defense Department has acquired enough doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine to immunize all 460,000 members of the National Guard, officials announced today.
October 30, 2009 - Nothing says pride like a Soldier in uniform. Today's Soldier has much to be proud of in the current Army Combat Uniform (ACU).
October 29, 2009 - It's a fine balancing act for the office of the Pentagon's director of defense research and engineering: how does the department fulfill the needs of today's warfighters and the needs of servicemembers a generation from now?
October 29, 2009 - Working together as a team is the advice the Air Force military family of the year has for coping with frequent deployments.
October 29, 2009 - More than a dozen community, civic and business leaders, to include Miss North Carolina Katherine Southard, gathered to participate in airborne training Oct 27.
October 29, 2009 - During the current economic downturn, the Army must show both Congress and the American taxpayer that it is getting value for every dollar it receives, said the Army's outgoing G-8.
October 28, 2009 - Since 2002, Program Executive Office Soldier, better known simply as PEO Soldier, has been the Army’s dedicated organization in developing, enhancing and fielding soldier capabilities.
October 28, 2009 - President Barack Obama signed the fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act during a ceremony at the White House Oct. 28.
October 28, 2009 - The Post-9/11 GI Bill program began funding veterans' aspirations for higher education this semester.
October 27, 2009 - Two Medal of Honor recipients visited wounded warriors and Airmen here Oct. 23 as part of an Armed Forces Entertainment tour.
October 27, 2009 - The noncommissioned officer corps often is considered the backbone of the Army, but defining what it means to be a part of that brotherhood is not as easy as it sounds.
October 27, 2009 - Two million troops could be sent to Afghanistan and not make a difference unless the government there reforms, a globally recognized authority on counter-insurgency told a standing-room-only Pentagon audience last week.
October 26, 2009 - Defense and Veterans Affairs Department health care professionals began a three-day workshop here today to harness initiatives to improve psychological health care for servicemembers and veterans.
October 26, 2009 - The U.S. Air Forces Central command chief has a good perspective on the lives of the Airmen serving in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom after more than 21 months on the job.
October 26, 2009 - For the third year running, the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation department's Arts and Crafts program has been named best in the Army for large garrisons.
October 26, 2009 - The first mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles designated for southern Afghanistan arrived here, Oct. 22 by air transport.
October 23, 2009 - Soldiers carry a heavy load, with basic body armor alone weighing about 45 pounds, not to mention firearms, ammunition, radio equipment, food and other tools they may need for a mission.
October 23, 2009 - As South Korea’s military transitions to full operational control, it’s important to remember the past 60 years of U.S. commitment to the country and to not waver in that support, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
October 23, 2009 - "Drug Free is the Key" for the Defense Department's Red Ribbon Week this year as it works to raise public awareness and mobilize communities to combat tobacco, alcohol and drug use among military personnel, civilians and families.
October 23, 2009 - President Barack Obama signed new legislation today that creates predictable funding for veterans' health care.
October 22, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he’s headed to a NATO defense ministers meeting in Slovakia confident there’s enough to discuss about Afghanistan even without a U.S. decision on the strategy there.
October 22, 2009 - Fourteen soldiers deployed here from Fort Polk, La., with 2nd Platoon, 488th Quartermaster Company, take care of one of the smallest comforts of life: clean clothes.
October 22, 2009 - A California Army National Guard supply noncommissioned officer diagnosed with breast cancer is cancer-free today, and she credits early detection with her new lease on life.
October 22, 2009 - More than 30 two-man teams from around the globe put that battle cry to the test - minus any lethality in this instance - on Fort Benning's ranges during the ninth annual U.S. Army International Sniper Competition, which began Oct. 15 and ended Thursday.
October 22, 2009 - Dr. Shirley Miles, director of Department of Defense Education Activity schools, visited Fort Benning for information on reading programs available at the post's seven schools.
October 22, 2009 - More than 80 cadets and 40 members of the West Point Band traveled to the Bronx Oct. 16, to represent the armed services for the first game of the American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels.
October 22, 2009 - An Army librarian was named Federal Librarian of the Year for 2008 during a ceremony Oct. 22, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
October 22, 2009 - The command's flag was unfurled and its leaders' new roles highlighted during an activation ceremony in the courtyard behind the Ridgway Hall headquarters building.
October 21, 2009 - Seven families, one from each of the uniformed services, have been selected as National Military Family Association’s 2009 Military Families of the Year for the roles they play in their communities and the way they embrace the military lifestyle.
October 21, 2009 - The Defense Department will implement a new program this week to compensate former and current servicemembers for each month they involuntarily served from Sept. 11, 2001 to Sept. 30, 2009, a defense official said.
October 21, 2009 - Senior Defense Department officials recognized the work and contributions made by disabled contract employees during a ceremony held at the Pentagon conference center yesterday.
October 21, 2009 - In a room of 20 military spouses, about 15 raised their hands as Chaplain (Capt.) Josh Metz asked, "Who's gone through a deployment before?"
October 21, 2009 - Pentagon officials today announced additional replacement units scheduled to deploy next year to Afghanistan as part of the requirement to maintain the current level of security efforts there, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today.
October 21, 2009 - Gen. George W. Casey Jr. got an aerial peek at the massive expansion effort under way for the Maneuver Center of Excellence and observed urban combat training on Sand Hill.
October 21, 2009 - Getting the Army's personnel aspects right is the most important job for its leaders, Army Secretary John M. McHugh said today.
October 20, 2009 - An Army Reserve soldier from Austin, Texas, who has been an emergency medical technician since 1993 was one of the last soldiers from Embedded Training Team Venom to leave Afghanistan’s Zabul province when Task Force Fury assumed the mission.
October 20, 2009 - Even as leaders in Washington struggle with the next steps in Afghanistan, troops there are moving to better protect the Afghan people and secure the border that country shares with Pakistan, NATO and Pentagon officials said today.
October 20, 2009 - Representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs here will be telephoning veterans across the country to explain their education benefits under the new Post-911 GI Bill and ensure beneficiaries are able to receive payments due them.
October 20, 2009 - During a White House ceremony today President Barack Obama praised Vietnam veterans of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment for their heroism in rescuing Soldiers from another unit trapped near the Cambodian border.
October 19, 2009 - Charleston Air Force Base technical sergeant was honored Oct. 15 for his heroism and bravery while suffering from injuries sustained during a patrol on his seventh deployment to the Middle East.
October 19, 2009 - When President Barak Obama authorized an additional 17,000 troops to "surge" into Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom in February, mobility Airmen answered the call.
October 19, 2009 - Military commanders of the future should be proficient at managing high-tech communications networks and also should know how to wage conventional, irregular and hybrid warfare, a senior U.S. Navy officer said here today.
October 16, 2009 - Deborah Mullen, wife of the nation's most senior military officer, had a message for military families while on the Sesame Street TV set here Oct. 14: servicemembers and their families have a wealth of support behind them.
October 15, 2009 - As he walked around and shook the hands of attendees at the Stray Goose International Air Commando reunion at Hurlburt Field Oct. 9, former Capt. Richard Sell caught up with fellow veterans, including some he had not seen since serving in Vietnam.
October 15, 2009 - In an effort to bring Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month to everyone's attention, the annual opening ceremony was held here, Oct. 1 at Army Community Services.
October 15, 2009 - Forty or so rigger students and cadre were gathered on the tarmac - some fully geared up and ready to board the aircraft - others undergoing inspections before being cleared to jump.
October 15, 2009 - The Army is poised to introduce a plate-carrier vest to provide Soldiers more lightweight gear in the challenging operational environments of Afghanistan.
October 14, 2009 - U.S. troops and reconstruction team members in Iraq’s Basra province completed what some say was a small task with a huge impact on improving the lives of some Iraqi families with disabled children.
October 14, 2009 - A new Department of Veterans Affairs ruling will soon relieve Vietnam veterans suffering from three specific illnesses from the burden of proving their ailments are linked to Agent Orange exposure to receive VA health care and disability payments.
October 14, 2009 - The military services' active and reserve components notched record recruiting numbers and signed up the highest-quality recruits ever in fiscal 2009, senior defense officials said today.
October 13, 2009 - Interagency operations are going to increase as the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan transition away from combat and into support and stability ventures. How to best coordinate those operations is at the forefront of many high-level discussions.
October 13, 2009 - The commander of Air Combat Command visited Fort Hood in early October to visit the Airmen of the 3rd Air Support Operations Group here who provide tactical air support for Fort Hood's ground troops.
October 13, 2009 - By January, Soldiers on the go will be able to do just about anything they do now on their desktop computer if they're issued portable equipment attached to a cell phone.
October 13, 2009 - Servicemembers who participated in the first state-side training program for joint counter-IED teams have just arrived in Afghanistan for a year-long assignment.
October 13, 2009 - Since the Army Family Covenant was first signed two years ago, the service's investment in family programs and facilities has doubled to $1.5 billion, Army leaders said.
October 11, 2009 - The U.S. Air Force Academy football team fought hard against 10th-ranked Texas Christian University, but lost 20-17 Oct. 10 at Falcon Stadium here.
October 09, 2009 - As he focuses on a new approach to supporting the fight in Afghanistan, the new 10th Mountain Division commander said he also intends to volunteer his soldiers to serve as an operational test-bed for the Army’s long-term modernization efforts.
October 09, 2009 - President Barack Obama said today he'll accept the Nobel Peace Prize as a "call to action" for the international community to work together to confront common challenges, while also recognizing his responsibility for U.S. security.
October 09, 2009 - The UH-1 Iroquois helicopter was officially retired in a ceremony held here, Oct. 2 by the Army National Guard, ending a service life of more than 50 years to the Army and close to 40 years in the Army Guard.
October 08, 2009 - Andrews Air Force Base was renamed as Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington Oct. 1 during a ceremony here in Hangar 1.
October 08, 2009 - DoD's Combat Feeding Directorate set up an elaborate display with interactive activities on the floor of the AUSA Annual Meeting and Symposium, including a place for Soldiers to taste-test new ration items.
October 08, 2009 - Leadership from across the services Wednesday discussed the importance of making the Army's LandWarNet part of a joint enterprise.
October 08, 2009 - Thanks to a Department of Defense initiative, Soldiers and their families living in on-post housing now have the opportunity to see green when they go green by saving gas and electricity.
October 08, 2009 - The increasing mental-health needs of military children are taxing both the military and civilian health care systems.
October 08, 2009 - The Army celebrated the official full operational capability of the Army Contracting Command with a ceremony Thursday on the parade field at Fort Belvoir.
October 07, 2009 - Future U.S. military weapons are going to have to be relevant, adaptable and affordable, the nation’s second highest-ranking military officer told defense contractors here today.
October 06, 2009 - The woman she sees in her bleaker yesterdays is unrecognizable to her now -- almost a stranger.
October 06, 2009 - Maj. Anthony Meador is near the end of his third tour in Iraq as an Army aviator.
October 06, 2009 - Veterans of the Korean War, both American and Korean, gathered here yesterday with current U.S. Army and South Korean leaders to pay tribute at the National Korean War Memorial.
October 06, 2009 - The Army must structure itself to face a future of persistent conflict as it takes on a long-term ideological struggle against terrorism and militant extremists, the service’s top officer said today.
October 05, 2009 - Withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan before accomplishing the mission there would greatly embolden Islamic radicals worldwide, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
October 05, 2009 - Soon after donning his Air Force second lieutenant uniform in 1967, Robert M. Gates learned an important lesson about how the U.S. military functions.
October 05, 2009 - The Army is rich in history and legacy, and most soldiers can answer questions regarding basic knowledge such as when the Army was founded.
October 05, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s decisions on the next phase of the Afghan war will be among the most important of his presidency, said Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who vowed to faithfully execute his orders.
October 05, 2009 - An Air Force Special Operations Command unit opened its doors to Air Force ROTC cadets as part of a summer session professional development tour in September at Hurlburt Field, Fla.
October 02, 2009 - Through the Army’s recently launched Comprehensive Fitness Program, Army leadership aims to improve all aspects of soldier fitness.
October 02, 2009 - The Navy is merging its information technology, intelligence and communications operations into one organization to better address Information Age challenges, including threats to computer networks, the Navy's top officer said here yesterday.
October 02, 2009 - Accidents on and off duty pose a greater threat than combat to U.S. servicemembers’ lives, and Defense Department leaders continually strive to eliminate them.
October 01, 2009 - Defense Department schools are stressing studies in science, technology, engineering and math in keeping with 21st century needs, the head of the Department of Defense Education Activity’s science program said yesterday.
October 01, 2009 - President Barack Obama is getting the ground-level perspective on Afghanistan, and soon will address the strategy and resources needed in the country, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said here today.
October 01, 2009 - The war in Afghanistan can be won if forces there change the way they fight, the top military commander on the ground said today.
October 01, 2009 - Sometime around Thanksgiving some troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will receive boxes filled with gifts from a women’s group in Alexandria, Va.
October 01, 2009 - Bonnie Carroll, co-chair of the congressionally mandated Suicide Prevention Task Force, aims to remove the stigma within the military of seeking mental health care.
October 01, 2009 - The deployments of about 1,600 U.S. troops in Iraq could be extended in the weeks following the national election slated to occur in January, Pentagon officials said today.
September 30, 2009 - Defense Department officials today announced the details for distributing $555 million available under the Homeowners Assistance Program.
September 30, 2009 - Personal finance expert Suze Orman said she doesn’t hold much hope that the economy will recover as quickly as the troops she met at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here yesterday.
September 29, 2009 - President Barack Obama today called Afghanistan the most important mission to NATO and underscored that the war there is a multinational effort.
September 28, 2009 - At many bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, Air Mobility Command airlifters, such as the C-17 Globemaster III, are landing on dirt runways bringing much-needed cargo to forward-deployed Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and coalition partners.
September 28, 2009 - The new 10th Mountain Division commander told his soldiers preparing to deploy that they’ll play a critical role in “one of the most challenging and dynamic deployments” to Iraq.
September 27, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today gave his unequivocal vote of confidence to the senior U.S. military officer in Afghanistan.
September 26, 2009 - The U.S. Air Force Academy football team won its second straight Mountain West Conference game on the strength of its defense.
September 26, 2009 - The overriding U.S. goal in Afghanistan is to dismantle the al Qaeda network , President Barack Obama said yesterday in Pittsburgh.
September 26, 2009 - American servicemembers who’ve perished in the nation’s wars “died for the ones they loved,” the U.S. military’s top officer said today at a special ceremony held on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol.
September 25, 2009 - Ruth Stonesifer dreamed of a quiet life in Kintnersville, Penn., passing her days quilting for her three grandchildren.
September 25, 2009 - Army Sgt. Maj. Virginia Stickler enjoys serving up drinks and snacks, as well as a bit of advice, to her fellow soldiers here at a coffee shop that speaks volumes about her deployment.
September 25, 2009 - An Air National Guard program designed to cut through bureaucracy has led to safety solutions for problems as vast and varied as avian flu, pilot fatigue and reducing the carbon footprint.
September 24, 2009 - The wife of Vice President Joe Biden met with New York National Guard personnel and their families in mid-September in Latham, N.Y.
September 24, 2009 - An exhibit honoring the Marine Corps’ famous Navajo code talkers of World War II is on display at the Yuma Art Center until Oct. 3, 2009.
September 24, 2009 - Servicemembers and their families can weather the “perfect storm” of credit, savings and banking crises; bailouts; market instability; and foreclosures, if they stay financially prepared, the Pentagon’s personal finance director said here recently.
September 24, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s decision to restructure a previous missile defense plan designed to protect Europe from a possible ballistic missile attack from Iran provides a more effective, flexible system that will take less time to implement.
September 24, 2009 - The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been learning experiences, forcing military leadership to reassess and modify tactics to effectively counter an irregular foe.
September 23, 2009 - A deliberative approach is best for everyone as President Barack Obama and his national security team grapple with the way forward in Afghanistan, the Pentagon spokesman said today.
September 23, 2009 - The U.S. military needs more people trained in specialties critical to the fight against global extremism, the chief of U.S. Central Command said here today.
September 23, 2009 - Defense Department officials plan to forward a social media policy to the department leadership within the next two weeks that will balance the pros and cons of social networking sites
September 23, 2009 - NASA officials have assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted to launch in September 2010. The flight to the International Space Station will carry a pressurized logistics module to the station.
September 22, 2009 - Thomas Barbieri loves it when people ask him about the World War II replica motorcycle he built, because it gives him a chance to talk about his son, T.J.
September 22, 2009 - Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, met here yesterday with New York National Guard personnel and their families following an appearance in the state with President Barack Obama.
September 22, 2009 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Jarrett Jongema grew up watching war movies, and later on, documentaries about military life and war, but it wasn’t until he was injured by a suicide car bomber that he gained a deeper and more personal understanding.
September 22, 2009 - More than 2,500 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen have been called up to support the international G-20 Summit, an economic summit being held here Sept. 24 and 25.
September 21, 2009 - Change is coming to the Lackland Air Force Base skyline this fall as work begins in October on the first of 13 new Basic Military Training facilities.
September 21, 2009 - Senior leaders in the Arkansas National Guard, including the state governor, are asking for the public’s help to stop suicides among its troops.
September 21, 2009 - John McHugh was sworn in as the 21st secretary of the Army today following his nomination by President Barack Obama and confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
September 21, 2009 - Sometimes, you just gotta laugh – even in combat. That’s the attitude of Army Sgt. Simon Baum, and one of the things his fellow infantrymen like most about him.
September 20, 2009 - The fight in Afghanistan must be narrowed to its original intent of stamping out al-Qaida and hunting down Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama said today.
September 19, 2009 - Nearly 10,000 runners lined up at the starting line for the 2009 Air Force Marathon Sept. 19 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
September 18, 2009 - Hundreds of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines celebrated the 62nd Air Force birthday with tradition, solidarity and a show of force Sept. 18 here.
September 18, 2009 - The soldiers of the 277th Aviation Support Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade’s quick-reaction force are responsible for the safety of the troops and civilians operating here.
September 18, 2009 - The military is fortunate the nation offers its unbridled support and backing to its military employees, the deputy defense secretary said last night.
September 18, 2009 - A group of senior U.S. officials today paid homage to servicemembers who have been prisoners of war or are listed as missing in action during an observance ceremony on the Pentagon’s River Terrace parade field.
September 18, 2009 - The father of Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor, remembered his son today as a person defined by selflessness.
September 17, 2009 - Several members of the Doolittle Raiders and original Tuskegee Airmen were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards from Air Force Association officials Sept. 16 at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md.
September 17, 2009 - Grammy Award-winning country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are teaming up with civilian and military medical experts to further medical innovations and quality-of-life research for America's battle-wounded, ill and injured warriors.
September 16, 2009 - President Barack Obama is scheduled tomorrow to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti at a White House ceremony.
September 16, 2009 - Donna Engeman always had faith in her military community and its support. But in May 2006, the military support system she knew and loved temporarily faded away when she lost her husband to a roadside bomb in Iraq.
September 15, 2009 - After weeks of processing her paperwork and ensuring that proper vaccinations had been given, the United States Army has allowed a native of Iraq to join the ranks.
September 14, 2009 - Today's Airmen are becoming increasingly familiar with words like "joint" and "total force" regardless of where they are assigned or deployed.
September 14, 2009 - Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked his state’s National Guard to support a special group of Texas Rangers called “Ranger recon teams” at high-traffic and high-crime areas along the Mexican border, state Guard officials said Sept. 11.
September 14, 2009 - An endeavor that began about a month ago comes to fruition today with the airing of the first virtual town hall meeting in which the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff answers questions posed online by servicemembers and the public.
September 14, 2009 - Sept. 11 was an appropriate day for the opening ceremony of the 131st National Guard Association of the United States conference since the National Guard is the original defender of the homeland, the Air Force secretary said.
September 14, 2009 - Law enforcement and military service “go hand in hand” in Louisiana, and the Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Office truly believes in selfless service, Sheriff Andy Brown said.
September 11, 2009 - Family members of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon gathered here today to remember lost loved ones.
September 11, 2009 - Two seemingly different U.S. Army organizations gathered robotics experts, technologists, academecs, soldiers and companies from across the country in search of solutions to help save soldiers’ lives.
September 11, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates welcomed a group of 50 civilian community leaders, scholars and professionals to the Pentagon here today as they begin a seven-day tour of America’s armed forces in Central and South America.
September 10, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff lauded 11 volunteer-based organizations today for their ingenuity and innovative efforts to improve the lives of military members and their communities.
September 10, 2009 - August was another successful month for armed forces recruiting with all active duty components meeting or exceeding their monthly goals, Pentagon officials said here today.
September 10, 2009 - The dedication of the Pentagon Memorial one year ago was a high-profile event. Bands played, flags waved and more than 16,000 people gathered at the site where, eight years earlier, a hijacked airliner slammed into the Pentagon and took 184 lives.
September 10, 2009 - Marine Sgt. Tikonblah Dargbeh is like the tens of thousands of other troops who have served in Iraq as a U.S. military member, save for one major distinction: until today, Dargbeh was not American.
September 09, 2009 - Jeremy LeGrand, an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran who returned home from combat safely only to suffer a brain injury in an off-duty car accident is learning this week that some of the best therapy is delivered on the golf course and at the bowling alley.
September 09, 2009 - Joint expeditionary tasked airmen have two commanders: an Army commander responsible for their day-to-day missions, and an Air Force commander responsible for their administrative and operational control.
September 08, 2009 - Although he was not dressed in the khaki Army Air Corps uniform he wore after enlisting at 17, World War II veteran Tech. Sgt. Howard Thornton was no less proud when he received medals during a special ceremony here Aug. 29.
September 08, 2009 - Airmen remain a vital part of the joint mission, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley observed during his recent visit to installations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
September 08, 2009 - Army and Air National Guard members are encouraged to provide their civilian employment information to the Department of Defense through a mandatory program that has been around since the early 1990s.
September 08, 2009 - As President Barack Obama was in nearby Arlington giving his pep talk today to America’s schoolchildren, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here in a receiving mode to hear firsthand about challenges military children face in the education system.
September 04, 2009 - Air Force Maj. Dan Rooney knows that just a dollar or more added to your golf greens fees this Labor Day weekend can provide millions of dollars to help servicemembers and their families.
September 03, 2009 - The top enlisted servicemember from each of the four services offered their appreciation to those who support military families before fielding some tough questions during a town hall-style meeting here Sept. 1.
September 03, 2009 - Just 15 months ago, when Army Pfc. Daniel Bateson was hanging drywall with his family's home improvement business, the Connecticut native never dreamed he would visit Africa.
September 03, 2009 - Enemies of America remain in Afghanistan, and the United States must stay there to defeat the terrorists, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
September 02, 2009 - Army Capt. Emily Stehr, a physical therapist with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, is in the business of healing. But five months after returning from Iraq, she was struggling with her own internal wounds of war that had not healed.
September 02, 2009 - Two days ago, I and six other reporters accompanied Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to Texas to see two high-tech operations under way.
September 01, 2009 - In the Army’s celebratory Year of the Noncommissioned Officer, Dremiel Byers stands out. Byer will represent the Army on Team USA at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships.
September 01, 2009 - All military personnel will be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, and the vaccine will be available to all military family members who want it, a Defense Department health affairs official said today.
September 01, 2009 - With personal assurance from the nation’s first lady that President Barack Obama is committed to military families, more than 1,500 people participated as the Defense Department’s Joint Family Readiness Conference kicked off here today.
August 31, 2009 - Hundreds of Air National Guard officials will gather here Sept. 21 through 25 to plan for domestic and civil support operations at the ANG Domestic Operations Essential 10 Requirements Conference.
August 31, 2009 - The commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan has completed his assessment of the situation there and has forwarded it to NATO and U.S. leaders, Defense Department officials said today.
August 29, 2009 - Navy Adm. Mike Mullen congratulated more than 100 high school graduates here who pursued their diploma through a New Jersey National Guard program.
August 29, 2009 - When Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided today at the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe graduation in New Jersey, he witnessed a rite of passage being shared by about 8,000 at-risk youth across the country every year.
August 28, 2009 - The Defense Department’s first joint family readiness conference in nearly a decade will take place next week in Chicago, the director of the Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth said.
August 28, 2009 - Twenty-six years ago, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy received a dire letter from a member of his Massachusetts constituency.
August 27, 2009 - Army National Guard leaders from around the country converged on this remote training center yesterday for the dedication of the National Guard's first and only academy designed to help soldiers receive their high school diplomas.
August 27, 2009 - Boosted by a few strong years of testing successes, much of the United States’ missile defense technology that once was questioned is now ready to be fielded.
August 26, 2009 - While some people join the Army to find adventure for the first time, a deployed soldier here said she joined to add to the adventures she’s already had.
August 26, 2009 - U.S. soldiers taught Iraqi nursing students how to handle the medical side of a mass-casualty situation Aug. 18.
August 26, 2009 - The commander of U.S. Central Command said tough fighting lies ahead in Afghanistan, where the Taliban and other extremists have expanded their strength and influence, but he cautioned that success there demands more than battlefield victories.
August 26, 2009 - Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his brothers, Defense Department officials said here today.
August 25, 2009 - The Defense Department has launched a blog called “Family Matters” that is dedicated to providing resources and support to military families.
August 25, 2009 - After a bomb blew off much of his left forearm in Iraq in 2003, nurses came to his room daily to wash out his wounds. He described the treatment as two minutes of torture.
August 24, 2009 - Providing security is a key component of President Barack Obama’s strategy for Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday.
August 24, 2009 - U.S. forces conducted an air assault to disrupt insurgent communication and an Afghan civilian thwarted a bomb attack in operations in Afghanistan yesterday, military officials reported.
August 21, 2009 - An Army National Guard colonel who led a brigade in Iraq and a Vietnam veteran who retired from the Guard as a brigadier general recently helped New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine launch an oral history project to preserve the Garden State’s military legacy.
August 20, 2009 - Ohio National Guard members spent a week at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center here to test their ability to respond to a chemical attack.
August 20, 2009 - President Barack Obama pledged today to keep ramping up pressure on insurgents in Afghanistan, citing developments aimed at “squeezing them from both sides” to ultimately “flush them out.”
August 20, 2009 - Many programs help military members’ families during a deployment, but what about their four-legged friends?
August 20, 2009 - Mobilizing Soldiers hoping to stay in touch with their loved ones back home now have a better way to do so here with the recent inclusion of a new Internet service provider.
August 20, 2009 - -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is strengthening its working relationship with the private-sector to improve service for veterans.
August 20, 2009 - Regular back-to-back deployments with varying lengths and currently no end in sight are major issue facing today's military.
August 20, 2009 - A pilot program underway now at some Army installations allows Soldiers who think they might have a problem with alcohol to seek out help without risk to their careers.
August 19, 2009 - The command of Pacific Air Forces was passed from Gen. Howie Chandler to Gen. Gary North during a ceremony here Aug. 19 on Freedom Tower Mall.
August 19, 2009 - In 2003 Catherine Roberts, a midwife by profession and quilter for 25 years from Seaford, Del., wanted to give a wounded Soldier a quilt to bring him comfort during his recovery.
August 18, 2009 - The 17th Air Force officials here took another step forward in building meaningful relationships with African nations when it hosted a visit by a delegation of officers West African nation to an American base in Germany in August.
August 18, 2009 - The U.S. Army tradition of recognizing newly promoted noncommissioned officers to the NCO corps is through an NCO induction ceremony, a time-honored tradition for the U.S. Army, which has been shared with the new Iraqi Army.
August 18, 2009 - The battle to rid the Army of sexual assault and harassment was taken to new heights last week, as members of Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers chapters gathered at the 2009 Department of the Army BOSS forum here.
August 18, 2009 - No training is more crucial to the U.S. military than education in critical foreign languages and cultures, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said recently.
August 18, 2009 - Twelve civilians selected by the Army secretariat board have been inducted into the Senior Fellows program where they will spend the next two to three years undergoing executive education and professional experience.
August 18, 2009 - A well-rounded knowledge of how assets work for a unit can become a force multiplier.
August 17, 2009 - Medical personnel from the Army and Air National Guard and Coast Guard traveled 6,600 miles in three days to visit three Alaska communities as part of Operation Arctic Crossroads.
August 17, 2009 - Defense officials have chosen Perpetual Technologies Inc. to receive the department's employer-support award for providing exceptional financial and emotional support to its employees who deploy as National Guard or Reserve members.
August 14, 2009 - The National Guard will add Liberia to its State Partnership Program this year, bringing to eight the number of African nations taking part in the program.
August 14, 2009 - Google is tinkering with a new service that could transform the way troops on the frontlines communicate with their families on the homefront.
August 13, 2009 - As an 8-year-old boy sitting on the roof of a friend’s house in war-torn Haiti in 1994, Claudy Bellanger saw a sight that captivated his attention: helicopters speeding past carrying American soldiers.
August 13, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff used his induction speech at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Hall of Fame this week as a platform for praising the U.S. military’s resilience.
August 13, 2009 - U.S. soldiers who attended a recent graduation of Iraqi police say they are pleased with their improvements and that training them has been mutually beneficial.
August 12, 2009 - Army Command Sgt. Maj. Rob Lawrence’s position as the Colorado National Guard’s top enlisted soldier is underscored by nearly 25 years of steadfast support from his civilian employer.
August 12, 2009 - George McClure has served the nation 10 years longer than the average age of his co-workers here.
August 12, 2009 - Senior defense officials are getting a glimpse this week of the latest in unmanned systems technologies, which many concede is the way of the future for the U.S. military.
August 11, 2009 - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton presented three civilian Marines the Length of Service Award for 30 years or more of service in the federal government, Aug. 10.
August 11, 2009 - One of the soldiers in the opening scene of “GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” wasn't able to see the film's debut last week.
August 11, 2009 - The Taliban will not win the war in Afghanistan, the commander of NATO and U.S. forces there said in Kabul today.
August 11, 2009 - The Nebraska National Guard and the Afghan army and national police kicked off a new bilateral relationship last week when two Afghan surgeons general traveled here for talks about ways Nebraska can help Afghanistan develop its medical infrastructure.
August 10, 2009 - July was a boom month for military recruiting, with more than 15,000 young men and women entering the active-duty force, defense officials reported today.
August 10, 2009 - Deployed soldiers always have kissed their families goodbye and headed off to war with the expectation of learning to handle the constant heartache of missing their loved ones.
August 06, 2009 - U.S. forces in Afghanistan are spread throughout the desert, countryside and mountainous terrain at small forward operating bases.
August 06, 2009 - U.S. soldiers with the 172nd Infantry Brigade medical team and 10th and 115th Combat Support Hospitals instructed Iraqi nurses during a four-day medical symposium at Babil Maternity Hospital in Iraq’s Babil province.
August 06, 2009 - The Army teaches soldiers to leave a place better than they found it. One soldier has applied this adage to the Multinational Division Baghdad area of operations by thinking “green.”
August 06, 2009 - As U.S. forces fight insurgents in the southern and eastern regions of Afghanistan, officials are working to protect them with new technology, equipment and vehicles.
August 06, 2009 - The challenges facing the world today are the most daunting and complex in his lifetime, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a student leadership group.
August 06, 2009 - As the military prepares to step up its already robust environmental health monitoring program to identify possible health consequences of “burn pit” smoke exposures in the combat theater, President Barack Obama has pledged to ensure troops are protected.
August 05, 2009 - Women have actively supported the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War. By providing medical care to wounded soldiers and support to their militia men, women introduced themselves as an asset to protecting the nation.
August 05, 2009 - The Atomium monument is an iconic landmark of Brussels. Made in the shape of an iron crystal’s unit cell, it was built as a centerpiece for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, and has remained standing long after the fair's closing.
August 05, 2009 - Citing the direct correlation between military deployments and post-traumatic stress disorder, President Barack Obama said he’s hopeful that increasing the size of the force will help to reduce incidents of stress.
August 05, 2009 - High-tech electronic article surveillance systems, eagle-eyed closed circuit television cameras and an aggressive youth shoplifting awareness campaign helped take "a bite out of crime" at Army & Air Force Exchange Service facilities.
August 05, 2009 - Air Force officials here Aug. 5 designated U.S. Air Forces Central Command as its new dedicated, forward-based Air Force component supporting the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
August 05, 2009 - Can an Airman who never flew a combat sortie give expert advice to an Army commander on the use of airpower in battle?
August 04, 2009 - The San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Ophthalmology Residency Program at Wilford Hall Medical Center here has obtained the highest level of accreditation.
August 03, 2009 - Over the past month, soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, have been learning new skills and taking on new challenges as they adapt to a different mission in Iraq.
August 03, 2009 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Debra Tanacea was eager to begin her first deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
August 03, 2009 - Scientists are using virtual online worlds to improve the flow of information and support to servicemembers returning from deployments.
August 03, 2009 - President Barack Obama today saluted the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill during a ceremony at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
August 01, 2009 - A milestone in San Antonio's long military history happened here July 31.
July 31, 2009 - The secret to the U.S. Marine Corps’ success is a blending of bedrock principles with innovation, the commander of U.S. Central Command said here last night.
July 30, 2009 - U.S. Rep. John McHugh’s inspiration to serve as secretary of the Army lies in his desire to repay the devotion to duty exuded by today’s military members despite the many challenges he’ll face.
July 30, 2009 - The most frustrating part about suicide prevention is the uncertainty about what causes troops to take their lives, top military leaders said here yesterday.
July 30, 2009 - The commander of Multinational Corps Iraq said an unanticipated result of the U.S.-Iraq security agreement is that relationships between Iraqi and U.S. commanders have improved.
July 28, 2009 - Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States, gas cost 35 cents per gallon, the New York Mets won the World Series in five games over the Baltimore Orioles. The year was 1969.
July 28, 2009 - Air operations here cater to a wide range of travel needs, providing air travel for servicemembers and civilians for mission requirements and leave.
July 28, 2009 - When it comes to fighting wildfires, most people immediately think of water or fire retardant dropped from helicopters and other aircraft, or soot-covered firefighters using hoses and foam to battle back towering blazes.
July 28, 2009 - The Defense Department boasts the world’s strongest ability to respond to chemical, biological and other weapons of mass destruction, a top Pentagon official said today.
July 27, 2009 - An innovative restoration program in Afghanistan is giving troops the tools they need to “stay in the fight” by helping them overcome the stresses and challenges of being deployed.
July 27, 2009 - The United States and Jordan enjoy a strategic partnership aimed at promoting peace in the greater Middle East, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
July 27, 2009 - Tech Sgt. Alyson Angeles-Kimbrell has found in the Air Force Reserve a way to make a big difference in her life and that of many others.
July 27, 2009 - The head of U.S. Central Command visited the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge while in port here today to thank sailors for their work while deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet, as well as for their role in the rescue of Richard Phillips.
July 27, 2009 - When young people began flocking to MySpace about two years ago, the Army recognized social networks as a whole new way to reach its primary recruiting population.
July 24, 2009 - President Barack Obama will posthumously award Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in Afghanistan, White House officials announced today.
July 23, 2009 - A small preventive medicine team here does big things to protect servicemembers from disease-borne foods, water, bugs and animals.
July 23, 2009 - CBS College Sports Network and the Army Athletic Association have reached an exclusive five-year agreement, guaranteeing live, high-definition television coverage of every Army home football game and select neutral site games.
July 23, 2009 - Prior to any deployment, Soldiers learn the ins and outs of every piece of their equipment and gear they have before they deploy.
July 23, 2009 - A month after Army experts first gathered to discuss requirements for a new ground combat vehicle, their insights from that forum were presented to the Army's vice chief of staff -- and were met with approval.
July 23, 2009 - Although the Post 9/11 GI Bill is not effective until Aug. 1, servicemembers may submit a request to transfer benefits to their spouses and children now.
July 23, 2009 - For the fourth time in the 25-year history of the Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield have taken one of the five top spots.
July 22, 2009 - The 33rd Rescue Squadron here was named the 2009 Verne Orr Award winner recently.
July 22, 2009 - A wounded Airman and his wife plan to use the lessons they've learned about marriage and friendship through military service and adversity to help servicemembers who might be struggling after deployment or injury.
July 21, 2009 - The Commandant of the Marine Corps and reviewing official of the 48th annual Interservice Rifle Match, Gen. James T. Conway, took the initial shot marking the start of the competition Tuesday.
July 21, 2009 - The Missouri National Guard’s agribusiness team in Afghanistan will get a touch of home when Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals and Fox Sports Network honor them during the Royals’ Aug. 8 game with the Oakland A’s at Kauffman Stadium here.
July 20, 2009 - Many people have trouble viewing the deceased or coping with the emotions of witnessing the transfer of a fallen comrade.
July 20, 2009 - More than half of U.S. servicemembers seriously injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center here suffer from traumatic brain injury.
July 20, 2009 - The commander of U.S. Air Forces Central expressed condolences to the families and friends of two Air Force officers killed early July 18 in the crash of an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet.
July 20, 2009 - An instructor shouts commands in Arabic. Recruits snap into fighting stances. The instructor tests the recruits, shaking them and kicking their legs. One recruit makes a mistake, and the instructor drops him for push-ups.
July 20, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today announced plans to add up to 22,000 soldiers to the U.S. Army’s ranks.
July 20, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said American commanders are “sparing no effort” to locate a U.S. soldier who went missing early this month in Afghanistan.
July 17, 2009 - Thirty-five F-16 pilots and flight surgeons assigned to the 182nd Fighter Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base participated in required water survival and rescue training here.
July 17, 2009 - When there’s an attack on Forward Operating Base Kalagush here, someone must be on hand to react and fire back.
July 17, 2009 - A ground-breaking study of behavioral health in the Army may provide answers soon on what causes suicide and what programs can best prevent it.
July 17, 2009 - The South Carolina National Guard recently dropped 32 armored personnel carriers and M-113 track vehicles into the Atlantic Ocean -- and it wasn’t by accident.
July 17, 2009 - Defense leaders bestowed honors on Army Secretary Pete Geren at his farewell ceremony and Geren turned the event into a paean of praise for soldiers and their families.
July 16, 2009 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Brad Turner, also known as “The Grill Sergeant,” often treats others using his culinary expertise. But recently, Turner got a treat of his own.
July 16, 2009 - Patience and time are keys to success in Afghanistan, the commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan told reporters here yesterday.
July 16, 2009 - Army officials have released the results of a study aimed at determining possible causes for a cluster of violent crimes that took place between 2005 and 2008 at Fort Carson, Colo.
July 16, 2009 - “Sesame Street” usually conjures visions of Muppets teaching young children their letters and numbers, but they also teach life lessons to help military children cope with deployments, injuries, and now, loss.
July 16, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates began his town hall meeting here today by acknowledging the sacrifices of the members of the 10th Mountain Division.
July 15, 2009 - The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year are selected based on superior leadership, job performance, significant self-improvement/ personal achievements and base/community involvement.
July 15, 2009 - I left the USNS Comfort July 13 after a little more than three days aboard the hospital ship. It was not long enough.
July 15, 2009 - Don't blame the soldiers here if you see them do a double take when two of the unit's newest captains pass by.
July 15, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates begins a two-day trip tomorrow that will take him to Fort Drum, N.Y., home of the 10th Mountain Division, and Chicago.
July 14, 2009 - Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team have made a positive impact on security and quality of life in Iraq’s Basra province, their commander said during a briefing from Iraq today.
July 14, 2009 - The layers and diversity of the U.S. missile defense program are its biggest strengths, the Missile Defense Agency’s director said here today.
July 14, 2009 - Approximately 40 doctors, dentists, nurses and technical specialists from the U.S. and Vietnam joined together to treat hundreds of residents here, during the first of several planned medical visits during a medical readiness exercise in July.
July 14, 2009 - Soldiers are saving the world against alien attacks -- or at least they are helping in the new movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
July 14, 2009 - Three division headquarters and eight brigade combat teams have been scheduled to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in the next rotation beginning this fall.
July 13, 2009 - The Military Health System is one of the many Defense Department organizations embracing social networking in order to provide information to and receive feedback from servicemembers.
July 13, 2009 - Army researchers are simulating environmental extremes, such as the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro or the high desert of Afghanistan, to better understand and protect troops from the challenges of operating in such conditions.
July 13, 2009 - Guardsmen from Texas and Oklahoma assisted local firefighters over the weekend as they worked to extinguish wildfires about 20 miles east of Austin, Texas, and in Major County, Oklahoma.
July 13, 2009 - Despite the historical differences that challenge progress in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and Kirkuk province, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he’s struck by the governance and security milestones recently achieved here.
July 10, 2009 - The 2009 Scholarships for Military Children Program has awarded 625 scholarships worth $1,500 each to children across the United States and overseas.
July 10, 2009 - Options exist to help NATO members better meet their obligations within the alliance, the former NATO commander who left the post less than two weeks ago said here yesterday.
July 10, 2009 - The very day he assumed his post as NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe last week, Navy Adm. James Stavridis reached out in a way none of the previous 15 NATO commanders since Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had: he posted a blog.
July 10, 2009 - The Army National Guard is changing recruiting policies to lower its end strength by the end of the fiscal year, Guard officials said today.
July 09, 2009 - The fifth Army Reserve soldier to earn the Silver Star since the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001 spoke about his experience in a “DoDLive” bloggers roundtable July 6.
July 08, 2009 - A North Dakota Army National Guard officer is on the front end of President Barack Obama's visit to the country later this week.
July 08, 2009 - Bright blue skies above the National Mall today belied the solemnity of the ceremony commemorating the first two American combat casualties of the Vietnam War.
July 08, 2009 - To Army Secretary Pete Geren, the Army is not some amorphous entity that the country calls on in time of crisis. To him, the Army is people – soldiers and families – serving something larger than themselves.
July 07, 2009 - Army Sgt. 1st Class JennyAnne Bright believes noncommissioned officers have to practice what they preach.
July 06, 2009 - The Tennessee National Guard’s agribusiness development team is up and running as the first of its kind in Afghanistan’s Paktia and Paktika provinces.
July 06, 2009 - Vice President Joe Biden and Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, presided over a July 4 naturalization ceremony in which 237 servicemembers deployed to Iraq became American citizens.
July 06, 2009 - The defense secretary who presided over the department during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the U.S. involvement in Vietnam died today.
July 06, 2009 - The United States and Russia today agreed to resume bilateral military cooperation, which has been on hold since the conflict between Russia and Georgia erupted in August.
July 05, 2009 - As Americans celebrated Independence Day in homes throughout the nation, President Barack Obama invited about 1,200 military families to his home for a July Fourth bash yesterday to personally thank them for their service and sacrifice.
July 05, 2009 - Additional American troops in Afghanistan are making it possible to institute the new strategy in the country, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
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July 02, 2009 - Thousands of American servicemembers and hundreds of Afghan soldiers launched Operation Khanjar today to provide security to the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan.
July 02, 2009 - Navy Adm. James Stavridis today became NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe, assuming command of allied command operations from retiring Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock.
July 02, 2009 - A partnership forged today with the Helmets to Hardhats organization promises to translate into construction careers for reserve-component soldiers.
July 02, 2009 - Golfing great Tiger Woods spent the week leading up to the nation’s birthday honoring those men and women serving in the military during the Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am golf tournament at the Congressional Country Club here.
July 01, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited Landstuhl Regional Medical Center here yesterday, meeting with wounded warriors and the staff that treats them and touring a new USO facility that’s providing them a better quality of life as they heal.
July 01, 2009 - Servicemembers’ long-term rehabilitation shouldn’t keep them, or their family members, bound to the hospital grounds, and the Yellow Ribbon Fund is working to make sure that doesn’t happen.
July 01, 2009 - Even as Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Begaye relived the firefight that took the lives of his fellow soldiers, and even as he was awarded the military’s third-highest honor for valor yesterday, his thoughts were on his comrades.
July 01, 2009 - It would be easy to confuse Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan with the NATO International Security Assistance Force there. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal commands both organizations.
June 30, 2009 - A Maryland-based troop-support group is planning a “National Day of Awakening” to highlight the mental health needs of military families and the services available to them.
June 30, 2009 - “Cadet Candidate! Walk up to the line! Walk up to the line! Walk up to the line!”
June 30, 2009 - Under the Security Agreement signed between Washington, D.C., and Baghdad, Iraq, officials in November 2008, U.S. servicemembers are to withdraw from Iraqi cities, villages and localities by June 30.
June 30, 2009 - A former commanding general of the Washington, D.C., National Guard who was killed June 22 in a subway accident along with his wife was remembered in a June 29 ceremony celebrating his life and accomplishments.
June 29, 2009 - Improved recognition, treatment and prevention of substance abuse among servicemembers is the focus of a recent collaboration between the Defense Department and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a senior defense official said.
June 29, 2009 - Six wounded soldiers, all amputees, returned here last week hoping to close the door on the combat that changed them forever.
June 28, 2009 - The U.S. military will have no issues complying with the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, which requires all U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, the commander of Multinational Force Iraq said today.
June 27, 2009 - The United States and Russia’s shared struggles offer great opportunities, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today during an address at Russia’s Military Academy of the General Staff in Moscow.
June 26, 2009 - Far away from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, a relatively small group of soldiers subject themselves regularly to searing heat, freezing cold, extreme altitudes and exhausting exercise.
June 26, 2009 - The familiar refrain of “There’s nothing to do around here after work” will hopefully be a thing of the past here with the opening of a new center for rest and relaxation.
June 26, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he was pleased with what he described as frank discussions with his Russian counterpart on regional and international security during his first visit to Moscow.
June 26, 2009 - The boxes arrive daily from the United States, 15 to 20 each day, along with $8,000 to $12,000 in cash every week from Americans and U.S. nonprofit groups.
June 25, 2009 - The 96th Bomb Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., deployed here for exercise Northern Edge 2009 to practice mission planning and war-time procedures.
June 25, 2009 - Nestled in the shadows of the Boston skyline, scientists and soldiers in a one-of-a-kind Army laboratory work quietly behind the scenes to improve the health and performance of today’s troops.
June 25, 2009 - Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Dubie, Vermont’s adjutant general, made office calls here last week with staff at U.S. Air Forces in Europe and 17th Air Force for updates on Macedonia and Senegal.
June 25, 2009 - As the nation fights two protracted wars and North Korea rattles off war-like rhetoric, officials working on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review are striving to strike a balance between the needs of the current fight and preparing for future threats.
June 24, 2009 - A former commander of the District of Columbia National Guard and his wife were among the nine people killed in the June 22 collision of two Metro subway trains here, officials announced yesterday.
June 24, 2009 - When four of the seven-member Team Denali, which included four wounded veterans, reached the top of Mount McKinley in Alaska’s Denali National Park, what should have been celebratory whoops and hollers was instead a quiet, tempered satisfaction.
June 24, 2009 - Sitting in the desert, a thousand miles from home, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, thinks about his lifetime and all the songs he wrote.
June 24, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates signed a memo yesterday establishing a subcommand focused on cyber security, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters today.
June 24, 2009 - Predicting an uptick in violence in Iraq as U.S. combat troops leave the cities by June 30, Pentagon Press Secretary said today that deployed troops have geared up for the heightened threat as they comply with the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement.
June 24, 2009 - Each case is as unique as the name inscribed on the dog tags. Soldiers are taking their own lives in record numbers, and Army senior leaders are struggling to understand why.
June 23, 2009 - Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team say they are seeing big improvements in the Iraqis’ ability to secure their country’s borders.
June 23, 2009 - Beth Reece always dreamed of seeing her name in print. But as a young girl growing up in the sleepy town of Beckley, W.Va., she couldn’t have known how much the military would help her achieve that goal.
June 23, 2009 - “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” hits theaters nationwide tomorrow as the culmination of more than a year of Defense Department support.
June 23, 2009 - It can be difficult to comprehend the sacrifice a spouse makes when their loved one falls in battle, but for the military widows behind the American Widow Project it is an experience they live each day.
June 23, 2009 - The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) commanding general’s personnel security detail is a rich melting pot of experienced, seasoned Marines who perform a particularly specialized mission.
June 22, 2009 - Representatives from Zinzee and Turkman villages, along with staff members from Al Bironi University, journeyed here June 13 for a day of activity that had them buzzing with questions.
June 22, 2009 - Army Sgt. Laurence Cameron was given the radio call sign “Dawg Medic” by other soldiers during this deployment, but it wasn’t until a recent mission that the Rock Hill, S.C., native actually lived up to the nickname.
June 22, 2009 - Iraqi troops in northeastern Baghdad have a new weapon in their arsenal, thanks to U.S. soldiers here.
June 22, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today commended the work of the volunteers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, saying they set the example for the rest of the country.
June 19, 2009 - The next 18 months will be crucial in Afghanistan, the new commander of NATO and U.S. forces there said today.
June 19, 2009 - Defense Department officials hope for more military-to-military engagement with China as a result of the 10th U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks, a senior defense official said today.
June 19, 2009 - When an “honor flight” from Long Island, N.Y., lands here tomorrow with 31 mostly World War II veterans aboard, it’s likely to be met in the same manner as others before it: with much applause and fanfare.
June 18, 2009 - The United States has deployed missile defense equipment to the Pacific amid reports alleging that North Korea has threatened to fire a ballistic missile toward Hawaii, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
June 18, 2009 - The United States and NATO must do everything possible to prevent civilian casualties in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
June 18, 2009 - Military housing has improved dramatically during the past 10 years, and the progress continues through privatization and other initiatives, a senior defense official told Congress yesterday.
June 17, 2009 - Everything is on track for the withdrawal of American troops from the cities of Iraq, Iraqi and coalition officials said this week.
June 17, 2009 - With at least 10 improvised explosive devices found and detonated in recent weeks on a key route leaders prepared to travel along on June 13, soldiers in Afghanistan’s Wardak province set up a traffic checkpoint.
June 17, 2009 - Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis reflected on the security achievements and humanitarian relief efforts he oversaw during his tenure as commander of U.S. Southern Command in a Miami Herald opinion article yesterday.
June 16, 2009 - North Korea and Iran pose serious nuclear and missile proliferation concerns for the United States and other nations and will be major considerations in the U.S ballistic missile defense review.
June 16, 2009 - The first Afghan officer to train in the United States in nearly 50 years earned his silver Air Force wings in a June 12 ceremony at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
June 16, 2009 - With the background melodies of a sitar, rabab and bongo drums filling the air, a siren-like voice beckoned the crowd to dance to the unique Afghan sounds. And like ancient mariners in Homer’s Odyssey, they responded.
June 15, 2009 - Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal assumed command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan today, vowing that the coalition will prevail despite a struggle he conceded will be “long and hard.”
June 15, 2009 - Just a short bus trip from work and in a well-secured area here, soldiers of 1st Armored Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team can be seen on any given day shopping in the Iraqi-based industrial zone.
June 15, 2009 - The Staff Sgt. Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital here opened its doors June 13 to highlight a number of services available to servicemembers in the Regional Command East area of operations.
June 13, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates implored America’s youth to weigh the virtues of a career devoted to serving the country, saying “no life is complete without service to others.”
June 12, 2009 - Civilian employees representing various federal departments are being trained here alongside their military counterparts in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan.
June 12, 2009 - A granite monument dedicated to 40 U.S. servicemembers who perished in an air crash in Australia during World War II has found a permanent home at Fort Myer, Va.
June 12, 2009 - Minimizing civilian casualties has to be one of the highest priorities for U.S. and other NATO troops in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
June 12, 2009 - Citing the organization’s long history of selfless service and sacrifice, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III helped to commemorate the Army’s 234th birthday today at a Pentagon ceremony.
June 11, 2009 - The Senate confirmed Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal yesterday to receive his fourth star and serve as commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.
June 11, 2009 - With NATO defense ministers having agreed to reduce the alliance’s military presence in Kosovo from 14,000 to 10,000 troops by the year’s end, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today urged that the reduction take place as an organized process.
June 11, 2009 - The United States delivered four Mi-17 cargo helicopters to the Pakistani army yesterday to support Pakistan’s counterinsurgency as well as humanitarian efforts, officials at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad announced.
June 11, 2009 - The U.S. military is studying how to improve smaller-unit capabilities to better confront enemies who practice irregular or conventional warfare, or both, a senior U.S. military officer said here today.
June 11, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s latest efforts to look after home renters gives military members additional protection if the homes they rent are foreclosed, a Defense Department official said today.
June 10, 2009 - The nation’s top military officer told Congress yesterday the fiscal 2010 defense budget request puts money where it’s needed: to recruit and retain the quality troops and their families who form the foundation of the all-volunteer force.
June 10, 2009 - The 8,301 Americans buried at this beautifully manicured cemetery reminded Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today of the cost Americans pay for freedom.
June 10, 2009 - Many cheering and excited Virginians lined the route of the “Ride 2 Recovery” Memorial Challenge bicycle ride, in which 35 wounded warriors took part last month.
June 10, 2009 - Army Col. (Dr.) Kenneth Lee who holds the Wisconsin Guard’s top medical post as the state surgeon, had to determine the deployability of about 600 members of the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team who had been classified on their medical records as “ambers
June 10, 2009 - The Army and Marine Corps are surveying their populations to better design clothing to fit warfighters for the next 10 to 15 years.
June 10, 2009 - May was a banner recruiting month for every military service, but especially for the Marine Corps, which topped its active-duty goal by 42 percent and its Marine Corps Reserve goal by 12 percent, Defense Department officials announced today.
June 09, 2009 - In the pre-dawn darkness that covered the English Channel on June 6, 1944, more than 100,000 men prepared to board small landing craft and beaching vessels.
June 09, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will depart for NATO meetings in the Netherlands and Belgium this evening.
June 09, 2009 - North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and military health care are among the topics the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talks about in his latest podcast.
June 08, 2009 - Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq is working toward its mission to assist the Iraqi Interior Ministry in generating a professional and credible police force, one of the command’s deputy commanders said today.
June 08, 2009 - Task Force Chosin soldiers from 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, have been making a difference in disrupting timber smuggling in this lush area near the Pakistan border.
June 08, 2009 - The National Guard is essential to hurricane response, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told lawmakers here last week.
June 07, 2009 - Towns across Normandy have been abuzz with history buffs, tourists, reenactors in period uniforms driving World War II tanks, trucks and jeeps, and more than two dozen surviving World War II veterans attending commemorative events in the region.
June 07, 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke here yesterday at a ceremony honoring the servicemembers who fought and died during the allied invasion of Normandy 65 years ago.
June 05, 2009 - A soldier who was wounded in Iraq is looking for closure for his injuries and a new starting point for his life this week as part of a team attempting to scale North America’s highest peak.
June 05, 2009 - The Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Station at Fort Meade, Md., will dedicate its ceremony room tomorrow to Marine Corps Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell.
June 05, 2009 - Army Spc. Cleon Shack stood in the shadows near the stage, waiting on his second chance.
June 05, 2009 - This year, as it’s been for the last five, no high school senior graduating from a Department of Defense Education Activity school in Europe will look around wishing a parent could be there as the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” fills the air.
June 05, 2009 - Sixty-five years ago, he was a young black soldier whose role in the allied landing at Normandy would go largely ignored. But now William Dabney returns to France with due honors.
June 05, 2009 - The last time the 25th Naval Construction Regiment had a mission even remotely approaching the scope of its task in Afghanistan, was during its last deployment, preparing for the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France.
June 04, 2009 - During this season of graduation celebrations, high school seniors heading off to college normally are held in high regard by their teachers, families and friends. Sometimes overlooked are those seniors choosing to bypass college to serve their country.
June 04, 2009 - It’s 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and we’re in the shade of an aircraft silhouette. The wind is blowing steadily at about 25 knots. It’s like standing in front of a giant hair dryer.
June 03, 2009 - Vice President Joe Biden praised winners of the 2009 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards today for leading the way in environmental stewardship as they lead the way in the nation’s defense.
June 03, 2009 - Irony, our English teachers told us, often is confused with odd coincidence. Just ask Army Pfc. Wenderson Jangada of the 82nd Airborne Division.
June 03, 2009 - Having been part of their tightly knit community all her life, Teresa Vance always has had an interest in military families.
June 03, 2009 - New and emerging technologies are positioned for testing as military members, emergency first responders and coalition partners determine which technologies could solve their near-term information-sharing and communications problems, officials said.
June 03, 2009 - Airmen of the 18th Security Forces Squadron here held a civilian police academy course for Kadena Air Base spouses to give an inside look at what happens behind the scenes of a security forces patrolman.
June 02, 2009 - The Army wants Soldier-dads to know there is a new paternity leave policy available to them and spread the word to military bloggers at the Pentagon today.
June 02, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stopped here briefly yesterday on the final leg of a week-long trip to the Asia-Pacific region.
June 02, 2009 - President Barack Obama today announced that Congressman John McHugh is his choice to become the next Secretary of the Army.
June 02, 2009 - With increasing pressure on the defense budget, the top military officer called increased mental health care services for returning combat troops a priority that can’t be allowed to fall by the wayside.
June 02, 2009 - Summiting the highest peak in North America, will make Marc Hoffmeister’s other challenges, like earning his commission as an Army officer by graduating from West Point, seem like a mole hill, by comparison.
June 01, 2009 - Today marks the start of a monumental challenge for four wounded veterans, their two mentors and one guide, as they move from the base of North America’s highest peak in Alaska’s Denali National Park to the mountain’s base camp.
June 01, 2009 - It’s not hard to find a full-time soldier who goes right back to work doing something else after the uniform comes off.
June 01, 2009 - American combat troops are on pace to leave Iraqi cities by the June 30 deadline stipulated by the U.S.-Iraq security agreement, U.S. officials in Baghdad said yesterday.
June 01, 2009 - Army scientists are studying a new DNA vaccine delivery method that will one day be needle-free and painless, a senior Army research scientist at Fort Detrick, Md., said.
June 01, 2009 - After reaching its new 206,000-member end strength objective a full year ahead of schedule, the Army Reserve has shifted its focus to shaping the force to ensure it has the proper mix of skills sets and experience levels.
May 30, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivered the keynote address today to open the “Shangri-La Dialogue,” an annual Asia security conference in Singapore sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
May 29, 2009 - The Golden Knights, the U.S. Army's official parachute demonstration team, made a historical jump as part of their 50th Anniversary, onto the grounds of the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
May 29, 2009 - President Barack Obama's decisions to grow the military, broaden the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and focus on 21st century threats are making America "increasingly safer," the president's national security advisor said May 27.
May 29, 2009 - When Army Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz assumed his post as chief of the Army Reserve three years ago, he brought a mindset of focusing on the bottom line, a perspective he forged over 28 years in the private sector.
May 29, 2009 - As the Army continues to battle radical extremists in Iraq and Afghanistan, global trends and conditions portend the likelihood that “persistent conflict” will occur around the world for some years to come.
May 29, 2009 - A new program that provides special pay for soldiers deploying past their end-of-service dates is set to take effect Sept. 1 for the National Guard.
May 28, 2009 - Airmen from the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron jumped in and out of helicopters from the Army C Company, 1-137th Aviation Regiment during air-assault training here May 23.
May 28, 2009 - Torrential rains gave a realistic backdrop to National Guard training here last week, as Soldiers and airmen prepared their emergency response efforts for the hurricane season, which begins June 1.
May 28, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s decisions to grow the military, broaden the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and focus on 21st century threats are making America “increasingly safer,” the president’s national security advisor said yesterday.
May 26, 2009 - The 586th Air Expeditionary Group is one of three Air Force groups organized to complete joint expeditionary taskings and is contributing significantly to operations in Iraq and Kuwait, the group’s commander said.
May 25, 2009 - President Barack Obama today hailed U.S. military members’ unselfish service and willingness to lay down their lives on behalf of their fellow citizens during the annual Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery.
May 25, 2009 - One hundred and six servicemembers, including 94 soldiers, 10 Marines and two sailors, from countries from Mexico to Japan, celebrated their first Memorial Day as U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony here today.
May 24, 2009 - Pam Crane sat peacefully in a patch of freshly mowed grass along Highway 27 here in the nation’s capital, remembering her husband, his patriotism and his cause.
May 23, 2009 - May 23, 2009 – Before 970 cadets took the commissioning oath or "covers" tossed high overhead, graduating West Point cadets heard some praise and sage advice from their future boss.
May 22, 2009 - As Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pushes to get deployed troops whatever they need to succeed and return home safely, the services are gearing up campaigns to reduce deaths at home during the summer vacation season that kicks off today.
May 21, 2009 - Sergeant Josh Hopper looks like a winner, but there was a battle he couldn’t win without help – that against post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, Hopper is fighting another battle: to get servicemembers with PTSD to reach out and get help, as he did.
May 21, 2009 - What started as a White House tribute to the Super Bowl XVIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers today turned the spotlight to wounded troops and their families.
May 21, 2009 - Vice President Joe Biden offered heartfelt thanks to the troops at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, noting that their service gives them a rare opportunity to be able to tell future generations what it was like when the Balkans became part of a free Europe.
May 21, 2009 - An Air Force major recovered from injuries suffered in Afghanistan to complete 20 years of honorable service.
May 21, 2009 - In his annual Memorial Day message to servicemembers worldwide, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates urges them to observe a moment of silence on the holiday to honor their fallen comrades.
May 20, 2009 - The Defense Department has unveiled “DoDLive,” a centrally linked and unified platform from which services can create and maintain blogs.
May 20, 2009 - Of all the people who gathered on a gray and rainy Monday morning to watch the 82nd Airborne Division kick off its annual All American Week celebration with a division cohesion run, no one faced more obstacles to be there than Army Sgt. John Hoxie.
May 19, 2009 - On a battlefield they plan, request and direct air strikes against enemy targets in close proximity to friendly forces, namely the army units on the frontlines who may need close-air support in the blink of an eye.
May 19, 2009 - About 30 soldiers from the Virginia National Guard’s 1033rd Engineer Company left their home armory here yesterday for West Virginia, where they are scheduled to assist with the state’s flood recovery operations.
May 18, 2009 - A father and son serving together in Multinational Division Baghdad on Camp Liberty, Iraq, epitomize their family’s tradition of service.
May 18, 2009 - Mike Corrado, the Marine recording artist whose 2005 hit song “On My Watch Tonight” was featured on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” and has become an anthem for servicemembers worldwide.
May 17, 2009 - Generals, congressmen and, in many cases, presidents of the United States have attended military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery here and given their condolences to children who have lost loved ones to war.
May 17, 2009 - The Afghan national army could lead operations in Afghanistan in two to four years, with the U.S. playing a support role, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a May 8 interview, portions of which aired on CBS’ “60 Minutes” today.
May 15, 2009 - President Barack Obama signed and issued a proclamation yesterday designating tomorrow as Armed Forces Day.
May 15, 2009 - For the last five years, the California-based troop-support group, Their Angels, have met every first Saturday, monthly, to pack civilian care packages and write letters of support to send to deployed troops.
May 15, 2009 - The works screened at the GI Film Festival, the only American cinema expo dedicated to honoring U.S. troops, represent a wide-lens view of the military that goes beyond the narrative angles commonly pursued by Hollywood.
May 14, 2009 - This week’s tragedy at Camp Liberty in Iraq, in which a soldier undergoing treatment for stress is charged with killing five fellow servicemembers, highlights the need for the efforts the Army is making to deal with mental illness,
May 14, 2009 - The senior U.S. commander in the Pacific today shared with Indian government and military leaders the importance of the U.S.-Indian military relationship in furthering peace and stability in a challenging neighborhood.
May 14, 2009 - Vice President Joe Biden today announced the Defense Department’s plan to expand its housing assistance program with $555 million devoted to servicemembers forced to sell their homes at a loss due to the country’s struggling housing market.
May 14, 2009 - The defense department’s budget and acquisition reform efforts represent a dramatic, and needed, departure from the past, so that the U.S. military can stay strong and be flexible in challenging times.
May 13, 2009 - Many health issues may arise after a National Guard member returns from a combat deployment. Some wounds are physical and are spotted easily.Many health issues may arise after a National Guard member returns from a combat deployment.
May 13, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stands behind President Barack Obama’s decision today to fight releasing hundreds of photos of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon spokesman said.
May 12, 2009 - The United States can be a more reliable partner with African nations if U.S. Africa Command devotes constant attention to the continent, a top Africom official said today.
May 12, 2009 - The Army will require a different type of leader in the fight against terrorism and other kinds of irregular warfare, the Army’s top troop trainer said here today.
May 12, 2009 - President Barack Obama today nominated Navy Adm. James Stavridis to serve as NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe and as commander U.S. European Command, Pentagon officials said.
May 11, 2009 - All 10 active-duty and reserve military components met or exceeded their recruiting goals in April, Defense Department officials announced today.
May 11, 2009 - Army Sgt. Anne M. Mitchell misses her children in Montana while she’s deployed here, but those who serve with her say she brings her mothering instincts to their unit, 143rd Military Police Detachment.
May 11, 2009 - Five military spouses received recognition for their valued service to the nation at an award ceremony here May 7.
May 11, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today recommended Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal to replace Army Gen. David D. McKiernan as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
May 10, 2009 - Taliban operatives shaking down villages for money appear to have forced civilians to remain in buildings that were bombed in the course of a long May 4 firefight, the commander of U.S. Central Command said today.
May 08, 2009 - As the ramp let down at 3,000 feet and the sunlight slipped into the cargo bay of a new C-130J Super Hercules, Air Force and Army paratroopers stood ready to execute the first jump from Ramstein Air Base's newest aircraft.
May 08, 2009 - As coalition forces move out of Iraqi cities under the U.S.-Iraq security agreement that took effect in January, their facility requirements change.
May 08, 2009 - During his last stop on a whirlwind two-day visit through Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates brought encouragement and assurance of support to 10th Mountain Division soldiers who have been deployed here since January.
May 07, 2009 - Soldiers and medics can recognize physical combat injuries and external wounds easily, but it is much more difficult to spot and treat mental wounds.
May 07, 2009 - The Pentagon’s chief financial officer today described the Defense Department’s fiscal 2010 funding request as a “reform budget.”
May 07, 2009 - Tanya Queiro, a former Marine Corps noncommissioned officer, was named the 2009 Military Spouse of the Year at a ceremony held here today.
May 06, 2009 - Senior leaders from the military services gathered together in the Pentagon parking lot May 1 to take part in a National Capital Region Joint Service Motorcycle Safety Event, designed to promote rider safety programs throughout the military.
May 06, 2009 - Former North Carolina governors Jim Martin and Jim Hunt have been named as honorary co-chairs of the North Carolina Heroes Fund Statewide Advisory Board.
May 06, 2009 - Sirens wail as a fire truck speeds to a school in response to a reported incident. Dozens of students are sent to area hospitals. The radiation alarm on one of the firemen begins to scream.
May 06, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s administration yesterday announced its White House fellowship finalists, an elite group that includes representatives of the U.S. military.
May 06, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today called the mentorship that U.S. forces are providing the Saudi Arabian military a key factor in maintaining stability in the region.
May 05, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates praised Egypt today as a key U.S. ally and said progress on a wide range of security issues in the region will require Egypt’s “full participation and leadership.”
May 04, 2009 - The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) raised anchor and departed Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 2.
May 04, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is en route to Egypt and Saudi Arabia for sessions aimed at reaffirming ties with the important regional powers that both have strong military-to-military relationships with the United States.
May 04, 2009 - Wounded warriors will get a chance to compete in sports while working toward their rehabilitation this week when the Warrior Transition Battalion on Fort Lewis, Wash., hosts a Paralympics Military Regional Sports Camp.
May 04, 2009 - The type of “hybrid warfare” that defense experts predict the United States is increasingly likely to face will pull the military in two directions, the Defense Department’s top policy official said today.
May 03, 2009 - The recent push by Taliban forces to take more ground in Pakistan has served as a wake-up call for the government there, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
May 01, 2009 - President Barack Obama today welcomed two dozen American servicemembers as newly naturalized citizens of the United States.
April 30, 2009 - The Defense Department is directing servicemembers and government civilians deployed in overseas war zones to refrain from taking aspirin unless under a doctor’s orders, a senior military physician said here today.
April 30, 2009 - As the Department of Veterans Affairs begins accepting sign-ups tomorrow for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, officials are encouraging anyone considering enrolling in the program to get educated about it first to ensure it’s right for them.
April 30, 2009 - The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are working together to address the needs of wounded warriors, defense officials told the House Armed Services Committee yesterday.
April 30, 2009 - Defense Department agencies at all levels have valuable resources at their fingertips for training servicemembers, civilian employees and contractors on prevention of sexual harassment and assault.
April 30, 2009 - The road to recovery for a wounded soldier can be long and difficult, but with the help of Army medicine and the love of military spouses and children, that road is shorter and smoother.
April 29, 2009 - More than 300 military spouses attended one of two "Field Exercises" recently at Fort Sill, Okla., designed to assist them in dealing with life while their deployed spouses are away.
April 28, 2009 - Country singer and troop supporter Toby Keith finished up a 15-show tour in Afghanistan yesterday as he drew near the end of his seventh tour with the United Service Organizations.
April 28, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s nominee for Navy Secretary pledged to address the service’s acquisition process to ensure sailors, Marines, and taxpayers aren’t shortchanged.
April 28, 2009 - Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry retired here today, 24 hours before being sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan.
April 28, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s nominees for assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs and general counsel of the Department of the Army said they are looking forward to executing their new positions if confirmed.
April 27, 2009 - A lot of questions are likely to rush through your head when you’re out on the battlefield and the enemy projectiles come flying.
April 27, 2009 - The United States military will continue working with the Congolese armed forces in training, advising and capacity building to support security assistance cooperation activities.
April 24, 2009 - The North Dakota National Guard finished pulling out two barrier systems that proved to be useful new tools in the fight against recent flooding in the state.
April 24, 2009 - Two Special Forces soldiers who are close friends have much in common. Both were wounded in combat -- one in Iraq, the other Afghanistan.
April 24, 2009 - Helping veterans with physical and emotional problems can be overwhelming for caregivers, but despite the long hours and magnified stress, nurses continue to provide quality care to wounded warriors across the country.
April 23, 2009 - Many Air Force attorneys spend their days providing legal counsel and preparing legal documents, but for one Air Force captain being deployed means serving in a one of a kind legal position.
April 23, 2009 - President Barack Obama today highlighted the role American World War II veterans played in bringing about the end of the Holocaust and preserving its memory.
April 23, 2009 - Golfer Tiger Woods vowed April 20 to dedicate his AT&T National PGA Tour event to the men and women of the U.S. armed forces for the third consecutive year.
April 22, 2009 - Hundreds of Virginia residents saw a joint airpower demonstration firsthand during Hampton Roads Air Force Week April 22 along the coastline of Virginia Beach.
April 22, 2009 - Afghan National Army and U.S. servicemembers conducted two local shuras in the Zormat District, Paktya province, April 13 - 15, to discuss the recent establishment of Combat Outpost Kalagu and to address concerns of the village elders.
April 21, 2009 - The Air Force's top enlisted leader is set to convene the 2009 Senior Enlisted Leader Summit May 3 to 8 at Maxwell Air Force Base's Gunter Annex, Ala.
April 21, 2009 - Pfc. Clarence Wallaert was shot in the hip by a German sniper while fighting against the German Winter Line in Italy Dec. 30, 1943.
April 21, 2009 - Disease knows no borders, and the men and women of the U.S. Naval Research Unit No. 3 here know that better than anyone.
April 21, 2009 - Almost 400 Massachusetts National Guardsmen were called up to support yesterday’s 113th running of the Boston Marathon.
April 21, 2009 - President Barack Obama presented the winning U.S. Naval Academy football team the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy today during a White House Rose Garden ceremony.
April 20, 2009 - Scientists in the Defense Department’s Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office, or MSCO, are doing their part to improve irregular warfare techniques by studying human social and cultural behaviors.
April 20, 2009 - Suicide rates, operational tempo and homeless veterans were some of the topics facing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during a news conference following a visit with wounded soldiers and their families at Brooke Army Medical Center.
April 20, 2009 - The top U.S. military officer called on servicemembers to use Holocaust Remembrance Day observances this week as an opportunity to reflect on the responsibilities of life, reminding them that the decisions they make matter.
April 17, 2009 - It is often said a dog is a man's best friend. For a Joint Expeditionary Tasking, or JET, Airman here, his dog is not just a friend, but a tool that could mean life or death for servicemembers patrolling the Iraqi streets.
April 17, 2009 - Making sure 'we get it right' for the nation’s soldiers and their families is his top priority, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told about 400 4th Infantry Division soldiers here yesterday.
April 16, 2009 - The Military Order of the Purple Heart, a Virginia-based troop-support group, will join the city of Branson, Mo., April 24 and 25 in a special “Hand in Hand” weekend honoring Purple Heart veterans across the country.
April 16, 2009 - U.S. servicemembers' combat missions over the years -- in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq -- have earned them the support and thanks of a grateful nation, Vice President Joe Biden told troops at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., today.
April 16, 2009 - In his two-and-a-half years as Defense secretary, Robert M. Gates has had many hard decisions to make. But none, he said here today, compare to the difficulty of his part in sending men and women into combat.
April 15, 2009 - As the world prepares to mark Earth Day 2009 on April 22, the Pentagon has become the “greenest” of federal agencies, with military operations worldwide deriving a full 10 percent of their power from sources other than fossil fuels.
April 15, 2009 - More than 150 participants from a wide variety of government agencies came together here yesterday and today to rehearse the course of action they would take to deal with a hurricane emergency.
April 14, 2009 - Airmen in Southwest Asia must work with other American servicemembers to have synchronized forces support a ground commander's mission objectives.
April 14, 2009 - U.S. soldiers could remain in Mosul, Iraq, past June 30, when Iraqi forces are scheduled to assume full security responsibilities for the entire country, a senior U.S. military commander in the area said today.
April 14, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today stopped here today to find out how fast the home of Army aviation could expand training operations here.
April 13, 2009 - Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki is a no-nonsense leader who wants veterans to measure his performance and that of the department he leads through concrete results, not rhetoric.
April 13, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today that servicemembers and military families were his primary concern when formulating the fiscal 2010 defense budget recommendations.
April 12, 2009 - The U.S. is on track to meet the terms of a timeline of withdrawal from Iraq, the top American commander in Iraq said today.
April 11, 2009 - After a month of preparation, medical personnel from hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) saw their first patients of the four-month humanitarian mission Continuing Promise 2009 in Haiti April 10.
April 10, 2009 - A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program is well on its way toward developing a system that prevents disruptions in communication signals, and when they do occur, ensures the message doesn’t disappear into never-never-land.
April 09, 2009 - While many children are spending their spring break away from the schoolhouse on the couch watching television or playing video games, some spent part of their week off this year volunteering and giving back to their military community.
April 09, 2009 - Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, attended the Welcome Home Ceremony for the 18th Airborne Corps yesterday at Fort Bragg, N.C.
April 08, 2009 - Defending the Defense Department’s global information grid from attacks cost the U.S. military more than $100 million over the past six months, U.S. Strategic Command officials said yesterday.
April 08, 2009 - Vice President Joe Biden welcomed home the 18th Airborne Corps headquarters today during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., after the soldiers spent nearly 15 months deployed in Iraq.
April 08, 2009 - With shovels in hand under a sunlit sky, federal, state and county officials, along with business and military personnel, broke ground on the Defense Media Activity’s new headquarters and production building here today.
April 07, 2009 - It's rare today to be able to sit down with living legends and pick their brains of past experiences and commitment during their military aviation careers.
April 07, 2009 - In a surprise visit to Iraq today, President Barack Obama declared to troops in Baghdad that now is the time for Iraqis “to take responsibility for their country.”
April 07, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says the changes to the budget that he proposed yesterday will provide a “home” for warfighters that doesn’t currently exist in the Pentagon’s institutions.
April 06, 2009 - The Army’s newest resiliency training, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, is a program designed to improve the emotional and psychological fitness of soldiers and their families, the program’s director said.
April 06, 2009 - Servicemembers at war can be confronted with traumatic, sometimes shocking, events that can cause long-lasting emotional and psychological wounds.
April 03, 2009 - All systems are on track for this summer’s rollout of the new Post-9/11 GI Bill, which Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said he expects to have as monumental an impact as the original World War II-era GI Bill of Rights.
April 03, 2009 - North Dakota’s adjutant general reached out to civilian and military Internet bloggers yesterday to detail the flood response efforts under way in his state.
April 02, 2009 - Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Stamatelos realized he had two choices after waking up two years ago with severe wounds in the intensive care unit at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
April 01, 2009 - Those in uniform must always remember their fallen comrades and their families, and those families deserve help in enduring their heartache, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here last night.
April 01, 2009 - Defending the homeland by defeating al-Qaida is at the heart of the new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, the undersecretary of defense for policy told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
March 31, 2009 - Language and culture are “almost inextricably intertwined,” and military personnel must be knowledgeable in both to be fully effective when operating overseas, the director of a military language school said.
March 31, 2009 - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton opened the first day of talks at the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan today calling for renewed, but patient international support for the country.
March 31, 2009 - Someone who has lived with a disability for more years than he cares to count knows exactly what newly disabled veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are going through
March 30, 2009 - Three American contractors who survived five and a half years in a Colombian jungle likened their captivity to being on the “planet of the apes,” said one of the three contractors held by the terrorist organization known as FARC.
March 29, 2009 - President Barack Obama said today his new strategy for what he calls “America’s war” is intended to zero in on the heart of the matter at hand in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
March 29, 2009 - The United States’ short-term goal for Afghanistan may have been refined, but the long-term goal has stayed the same, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today on “Fox News Sunday.”
March 27, 2009 - An infantryman for most of his Army career, Army Staff Sgt. Josh Olson never dreamed he would someday become an internationally ranked shooter with the Army's World Class Athlete Program.
March 27, 2009 - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. signed on to the Army Reserve Employer Partnership Initiative at a March 20 ceremony here that also drew 11 private-sector employers.
March 27, 2009 - The women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were honored for their morale-boosting efforts during World War II in a ceremony at the Department of Veterans Affairs here yesterday.
March 27, 2009 - Members of the Minnesota, Colorado, North and South Dakota National Guards, as well as U.S. Northern Command, have responded to the effects of severe weather that has hit several states in the northern United States in the past several days.
March 26, 2009 - While deployed in Iraq, the towering Hesco barriers that ringed the base became a familiar sight to Army Spc. Ryan L. Karsky.
March 26, 2009 - Military and civilian officials gathered March 23 to commemorate the 10,000th surface shipment of mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, to the U.S. Central Command area of operations, which includes Iraq and Afghanistan.
March 26, 2009 - Thirty years ago, an infantry corporal named Jan Scruggs boldly set out to build a national memorial. Since then, as a result of his determination, millions of people have found comfort and closure at the Vietnam Memorial known as The Wall.
March 26, 2009 - Registration opens, April 1, for the Mid-Atlantic Region Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Department's 9th annual all-military Wilderness Challenge.
March 25, 2009 - Ten servicemembers and civilians were honored last week as part of the Defense Department’s Women's History Month Observance and Awards Program.
March 25, 2009 - Rain and melting snow continue to increase flooding in five states across the northern United States today.
March 25, 2009 - What keeps the top U.S. commanders up at night? Three four-star officers from Europe and the Pacific got asked that question yesterday during a House Armed Services Committee hearing and shared their most pressing concerns.
March 25, 2009 - President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Arlington National Cemetery today, surprising about 30 of the 98 living Medal of Honor recipients attending a wreath-laying ceremony.
March 24, 2009 - When an improvised explosive device is detected, most people run and take cover, but a team of servicemembers here heads straight to the site to start the crime-scene investigation
March 24, 2009 - The Department of Homeland Security is “still considering” the use of National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border, along with several other initiatives, the DHS secretary said in a White House press briefing today.
March 23, 2009 - Innovative therapies that have assisted previously comatose patients regain consciousness may be incorporated on a greater scale to treat troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, a brain injury expert said here today.
March 23, 2009 - During Women’s History Month, many Americans take time to salute the contributions of women.
March 23, 2009 - Almost 500 Army and Air National Guard troops from two states were called out over the weekend to help stem the flow of floodwaters from the Red River near Fargo, N.D.
March 20, 2009 - Personnel here were part of a team that participated in a joint Air Force, Army and Navy medical and dental exercise in 11 of Western Alaska's most remote villages March 6 through 15.
March 20, 2009 - A program that links Army reservists with civilian employers is going strong -- despite record unemployment and gloomy hiring predictions -- as more employers sign on every month so they can hire qualified reservists.
March 20, 2009 - The National Amputee Golf Association’s First Swing program's mission is twofold: to help military golf instructors learn how to work with wounded warriors and to encourage wounded servicemembers to get back into the swing of an active lifestyle.
March 20, 2009 - The Army, Navy and Air Force nurse corps are highly trained, capable and critical to the wartime mission of each service, the corps’ leaders told a congressional committee this week.
March 19, 2009 - The federal economic stimulus package will provide $621 million to build a new military hospital at Fort Hood, Texas, President Barack Obama said today.
March 18, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today announced his recommendations that President Barack Obama re-nominate Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright as the chairman and vice chairman.
March 18, 2009 - Ending a policy that excused citizen-soldiers from monthly drills for 90 days after deployment helped the Army National Guard better take care of its troops, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel said.
March 18, 2009 - The operation in Afghanistan “is absolutely winnable and will be won,” the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said yesterday on PBS’s “Jim Lehrer Newshour.”
March 18, 2009 - If a pilot ever finds himself in the cockpit of a North Carolina Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with a female aviator, he will have no doubt who she is – there’s only one.
March 16, 2009 - Air Force Airman Derrick Bell has found that a lot of determination and a little help from his friends helped him meet his goal of returning to military service when it seemed that both his age and weight might have prevented it.
March 16, 2009 - Spouses of soldiers in the 18th Airborne Corps have a better idea of how to reconnect with their other halves upon redeployment, thanks to the Army’s Battlemind reunion training.
March 16, 2009 - Caring for veterans is a responsibility and duty for all Americans, and the employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs are those who are charged with repaying “that debt of honor,” President Barack Obama said.
March 13, 2009 - American high school students from around the world toured the Pentagon today, capping off a weeklong visit to the nation’s capital and what many of them called one of the most exciting experiences of their young lives.
March 13, 2009 - As President Barack Obama considers deploying National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to control escalating violence, Arizona's governor has requested about 250 more National Guard troops on its border with Mexico.
March 12, 2009 - First lady Michelle Obama will meet today with military families and several organizations that support them during her first visit here as first lady.
March 12, 2009 - As President Barack Obama considers deploying National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to control escalating violence, Arizona's governor has requested about 250 more National Guard troops on its border with Mexico.
March 12, 2009 - President Barack Obama nominated Christopher R. Hill as ambassador to Iraq and Army Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry to serve as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan yesterday.
March 12, 2009 - In her first solo trip as first lady, Michelle Obama visited one of the U.S. military’s busiest communities today and stressed the importance of reaching out to support soldiers and their families.
March 11, 2009 - The first M1114 Humvee to be completely rebuilt at the Taji National Maintenance Depot here rolled out of the Main Wheel Assembly and Disassembly facility last week.
March 10, 2009 - Defense Department officials today announced across-the-board recruiting and retention successes in February, with every service meeting or exceeding its active-duty, reserve and National Guard goals.
March 10, 2009 - An Alaska Army National Guardsman is running in the grueling 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race under way in Alaska.
March 09, 2009 - Three U.S. defense contractors held captive for more than five years by Colombian narcoterrorists will receive the civilian equivalent of the Purple Heart award this week at the U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami.
March 09, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Barack Obama discussed the situation in Mexico and the military capabilities that could assist the country in a March 7 conversation.
March 09, 2009 - Military leaders in Iraq have begun working toward achieving President Barack Obama’s goal of a complete troop withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2010.
March 08, 2009 - Two Army brigades leaving Iraq in the next six months won’t be replaced, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced today.
March 07, 2009 - The combined capabilities and military cooperation between Mexico and the United States can defeat the drug cartels that plague both countries, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Mexico City yesterday.
March 06, 2009 - The National Guard is playing an essential role domestically and overseas, Gen. Craig McKinley said here March 6, challenging leaders to do more with the same amount of money.
March 06, 2009 - The United States will provide South Korea missile defense against a “very real threat” from North Korea as the South Koreans boost their own ballistic defense capabilities.
March 06, 2009 - The Army has created a suicide prevention task force as part of its month-long “stand-down” to address suicides among soldiers, the service’s vice chief of staff said yesterday.
March 06, 2009 - Portable electronic devices such as iPods and cell phones have provided U.S. adversaries in Iraq and Afghanistan with lethal capabilities, the Army’s chief of electronic warfare said this week.
March 05, 2009 - A vintage Stearman PT-17 and a Fairchild PTY-26 flew at approximately 11 a.m. March 2 under a clear blue sky over the grounds of Fort Sam Houston commemorating the 99th anniversary of the first military flight made by then 1st Lt. Benjamin Foulois.
March 05, 2009 - A senior Pentagon spokesman offered gratitude to Canada and touched on a variety of other topics in a wide-ranging news conference today.
March 05, 2009 - Mild traumatic brain injury, also known as a concussion, affects from 10 to 20 percent of servicemembers returning from combat deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan.
March 04, 2009 - Through their investor education foundation, representatives with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, are helping military spouses become accredited as financial counselors.
March 03, 2009 - First lady Michelle Obama received a tip from a retired female Army general today: Keep modeling herself after her World War II-era predecessor, Eleanor Roosevelt.
March 03, 2009 - Recognizing the likelihood of defense budget cuts, senior defense and military leaders urged Congress today to protect incentives they call critical to recruiting and retention.
March 02, 2009 - The United States could increase its military support to help Mexico fight drug cartels that pose an increasingly alarming security risk, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.
February 28, 2009 - President Barack Obama called decisions to send troops to Iraq and Afghanistan “the most important, most sobering” he makes.
February 27, 2009 - As President Barack Obama today set a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, he praised the military troops and families who have volunteered to “bear the heaviest burden.”
February 26, 2009 - U.S. missile defense is prepared to defend against North Korean threats, but the system needs more testing before Pentagon officials can endorse its capabilities with "high confidence," the top Defense Department tester said.
February 25, 2009 - Two Utah Army National Guard members won second- and third-place medals in the world championship bobsled competition at the Olympic Sports Complex here.
February 25, 2009 - Army 1st Lt. Nicholas Camardo is in charge of the security force tasked with keeping the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Paktia province safe.
February 24, 2009 - Americans are not quitters, and the country can overcome the difficulties facing it, President Barack Obama said tonight in his first speech before a joint session of Congress.
February 23, 2009 - Ending the military’s so-called “stop-loss” program is a priority for Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, a senior official said here today.
February 23, 2009 - A brigade commander in Baghdad today reported record-low violence as Iraqi security forces assume ever-increasing responsibilities.
February 23, 2009 - More than 30 officers and civilians from 15 different Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries became the first students to graduate from a new logistics course given at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center.
February 21, 2009 - The construction of a new Soldier and Family Assistance Center here underscores the nation’s commitment to those who sacrifice so much, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday.
February 21, 2009 - A tour of the Traumatic Brain Injury Warrior Resiliency and Recovery Center here yesterday made a favorable impression on the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
February 20, 2009 - Virtual humans, autonomous robots and self-healing armor are just a few research areas that may advance warfighting and provide unprecedented advantages over U.S. adversaries.
February 20, 2009 - The U.S. military fielded its 10,000th mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle in Iraq today during a ceremony on Camp Liberty, just 22 months after it was introduced into the theater of operations.
February 20, 2009 - Citizens of Wisconsin gathered this week to send the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team off to Iraq with tears and smiles in the Wisconsin National Guard’s largest operational deployment since World War II.
February 19, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he is encouraged by discussions with NATO allies here today on the way forward in Afghanistan.
February 19, 2009 - A Colorado-based group is connecting deployed troops with volunteers eager to “adopt” them.
February 17, 2009 - Arizona Army and Air National Guardsmen were honored for their combat service Feb. 15 with an opportunity to score against National Basketball Association greats Shaquille O’Neal and David Robinson during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend here.
February 17, 2009 - More troops will be needed to adapt to U.S. Army Europe’s evolving missions, the top Army officer in Europe said during a Pentagon news conference today.
February 17, 2009 - President Barack Obama has ordered a Marine expeditionary brigade and an Army Stryker brigade combat team -- totaling 12,000 soldiers and Marines -- to Afghanistan.
February 13, 2009 - Help is only a phone call away for military veterans considering suicide.
February 12, 2009 - In a long overdue award ceremony here Feb. 2, an American hero was presented the Army's Distinguished Service Cross for leading a formation of B-24s on an extremely dangerous mission during World War II.
February 12, 2009 - Despite challenges in recruiting 17- to 24-year-olds, Army leaders said yesterday the service is on track to meet recruiting goals this year, and will not lower standards to do so.
February 11, 2009 - A revolutionary, entrepreneurial approach to safety program management has earned induction into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame for an Air National Guard officer here.
February 11, 2009 - About 55,000 members of U.S. Special Operations Command are providing humanitarian aid and training soldiers and police in more than 60 countries, according to their commander Navy Adm. Eric Olson.
February 11, 2009 - The noncommissioned officer in charge of training operations for the Warrior Transition Battalion here appears to be a typical soldier.
February 11, 2009 - The Air Force has reinstated its Good Conduct Medal for exemplary service by enlisted airmen, senior military officials announced here today.
February 10, 2009 - Discussions within the administration about the fiscal 2010 defense budget have been cordial and productive, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today, but department leaders are prepared to make tough choices.
February 10, 2009 - U.S. forces are stretched, but they are resilient, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
February 09, 2009 - Improvements at Forward Operating Base Blessing in northeastern Afghanistan are helping soldiers stay connected with their families and friends back home.
February 05, 2009 - Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston told Congress Wednesday that childcare and access to healthcare treatment are top concerns of Soldiers and their families.
February 05, 2009 - The Defense Logistics Agency hired 91 college students with disabilities under the federal government’s Workforce Recruitment Program in 2008, more than any other federal agency.
February 05, 2009 - A new laboratory being built at U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Warfighting Center here will enable analysts and warfighters alike to “step into” data fields like those that bombard them during real-life missions.
February 05, 2009 - The Army reservist grandson of a Buffalo Soldier joined Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. here today to rededicate a statue honoring the soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments.
February 04, 2009 - Iraq’s government and its security forces deserve praise for overseeing the successful and mostly violence-free provincial elections that were held countrywide Jan. 31, a senior U.S. military officer posted in Iraq said today.
February 04, 2009 - providing support services to warriors and families, and forging international partnerships were just a few of the topics discussed here yesterday by leaders of the National Guard’s Army and Air Force components.
February 04, 2009 - Army Maj. Gen. David Blackledge is doing his part to reduce the social stigma attached to seeking mental health treatment for war-related stress.
February 04, 2009 - As the nation enters its eighth year of war, the military’s highest-ranking officer says he is concerned about the health of the armed forces. He wants to ensure the country takes care of its men and women in uniform.
February 03, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has selected a Navy four-star admiral to lead an assessment of operations at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Defense Department official said here today.
February 03, 2009 - Talk to just about anyone at the U.S. Southern Command staff, and they’ll describe their commander, Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, as a renaissance man.
February 03, 2009 - In a speech aimed at American youth, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, encouraged the college-aged generation last night to help shape their country’s future.
February 03, 2009 - Dozens of military vehicles, cars, planes and a few other special novelties adorn the walls of the brigade command conference room in the headquarters building of the 4th Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team at this southern Baghdad base.
February 03, 2009 - Secretary of the Army Pete Geren hosted an Army Combined Federal Campaign National Capital Area victory celebration at the Pentagon Monday, praising staff and contributors alike for raising more than $3.25 million for charity.
February 02, 2009 - The Indiana National Guard has provided 100 Humvees to the Kentucky National Guard to aid in relief efforts after a crippling winter storm.
February 02, 2009 - An Army Reserve human capital strategy called the Employer Partnership Initiative is delivering staffing solutions and tangible incentives to businesses that employ Army Reserve soldiers while sustaining the operational nature of today’s force.
February 01, 2009 - Senior military officials congratulated the Iraqi people for holding provincial elections yesterday, praising the Iraqi and U.S. forces that helped make the elections safe.
January 30, 2009 - Soldiers should have full confidence in the quality of a particular series of Army-issued body armor plates that has come under recent scrutiny, Army officials said.
January 30, 2009 - In line with National Guard recruiting and retention efforts, the National Guard Bureau is sponsoring Staff Sgt. Harry Alexie to race in the 2009 Iditarod, to be held in March.
January 29, 2009 - The Army is committed to finding out why more soldiers committed suicide in 2008 than ever recorded, Army officials told reporters during a media roundtable today at the Pentagon.
January 29, 2009 - President Barack Obama thanked U.S. troops and pledged to provide the resources they need to accomplish their missions Jan. 28 in his first visit to the Pentagon as commander in chief.
January 29, 2009 - As Armed Services Blood Program officials join with the rest of the nation in observing National Blood Donor Month, the program's director expressed gratitude for the more than 165,000 donations.
January 29, 2009 - From fighter jet flyovers to military performances at halftime shows, the National Football League and U.S. military have shared more than 40 years of Super Bowl history.
January 28, 2009 - Eleven months ago, Derrick Bell took the first step in a journey that would change his life in more ways than one.
January 28, 2009 - As part of the shift in the U.S. focus in the war on terror, Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's, 3rd Brigade Combat Team are taking up positions in eastern Afghanistan that until now have had little coalition presence.
January 28, 2009 - The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force officially has assumed its new role as the Army component for U.S. Africa Command.
January 28, 2009 - A Vietnam War veteran who overcame great odds to become a successful National Football League player shared his message of strength, attitude and optimism during the North Dakota National Guard's 2009 Safety Conference here Jan. 24.
January 28, 2009 - In his first visit to the Pentagon as commander in chief, President Barack Obama today thanked U.S. troops and pledged to provide the resources they need to accomplish their missions.
January 27, 2009 - An Army first sergeant’s role is not unlike that of a performer attempting to keep several plates spinning atop poles. When he forgets to tend to one of the plates, all of them begin to crash down.
January 27, 2009 - Afghanistan poses the greatest military challenge to the United States today, and President Barack Obama has made that country a top priority for the Defense Department.
January 27, 2009 - The National Guard must be able to meet its domestic responsibilities in addition to its operational missions, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
January 27, 2009 - Army Secretary Pete Geren has approved adding legal personnel to help combat sexual assault among soldiers, which he deemed "repugnant to the core values" of the Army.
January 27, 2009 - One of the main challenges facing the Defense Department is how the department acquires goods and services and manages the taxpayers’ money, Secretary Robert M. Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
January 26, 2009 - At 38 years old and with a 15-year-old daughter, Angela Fry took on the challenge of basic training and the possibility of deployment. She already had a degree, so it wasn't for college. She had a job, so it wasn't for the money.
January 26, 2009 - A pulsing cavity, throbbing with pain, can cause most people to experience an overwhelming feeling of frustration and irritation.
January 26, 2009 - U.S. soldiers are building roads to remote areas in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province that are opening doors to a better way of life for local Afghans.
January 26, 2009 - A Defense Department program is transforming military health care during deployment by enhancing communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals, a master trainer in the program said.
January 23, 2009 - Army Spc. Sergio Trejo always dreamed of owning his own home.
January 22, 2009 - The members of agricultural development teams in Afghanistan are living examples of the symbol of the National Guard: a Minuteman with a musket in one hand and the other hand resting on a plow.
January 22, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s decision to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has made a positive impression in the world community, and that will assist America in its fight against global terrorism.
January 22, 2009 - President Barack Obama announced the appointment of two special envoys: former Maine Sen. George Mitchell as special envoy for Middle East peace and Richard Holbrooke as special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
January 21, 2009 - As President Barack Obama and the first family began moving into the presidential residence here yesterday, the administration unpacked a new presidential agenda on the White House’s official Web site.
January 21, 2009 - Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and military spouses attended the Commander in Chief Ball, Jan. 20, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
January 21, 2009 - The official Web site of the United States Army began sporting a new look Jan. 16.
January 20, 2009 - Air Force Maj. Geraldine Holmes-Barnett remembers boarding a bus in Ohio when she was just 9 years old to hear Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” during the 1963 March on Washington.
January 20, 2009 - When National Guard soldiers and airmen show up for the thousands of missions they perform, they know they’re part of the right unit, in the right place, at the right moment. But, getting them to a mission does not happen by chance.
January 20, 2009 - The U.S. military bid farewell today to the outgoing commander in chief during a stirring and emotional departure ceremony in which he called leading men and women in uniform the highlight of his presidency.
January 20, 2009 - About 9,300 National Guard soldiers and airmen joined thousands of active-duty and reserve military members from all services today to support President Barack Obama’s inauguration.
January 19, 2009 - America’s most senior defense leaders honored 43 men who risked their lives with unmatched heroism in service to their country during a luncheon here today.
January 18, 2009 - About 100 Maryland National Guard members provided support alongside the U.S. Secret Service in Baltimore yesterday during President-elect Barack Obama’s “whistle-stop” train trip, Maryland Guard officials said.
January 16, 2009 - More than 10,000 National Guard members will support President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration Jan. 20, the Guard’s largest contribution to an inauguration in its 372-year history.
January 15, 2009 - As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to assume the role of commander in chief, one of the stated items on his list of priorities is to shape the U.S. military for the 21st century.
January 15, 2009 - Cadets and midshipmen from the service academies will converge in Annapolis, Md., tomorrow to make final preparations before marching in the inaugural parade to pay tribute to the commander in chief they will serve as future officers.
January 14, 2009 - President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs promised senators today that if he is confirmed he will transform the department into a 21st-century organization.
January 14, 2009 - Leaders preparing to deploy to Djibouti next month are getting a sense of the challenges they will face as the next headquarters staff at Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
January 14, 2009 - The 372-year-old National Guard has provided inaugural support for every American president since George Washington. This year won’t be any different.
January 12, 2009 - The Marine Corps is moving toward a different mission in Iraq as it progresses further into the early months of 2009.
January 12, 2009 - From providing musical performances to acting as key personnel during the swearing-in process, hundreds of service members were on hand on Jan. 11 around the nation's Capitol to support the 56th Presidential Inaugural rehearsal.
January 12, 2009 - Army Reserve soldiers conducted an airborne jump here Jan. 9 for a group of civilian employers during the first Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve “Boss-lift” event for the 421st Quartermaster Company, 143rd Sustainment Command.
January 12, 2009 - December was a recruiting success for all active-duty and reserve-component U.S. military services, which all met or exceeded their goals, according to a Defense Department news release issued today.
January 11, 2009 - From providing musical performances to acting as key personnel during the swearing-in process, hundreds of servicemembers were on hand this morning around the nation’s capital to support the 56th Presidential Inaugural rehearsal.
January 10, 2009 - Vice President-Elect Joe Biden arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan today to meet with Afghan and U.S. military leaders and thank deployed U.S. troops serving there for their service.
January 09, 2009 - President-elect Barack Obama announced his choices for the nation’s new top intelligence official and CIA chief at a news conference held here today.
January 09, 2009 - If, as the saying goes, every dog has its day, then four military police dogs certainly will have theirs when they help provide security for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.
January 09, 2009 - Army officials are creating a new way to field force-protection products, such as mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, to speed their delivery to deployed soldiers in Iraq.
January 08, 2009 - A Disney vacation just got more affordable for military members and their families.
January 08, 2009 - Iraq has witnessed “some remarkable milestones” already this month, with more on the horizon, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
January 08, 2009 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is pleased by “great progress” in improving care and support for wounded warriors, but believes these developments “are still not good enough” and plans to implement more,Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today.
January 08, 2009 - President-elect Barack Obama today announced his choices for four key Defense Department positions: deputy defense secretary, two undersecretary positions and general counsel.
January 07, 2009 - Army Chaplain (Capt.) David Curry, based out of Kandahar, Afghanistan, with Task Force Eagle Assault, is accustomed to multitasking.
January 07, 2009 - Active and retired U.S. military personnel, including active members of the United States Coast Guard and activated members of the National Guard or Reserves, can enjoy complimentary, multi-day admission into Disney’s U.S. theme parks.
January 07, 2009 - Air Force Col. Dennis M. Layendecker, commander, music director and conductor for the U.S. Air Force Band, impressed on his airmen the importance of their upcoming mission supporting the presidential inauguration.
January 06, 2009 - Airmen of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing here are laying the groundwork to welcome more than 200 Soldiers from Fort Bliss, Texas, as they set up a Patriot battery here for the first time.
January 06, 2009 - Gates called Bush a visionary who recognized before becoming president the threat terrorists and other unconventional threats posed.
January 06, 2009 - With 15 days left in office, President George W. Bush today reflected on a list of “lasts” that includes his final weeks as the commander of U.S. military forces.
January 05, 2009 - Six Airmen of the 379th Civil Engineer Squadron here used teamwork to recover a helicopter that crashed Dec. 15 at a forward operating base in Afghanistan.
January 05, 2009 - A new career badge made its debut when 57 officers graduated from the inaugural force support officer training course last month at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
January 05, 2009 - Young men and women frequently follow the footsteps of their parents and grandparents by joining the military.
January 05, 2009 - The search is on for three Department of Defense Education Activity students to represent the department’s schools at the 2009 Research Science Institute.
January 04, 2009 - United States officials formally transferred the Republican Palace back to the Iraqi government Jan. 1, a concrete symbol of the continuing improvement in the country.
January 02, 2009 - The national symbol of Iraq was raised over the governance center here Dec. 30 symbolizing the transition of control of a security station from the coalition forces back to the Iraqi government.
January 02, 2009 - For the past 15 months, Leo Knight-Inglesby has pushed himself beyond the limits he and his loved ones ever thought possible.
January 01, 2009 - The United States formally transferred the Republican Palace back to the Iraqi government today, a concrete symbol of the continuing improvement in the country.
December 31, 2008 - As New Yorkers and visitors gear up today for New Year's Eve celebrations, the citizen soldiers and airmen of the New York National Guard are ready to support homeland security missions throughout the state, officials said.
December 31, 2008 - Like many high school seniors, Megan Schlotthauer wasn't sure what she wanted to do after graduation. Her grades weren't the best, and college is expensive.
December 30, 2008 - The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency destroyed the last landmine in its stockpiles containing VX nerve-agent munitions Dec. 24 at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Anniston, Ala.
December 30, 2008 - Exactly three weeks before Inauguration Day, the buzz of activity at the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee here is a notable exception to the traditional holiday lull that settles over the nation’s capital between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
December 30, 2008 - About 100 U.S. European Command soldiers, airmen and Marines deployed to Israel to help set up an early warning radar system reported no close encounters with air strikes or retaliatory attacks along the Gaza Strip, a Eucom spokesman said.
December 29, 2008 - Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey Jr. told troops in Baghdad just before Christmas that their efforts have brought "heartening" progress in Iraq that will allow the Army to throw more of its "weight" toward Afghanistan.
December 29, 2008 - In January 1979, the first operational F-16 Fighting Falcon was delivered to Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Nearly 30 years later to the day, a pilot from here has amassed 4,000 hours flying this workhorse of the air.
December 29, 2008 - The general who leads what he calls “an engineer fight” in Baghdad credits attention to sanitation and reconstruction of essential services with creating a dramatic turnaround that’s having a ripple effect throughout Iraq.
December 29, 2008 - The blast of a roadside bomb in Iraq's Sunni Triangle resulted in the amputation of a portion of Richard Ingram's left arm, but it did not rob him of his dream of becoming an Army officer.
December 28, 2008 - Soldiers serving in the Army Reserve long had the stigma of being second-class soldiers.
December 26, 2008 - Members of the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team and the Chaparhar Police Mentor Team visited a school in the Terelay Village to distribute clothes and school supplies.
December 26, 2008 - Soldiers from the 926th Combat Engineer Brigade took advantage of an opportunity to ask questions and get answers directly from the senior leader in their chain of command at Camp Liberty’s field house.
December 25, 2008 - Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey made a stop in Baghdad, Dec. 22, 2008, to assess the current situation in country and speak with troops.
December 24, 2008 - The military command charged with training Iraq’s security forces and the Iraqi Interior Ministry continue to make progress in the development of the Iraqi security forces and the ministry, a senior military official said.
December 24, 2008 - A civilian orthopedic surgeon who has seen servicemembers’ sacrifices firsthand said he believes the nation owes them a debt of gratitude.
December 24, 2008 - President George W. Bush telephoned nine deployed servicemembers from each military branch this morning to pass along holiday greetings and thank them for their service.
December 23, 2008 - The Army's top officer stopped at Bagram Airfield Dec. 20 as part of a trip to visit Soldiers around the world during the holiday season and discuss the way forward.
December 23, 2008 - After meeting with top military and intelligence officials yesterday in Islamabad, Pakistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff emphasized the importance of U.S.-Pakistan relations in the fight against terrorism.
December 23, 2008 - Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are relatively insulated from the financial disasters affecting many Americans.
December 23, 2008 - Sather Air Base Airmen destroyed one of the larger enemy weapons caches to be collected at one time in the Iraq theater of operations.
December 22, 2008 - Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead and newly appointed Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West met with Sailors at International Security Assistance Force Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan.
December 22, 2008 - Joint Airborne Battle Staff members here are similar to 911 operators in the air as they ensure convoys operating throughout Iraq are never without communications.
December 22, 2008 - The Army’s top officer stopped here Dec. 20 during a trip to visit soldiers around the world during the holiday season to spend some time with the troops and to discuss with them the way forward for the Army.
December 22, 2008 - Power-projection platforms across the Army will soon receive a new training device designed to keep deploying Soldiers from drowning when their vehicles overturn into water.
December 20, 2008 - While security is important in Afghanistan, “no amount of troops in any amount of time is going to make this successful in the long run,” said Navy Adm. Mike Mullen during a news conference here today.
December 19, 2008 - Officials at the Minot-based 219th Security Forces Squadron of the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Wing have dispatched security Airmen into the missile fields at Minot Air Force Base for the first time.
December 19, 2008 - More than 4,000 citizen Soldiers and Airmen from at least eight states will provide security, medical and other support during the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration, a National Guard official said Dec. 18.
December 19, 2008 - American and Ukrainian defense leaders are working together to assist Ukraine in its quest to develop modern, democratically managed armed forces, a senior U.S. military officer said here yesterday.
December 18, 2008 - The United States would welcome China’s participation in counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali coast, the top U.S. commander in the Pacific said today at the Foreign Press Center here.
December 18, 2008 - After more than two years of promoting the idea that “What gets checked gets done,” the Defense Department’s “Check It” campaign came to an end today with an awards ceremony at the National Defense University on Fort McNair here.
December 18, 2008 - More than 4,000 citizen-soldiers and airmen from at least eight states will provide security, medical and other support during the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration, a National Guard official said today.
December 18, 2008 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates hopes commanders with a “vested interest” in the future role of U.S. forces in Iraq can share their views directly with the incoming president, a Pentagon official said today.
December 17, 2008 - The Army should be on target with its language and cultural capabilities within five to 10 years.
December 17, 2008 - Military operations launched in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11 brought the fight to terrorists and, with other initiatives, are helping to safeguard America against another attack.
December 17, 2008 - Starting early next year, the Army will allow full military funeral honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for all soldiers killed in action.
December 17, 2008 - Fighting in Afghanistan probably will increase in the coming year, but it will be on U.S. and NATO terms, not on the enemy’s, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
December 16, 2008 - Although military recruiting is less difficult in a waning economy and low job market, attracting recruits remains an ongoing challenge.
December 15, 2008 - In his final trip to Iraq and Afghanistan as commander in chief, President George W. Bush brought season’s greetings from “a proud and grateful nation” to deployed U.S. troops yesterday and early this morning and thanked them for their service.
December 14, 2008 - President Bush paid a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday, where he praised lawmakers in Baghdad for passing the status of forces agreement with the United States and offered a farewell message of thanks to U.S. troops serving there.
December 13, 2008 - U.S. combat forces are on track to be out of Iraqi cities by June 30 in accordance with the recently signed status of forces agreement between the United States and Iraq, the top U.S. general in Iraq said today.
December 13, 2008 - The mission in Iraq is still relevant despite the recent political attention on the fight in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told troops here today.
December 12, 2008 - More than 2,000 Soldiers donated over 3,000 toys for a chance to earn foreign jump wings during the Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop Dec. 5-6 at Sicily Drop Zone.
December 12, 2008 - An 18-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department is achieving another veteran status here, this time as a soldier.
December 12, 2008 - Children from rural Alaskan communities were treated to an early Christmas this year, thanks to the Alaska National Guard’s “Operation Santa Claus.”
December 11, 2008 - The Department of Defense has approved command sponsorship of families at two new locations in Korea and an increase in tour lengths for accompanied service members permanently assigned there.
December 11, 2008 - The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) has emphasized the importance of good leadership and education during his tenure and the Navy's senior enlisted Sailor.
December 11, 2008 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told several hundred troops here today that a sense of duty caused him to agree to stay on in his current job through the administration change.
December 11, 2008 - For only the second time since 9/11, a U.S. Army National Guard division headquarters will deploy to command active-duty forces in combat.
December 10, 2008 - The Defense Department recognized some of its outstanding disabled employees in a ceremony here yesterday that doubled as a forum to advance the cause of disabled workers.
December 10, 2008 - Tour lengths for some family-accompanied assignments in South Korea will be extended to three years, Pentagon officials announced today.
December 10, 2008 - All active-duty and reserve-component U.S. military services met or exceeded their November recruiting goals, according to a Defense Department news release issued today.
December 10, 2008 - Four individuals who have supported America's military, including two retired officers and a television star, were among 23 people who received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony today.
December 09, 2008 - In his last scheduled visit to a service academy while in office, President George W. Bush told Army cadets today that the U.S. military has transformed to face threats it faces now and in the future.
December 09, 2008 - The Air Force’s only traumatic brain injury center, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, is diagnosing and treating predominantly Army patients with a focus on improving their chances of a full recovery.
December 08, 2008 - Gen. Martin E. Dempsey assumed command Monday from Gen. William S. Wallace at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command headquarters on Fort Monroe.
December 08, 2008 - The Army's senior enlisted member said he believes the National Army Museum, scheduled to open in 2013, will play a key role in inspiring future Soldiers.
December 08, 2008 - Army Gen. William S. Wallace today relinquished the colors of the U.S. Army command responsible for developing soldiers’ skills and doctrine.
December 08, 2008 - Nearly a thousand servicemembers got a big “thank you” gift here Dec. 6 with free tickets to the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship football game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boston College Eagles.
December 08, 2008 - President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki as his nominee to be secretary of veterans affairs.
December 06, 2008 - The war in Iraq isn’t over, but a successful end is in sight, thanks to hard work between the United States and Iraq, President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address today.
December 05, 2008 - The military today shot down a mock enemy missile, employing a synchronized network of sensors in what officials called the largest and most complex test of the missile defense system to date.
December 05, 2008 - The new U.S.-Iraq security pact that was approved by Iraqi lawmakers Nov. 27 was ratified by Iraq's Presidency Council Thursday, senior U.S. officials said.
December 05, 2008 - 66 West Point cadets of the Army Spirit Pep Team made their way through the Pentagon corridors rallying support for Saturday's 109th annual Army-Navy gridiron clash in Philadelphia.
December 04, 2008 - Test results show Combat Gauze field bandages and WoundStat granules both demonstrated marked improvements over what's currently used to control bleeding in the field.
December 04, 2008 - The Army's vice chief of staff warned researchers Dec. 2 not to let "institutional antibodies" quash ideas and innovations that have the potential to provide Soldiers advantage in the future.
December 03, 2008 - More troops may now qualify for benefits under Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance because of newly expanded coverage following a review by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
December 03, 2008 - The 26th Army Science Conference is currently underway in Orlando, bringing together the scientists, researchers and engineers that are leading the way in developing the next generation of technology for the U.S. Army.
December 03, 2008 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with senior Pakistani officials in Islamabad today to thank them for their willingness to work with Indian authorities in a joint investigation into the recent terror attacks in Mumbai, India.
December 03, 2008 - A new National Guard database could improve long-term medical treatment for servicemembers in all branches, and boost research into traumatic brain injury and other health issues.
December 02, 2008 - About 4,000 soldiers representing the National Guard’s only Stryker brigade will deploy to Iraq in early 2009.
December 01, 2008 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will remain in the Pentagon’s top post when President-elect Barack Obama’s administration takes office.
December 01, 2008 - The American military is planning to build robot soldiers that will not be able to commit war crimes like their human comrades in arms.
December 01, 2008 - The Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment expected to spend a second consecutive Christmas in Iraq.
December 01, 2008 - The public is invited to join in the festivities as the Black Knights prepare to challenge the Navy Midshipmen during the 109th Army-Navy game on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa.
November 28, 2008 - President George W. Bush and other senior U.S. officials hailed the new U.S.-Iraq security pact that was approved by Iraqi lawmakers in Baghdad yesterday.
November 27, 2008 - USS Theodore Roosevelt (TR) (CVN 71) hosted Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, U.S. Central Command, Nov. 27-28 to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with the crew.
November 26, 2008 - Beyond the wire of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing spans an area covered not only in sand but potential explosive hazards, aging from as far back as the Gulf War fighting that took place here in the early 90s.
November 26, 2008 - When her husband deployed to Iraq in January of 2006, Sonja McDonald decided to spend her time waiting for his return home, raising money to help wounded warriors and their families.
November 26, 2008 - Thousands of necks craned as Air Force One swooped down from a blue sky to deliver President George W. Bush to a Nov. 25 rally in honor of Fort Campbell troops and their families.
November 26, 2008 - The Defense Department continues to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to resolve veterans’ health issues, including maladies associated with the Gulf War, a senior DoD official said here today.
November 25, 2008 - President George W. Bush kicked off his last Thanksgiving week as commander in chief today by thanking the soldiers of Fort Campbell, Ky.
November 25, 2008 - A hospital corpsman with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s 2nd Medical Battalion was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a combat distinguishing device in an awards ceremony here, Nov. 19th.
November 25, 2008 - Secretary of the Army Pete Geren toured U.S. Forces Korea Nov. 23-25 for a three-day orientation visit.
November 24, 2008 - Tough economic times are no excuse for the international community to withhold support for Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters returning with him Nov. 21 from a two-day defense ministerial in Nova Scotia, Canada.
November 24, 2008 - Officials at a new clinic are providing comprehensive treatment for adults and children suffering from cerebral palsy at the San Antonio Military Medical Complex, formerly called the Wilford Hall Medical Center.
November 24, 2008 - The leadership of 7th Air Force changed hands during a change-of-command ceremony here Nov. 24.
November 24, 2008 - A redesign of the Army's noncommissioned officer education system will bring it's curriculum closer to what has been taught to officers in the past, said Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Chandler.
November 21, 2008 - Conventional military wisdom holds that enemies have a vote in combat. But manufacturers of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle have worked to disenfranchise them.
November 21, 2008 - The Combined Arms Center and Center for Army Leadership at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., has released a new handbook aimed at formalizing procedures for one of the most difficult periods any leader might encounter.
November 21, 2008 - On the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station Thursday, Army Lt. Col. Shane Kimbrough donned his space suit to service equipment on the exterior of the station.
November 21, 2008 - Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. recently outlined three topics he believes are important for the Army to address with the incoming administration.
November 20, 2008 - Coalition forces captured five wanted men and detained 10 additional suspects during operations targeting terrorist networks throughout Iraq yesterday and today, military officials reported.
November 20, 2008 - As the Corps’ role in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations continues to grow, so are options for warfighters. Non-lethal weapons provide an important capability to help warfighters meet those demands.
November 20, 2008 - After more than 50 years in service, the venerable AN/VRC-12 series radio was retired from the Army National Guard in a ceremony Nov. 18 at the Army National Guard Readiness Center.
November 20, 2008 - SFACs are a one-stop shop where wounded warriors and their families can find assistance and information to get them through a difficult time.
November 20, 2008 - With his visit falling on
November 19, 2008 - Afghanistan’s complex environment colors military operations in the nation, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan told the Atlantic Council of the United States here yesterday.
November 19, 2008 - Warrior Care Month allows us to restate our commitment to the Soldier's life, said Gen. George W. Casey Jr., chief of staff of the Army, during a Purple Heart Ceremony Nov. 17 at the Center for the Intrepid.
November 19, 2008 - The Non-Line of Sight Launch System, being developed as part of the Army's Future Combat Systems, has been selected for use aboard the first of the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships, the USS Freedom.
November 18, 2008 - Army Service Day and Warrior Care Month activities Monday began with the signing of a Warrior Healthcare Covenant at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
November 18, 2008 - One day before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Army senior leaders put into place a plan to overhaul the service’s combat medic training.
November 17, 2008 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Twillie Curry had long since traded his aspirations of becoming a professional football player to follow another dream – becoming a soldier.
November 17, 2008 - The 1-2 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion in Korea will relocate to Fort Carson, Colo., in March and then train for deployment to Iraq in the fall of 2009, Army officials announced Monday morning.
November 17, 2008 - The Army's new Active Protection System, designed to safeguard Soldiers and vehicles from incoming fire, has been named one of the best inventions of 2008 by Time magazine.
November 16, 2008 - Reserve Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 based here drove more than 200 miles Nov. 9 to conduct a security patrol and inspect construction of new Iraqi forts along the country’s border with Syria.
November 15, 2008 - Speaking at Army Lt. Gen. Robert Dail's retirement ceremony, Petraeus said Dail's two years as DLA director and 33 total years of service in the Army will have a lasting impact on U.S. warfighters.
November 14, 2008 - On the same day the first woman was promoted to the rank of four-star general, the “Fly Girls of World War II” exhibit opened in honor of the first U.S. military-trained women aviators.
November 14, 2008 - As ghostlike Capitol Hill workers scurried through a cold, misty fog early yesterday evening, a nearby group of wounded warriors cosseted in a warm room broke bread and shared stories about far-away lands and future hopes.
November 14, 2008 - Some of the music industry's hottest singers and bands are set to release a free CD of their top hits for servicemembers and their families for the second year in a row Nov. 25.
November 14, 2008 - Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody became the first female four-star general in the U.S. armed forces at a promotion ceremony Friday morning in the Pentagon.
November 13, 2008 - Army and industry leaders gathered Thursday to exchange information about the latest advances in small-arms technology.
November 12, 2008 - A Veterans Day observance yesterday at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial here honored the contributions of women in uniform throughout the nation’s history.
November 12, 2008 - Nearly 5,000 service members, veterans and civilians attended the official Veterans Day ceremony and rechristening of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space museum, one of America's leading historic, cultural and educational institutions, in New York Nov. 11.
November 12, 2008 - Vice President Dick Cheney spoke to hundreds at the 55th annual Arlington National Cemetery Veteran's Day observance, praising the courage and valor of American Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen.
November 11, 2008 - On his last Veterans Day as commander in chief, President Bush paid tribute to all those who have worn the uniform of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard during a speech at the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.
November 10, 2008 - Taking care of soldiers recovering from wounds, injuries or illness is a job with special challenges and rewards. A new training course is helping people with these special jobs prepare to make a positive impact on the lives of those who have sacrificed m
November 10, 2008 - At the Veterans Cemetery here, 2,799 names are "engraven," remembered in their death for the life they lived and the war they fought.
November 10, 2008 - The roar of nearly 1,200 motorcycle engines split the morning air at Hood Stadium here Nov. 7 as soldiers and civilians in the “Phantom Thunder” motorcycle safety event started their ride to Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
November 10, 2008 - As he prepares to observe his first Veterans Day as Veterans Affairs secretary, Dr. James B. Peake said he believes the United States is living up to Abraham Lincoln’s pledge to care for “him who has borne the battle, and his widow and his orphan.”
November 10, 2008 - The crew of USS Freedom (LCS 1) ushered in a new era in naval warfare, Nov. 8 as the ship was brought to life at Milwaukee's Veterans Park before a crowd of nearly 10,000.
November 10, 2008 - The 55th Annual National Veterans Day Observance will take place at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday at 11 a.m.
November 10, 2008 - The Army is launching three new nationally televised advertisements on Veterans Day with the theme "Strength like no other."
November 07, 2008 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff last night saluted an organization dedicated to keeping America connected with its military.
November 07, 2008 - Instability in the Middle East is front and center on the list of concerns the Joint Chiefs of Staff confronts, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said yesterday.
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November 06, 2008 - Dramatic security progress in Iraq will allow the U.S. military to reduce troop levels faster than expected, says White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.
November 06, 2008 - About 3,000 soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team will leave Iraq nearly two months earlier than planned, military officials said.
November 06, 2008 - With the presidential election now over, the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee is ramping up to support the incoming commander-in-chief.
November 05, 2008 - On a day when Americans exercised their right to vote, 186 servicemembers deployed across Iraq became U.S. citizensat Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory here.
November 05, 2008 - A combined U.S. and Australian team successfully evacuated an Australian civilian in Antarctica to a hospital in Hobart, Australia, Nov. 5.
November 05, 2008 - After overseeing and funding about $8 million in construction in the previous two years in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, the U.S. military had almost $40 million in projects ongoing in the province as fiscal 2008 came to a close Sept. 30.
November 05, 2008 - The Navy’s first littoral combat ship (LCS) Freedom will be commissioned Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony at Veterans Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
November 04, 2008 - The Army recently established the Energy and Partnership Office to not only conserve energy, but also to reduce the Army’s dependence on the civilian power grid.
November 03, 2008 - The U.S. Air Force Academy outlasted the U.S. Military Academy 16-7 in a defensive battle that saw two of the nation's top ten rushing offenses held to 100 yards below their average Nov. 1 here.
November 03, 2008 - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
October 31, 2008 - To be selected to the team, an individual must be on active-duty status, have completed 150 free-fall parachute jumps and have a good military and civilian record.
October 31, 2008 - November is Warrior Care Month, and TRICARE seeks to educate wounded, ill and injured (WII) service members about their benefits.
October 31, 2008 - The Soldiers of U.S. Army Garrison Hohenfels strive to provide American and international troops access to one of the premier military training sites worldwide.
October 31, 2008 - Beginning Nov. 1, the Army and its sister services will focus attention to one of the Defense Department's highest priorities – caring for wounded ill, and injured warriors.
October 31, 2008 - Army Gen. David H. Petraeus assumed leadership of the U.S. military command charged with helping to build peace in a tough and war-torn part of the world today.
October 31, 2008 - Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online received a third place award for improving information delivery and saving the Department of Defense millions of dollars by providing a portal that will become the standard for all DOD agencies.
October 30, 2008 - Soldiers and their families can expect to spend more time together between deployments thanks to continuing success in Iraq and the steady growth of the Army's ranks, the service's top officer said.
October 30, 2008 - The Army has launched a new Sexual Assault Prevention Program Web site as part of its I. A.M. Strong campaign.
October 30, 2008 - Force Protection Airmen and a Canadian officer participating in Operation Southern Partner demonstrated the Small Unmanned Aircraft System to the Chilean air force's anti-aircraft artillery regiment Oct 29.
October 28, 2008 - The United States military is the best-manned, best-equipped and best-trained force in the world, but that doesn't mean a thing if it can't get to the fight, said the commander of U.S. Transportation Command.
October 28, 2008 - Members of the 5th Quartermaster Company shout out its motto of "Airborne" as they run laps at the U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern's Red Ribbon Relay Saturday at the track near the Vogelweh Commissary.
October 27, 2008 - The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit beat out more than 30 teams from France, Canada, Spain, Denmark, Ireland and different branches of the U.S. military to win the International Sniper Competition for the second consecutive year.
October 27, 2008 - Citizen-Soldiers from the Michigan Army National Guard are teaming with soldiers from Latvia and Afghanistan for a nine-month tour in Afghanistan.
October 23, 2008 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates called it an honor “to welcome into citizenship 42 men and women who have served and sacrificed for their country before it officially was their country.”
October 22, 2008 - The success of airpower in Iraq and Afghanistan incorporates flexibility, agility and teamwork on a daily basis.
October 22, 2008 - The recently formed 51st Translator Interpreter Company at Fort Irwin, Calif., is the first unit of its kind in the Army.
October 22, 2008 - The draft status of forces agreement between the governments of the United States and Iraq contains adequate protections for U.S. military members.
October 21, 2008 - Retired Col. Robert B. Nett, 86, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and honorary colonel of the Officer Candidate School battalion at Fort Benning, died at his home Oct. 19 after a brief illness.
October 21, 2008 - An Army unit originally formed to counter weapons of mass destruction in the United States now has more than 6,000 members and will continue to grow.
October 21, 2008 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today he is encouraged that his Russian counterpart reached out to keep the dialogue between the two countries open.
October 21, 2008 - An increase in full-time manning for the Army National Guard and controlled grades for both the Army and Air National Guard were included in the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President George Bush on Oct. 14.
October 20, 2008 - The Airmen of the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group Employ The MRAP.
October 20, 2008 - Beginning today and until mid November, the Army will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the full integration of women into the regular Army.
October 20, 2008 - Army personnel officials are launching an outreach program as part of a push to hire more wounded warriors and their spouses as civilian employees.
October 20, 2008 - The military-to-military relationship between the United States and Serbia is growing closer, the top military officers of both countries said here today.
October 20, 2008 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates assured participants in the first Wounded Warriors Family Summit here today he will “continue to press forward with a sense of urgency” to provide top-level care and support for wounded warriors.
October 17, 2008 - Servicemembers should not be concerned about the status of forces agreement between the United States and Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.
October 17, 2008 - The Army announced Thursday night that the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program has been scrapped because development costs had almost tripled from $359 million to $942 million.
October 17, 2008 - Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates officially swore in Michael B. Donley as the Secretary of the Air Force Oct. 17 at the Air Force Memorial.
October 10, 2008 - Wounded, ill or injured service members and their families now have until November 28, 2008, to help Military Health System (MHS) leadership better understand the needs and expectations of warriors in their care.
August 18, 2008 - Military veterans interested in being owner-operator truck drivers now can achieve that goal quicker and less expensively, thanks to an agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Schneider National, Inc.
July 31, 2008 - Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen exercised jointness aboard a Navy ship along the eastern U.S. coast from Virginia to Florida July 21-31 for Joint Task Force Exercise 08-4 "Operation Brimstone."
July 18, 2008 - Members of the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)-supplied Task Force Ramadi are helping to improve medical and health services in the area of Iraq where they are serving.
July 01, 2008 - The U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program, called “AW2” for short, held its fourth annual symposium in Indianapolis last week to identify the most important issues to advance wounded soldier care, the program’s director said yesterday.
June 29, 2008 - Members of the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)-supplied Task Force Ramadi are helping to restore water services in the area of Iraq where they are serving.
June 18, 2008 - Air National Guard officials identified six Airmen as their Airmen of the Year for 2008 following their arrival here June 15 for a week-long celebration and tribute to their achievements.
June 16, 2008 - The Army National Guard has been so successful recruiting and retaining citizen-soldiers that officials purposely slowed May enlistments, National Guard Bureau officials reported.
June 13, 2008 - The Army displayed its latest product line of clothing and equipment here today in the Pentagon courtyard.
June 12, 2008 - Multinational Division Baghdad mechanics ensure every vehicle leaving the base for a mission is in top working order, is safe and is going to be a reliable ride if something bad were to happen.
May 28, 2008 - Officials at the Army's National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, Calif., and the Air Force's Green Flag West at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., have been working hard to integrate service-level exercises to help improve joint training.
May 22, 2008 - Chad Hennings has been known by many titles in his life: U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, Gulf War veteran, Dallas Cowboy.
May 15, 2008 - Career and training opportunities for military spouses just got better, as the Defense and Labor departments' career advancement demonstration project has been expanded to include all active-duty military spouses, along with four additional career fields.
May 12, 2008 - All military services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for April, with the Marine Corps recruiting 142 percent of its goal, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said here today.
May 09, 2008 - Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Flowers has served combat deployments in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and understands firsthand what warfighters need to succeed.
May 06, 2008 - President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates paid tribute today to about 1,100 military spouses who gathered for a Military Spouse Day celebration at the White House, where Bush promised to continue pushing for more benefits for military families.
May 01, 2008 - Seeking mental-health care due to post-traumatic stress will no longer be seen as an obstacle to getting a government security clearance, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced here today.
April 22, 2008 - At 6 a.m., it's another early April morning in Iraq as the two pilots deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, get ready to venture into harm's way yet again.
April 17, 2008 - A study released today shows that nearly 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans report symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression, findings that military health officials called “very consistent” with their own.
March 12, 2008 - Mixed teams of Army, Navy and Air Force health-care providers are spent a week treating hundreds of medically-underserved people as part of Operation Arctic Care 2008 in six remote villages in March in Alaska.
March 05, 2008 - As Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno was urging the Army’s return to 12-month deployments, an Army brigade here just back from Iraq was getting word that it’s time to start training for its next combat rotation.
February 26, 2008 - The U.S. Army remains ready to engage and defeat America’s enemies despite experiencing strain after seven years of wartime deployments, the Army’s top civilian and military leaders told a Senate panel here today.
February 14, 2008 - Technology is critical to countering roadside and car bombs and to attacking terrorist networks that emplace them.
February 07, 2008 - In a room lit only by sunlight streaming in, a soldier bites through the plastic wrapper of a package of pencils.
January 28, 2008 - Increasing cooperation across the military health community and responding to health care feedback should guide health professionals serving U.S. troops, a top Pentagon official said.
January 25, 2008 - Joining the Army more than four years ago helped Sgt. Dominic Garza achieve some of his personal goals and improve life for his new family.
January 22, 2008 - Medical evacuation crews from Task Force Marne faced down enemy gunfire to deliver five injured soldiers in Iraq to safety Jan. 18.
January 18, 2008 - An Army report released yesterday outlines how the service can better identify and help soldiers who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.
January 17, 2008 - Soldiers supporting Operation Phantom Phoenix, a series of division- and brigade-level strikes against al Qaeda and other extremists in Iraq, continue to disrupt terrorist safe havens and bases throughout the country, military officials reported.
January 14, 2008 - President George W. Bush made a stop in Kuwait Saturday during his Middle East tour to meet with key U.S. leaders and speak to deployed service members.
January 10, 2008 - In the civilian world, sneaking a peak at an exam before taking it will earn someone a failing score. Sneaking a peak at the front lines before leaving the base for a mission, however, can save lives in a combat zone.
January 03, 2008 - Today, every Soldier headed to Iraq and Afghanistan receives Battlemind training, but few know the science behind it.
January 02, 2008 - For the past year, the mission of the 1132nd Engineering Detachment Well Drilling Team has been to provide potable water to the people of Djibouti, but now their mission is to train their replacements to do the same.
November 30, 2007 - Army and Navy drummers, buglers and cheerleaders stormed the halls of the Pentagon over the past two days, rallying or roiling soldiers and sailors in their wake before tomorrow’s Army-Navy football game.
October 31, 2007 - The 2007 Miss Utah is no stranger to the physical and mental discipline required to knock out 26.2 miles. She ran the Marine Corps Marathon here on Oct. 28, finishing in about 3.5 hours.
September 25, 2007 - The commitment of ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan is heavy, but the U.S. military has ample forces to respond to any other contingency that may arise, the general in charge of planning for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today.
June 29, 2007 - Chief Petty Officer Richard “Buzz” Bryan isn’t afraid of a fight. A Navy corpsman, he served in two deployments to Iraq with the Marines, including one during the Battle of Fallujah.
May 22, 2007 - Acting Secretary of the Army Pete Geren visited Womack Army Medical Center here today to meet wounded soldiers and take a firsthand look at the programs and treatment offered to soldiers and their families.
February 23, 2007 - Injured American troops should not return home to battle the bureaucracies of a broken outpatient health care system, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here today.
January 09, 2007 - The new senior enlisted representative looking out for the troops said they’re talking a lot more about pride than concerns as they juggle the demands of families, civilian careers and military responsibilities.
December 18, 2006 - “Learn” and “adapt” are the key messages of the new Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, which just hit the streets.
October 20, 2006 - With the 2.2 percent across-the-board pay raise that is part of the Fiscal 2007 National Defense Authorization Act, the Defense Department will reach its goal to bring military basic pay to the 70th percentile when compared to civilians.
October 17, 2006 - The fiscal 2007 National Defense Authorization Act provides more than $530 billion to maintain the military in the shape it must be to win the war on terror.
October 13, 2006 - New partners for 2006 comprise companies representing the technical, financial, healthcare and retail industries, as well as the federal government. They are: Affiliated Computer Services Inc., H&R Block, Humana Military Healthcare Services, and more.
October 11, 2006 - The National Guard recruited 19,000 more Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen in 2006 than it did during the previous year and exceeded its retention goals by record numbers, Guard officials reported in early October.
October 11, 2006 - An 82mm mortar round fired by militia forces from a nearby residential area caused yesterday’s fire at a Baghdad ammunition holding area around 10:40 p.m.
October 10, 2006 - All four services met their active-duty recruiting goals for the past fiscal year. A recent Army survey that showed patriotism, not benefits, is the number one reason people join the military today.
October 08, 2006 - Iraqi and U.S. soldiers killed about 30 terrorists and detained a high-value target after an attack in Diwaniyah today, U.S. military officials reported.
October 06, 2006 - Five years ago tomorrow, America was still stinging from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as it began striking back in the global war on terror.
October 04, 2006 - More than half of the U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan will become part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force during a transfer-of-authority ceremony tomorrow morning in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
October 02, 2006 - Speaking and gesturing like a fired-up preacher selling salvation, Kelvin Boston is known for telling television audiences how they can realize their dreams of financial stability – or even become rich.
October 01, 2006 - The bill includes an additional $70 billion in emergency funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through early next year, including nearly $24 billion for the Army and Marine Corps to repair and replace worn-out equipment.
September 29, 2006 - The United Service Organizations celebrated its 65th anniversary last night and honored troops from each branch of the military for heroism.
September 28, 2006 - The Iranian government is behind shipping components used to make improvised explosive devices to Iraqi insurgents, a senior intelligence official in Iraq said. Labels on weapons stocks seized inside and outside Iraq point to the Iranian government.
September 28, 2006 - Some 12,000 U.S. troops in 14 eastern provinces of Afghanistan will come under NATO control in the near future following a decision by the alliance’s defense ministers.
September 26, 2006 - Eighty-eight years after being killed in action along the not-so-quiet Western Front of World War I, Army Pvt. Francis Lupo of Cincinnati was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
September 23, 2006 - A bomb has exploded in Thailand's restive southern Muslim provinces - the first violence since Tuesday's military coup. Four police officers were injured when a bomb exploded in the southern province of Pattani.
September 21, 2006 - Forty-five recruiters from the Defense Department and other federal agencies, as well as from private-sector companies, set up shop at the Sam Houston Club to entice wounded warriors and their families with job offers.
September 21, 2006 - NATO forces have given the Taliban a good thrashing in the extremist group’s traditional home in southern Afghanistan, but threats to that nation’s long-term stability remain, NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe told a Senate committee.
September 18, 2006 - At its heart is the infantry, armor or Stryker brigade combat team (BCT) of 3,500 to 4,000 Soldiers. The active Army is scheduled to have 42 BCTs and the Guard 28. BCTs are organized the way they fight, self-sufficient and standardized.
September 18, 2006 - The National Guard’s domestic equipment levels must be significantly improved, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said. The general used the analogy of a small-town fire department that needs people, training and equipment to fight fires.
September 13, 2006 - About 50 authors, including current and former servicemen and women, gathered in the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building last evening to sign copies of a 377-page book of their observations and experiences in the global war on terrorism.
September 11, 2006 - Pentagon employees gathered here today to remember those lost Sept. 11, 2001, as well as those serving in uniform today in the global war on terror, with prayer, reflection and a musical tribute by Selah, a contemporary Christian group.
September 11, 2006 - Tears flowed freely under the gray sky as family members of those killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, gathered outside the Pentagon today to honor the memory of their loved ones.
September 11, 2006 - For those hours from when they first assembled on the National Mall until they concluded their two-mile Freedom Walk at a grandstand near the Pentagon crash site, the participants shared a common focus and sense of commitment.
September 11, 2006 - One of America’s best known red, white and blue symbols was lowered for the last time Sept. 7 at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, where it had been the centerpiece of its September 11, 2001, 'Bearing Witness to History' exhibit.
September 10, 2006 - During the week leading up to the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Coalition troops and Iraqi security forces in Baghdad continued their efforts to secure the capital city as part of Operation Together Forward.
September 10, 2006 - For only the second time, Pentagon officials allowed the general public access to the building’s memorial to the 184 people killed when American Airlines flight 77 hit the building.
September 05, 2006 - Commentary: The attacks of September 11, 2001, have shaped my view of America’s Soldiers. My father, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Carnell Draughn Sr., served 30 years in the Army.
September 04, 2006 - While Iraqi and Coalition forces continued operations throughout Baghdad and discussed progress in the city’s northern neighborhood of Adhamiyah, Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie announced Sunday the capture of a top al-Qaida leader.
September 04, 2006 - Earlier this month, the U.S. military deployed several thousand extra combat troops to flashpoint districts in the troubled Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
September 03, 2006 - The American flag was lowered in a brief ceremony and passed to Army Lt. Col. Stephen Quinn, the 44-year-old battalion commander of 3rd Battalion, 321 Field Artillery Regiment from Virginia Beach, Va., and the outgoing commander of Abu Ghraib security.
August 31, 2006 - Officials from the Defense Department and military services got together here yesterday for the first 'From Deployment to Employment' conference to discuss ways to better serve America’s severely injured servicemembers.
August 30, 2006 - The squadron's mission is to process, exploit and disseminate to commanders information gathered by AFSOC's MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles and other airborne intelligence and surveillance sources.
August 28, 2006 - Severely injured servicemembers and their spouses are seeing doors open to meaningful civilian careers, thanks to a partnership between the Defense Department and the private sector.
August 24, 2006 - Some Middle East analysts are expressing doubts that the international peacekeeping force will be able to succeed in its mission. Earlier this month the U.N. Security Council approved resolution 1701 that led to the current ceasefire.
August 24, 2006 - In separate operations this week throughout Iraq, Iraqi and U.S. forces stopped a terrorist attack against a police station, captured five suspected terrorists, and disarmed seven improvised explosive devices, U.S. military officials reported.
August 22, 2006 - Hollywood Boulevard may be better known for its glitzy Walk of Fame and seedy nightlife than as a place to recruit servicemembers, but the Armed Forced Career Center here is signing up recruits aplenty.
August 17, 2006 - Fifteen thousand Lebanese Army troops are deploying in south Lebanon along the border with Israel. It is the first time in more than three decades that Lebanon's military has begun to control its own border.
August 17, 2006 - Each Soldier must complete a swim test, swimming 500 meters in uniform carrying 10 pounds for 25 of those meters, then tread water for five minutes.
August 09, 2006 - Helmets to Hardhats helps people leaving military service find careers in the construction industry, said Sarah Hayes, the not-for-profit organization’s general manager. She noted that National Guardsmen and reservists also can benefit from the program.
August 09, 2006 - U.S. forces in Iraq have arrested several Iraqis suspected of involvement in the Jan. 7 abduction of an American journalist. Jill Carroll was kidnapped in western Baghdad. She was released unharmed March 30.
August 08, 2006 - U.S. troop levels in South Korea will go from a previous 37,500 to around 25,000 by the end of 2007, but this won’t lessen the U.S. commitment to defending the country. Modern technology allows for more defense capability with fewer troops.
August 08, 2006 - The head of U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq says the multibillion-dollar effort is moving forward, despite challenges posed by security problems and a lack of construction supplies and qualified work crews.
August 08, 2006 - The portable, lightweight ventilation system will help reduce heat-related injuries, and will undergo one of year assessments by such Soldiers as drivers, military police and machine gunners.
August 06, 2006 - Coalition forces conducted raids today and yesterday in two areas of Iraq, seized a large weapons cache and captured four terrorists Aug. 4, and detained three terrorists Aug. 3.
August 01, 2006 - A senior U.S. military officer directly involved in training Iraq's army says in spite of notable progress it will likely take years before the new security forces can control the country on their own.
July 29, 2006 - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah says his guerrilla group will fire more rockets further into central Israel. On Friday, Hezbollah fired rockets 50 kilometers into Israel.
July 27, 2006 - The primary loss military children experience when a parent dies is often compounded by secondary losses, such as the need to relocate, the loss of the familiar military community and culture, and changes to their support network and friends.
July 26, 2006 - The Israeli assault in Lebanon has prompted varying degrees of praise and criticism of Hezbollah throughout the Middle East.
July 26, 2006 - For the past 60 years, the Guide Dog Foundation has provided service dogs free of charge to help people with visual impairments become more mobile and independent.
July 25, 2006 - The National Guard will meet its goal of having up to 6,000 soldiers -- based on the requirements of U.S. Customs and Border Protection -- along the Southwest border by Aug. 1 to assist the U.S. Border Patrol in stemming the flow of illegal immigrants.
July 23, 2006 - Three severely wounded soldiers recovering in the Washington area got "a dream come true," as Washington's Major League Baseball team honored them and military members everywhere July 21.
July 22, 2006 - The White House withdrew its funding request Tuesday for free credit monitoring services for the 26.5 million veterans and family members whose information was thought to be impacted by the May 3 theft of a Department of Veterans Affairs computer.
July 21, 2006 - The Army announced the implementation of a pilot program allowing Soldiers in critical skills who reenlist the ability to transfer Montgomery GI Bill benefits to their spouse.
July 21, 2006 - National Guard troops are fanning out across the United States, confronting wildfires in the West and Midwest, conducting storm-recovery efforts in Missouri, providing security support in New Orleans, and boosting U.S. Border Patrol capabilities.
July 19, 2006 - Sixty-five years after the Defense Department launched a program to train the first black military pilots and aircrews, veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen say they're proud of the barriers they helped break down and the example they set.
July 18, 2006 - Israeli military planes bombed the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut and other sites in Lebanon Monday. Meanwhile, political leaders at the G-8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia denounced the attacks on Israel by Hezbollah.
July 16, 2006 - A U.S. military team is now in Lebanon evaluating the possibility of evacuating thousands of American citizens there, a Defense Department spokesman said.
July 16, 2006 - Leaders of the biggest industrialized nations are calling for the return of kidnapped Israeli soldiers and an end to Israeli military operations. They are backing a new U.N. observer force to end the latest round of Middle East violence.
July 13, 2006 - Three men scurry around mesquite bushes in the open desert near the United States’ border with Mexico at about 10:45 on a mid-June night. The temperature is nearly 100 degrees. Using night vision equipment, a National Guard Soldier tracks their journey.
July 12, 2006 - The television series is filming its 100th episode on Third Army’s Digital Video and Imagery Distribution mission and how Third Army Public Affairs tells service members’ stories around the world.
July 12, 2006 - Pvt. Jay Grassel carries in his breast pocket an index card with Pfc. James Murphy's name on it. The Legacy Card lists the date and cause of his death, and where his name can be found on the Vietnam Wall.
July 12, 2006 - The Missile Defense Agency successfully completed a developmental flight test of a major element of its ballistic missile defense system today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
July 11, 2006 - Oakland A's All-Star pitcher Barry Zito, founder of "Strikeouts for Troops," will donate $500 for each strikeout thrown during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
July 10, 2006 - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ruled out any possibility of a prisoner swap, or negotiations with the Hamas-led Palestinian government, to gain the release of an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants.
July 05, 2006 - The new al Qaeda in Iraq leader is an explosives expert who could opt to increase insurgent attacks using car and truck bombs, a senior U.S. military officer said in Baghdad.
July 04, 2006 - President Bush promised the nation's men and women in uniform he would not allow "the sacrifice of 2,527 troops who have died in Iraq to be in vain by pulling out before the job is done."
July 04, 2006 - An ultimatum from Palestinians holding an Israeli soldier has expired. The fate of the soldier, who was abducted from an army base near the Gaza Strip nine days ago, is shrouded in secrecy.
June 30, 2006 - The Army completed its most recent hurricane preparedness exercise capitalizing on the lessons learned during last year’s hurricane season.
June 30, 2006 - More than 1,000 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were involved in water rescues, evacuations and other emergency operations during the past days as widespread flooding caused a disaster emergency to be declared in 46 of the state's 67 counties.
June 27, 2006 - he U.S. military is conducting an aggressive investigation to find those responsible for the deaths this month of three U.S. soldiers - one of whom died in an initial attack on the checkpoint the soldiers were manning.
June 27, 2006 - The highest priority in funding the global war on terror is to ensure that the military members fighting it have all they need to win, a senior defense official said. The bulk of the expenditure, $210 billion, has funded Operation Iraqi Freedom.
June 23, 2006 - The Defense Department has no plans to discontinue its smallpox vaccination program, despite yesterday's announcement that vaccinations may have caused a soldier's death.
June 22, 2006 - Military officials have positively identified two bodies discovered June 18 as those of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers kidnapped at gunpoint two days earlier by masked gunmen in Iraq.
June 22, 2006 - A panel of military physician experts has concluded that vaccinations may have caused the death of a 26-year-old Army soldier.
June 21, 2006 - Seven Marines and a sailor were charged today with kidnapping, murder and conspiracy in connection with the death of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania, Iraq, in late April.
June 20, 2006 - And the Iraqi security forces continue to flex their muscles in and around Baghdad. Operation Together Forward continues in the city. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's security crackdown is having its effect.
June 17, 2006 - Coalition and Iraqi officials have launched a massive search operation for two coalition soldiers missing following an incident in Yusufiyah, Iraq.
June 11, 2006 - A coalition recovery team retrieved the remains of seven international aid workers yesterday who were killed when their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan last January, military officials reported.
June 09, 2006 - Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi initially survived the June 7 air strike but died from his wounds while laying on a stretcher shortly thereafter, a senior U.S. military officer in Baghdad said today.
June 06, 2006 - As part of Operation Jump Start, the National Guard will place about 2,500 troops along the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of the month to support efforts to curb illegal immigrants from entering the country.
June 02, 2006 - All U.S. troops in Iraq will get a two-to-four hour refresher course in battlefield ethics over the next 30 days. The training was ordered following allegations that soldiers or Marines killed unarmed civilians.
June 01, 2006 - June 1 marks the first day of the hurricane season, and National Guard units along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are prepared to respond.
May 31, 2006 - An act signed into law May 29 by President Bush solves a conflict in the tax code by allowing servicemembers who serve in a combat zone to still contribute to their individual retirement accounts.
May 31, 2006 - Iraqi and coalition forces captured eight terrorist leaders in recent operations in Baghdad neighborhoods. Also, the Iraqi-led Combined Review and Release Board released more than 200 detainees.
May 28, 2006 - Troops were greeted with thunderous applause and cheering when they rode around the two-and-a-half mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway track as part of the speedway's Military Recognition March.
May 27, 2006 - Memorial Day for most Americans at home means the beginning of the summer season and a three-day weekend. But for most Americans here, Memorial Day will be a regular day at war.
May 21, 2006 - The event, initiated by the White House Commission on Remembrance, was designed to remember America's heroes, military and civilian, who have lost their lives in defense of the nation's freedom.
May 20, 2006 - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says U.S. military forces are helping people every day in all parts of the world in unconventional ways: building hospitals, digging water wells and administering medical aid to those in need.
May 19, 2006 - The spotlight will be on 14 National Guard members and spouses whose lives have been profoundly affected by the war on terrorism when the Guard is honored in Washington Memorial Day weekend.
May 19, 2006 - Sometimes the realism of today’s movies and television programs can stir up emotions some people have a hard time dealing with. Such might be the case with the new HBO documentary, “Baghdad ER,” which aired Sunday, May 21 at 8 p.m.
May 19, 2006 - A series of continuous offensive operations May 17 and yesterday across eastern and southern Afghanistan left 61 Taliban extremists dead and 20 others captured
May 09, 2006 - He was only 6 years old when he saw a dead Soldier lying in the street holding a rifle up in the air. He couldn’t tell whether the man was American or Vietnamese because the body was burned.
May 09, 2006 - More than 8,000 citizen-soldiers and airmen are ready to assist the state of Florida in fighting wildfires that have plagued the state for several weeks. Guard officials said that more than 8,000 acres have burned in Florida.
May 05, 2006 - More than 14,000 people were killed last year in terrorist attacks around the world, according to the U.S. State Department’s annual terrorism report. About 80 % of the casualties were in the Near East and South Asia.
April 30, 2006 - With Iran refusing to comply with international demands on its nuclear program, Israel is resorting to aerial espionage. Israeli high tech is helping the Jewish state keep a watchful eye on its arch-enemy to the East.
April 26, 2006 - A U.S. Army lieutenant colonel is expected to be charged soon in connection with the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Reports say Lieutenant Colonel Steven Jordan will become the highest-ranking officer to be charged in the case.
April 22, 2006 - The Army says 83 soldiers on active duty killed themselves in 2005, a rate of nearly 13 per 100,000. Of those solders, 25 had been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
April 20, 2006 - Eighty silver goblets commemorating each man who flew in the Doolittle Raid over Japan were added to the collection of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
April 19, 2006 - The Doolittle Raiders were a group of 80 volunteer airmen from the U.S. Army Air Forces who on April 18, 1942, flew 16 B-25 Mitchell airplanes from the deck of the USS Hornet on a daring mission to bomb Japan.
April 19, 2006 - The United States is pressuring China and Russia to accept U.N. Security Council sanctions against four Sudanese military and militia leaders accused of committing war crimes in Darfur. The identities of the four are being withheld.
April 07, 2006 - National Guard units with critical capabilities deployed to the site of a simulated detonation of a nuclear bomb on April 4. A series of fictional Global News Network broadcasts set the scene for an escalating disaster.
April 05, 2006 - More than 350 severely wounded troops and disabled veterans are conquering emotional as well as physical mountains at the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.
April 04, 2006 - Weinberger presided over the largest peacetime buildup of the American military, and many believe that buildup was the straw that broke the back of communism. Weinberger died in Maine on March 28 at 88.
March 30, 2006 - A team of 12 U.S. Army Special Forces, some of America's best-trained and equipped soldiers, have spent a couple of months there, part of a U.S. Defense Department program to train North African armies to combat terrorism.
March 28, 2006 - Almost 62 miles and 64 years later, Clifford “Smokey” Martinez received the Purple Heart March 26 at the 2006 Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range for wounds he received as a prisoner of war during World War II.
March 28, 2006 - Caspar W. Weinberger, the nation's 15th secretary of defense, died Tuesday. He was 88. Weinberger took office Jan. 21, 1981, and served until Nov. 23, 1987, making him the longest-serving defense secretary to date.
March 27, 2006 - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today paid respects to the 40 passengers and crewmembers killed here when they struggled against terrorist hijackers and crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. He declared their heroic effort a turning point in the war on terror.
March 22, 2006 - Currently, the United States has a limited missile defense capability. Multiple sensors and radars are positioned around the world to detect and track enemy missiles, but they do not yet offer global coverage.
March 20, 2006 - In the past week, U.S. and Iraqi forces detained more than five dozen suspected insurgents in Iraq, U.S. military officials reported.
March 10, 2006 - Recruiting and retention statistics released today reflect continued across-the-board success and continuation of a nine-month trend, officials said.
March 05, 2006 - The Defense Department has asked the U.S. Army to launch a criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Cpl. Pat Tillman, who was killed in the spring of 2004 during a combat operation in Afghanistan.
March 01, 2006 - About one-third of U.S. military personnel returning from the war in Iraq use mental health services after their return home, according to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
February 28, 2006 - The Army National Guard is running a pilot program designed to evaluate, train and graduate technical warrant officers in order to fill a large number of vacancies within the 54 states and territories.
February 26, 2006 - A mortar attack in southern Baghdad has killed at least 15 people and left dozens of others wounded, while a roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in another sector of the Iraqi capital.
February 23, 2006 - In the latest move in an escalating dispute between Japan and North Korea, police in Tokyo have obtained arrest warrants for two North Koreans who allegedly kidnapped four Japanese citizens in the 1970s.
February 21, 2006 - Spc. Shauna Rohbock, a member of the Utah Army National Guard, won Silver in the Women’s Bobsled competition as the pilot of USA-1 at the XX Winter Olympics. Rohbock is in the National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program.
February 17, 2006 - President Bush submitted a request to Congress yesterday for $72.4 billion in supplemental funding to tackle the global war on terror and other ongoing international activities for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
February 10, 2006 - A partnership that enables military members and their families to file their tax returns electronically without charge is proving tremendously popular, with 103,000 returns already filed as of Feb. 7.
February 05, 2006 - The Iraqi Army has been billed as the U.S. Army's ticket home. As part of the 11-point-five billion dollar effort to build up the new Iraqi Army, the U.S. Military is embedding small teams of American soldiers into Iraqi units to help them develop.
February 02, 2006 - For most of January, the casualty rate in Iraq was at the lowest rate since the spring of 2004, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said in a briefing from Baghdad.
February 02, 2006 - The Army and Marine Corps are pulling out all the stops to ensure deployed troops have the best body armor possible, including ceramic side plates to protect their torsos.
January 27, 2006 - Critics say the United States is losing its competitive edge in the aerospace industry to rising stars like China, India, and Russia. The first National University Rocket Launch Competition is part of an effort to stay ahead of the game in the space race.
January 26, 2006 - Despite general perceptions that National Guard and Reserve troops lose income when called to active duty, most actually earn more in uniform than as civilians, a new Rand Corp. study reveals.
January 24, 2006 - In a large step toward normalizing military relationships with Indonesia as well as providing much-needed humanitarian assistance, the U.S. ambassador to Indonesia handed over $11 million dollars worth of medical equipment.
January 23, 2006 - The chief United Nations prosecutor says war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic is hiding in Serbia under the protection of the Serbian army. Mladic has been on the run for 10 years now.
January 23, 2006 - New Orleans faced an uphill battle against mountains of debris after storm surge and levee flooding from hurricanes Katrina and Rita brought city services to a halt in 2005. New Orleans asked FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for help.
January 13, 2006 - Soldiers may now file claims and receive reimbursement for protective equipment privately purchased between Sept. 11, 2001, and July 31, 2004.
January 12, 2006 - U.S. military members serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other dangerous locales will soon receive revamped armored vests that provide more side protection.
January 10, 2006 - The Army will continue to improve body armor issued to soldiers, and will begin manufacturing side-panel inserts to the Interceptor ballistic armor. The 3 pound side panels will be made of the same material as the small-arms protective inserts.
January 10, 2006 - A variety of innovative recruiting initiatives, from a program to re-enlist veterans to an increase in the maximum enlistment age for the Army Reserve and National Guard, are being credited with the Army's continued success in reaching its goals.
January 09, 2006 - Military commissions proceedings resume this week as officials here hold preliminary hearings in the cases of two enemy combatants held here since 2002.
January 09, 2006 - President Bush ushered in an across-the-board 3.1 percent military pay raise, effective Jan. 1, and a variety of other new or enhanced benefits for servicemembers and their families when he signed the 2006 National Defense Authorization Bill into law.
January 06, 2006 - The killing of a woman near a U.S. naval base in Japan could complicate efforts by Washington and Tokyo to win Japanese public support for a realignment of American military forces in the country.
January 04, 2006 - National Guard crews continue to assist Oklahoma and Texas firefighters in dousing wildfires that have now burned more than 600,000 acres in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
January 03, 2006 - A Medal of Honor recipient saluted the work servicemembers are doing around the world as part of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's tour of the U.S. Central Command area.
December 30, 2005 - As is usual at this time of year, most news organizations take a look back at what made news in the year just ended. The Army News Service is no different. So what made news for the Army in 2005? Three words: war, hurricanes and elections. Almost.
December 27, 2005 - The Army Reserve is instituting five-year readiness cycles to ensure a steady supply of deployment-ready forces while bringing more predictability to reservists, their families and their civilian employers.
December 22, 2005 - The U.S. Congress approved a $453.5 billion 2006 defense budget December 22 that includes a measure outlawing the use of torture, or cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees being held by the U.S. military and civilian federal agencies such as the CIA.
December 20, 2005 - About 500 liquid-filled cooling vests are now being tested by Humvee crews in Iraq and Kuwait. The vests are worn under body armor and a hose from each vest is plugged into the Humvee’s on-board air-conditioning system.
December 20, 2005 - The number of American troops serving in Afghanistan, currently about 19,000, is slated to decline by about 2,500 next year. The remaining 16,500 troops will stay focused on capturing and killing terrorists.
December 19, 2005 - When Seattle Seahawk's defensive end Bryce Fisher isn't staring down an opponent across the line of scrimmage, he's standing in defense of freedom.
December 15, 2005 - President Bush has reached agreement with Republican Senators on a law barring the cruel or inhuman treatment of foreign detainees in U.S. custody. The Bush administration had originally threatened to veto the measure.
December 15, 2005 - Many Iraqis began lining up at polling stations to vote well before the 7 a.m. opening of the Dec. 15 national elections. Election turnout throughout Iraq is expected to be high as voting continues throughout the day.
December 15, 2005 - n 1957, Jack Taylor, a decorated World War II fighter pilot, founded a car rental company and named it after the USS Enterprise, one of the carriers off which he flew.
December 15, 2005 - A program designed to help wounded veterans find meaningful civilian jobs is paying off by enabling some to use their military expertise to ensure their former comrades are getting the quality weaponry they need in combat.
December 14, 2005 - Task Force Baghdad soldiers detained 43 suspected terrorists during recent operations conducted to ensure a safe environment for Iraq's upcoming national elections.
December 13, 2005 - The visionary and architect who branded the Army’s elite fighting force known as the “Green Berets” was honored here in a memorial service at the John F. Kennedy Chapel Dec. 13.
December 12, 2005 - A satellite-based communications systems for combat vehicles is now being evaluated by the Battle Command. Lighter, smaller, mobile and more efficient are the waves of future battlefield communications.
December 12, 2005 - Both the active Army and Army National Guard continued reversing a springtime recruiting slump, exceeding their November goals at 105 and 110 percent, respectively.
December 10, 2005 - A group that began in a Marine Corps wife's basement when her husband deployed to Iraq is in the midst of sending thousands of care packages to deployed troops for Christmas.
December 06, 2005 - Israel is promising painful retaliation for Monday's suicide bombing in the coastal city of Netanya that left five Israelis dead. The Palestinian Authority is taking action of its own.
December 05, 2005 - Recruits entering the military are head and shoulders above their contemporaries, and myths that imply otherwise reflect the Vietnam era, not today, a top Pentagon official told the American Forces Press Service.
December 03, 2005 - Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, found two Iraqi civilians bound and gagged in the trunk of a white sedan.
November 30, 2005 - As Iraq's security forces gain capability and take on more and tougher missions, they're winning the confidence of the Iraqi people and setting the stage for coalition forces to stand down, President Bush said today in Annapolis, Md.
November 28, 2005 - National Guard leaders were welcomed to a distant land with a distinctive greeting during the week before Thanksgiving. Shalom. A 25-member delegation visited Israel to forge a new relationship with that country’s Home Front Command.
November 24, 2005 - U.S. soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Yusifiyah had only one wish for this Thanksgiving: A day with no military or civilian casualties from roadside bombings or mortar or rocket attacks anywhere in their area. But it was not to be.
November 21, 2005 - Iraqi delegates attending an Arab League-sponsored reconciliation conference in Cairo say they have agreed to reconvene in late February or early March to decide on a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.
November 21, 2005 - Iraqi Army and U.S. Army forces have made significant terrorist arrests, uncovered IED munitions and saved the lives of six Iraqi civilians attacked by terrorists in separate incidents.
November 17, 2005 - Southern Iraq, which suffered a great deal under Saddam Hussein and rejoiced at his fall two years ago, has been relatively peaceful. This is in contrast to Baghdad and central parts of Iraq which are dominated by Sunni Arabs.
November 16, 2005 - U.S. Air Force F-15s, F-16s and Predator unmanned aerial vehicles made air strikes against insurgent fighters near the Iraq-Syria border Nov. 14 in support of Operation Steel Curtain.
November 12, 2005 - Five women, one from each service, including the Coast Guard, told an overflow audience here at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial's theater what being a veteran means to them during a special Veterans Day observance.
November 10, 2005 - November 11 is Veteran's Day in the United States, when Americans honor all those who have returned from service in their nation's military. Going to war is difficult under any circumstance. For veterans returning home, rejoining society as civilians pose
November 10, 2005 - The newest U.S. war veterans all have stories from their combat zone experience - some good, some bad. For Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans, the images and memories of their comrades are fresh in their minds on Veterans Day 2005.
November 08, 2005 - The terrain at Omaha Beach remains as imposing today as it was on June 6, 1944, when the D-Day invasion gave the Allies the momentum necessary to march to victory.
November 08, 2005 - Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers are fighting alongside Marines near the Iraq-Syria border in Operation Steel Curtain, which began over the weekend. Thirty-six terrorists have been confirmed killed so far in the operation, near the town of Hasaybah.
November 07, 2005 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld today announced the next major units to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He emphasized that rotation planning remains flexible and will be based on conditions on the ground.
November 07, 2005 - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge to the Bush administration's use of military tribunals to try foreign terror suspects.
November 07, 2005 - As France braced for another night of violence, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has outlined a series of long-and short-term measures to restore order in the country.
November 03, 2005 - A senior U.S. general has welcomed the decision by Iraq's Minister of Defense to invite mid- and low-level former military officers, who served under Saddam Hussein, to join the country's fledgling new army.
November 03, 2005 - The December elections will mark another political milestone on Iraq's journey toward democracy. How the elections unfold, and how peaceful they are will help commanders determine the size of the American force in the country.
November 03, 2005 - When a recruiter stopped by to talk to his son, Roderick Evans was the one sold on the military. The recruiter, on the other hand, saw a different picture. He took one look at Evans and said, “You’re just too big.”
November 01, 2005 - An Article 32 investigation - the military justice system's equivalent of a grand jury proceeding - determined that reasonable grounds exist to try Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez on two counts of premeditated murder.
October 31, 2005 - Four U.S. soldiers from Task Force Baghdad were killed today when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Yusufiyah district. Another roadside bomb killed two 29th Brigade Combat Team soldiers while they were on a patrol.
October 31, 2005 - Charles Chibitty, 84, the last of the Comanche code talkers, died July 20 this year in Tulsa, Okla. He also reportedly was the last hereditary chief of the Comanche, having descended from the great leader, Chief Ten Bears.
October 28, 2005 - This place is known as Tarnak Farms, a deserted al Qaeda training outpost just outside Kandahar Airfield that was bombed at the beginning of the global war on terror. If the site appears familiar to some, it should be. Released al Qaeda training videos fe
October 26, 2005 - North Korea marked this year's 60th anniversary of the founding of the ruling communist Korean Workers Party with a gymnastics spectacle known as the Mass Games. The reclusive Stalinist government rarely allows western journalists to visit the country.
October 26, 2005 - Improving the process that provides servicemembers with correct pay and allowances is part of the Defense Department's plan to modernize its business practices, senior DoD transformation officials said.
October 24, 2005 - November marks the 200th anniversary of a key event in the history of both the nation and the Army — the arrival at the Pacific Ocean of the famed Corps of Discovery.
October 24, 2005 - Army recruiters are faced with tougher competition from civilian workforce employers these days. The Army, though, is firing back with new enlistment incentives to keep pace with civilian career options for potential recruits.
October 22, 2005 - The military continues preparations for the predicted Monday Florida landfall of Hurricane Wilma.
October 20, 2005 - Master Sgt. Robert Collins, Sgt. 1st Class Danny Hall and retired 1st Sgt. Cornelius Clark were recognized with the military’s third highest valor award for their gallantry under enemy fire: Collins and Hall for their actions in Iraq this year.
October 14, 2005 - The National Football League's New Orleans Saints -- displaced by Hurricane Katrina -- invited Brooke Army Medical Center's amputee-care patients to attend a recent practice at the Alamodome.
October 12, 2005 - The Army was about 6,600 recruits shy of meeting its active duty enlisted recruiting goal for fiscal 2005, but a revamped recruiting system is causing the numbers to go back up.
October 12, 2005 - Changes in re-enlistment criteria effective Oct. 1 broaden eligibility for Soldiers to participate in the eArmU laptop enrollment option, officials said, and extend the program’s no-laptop option to all officers.
October 11, 2005 - Eight U.S. military helicopters are in Pakistan providing heavy-lift capabilities in disaster-relief operations after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake devastated large swaths of the country.
October 10, 2005 - The African Union is holding an emergency meeting, following the abduction Sunday of 38 peacekeepers in Darfur, most of whom have been freed, and the murders of two Nigerian peacekeepers Saturday in another part of Darfur.
October 07, 2005 - The United States wants its NATO allies to change the rules of engagement for its troops in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to take over a more dangerous area.
October 04, 2005 - Iraqi troops assigned to a public-order brigade and U.S. Army soldiers fought off more than 40 insurgents in southern Baghdad this morning.
September 28, 2005 - The U.S. military in Iraq is increasingly concerned about roadside bombs that are taking a greater toll on U.S. troops than at any time since dictator Saddam Hussein was toppled in April, 2003.
September 26, 2005 - Thousands of Soldiers are providing food and water to stranded residents along the Texas-Louisiana border following flooding from Hurricane Rita.
September 23, 2005 - America’s highest military honor was bestowed on CPL Tibor Rubin Sept. 23 as President George W. Bush draped the Medal of Honor around the 76-year-old’s neck in a White House ceremony.
September 23, 2005 - The U.S. Defense Department is responding to requests for help from officials in Texas and Louisiana, as Hurricane Rita threatens to cause widespread destruction during the next few days.
September 23, 2005 - In preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Rita, the U.S. Air Force and Coast Guard are positioning assets and equipment to aid in relief efforts.
September 23, 2005 - Ten years ago, under the auspices of NATO, tens of thousands of U.S. forces entered Bosnia-Herzegovina to end a war, enforce a peace, and separate two warring armies in the same state. Today, less than 250 U.S. servicemembers remain.
September 21, 2005 - There are a number of professionals in Iraq today who are qualified to answer the question: Is Iraq another Vietnam? They are men who served in Vietnam and are now helping rebuild Iraq.
September 21, 2005 - Three weeks after the Gulf Coast was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina, Army emergency responders there are preparing for the possibility of a second round of severe weather from Hurricane Rita.
September 21, 2005 - In anticipation of the landfall of Hurricane Rita, nearly 2,000 National Guardsmen in Texas are on state active duty and the governor has authorized the activation of up to 5,000 of the more than 10,000 National Guardsmen currently available in the state.
September 19, 2005 - Two Army Humvees chugged their way into another ravaged section of Algiers, an old New Orleans neighborhood set just across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter.
September 17, 2005 - Six Hispanic-American servicewomen were honored last week for outstanding achievements in the military services and their status as role models during the 2nd annual Latina Style Symposium awards luncheon.
September 16, 2005 - The acting deputy defense secretary today reaffirmed the nation's commitment to fully account for all the nation's prisoners of war and servicemembers missing in action.
September 14, 2005 - The White House has announced that President George W. Bush will present the Medal of Honor to Cpl. Tibor Rubin in recognition of his actions in Korea from 1950 to 1953.
September 13, 2005 - Some of the nation's largest veterans organizations are pitching in to help displaced veterans, servicemembers and other victims of the Hurricane Katrina storm that devastated New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast.
September 13, 2005 - Severely wounded servicemembers and all military spouses are encouraged to attend a "Hiring Heroes Career Fair" Sept. 20 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to explore job opportunities in the federal government and private sector.
September 10, 2005 - National Guard soldiers have a presence on the streets of Mississippi. They are here to deter looting, keep sightseers from disrupting recovery and repair work, keep vehicular traffic flowing safely and to provide an extra set of eyes and ears.
September 10, 2005 - For the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Pentagon allowed the public to view the 9/11 memorial site on September 10, 2005.
September 09, 2005 - As the humvee tooled along at about 20 mph through Al Iskandariyah, an agricultural town 30 miles south of Baghdad, a rocket-propelled grenade blasted the driver's side, burning Carranza's body armor and damaging the vehicle's instrument panel.
September 08, 2005 - The approaching anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States give Americans cause to think about things that happened before, during and after that day.
September 05, 2005 - The 38,000 National Guard troops and almost 13,000 active-component forces in the region are working feverishly to wrap up search-and-rescue operations and get the hurricane victims to safety.
September 04, 2005 - Nearly 30,000 National Guard troops from across America left their families and their civilian jobs during the week after Hurricane Katrina became the biggest national calamity since terrorists struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
August 31, 2005 - Army advertising aimed at parents, teachers, coaches and other adults who influence young people's decisions regarding military service appears to be gaining momentum as part of the overall "Army of One" recruiting campaign.
August 31, 2005 - National Guard units and members in 17 more states remained on standby today, ready to provide assistance as required in the wake of extensive damage, rising floodwaters, and power and communications outages throughout the region.
August 31, 2005 - More than 11,000 Army and Air National Guard members and 7,200 active-duty troops are supporting hurricane relief operations along the Gulf Coast, and 10,000 more National Guard troops are expected to join the effort within the next 48 hours.
August 29, 2005 - Guard members along the Gulf Coast are performing a variety of missions, from providing security at the emergency shelter at the New Orleans Superdome, where thousands of local residents are seeing refuge from Hurricane Katrina, to emergency assistance.
August 26, 2005 - The Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission voted today to keep open Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., rejecting a Pentagon proposal to close the base and consolidate the Air Force's B-1B Lancer long-ranger bomber aircraft fleet at Dyess AFB.
August 25, 2005 - The Defense Department announced its plan August 24 to deploy additional U.S. military forces to Iraq on a temporary basis to increase security in advance of Iraqi elections.
August 25, 2005 - The Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission began its second day of final deliberations today by approving the Defense Department's recommendation to close Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
August 24, 2005 - The Base Realignment and Closure Commission generally supported the Defense Department's recommendations today as the panel began its final four days of deliberations.
August 22, 2005 - With more than 250,000 American troops deployed in nearly 130 countries, many analysts are questioning whether the United States military is stretched in ways that could undermine its future capabilities should new threats arise.
August 17, 2005 -
Defense Department officials today recognized the "best of the best" among military installations. They are considered for the award based on how well they support their missions with the resources available to them.
August 16, 2005 - While an estimated 25 percent of Americans smoke, the military's numbers hover at 34 percent, according to Col. Gerald Wayne Talcott with the Air Force Medical Support Agency.
August 09, 2005 - A new Army National Guard program is helping attract young people with native language skills and cultural expertise into the military to support the global war on terror.
August 09, 2005 - Through partnerships with most major U.S. carriers, the Fisher House Foundation is making it possible for Americans to donate unused airline miles to troops wounded in the war on terror and their families.
July 31, 2005 - Five Task Force Baghdad soldiers were killed July 30 during two separate bomb attacks while they were conducting during patrols in Baghdad neighborhoods, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced.
July 29, 2005 - Chibitty died July 20 in Tulsa, Okla. He was 83. He was invited to the Pentagon three times -- in 1992, 1999 and 2002 -- in honor of his service to the nation as a World War II code talker.
July 27, 2005 - The commanding general of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq says there could be a significant reduction in the number of U.S. troops in the country by this time next year, if the political process remains on track.
July 27, 2005 - A fairly substantial withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq could take place next spring or summer if the insurgency doesn't grow.
July 27, 2005 - The Defense Department is again sending letters to thousands of Gulf War veterans exposed to low levels of chemical agents contained in munitions destroyed at a weapons depot in Khamisiyah, Iraq, in March 1991.
July 27, 2005 - The Army announced its plans for repositioning its forces to accommodate a new modular structure, which includes transferring more than 50,000 soldiers to the United States by the decade's end.
July 23, 2005 - The Department of Defense released the latest report of the Air Force Health Study on the health effects of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The report includes the strongest evidence to date that Agent Orange is associated with adult-onset diabetes.
July 22, 2005 - The Army National Guard's 330,000 citizen-soldiers can help reduce the organization's current 19,000-person recruiting shortfall.
July 21, 2005 - Ms. Rice urged Sudanese officials to improve the situation in Darfur, and reiterated U.S. support for the country's recently signed north-south peace deal. The visit was briefly marred by an incident involving Sudanese guards.
July 21, 2005 - London police are investigating four small explosions on London's subway and bus system that wounded one person. The blasts come exactly two weeks after suicide terrorist bombs killed 56 people on the city's transport network.
July 18, 2005 - Families of deployed guardsmen and reservists face challenges beyond those of active-duty families, and a strong family support network stands behind them to help through those difficult days
July 18, 2005 - The United States Monday again appealed for restraint by Israel and the Palestinians in advance of Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, planned for mid-August.
July 13, 2005 - A Task Force Baghdad soldier and several Iraq children were killed today during a car-bomb attack in east Baghdad. According to Task Force Baghdad soldiers at the site, a vehicle laden with explosives drove up to a Humvee and detonated.
July 11, 2005 - Recruiting and retention rates were up in June for all the services in both the active and reserve components. The release of June recruiting and retention statistics for all four services today came as welcome news following a spring slump.
July 06, 2005 - Military Idol will give military members a chance to sing their songs like their American Idol predecessors on 34 Army installations around the world this summer.
July 05, 2005 - One man was killed and three others detained after they were caught trying to plant improvised explosive devices in northern Iraq July 4, military officials in Baghdad reported.
July 04, 2005 - U.S. military forces spent the Fourth of July holiday weekend hunting down insurgents and stopping deadly bombs attacks throughout Iraq, military officials Baghdad reported.
July 01, 2005 - In honor of World War II veterans marking their 60th Anniversary, the World War II Airpower Committee hosted a commemoration ceremony at Arlington Cemetery June 30.
June 29, 2005 - The families of three U.S. servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam and Korean conflicts will lay their loved ones' remains to rest in early July.
June 24, 2005 - There will not be any timetables to schedule the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq, President Bush said at a White House news conference.
June 24, 2005 - When I came home from Iraq a couple of months ago, I kept the promise I made while I was still there: I wouldn't watch the news, and I'd step away from the war, ignoring the events that had consumed my life 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
June 21, 2005 - The Vietnamese government has agreed to allow Americans to visit the site where seven soldiers perished in a plane crash on Jan 3, 1971.
June 21, 2005 - The Marine Corps is adapting the way it protects its servicemembers against improvised explosive devices. The measures used when Marines returned to Iraq in March 2004 to protect them from IEDs simply are no longer sufficient.
June 19, 2005 - Iraqi soldiers and coalition forces, working together and independently, captured 11 known terrorists in a series of early-morning raids in central and western Baghdad.
June 17, 2005 - Held hostage by terrorists for six weeks, Australian Douglas Wood was rescued by Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Iraqi Army Brigade, while conducting cordon-and-search missions to locate and destroy terrorist cells in the Al Adel neighborhood of Baghdad.
June 17, 2005 - A top Army general this week thanked more than 270 family members of servicemen still missing in Southeast Asia for their service and sacrifice during the Defense Department's 2005 annual government briefings for Vietnam War-era families.
June 16, 2005 - For the first time since World War II, a woman soldier was awarded the Silver Star Medal for her actions during an enemy ambush.
June 13, 2005 - The riders of Soldier Ride 2005 intend to trek 4,200 miles from Marina Del Ray, Calif., to Montauk, N.Y., on the eastern tip of Long Island to raise money for injured servicemembers.
June 11, 2005 - More than 600 suspected terrorists have been detained in Baghdad area operations led by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, since May 20.
June 10, 2005 - The Army hopes to introduce new incentives to attract recruits while working to educate parents, teachers and other adults who influence young people's decision to enlist about the long-term benefits of military service.
June 06, 2005 - Veterans Affairs Department and Walter Reed Army Medical Center leaders took a step today toward helping severely injured servicemembers transition to civilian jobs.
June 06, 2005 - Coalition forces foiled eight planned attacks in Iraq this weekend, detained 116 suspected terrorists and killed three others even though additional insurgent attacks left six Iraqi civilians dead and one civilian injured.
June 01, 2005 - In Iraq, Operation Lightning continues, but a suicide bomber slipped through the net and hit the main checkpoint into Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi security forces have reportedly arrested hundreds of insurgents in a city-wide sweep this week.
May 30, 2005 - Ever since it unveiled its proposal to save nearly $50 billion over the next 20 years by closing dozens of U.S. military facilities, the Pentagon has been busy defending its list of targeted bases.
May 26, 2005 - Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for veterans of every war and conflict in American history. Even though it has been more than 140 years since the first soldier was buried in the cemetery, more that 20 funerals take place there every
May 26, 2005 - Iraqi security officials have promised to seal off the capital next week in an aggressive operation to root out insurgents and halt the wave of car bombs that has plagued the country during the past month.v
May 24, 2005 - hen wounded active-component soldiers get sent home from a deployment for medical care, they're generally treated directly at their home bases. Not so for their reserve-component counterparts.
May 24, 2005 - Military planners from 68 nations are gathered here today and May 25 for discussions on the current situation and the way ahead in the global war on terror.
May 23, 2005 - The U.S. House of Representatives is considering legislation to prohibit women in the military from serving in direct ground combat roles. The debate has put the spotlight on a controversial issue in American society.
May 23, 2005 - The Air National Guard strengthened its ranks in April as compared to March, though it remains slightly below its overall recruiting goal for the year.
May 23, 2005 - More than 227 years later, Lt. Col. Richard von Steuben of the Pennsylvania Army Nn.ational Guard is a member of the inspector’s general staff – as a military intelligence officer. He is the first cousin, seven generations removed, from Baron von Steube
May 22, 2005 - A debate is raging in the U.S. House of Representatives over a provision in a defense bill that would limit the role of women in direct ground combat. Should women in the U.S. military be allowed to serve in ground combat?
May 22, 2005 - Faced with declining wartime enlistment numbers and charges of inappropriate or abusive recruitment practices, in an unusual move, the U.S. Army suspended its recruiting activities Friday (May 20) for one day.
May 20, 2005 - The family of Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, a soldier who died during the opening days of the Iraqi war, recently took ownership of a new $500,000 house north of Flagstaff, Ariz., that resulted from the effort.
May 20, 2005 - The Department of Defense is testing a cutting-edge technology so revolutionary military scientists are saying it will change the face of biological warfare.
May 17, 2005 - Newsweek magazine's retraction of its story alleging U.S. soldiers desecrated copies of the Koran has done little to cool the anger of many Muslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
May 15, 2005 - Coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan reported that as many as 1,000 Afghans demonstrated May 13 in Ghazni, and up to 300 in Gardez, to protest a magazine report about alleged desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by U.S. forces.
May 13, 2005 - A man who probably is best known as the Marine drill instructor from the movie "Full Metal Jacket" and as host of the History Channel's "Mail Call" program visited recovering troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
May 12, 2005 - President Bush signed into law on May 11 legislation that provides $82 billion in supplemental funding, most of it to help cover the cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
May 06, 2005 - A full lineup of commemorations is scheduled to kick off this weekend in observation of the 60th anniversary of V-E - for "Victory in Europe" - Day, the end of World War II there.
May 05, 2005 - ask Force Liberty soldiers captured 22 insurgents suspected of launching an indirect fire attack on a coalition forces base near Bayji, Iraq, May 4.
May 05, 2005 - New 5-ton armored gun trucks fielded in Iraq are providing U.S. troops with effective protection against insurgents' improvised explosive devices and small-arms fire.
May 03, 2005 - Few people dispute that the U.S. military has too much infrastructure to face the threats and opportunities of the 21st century. The question is: What's the best way to close or realign installations to match challenges of the new world?
May 01, 2005 - Army investigators have recommended that no disciplinary action be taken against U.S. soldiers in the March 4 killing of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced April 30.
April 29, 2005 - The decade-long conflict left 58,000 Americans and an estimated 3 million Vietnamese dead, and for the next two decades, relations between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam remained at an impasse.
April 29, 2005 - The United States and Vietnam are helping heal wounds left by the war that ended 30 years ago by working together to determine the fate of missing servicemembers in Vietnam, including 1,800 from the United States.
April 27, 2005 - After nearly five months of preparation to rescue 53 Americans taken hostage by Iranian militants, an aborted mission turned worse, and eight servicemen lost their lives in what would become a “watershed” event for the U.S. military.
April 26, 2005 - Young U.S. soldiers who were not born when the Vietnam war ended 30 years ago, fight today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the ghosts of Vietnam haunt the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the corridors of power in Washington.
April 26, 2005 - hrough the goodwill and generosity of thousands of people with unused frequent flyer miles and U.S. airlines, the Fisher House Foundation has given out nearly 3,000 free airline tickets to war-wounded servicemembers and their families.
April 25, 2005 - With the war on terror putting ever-increasing demands on special operations forces, U.S. Special Operations Command is boosting its manpower and increasing its support to theater commands and geographic commanders.
April 23, 2005 - The U.S. military in Iraq announced the arrests of six men suspected in the Thursday downing of a civilian helicopter. Meanwhile, a series of explosions and insurgent attacks across Iraq left more than 12 people dead Saturday and injured dozens more.
April 23, 2005 - An Iraqi civilian helped Task Force Baghdad soldiers find and apprehend six terrorists suspected of shooting down a civilian Mi-8 helicopter April 21, coalition officials in Baghdad, Iraq.
April 20, 2005 - Three soldiers wounded in Iraq sparked new legislation to provide low-cost “traumatic injury” insurance for members of America’s armed forces. It would add a low-cost traumatic injury insurance benefit to the Servicemembers Group Life Insurance.
April 13, 2005 - Land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices are taking their toll on deployed U.S. troops’ bodies. What’s not as easily recognizable is the damage these weapons are doing to servicemembers’ brains.
April 13, 2005 - He may have just been doing his job, but the actions of Spc. Jeremy L. Church saved lives when his convoy came under heavy fire one year ago. They also earned him the first Silver Star awarded to an Army reservist during the global war on terrorism.
April 08, 2005 - One soldier received a Bronze Star and eight received the Army Commendation Medal April 5 for rescuing two Egyptian hostages from terrorists in Baghdad Feb. 7.
April 07, 2005 - The National Guard Family Program has formalized a partnership with the American Veterans as part of the National Guard Bureau’s continuing efforts to better support service members’ families.
April 06, 2005 - The Army fell short of its recruiting goals for the first part of this year, but the service is working to improve the situation. For now, it appears that only the Army is having difficulty meeting its goals.
April 06, 2005 - It has been two years since Smith was killed in action, firing a .50-caliber machine gun from atop a broken-down armored personnel carrier in a courtyard where he had been instructed to build a containment facility for detainees near the Baghdad airport.
April 05, 2005 - The two week joint exercise is considered the largest distributive exercise in the history of the U.S. military with more than 10,000 participants in 44 different sites nationwide.
March 30, 2005 - The White House announced March 29 that President George W. Bush will honor Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith by presenting his family the Medal of Honor on April 4, the second anniversary of his courageous actions during the Battle of Baghdad Airport.
March 28, 2005 - A substantial increase in enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for Army National Guard Soldiers that the chief of the National Guard Bureau announced in mid-December has begun to pay dividends.
March 28, 2005 - The Army National Guard has retained 73 percent more soldiers during the past three months than it retained during the same period last year, officials reported on Good Friday.
March 28, 2005 - A 3-ton cache of TNT and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition are off the streets of Iraq following an Iraqi army raid near Jurf al-Sakher.
March 27, 2005 - Israel's plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip this summer is set for implementation, after a key obstacle is removed. Israel's embattled leader got an additional boost from the Bush administration.
March 26, 2005 - Four soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck a mine while traveling on a road about 40 miles south of Kabul. Two soldiers assigned to Task Force Baghdad were killed patrol was struck today by a car bomb. A Marine was also killed in Anbar province.
March 25, 2005 - Task Force Liberty soldiers defeated a terrorist attack near Baqubah at about midnight today, killing three of the attackers. No coalition forces were injured in the attack, officials said, but they provided no further details.
March 23, 2005 - They’d talked on the telephone and in Internet chat rooms for a few months, but had never met face-to-face until March 22, when nearly 40 young widows of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan attended a luncheon sponsored by the Gold Star Wives.
March 22, 2005 - More than 43,000 people showed their support for our nation’s armed forces during the final night of the 2005 Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show.
March 21, 2005 - After 26 miles through gravel, sand and wind-blown dust, Sgt. 1st Class Michael McNaughton sprinted toward the finish line. He was one of five men, all amputees, sponsored by Walter Reed Army Medical Center, who participated in this year’s march.
March 20, 2005 - Two years to the day after the start of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, President Bush defended his decision to go to war. Anti-war activists in Europe remain unconvinced that the March 2003 invasion was justified.
March 19, 2005 - Two years after the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, most Iraqi people are relieved to be free of Saddam Hussein, hopeful for their country’s future, but frustrated that progress isn’t coming as quickly as they’d like.
March 18, 2005 - As the death toll has climbed during the two years of U.S. military operations in Iraq, the number of young American men and women signing on to serve in the armed forces has declined.
March 16, 2005 - Servicemembers who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan often are awestruck and spellbound when they visit Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s physical therapy rehabilitation center here and see other amputees jumping, running, biking, and swimming.
March 15, 2005 - The Army has launched a new Web site to help strengthen partnerships between the Army and the communities around installations and ranges.
March 11, 2005 - It’s been a long time coming, but U.S. Army Spc. Arafat Khaskheli, who was born in Saudi Arabia but whose nationality is Pakistani, can finally say that he is truly an American.
March 11, 2005 - Working to recruit 80,000 new members by late September, the Army is putting more recruiters in the field and giving them better tools to do their job.
March 08, 2005 - In a rare appearance in Washington, General George Casey offered an optimistic but cautious assessment of the situation in Iraq, where he commands more than 140,000 U.S. and coalition troops.
March 07, 2005 - Violent contacts between coalition forces and enemy fighters in Afghanistan are declining in number, a senior commander of forces there said today.
March 03, 2005 - The Army missed its February recruiting goals for the active duty, Guard and Reserve forces. It was the first time the service missed recruiting goals in five years. In February, the active Army’s goal was 7,050 new recruits, and the service fell short by
February 28, 2005 - Families came here from 18 states on Feb. 26 to attend a reception at Kuwaiti Embassy so Ambassador Sheik Salem al-Sabah could personally thank them for the ultimate sacrifice their loved ones made to liberate his country during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
February 24, 2005 - Whether a Soldier is on permanent change of station orders or considering a new assignment, getting a variety of information about his next duty station is only a click away.
February 24, 2005 - President George W. Bush’s stop at the airfield was part of a three-day series of meetings with NATO officials and European leaders. Before greeting service members, the president met with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Mainz.
February 22, 2005 - Despite Iranian claims to the contrary, U.S. military aircraft are not flying missions in Iran's airspace, Pentagon spokesman Larry Di Rita said.
February 17, 2005 - Servicemembers receiving federal tax exemptions for some or all of their military pay may now elect to apply for certain tax credit options. Troops deployed to combat zones can now apply for tax refunds based on earned income tax credits.
February 17, 2005 - They may be far away from the streets where ground troops are engaging insurgents and terrorists in direct combat, but Gen. Abizaid told Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Harry S. Truman that they are playing a crucial role in the war on terrorism.
February 11, 2005 - When military retirees apply for Combat Related Service Compensation, their applications will now be processed within 30 days of when received, since CRSC has cleared a backlog of nearly 14,000 applications.
February 11, 2005 - Nothing highlights the importance of flexibility and joint capabilities better than the recent battle of Fallujah. The battle in November and December 2004 highlighted the flexibility, adaptability and joint capabilities of the U.S. military.
February 09, 2005 - The 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, together with a company of Oregon National Guard Soldiers, rounded out their service in Iraq with the presentation of heroic medals.
February 07, 2005 - The Army is preparing its land technology to be displayed among the world’s top automotive equipment for the first time in more than 30 years.
February 07, 2005 - People are the highest priority in the budget. It funds a 3.1 percent pay raise for military personnel and raises the basic allowance for housing 4 percent. The budget request expands Tricare to cover mobilizing reservists and their families.
February 04, 2005 - Regional medical examiners are appointed by the Armed Forces medical examiner at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
The institute consists of officer and enlisted servicemembers from the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as civilian DoD employees.
February 03, 2005 - The Defense Department is on the lookout for people with language skills to support not only current operations, but future ones as well, according to Gail McGinn, deputy undersecretary of defense for plans.
January 31, 2005 - A nonprofit foundation created by a military- related credit union has expanded its services to help servicemembers and veterans deal with more than just their finances.
January 27, 2005 - Officers can now share their deployment experiences with their local communities through the Special Recruiter Assistance Program.
January 26, 2005 - January is National Volunteer Blood Donor Month, and the Armed Services Blood Program joins Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr., assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, in commending those who have taken the time to save lives.
January 25, 2005 - The Bush administration intends to ask Congress for an estimated $80 billion budget supplemental, most of it to help cover the costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
January 20, 2005 - The find contributes to the task force's four-week streak of finding weapons caches and detaining anti-Iraqi forces in this previously unpatrolled area along the Euphrates River.
January 19, 2005 - Troops on the front lines of the war on terror are wearing them. Family members of deployed servicemembers are wearing them too. And so are regular American citizens who want to show support for their troops.
January 18, 2005 - You could argue that Master Sgt. Frederick Douglas of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard is living history as an African American while he is engaged in homeland defense. You would win the argument.
January 18, 2005 - The president headlined a star-studded lineup of celebrities and military and civilian government leaders who gathered at the MCI Center here for a gala 'Saluting Those Who Serve' event to honor members of the armed forces.
January 18, 2005 - The center is the Army’s only Level One Trauma Center and the Defense Department’s only Burn Center, which is open to all service members and works to give the injured full function of the amputated parts.
January 18, 2005 - The Army sponsored the All-American Bowl Jan. 15, showcasing the talents of 78 high school football players, and senior Army leaders said there were many reasons to sponsor the event.
January 08, 2005 - Shortly after a U.S. Army general in Iraq predicted a surge in attacks with the approach of the Iraq elections, militants have abducted several senior Iraqi officials, beheaded an Iraqi who worked for the coalition and killed at least four others.
January 07, 2005 - A couple of hundred Army and Air National Guard troops will march in the 55th Inaugural Parade. Several hundred more are prepared to help the United States Secret Service screen people attending the festivities.
January 06, 2005 - Iraqi residents of Fallujah are slowly being allowed to return to their homes, nearly two months after fleeing a massive U.S.-led offensive there.
January 05, 2005 - The Internet is chock-full of Web sites for groups that send care packages to deployed troops. But one organization, Operation Interdependence, has a unique twist.
December 30, 2004 - The Army will meet its requirement of 8,105 up-armored Humvees by March 2005, has equipped all deployed Soldiers and DoD civilians with Interceptor Body Armor, and has also developed a more flexible system for meeting field commander’s equipment needs.
December 29, 2004 - American Soldiers wounded on the battlefield are traditionally awarded the "Purple Heart," as a token of their nation's appreciation for their sacrifice. But a medal can't help seriously wounded soldiers face the challenge of moving on in life.
December 23, 2004 - nstant decisions and decisive action led to two soldiers receiving the Soldiers Medal here Dec. 18 for heroism in a fight to save the lives of four Cobra AH-1 attack helicopter pilots.
December 22, 2004 - What began as a small shipment of air conditioners to a son's military unit has now grown into a million-dollar operation, including shipments ranging from personal-care products, such as foot powder and bug spray, to commercial-grade appliances.
December 22, 2004 - The following is a series of short articles that illustrate the ‘say anything’ dialogue developed among soldiers during both the long stretches of monotony and the dynamic sweeping events that so often define war.
December 22, 2004 - It appears that a suicide bomber was responsible for the attack on the mess hall at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul that killed 22 people Dec. 21, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a Pentagon news briefing.
December 21, 2004 - An explosion ripped through a tent at a military base near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 60 others. At least 19 American military personnel are among the dead.
December 21, 2004 - Founded by Roger Chapin, the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes is working to lessen the frustrations of severely injured veterans and return their independence.
December 20, 2004 - U.S. Army Europe led a joint task force of more than 300 service members to support the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge this month.
December 20, 2004 - Substantial increases in enlistment and re-enlistment bonuses were announced at the Pentagon Dec. 16. Some of the bonuses will be increased from $5,000 to $15,000.
December 15, 2004 - Up-armoring tactical wheeled vehicles continues to be a priority for the Army, officials involved in the effort told reporters today at the Pentagon.
December 14, 2004 - Department of Defense released a partial rotation list Dec. 14 of units scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
December 11, 2004 - An additional 100 up-armored Humvees per month could soon be heading to Iraq, according to Army officials.
December 08, 2004 - Some soldiers headed for duty in Iraq took the secretary of defense at his word in Kuwait today when he encouraged them to ask him tough questions at a town-hall meeting.
December 07, 2004 - Dressed in black from head to toe and wearing a helmet that allows barely a glimpse of his face, Staff Sgt. Raul Lopez looked like something out of a science fiction thriller.
December 01, 2004 - A power tool company has pledged more than $1 million over five years to help fund a Veterans of Foreign Wars-sponsored initiative designed to help military families in need.
December 01, 2004 - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's decision to hold a national referendum on revising the constitution in 2006 has further strained relations between the island and mainland China. China considers Taiwan a renegade province.
December 01, 2004 - The Secretary of Defense approved a request to extend two Army brigades and a Marine Expeditionary Unit operating in Iraq. The Secretary also approved the Commander’s request for two additional infantry battalions to deploy to Iraq.
November 29, 2004 - he men and women of AdoptaPlatoon, a nonprofit group, volunteer their time and energies to support deployed U.S. servicemembers and their families.
November 28, 2004 - A former U.S. Army sergeant who defected to North Korea almost 40 years ago - has been released after serving 25 days in military detention in Japan. The ordeal for Charles Robert Jenkins is not quite over, however.
November 24, 2004 - Comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres honored America's servicemembers when she presented $1.2 million in cruises to military families, aired messages from deployed troops, and plugged the Pentagon's new America Supports You program.
November 24, 2004 - The new program for military personnel provides consumers, family members and friends of the military a way to give servicemembers the gift of Internet time at AT&T CyberZones located on select U.S. military bases in Germany, Kuwait and the United States.
November 23, 2004 - With a late season win and a spurt of top-10 finishes, NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek and his Army-sponsored team are looking ahead to an even better 2005 season. Nemechek and others are pumped about the team’s performance in the last couple of months.
November 23, 2004 - On the barren crescent of a dusty hill in Northern Afghanistan, the children of Chaki met Americans for the first time. It may have changed all their lives.
November 22, 2004 - Children from across the country held a special nationwide election and chose the military as most deserving of a caring gesture. And to the victors in the Great Community Cookie Election of 2004 go the spoils: 2,004 chocolate chip cookies!
November 18, 2004 - Arkansas Army Guard members can now get 100% free tuition at Black River Technical College thanks to an agreement signed today between the Pocahontas-based institution and the Arkansas National Guard.
November 17, 2004 - The National Football League's support of America's armed forces during the war against global terrorism continues a tradition that's been maintained since World War II.
November 15, 2004 - The battle against insurgents and terrorists being waged by U.S. troops, Iraqi military units and coalition allies in Fallujah, Iraq, is decisive, according to the commander of the U.S. Central Command.
November 12, 2004 - After five days of fighting, U.S. and Iraqi forces are now said to be in control of nearly all of Fallujah, capturing or killing hundreds of insurgents who have used the city as a stronghold for months.
November 12, 2004 - The 18,200 square-foot exhibit – the most comprehensive display of American military history in the country – features more than 850 artifacts and pays tribute to the men and women who have served in uniform from the Revolutionary War to the present.
November 10, 2004 - Not only is Walter R. Bieder, 83, a true American hero, he's one of the luckiest men alive. ieder earned two Silver Star Medals and two Bronze Star Medals for heroism in World War II without even getting a scratch.
November 10, 2004 - On Thursday, at precisely eleven in the morning Washington time, President Bush is expected to speak at the annual Veterans’ Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, where he will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
November 09, 2004 - Artillery rounds pounded insurgent positions in Fallujah, Iraq, through much of the night, and multinational forces have pushed their way through a third of the city.
November 09, 2004 - The government is appealing a Nov. 8 federal judge's ruling that brought a halt to a military commission hearing in a war- crimes trial against an enemy combatant being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
November 09, 2004 - Unmanned aerial vehicles are earning star status in the global war on terror, becoming the most-requested capability among combatant commanders in Southwest Asia and increasing fourfold in that theater during the last year alone.
November 08, 2004 - Iraqi and U.S. forces began their long-awaited assault today against insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, in an operation dubbed Al Fajr, the Iraqi word for dawn.
November 01, 2004 - Sgt. Orlando Gill sat in a wheelchair on the 50-yard line at FedEx Field, flanked by two other injured Operation Iraqi Freedom Soldiers -- Spc. Rosetta Floyd and Cpl. Norman Jones -- taking in thunderous applause from thousands of football fans.
October 28, 2004 - Recently returned from a trip to Asia, Secretary of State Colin Powell says resumption of the Six-Party Talks on making the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free depends on North Korea.
October 28, 2004 - Soldiers scheduled to head overseas in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in the next two years shouldn’t hold their breath waiting for shorter deployments in the near future, according to the Army’s top two uniformed leaders.
October 28, 2004 - Britain says a surge in opium production is one of the key challenges to the stability of Afghanistan. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has highlighted the issue in a speech in London.
October 26, 2004 - Yes, it has been a tough 86 years for Boston Red Sox fans. No one has experienced the history of numerous dramatic tragedies more than native New England soldiers, deployed to Iraq, who keep a flame of hope for their home team thousands of miles away.
October 25, 2004 - Many people choose laser eye surgery because they think it will make them more attractive or save them from having to grapple to find their glasses. But for a number of servicemembers, laser eye surgery is about saving lives on the battlefield.
October 24, 2004 - The bodies of as many as 49 soldiers with the new Iraqi army were discovered northeast of Baghdad late Saturday. The soldiers were ambushed by insurgents who executed them as they lay on the ground.
October 22, 2004 - Their military service started at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center; now 62 years later, the last survivors of a World War II parachute infantry regiment gathered at the Florida facility for their last reunion and to retire their regimental colors.
October 22, 2004 - After two years, the official U.S. Army game has registered more than 4 million users and is now one of the top five games in the world.
October 19, 2004 - More than a dozen Army athletes joined their U.S. Olympic teammates at the White House Oct. 18 for a thank you from their commander in chief.
October 18, 2004 - More than 400 rockets, 7,275 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition and one U.S. Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided Missile were just the tip of the iceberg during a recent weapons cache discovery north of Baghdad.
October 18, 2004 - The commanding general of a group of soldiers that allegedly refused to take part in a recent convoy operation in Iraq told reporters the event was an isolated incident.
October 17, 2004 - Two U.S. Army pilots were killed when two cargo helicopters crashed Oct. 16 in southwest Baghdad, Iraq, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported.
October 15, 2004 - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan P. Dementer, a hospital corpsman, does not consider himself a hero. He says he was just doing his job when he treated 31 Marines wounded during an attack on their battalion command center in Iraq.
October 15, 2004 - The National Football League will donate $250,000 to the United Service Organizations in memory of former Arizona Cardinals player and Army Ranger Cpl. Pat Tillman, the league announced at the annual USO gala.
October 14, 2004 - Troops in combat zones stand to reap tax benefits from provisions in the Working Families Relief Tax Act of 2004, which President Bush signed into law Oct. 4.
October 10, 2004 - t least 18 people, including an American soldier, were killed following two car bombings in Baghdad. The attacks occurred while Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Iraq to speak with military leaders and U.S. Marines.
October 07, 2004 - The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps all made their active duty recruiting numbers for fiscal 2004, according to DoD documents.
October 05, 2004 - Injured servicemembers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan will get individualized job training, counseling and re-employment services, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced Oct. 4.
September 29, 2004 - The Army Reserve is seeking 400 enlisted Soldiers to take active-duty tours to fill new recruiter positions located across the country.
September 28, 2004 - Troops from Multinational Force Iraq conducted an early-morning precision strike on a site in southern Fallujah, military officials in Iraq announced in a written statement. The statement said the site was a confirmed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi terrorist site.
September 28, 2004 - 'I used to think of my letters to friends and family as small, sacred paper packages of shared thoughts, hopes and dreams. That was until I volunteered at the post office while serving on deployment here.'
September 23, 2004 - Dr. Ali Alattar has some compelling stories to tell, and he believes U.S. military service members and their families need to hear them.
September 22, 2004 - A nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing terrorism on U.S. soil has launched a Web site that provides extensive information on global terrorist incidents and organizations.
September 22, 2004 - Anthrax vaccinations have resumed for Soldiers whose series of injections were interrupted during the anthrax vaccine shortages of 2000-2001.
September 22, 2004 - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told the United Nations Wednesday his government will do everything it can to prevent terrorists operating from Pakistan from disrupting next month's elections in neighboring Afghanistan.
September 21, 2004 - August was a month that Soldiers of Company A, 2-12 Cavalry, said they won’t soon forget. In August, they faced the task of assisting Marines in neutralizing the Muqtada militia presence in An Najaf.
September 16, 2004 - Orthopedic surgeons here at Brooke Army Medical Center are doing more than restoring limbs for troops wounded in combat. Armed with the latest surgical techniques and technology, they're giving wounded troops the tools to rebuild their lives.
September 16, 2004 - The Pentagon's POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony Sept. 14 brought back memories of a horrid, week-long march in a scorching malaria-infected jungle, and being starved, kicked and beaten for World War II Bataan Death March survivor Dr. Alex Kelly, 87.
September 14, 2004 - Decorated World War II veteran and U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye joined other veterans and dignitaries in remembering America’s prisoners of war and missing service members for the National POW/MIA Observance at the Pentagon.
September 09, 2004 - Marci Kay Cornwell is among several military wives and volunteers involved in Operation Kid Comfort, a nearly year-old project that provides children with quilts stitched with fabric photos of their absent parent.
September 02, 2004 - Army Staff Sgt. Michele Mitchell's journey here to the Defense Department's only center committed to treating burn victims began in late April, when she was riding in an up-armored Humvee near Baghdad.
August 30, 2004 - A late-April visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany prompted the 'Forty and Eight' veterans group to raise $20,000 to benefit the Landstuhl Chaplain's Fund. The check was presented today during a ceremony at the Pentagon.
August 30, 2004 - Coalition special operations forces medics, along with Afghan National Army personnel, rushed to help Afghan victims of an Aug. 28 explosion that ripped through a school in Zormat, killing 10 people, including a man, five teens and four young children.
August 26, 2004 - Almost a year after its inception, the R&R program for American troops engaged in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom reached a milestone when the 100,000th troop in the program flew out of the Central Command theater of operations.
August 26, 2004 - A Yemeni man accused of crafting terrorist propaganda appeared before a military commission here today and asked to represent himself. Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul also admitted in court that he is a member of al Qaeda.
August 25, 2004 - The New York National Guard is standing up and being counted, with some significant numbers, for the Republican National Convention as part of the Guard’s homeland security and defense mission.
August 24, 2004 - Responding to recommendations contained in the report by the 9/11 Commission, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts unveiled comprehensive legislation to revamp the 15-agency U.S. intelligence community.
August 23, 2004 - The U.S. military will begin pre-trial hearings Tuesday for enemy combatants captured in the war on terrorism.
August 23, 2004 - Maj. Michael Anti won a silver medal Aug. 22 in men’s 50-meter three-position rifle shooting in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
August 23, 2004 - Iron Horse Brigade Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division have spent the past week in an operation to root out radical Mahdi Army forces terrorizing the eastern Baghdad district known as Sadr City.
August 20, 2004 - Air Force Capt. Kevin Eastler and Army Sgt. John Nunn finished 21st and 26th respectively Aug. 20 in the men’s 20-kilometer race walk, the opening athletics event in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
August 18, 2004 - U.S. officials are giving a cautious welcome to reports that radical Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will end his rebellion in Najaf. The militia leader pledged to disarm in a letter to the national political conference in Baghdad.
August 17, 2004 - Top U.S. Defense officials say President Bush's plan to reposition American military power overseas is intended to put U.S. forces in a better position to respond to potential conflicts and the threat posed by terrorism.
August 12, 2004 - he U.S. Army’s first Operation Blue to Green recruit took the oath of enlistment Aug. 12 at the New Orleans Recruiting Battalion headquarters.
August 10, 2004 - The lightweight device is a portable, ruggedized, digital information system designed to give commanders, leaders and Soldiers across the battlefield improved command and control capabilities, data sharing and enhanced situational awareness.
August 09, 2004 - After visiting troops in Iraq and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, pro football hall-of-famer Deacon Jones looked to his football past to bolster the servicemembers' morale.
August 09, 2004 - For the fifth day, U.S. forces battled militia loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf. Politician Ahmad Chalabi and his nephew vow to fight charges brought against them in an Iraqi court.
August 05, 2004 - Capt. Matt Smith had planned on retiring from competitive rowing before he discovered the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. Later this month, he instead will row for Team USA's men's lightweight four at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
August 03, 2004 - The Defense Department's Combat Feeding program at the U.S. Army Soldier System Center in Natick, Mass., is a one-stop shop for all combat-rations development, field food-service equipment and total combat feeding systems.
August 01, 2004 - The Army Corps of Engineers is recruiting Soldiers who are leaving the Army, retired military, family members and Department of Defense civilians to work in Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 29, 2004 - When moviemakers have a military angle in the plot, they often come to the Army for help.
July 27, 2004 - U.S. and Korean officials have agreed on a plan to move all 8,000 American troops out of Seoul and its suburbs by December 2008. The forces will be relocated to south of the Han River in the Pyongtaek area, roughly 50 miles south of Seoul.
July 26, 2004 - Sudanese government officials are warning that the country will resist attempts to deploy Western peacekeepers in the war-torn Darfur region. An Islamic militant group is calling for all Muslims to fight Western forces if they are sent to intervene.
July 26, 2004 - Hot meals, hot showers and a comfortable place to sleep are some everyday things that Force Provider, the Army's premier base camp, strives to offer troops in the field.
July 25, 2004 - Japan's Foreign Minister is expressing the desire to quickly work out a solution with the United States over the fate of a U.S. soldier accused of deserting to communist North Korea during the Cold War.
July 22, 2004 - While there is room for improvement in detainee operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, cases of reported detainee abuse there were caused primarily by individuals failing to live up to the standards of decency and Army Values they had been taught.
July 21, 2004 - It began when Amy Oxford and her mother, Kathy Williams, saw no outward show of support for deployed troops in their hometown of Harrisburg, Ill. With her husband, scheduled to deploy with his unit based in Fairfield, Oxford realized an opportunity.
July 21, 2004 - Under Operation Blue to Green, officially approved July 19, the Army will provide the opportunity for members of the Navy and Air Force to transfer into the Army and retain their rank.
July 21, 2004 - Armed with sufficient medications, medical equipment and a surplus of enthusiasm and care, a team of Air Force Reserve Command medical professionals provided aid to the central African nation of Chad as part of a humanitarian effort.
July 19, 2004 - On a baseball field in Vermont Aug. 7, a group of National Guardsmen will join forces with families of troops deployed in the war on terror to honor the 11 Vermonters who have paid the ultimate price for freedom.
July 18, 2004 - An alleged U.S. Army deserter has arrived in Japan amid high-level negotiations between Tokyo and Washington over his fate. For the first time since he disappeared in South Korea in 1965, Sergeant Charles Jenkins is under U.S. military jurisdiction.
July 18, 2004 - Coalition aircraft hit a stronghold of fugitive terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi outside Fallujah. News reports indicate 14 people were killed and three injured.
July 14, 2004 - A family's show of support for their deployed son has evolved into a nationwide drive that a commander deployed to Afghanistan said 'epitomizes all that is good in the American people.'
July 13, 2004 - then 46,000 Soldiers have been able to continue their education by taking online classes through eArmyU, including many of the Soldiers deployed, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 12, 2004 - When the Olympic torch lights the flame at the 2004 Games in Athens, eight U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit soldiers and four other current and retired service members will be there to see it.
July 08, 2004 - A Massachusetts brother and sister have set their sights on megabucks to make it easier for all deployed U.S. service members to call home.
July 07, 2004 - Guardsmen and reservists whose active duty time is extended past the normal 12-month call-up may be eligible for active duty-level benefits of the Montgomery GI Bill under certain circumstances.
July 01, 2004 - In a best selling new book called 1776, Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough recalls the fateful year that transformed an army and gave birth to a nation.
July 01, 2004 - The Army plans to order 5,600 Soldier in the Individual Ready Reserve to active duty for possible deployment with the next Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom rotations.
June 28, 2004 - The Monday morning handover of power in Iraq surprised the world. Analysts and diplomats agree the fear of terrorist attacks during the scheduled sovereignty transfer prompted the change of plans. But nobody expects the violence to end any time soon.
June 28, 2004 - Coalition special operations forces raided two anti-coalition compounds and captured two top regional enemy leaders in pre- dawn missions June 26 in southern Afghanistan.
June 22, 2004 - Russian troops have poured into Ingushetia in southern Russia in pursuit of suspected Chechen rebels. The rebels attacked the capital city overnight, leaving at least 46 people dead and dozens injured.
June 21, 2004 - One Iraqi Freedom veteran who lost the use of his legs when his Humvee was sideswiped in Iraqi, has taken home a gold metal at the 24th National Veterans Wheelchair Games, in St Louis, Mo.
June 17, 2004 - Two modern pentathletes from the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program have been selected to compete in the Olympic Games at Athens, Greece.
June 16, 2004 - Troops across Iraq use the resources they have available, and in true Marine fashion, figure out ways to make themselves faster and safer on the battlefield.
June 16, 2004 - Campers and counselors didn't seem to mind the scorching midday sun here June 15 as they joined hands and swayed to the patriotic tunes on the athletic field of the South Mountain YMCA.
June 14, 2004 - While the uniforms, equipment and formations of the Army have changed since it was founded on June 14, 1775, its values that helped win the nation’s independence have not.
June 14, 2004 - Ten Medal of Honor recipients from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars were expected here at the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation's 10th Annual Invitational Gala June 12, but only nine showed up – the 10th died five days before the event.
June 11, 2004 - In Pakistan, thousands of troops, supported by helicopter gunships are attacking suspected hideouts of the al-Qaida terror network in a semi-autonomous tribal region near the Afghan border.
June 06, 2004 - Sixty years after they completed one of the most dramatic and dangerous operations of the D-Day invasion, eight of 'the boys of Pointe du Hoc' returned to the still battle-scarred site on the coast of France to be honored.
June 04, 2004 - Sixty years ago, in the early-morning hours, tens of thousands of soldiers - American and British - waded to the shores of Normandy, France, in an operation that changed the course of World War II.
June 04, 2004 - Although the U.S. military's legal process exists independently from U.S. civilian/criminal law and courts, a closer look at military courts demonstrates that they are very similar to civilian courts.
June 03, 2004 - The new TRICARE Retail Pharmacy (TRRx) contract took affect yesterday for TRICARE beneficiaries located in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam.
June 03, 2004 - The year was 1946, and then Lt. Col. Ralph Knapp climbed out of his P-38 Lightning aircraft for the last time. Nearly 60 years would pass before he would again see one of his beloved airplanes.
June 01, 2004 - Three men who are pushing 80 or who have already passed that milestone of longevity and who were soldierly trim on Memorial Day weekend represented the way that young men served and fought in 19 National Guard infantry divisions during World War II.
June 01, 2004 - Sixty years ago today, more than 250,000 ground and airborne troops in England anxiously awaited one of the most anticipated events in world history.
June 01, 2004 - The Justice Department says Jose Padilla received terrorist training at a camp in Afghanistan in 2000 and 2001.
May 31, 2004 - Warburton Miller was revved up to help win the war in the Pacific during World War II, but when he read newspaper accounts he didn't know if he'd get the chance.
May 30, 2004 - No one knows what the outcome of World War II would have been if more than 18 million women hadn't worked in home-front defense industries to free men for overseas battlefields and to keep the nation running.
May 29, 2004 - As a lieutenant with the French Resistance, Michel Thomas battled tyranny alongside American troops as an attached member of the 45th Infantry Division in World War II. Thomas was nominated for the Silver Star in 1944. Now 90, he finally has it.
May 27, 2004 - The time was December 1944. The United States and its allies were winning the war in Europe. But in a last desperate struggle, the German army launched an offensive in the Ardennes region of Belgium by driving a wedge into American lines.
May 27, 2004 - FBI Director Robert S. Mueller today presided in a ceremony at FBI Headquarters to return three Medals of Honor recovered in an FBI investigation to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
May 25, 2004 - USS Kitty Hawk returned May 24 to her permanently forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan, for the first time since she began her Spring deployment Feb. 18.
May 24, 2004 - President Bush has outlined his strategy for the transfer of political power in Iraq, but warned that insurgents will likely become more active as the June 30 handover approaches.
May 22, 2004 - There are no indications a wedding party took place at a remote desert site in western Iraq near the Syrian border where U.S. forces are accused of killing about 20 people.
May 19, 2004 - The first of a series of U.S. military trials in Iraq stemming from a prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib detention facility ended with the conviction of Army Specialist Jeremy Sivits. Specialist Sivits may provide testimony against six other soldiers.
May 19, 2004 - students strived to show their science and engineer prowess, the Army is helping them get the recognition they deserve.
May 18, 2004 - Troops can throw it around a corner, through a window, up the stairs, on the roof or in a cave and the rugged Dragon Runner will land on its feet and continue its mission.
May 17, 2004 - Senior members of the Bush administration have sought to allay fears among members of Congress about potential problems that could arise after the restoration of sovereignty to an Iraqi interim government on June 30.
May 17, 2004 - A roadside bomb containing the nerve agent sarin — a substance Saddam Hussein's regime insisted it had destroyed more than a decade ago — exploded near a U.S. military convoy traveling near Baghdad.
May 14, 2004 - The words spoken at opening ceremony honored all veterans, but those serving in the most recent war felt them most strongly. Seated in front of hundreds of service members and visitors at this year's event were severely injured Iraq war veterans.
May 12, 2004 - Two more U.S. soldiers will face military courts- martial in the abuse of Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison, coalition officials in Baghdad said today.
May 10, 2004 - Four service members were among 11 candidates NASA has chosen to be the next generation of space explorers.
May 10, 2004 - U.S. aircraft bombed the offices of a radical Shiite leader Monday in southern Iraq. Meanwhile, armed insurgents shot and killed two foreigners working in northern Iraq. U.S. warplanes bombed the Sadr City offices of wanted radical Shiite cleric Moqtada.
May 03, 2004 - The kidnapping and murdering of civilian contractors in Iraq has not deterred thousands of workers from providing aid to American troops and assisting with the build-up of Iraq and Afghanistan.
May 01, 2004 - A new Army program will help severely disabled soldiers and their families cut through red tape so they can more easily tap into services available to them through the military and Department of Veterans Affairs.
April 28, 2004 - Thai officials say 112 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and militants who attacked more than a dozen security posts in three southern provinces.
April 27, 2004 - The surviving Witmer sisters, Charity and Rachel, today decided to complete their active military duty elsewhere than Iraq.
April 27, 2004 - About 20,000 Soldiers who have been involuntarily extended beyond their expected 12 months of duty in Iraq or Kuwait will be eligible for extra pay of $1,000 a month.
April 26, 2004 - At least three more American soldiers have died in a day of violence across Iraq Monday. After weeks of battles with Iraqi insurgents, U.S. military commanders are strongly suggesting that Sunni and Shiite rebels in two towns may soon face a full assault.
April 25, 2004 - City representatives in Fallujah have agreed to allow joint patrols by Iraqi and U.S. forces to begin in the city April 28.
April 24, 2004 - He was so moved by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, that he turned down a $3.6 million professional football contract to become an Army Ranger. Spc. Pat Tillman, 27, who was deployed with the 75th Ranger Regiment from Fort Benning, Ga., was killed April 22.
April 21, 2004 - Liquid armor for Kevlar vests is one of the newest technologies being developed at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to save Soldiers' lives.
April 21, 2004 - While U.S. Marines stand ready inside Fallujah, anti-coalition forces continue to attack in defiance of a ceasefire agreement. The city is a hotbed of anti- coalition activity, and has been since the U.S. troops entered the area in April last year.
April 20, 2004 - Amidst mortar attacks, fire fights at the front gate, drive-by shootings, and the ever-present danger of Improvised Explosive Devices, a team of the 75th Division (Training Support) is training hundreds of soldiers of the Iraqi Armed Forces.
April 19, 2004 - U.S., coalition and Iraqi officials have agreed ''to implement a full and unbroken cease-fire'' in the city of Fallujah. The agreement, Senor told reporters at a press briefing, was reached over a series of meetings over the past several days.
April 19, 2004 - The Pentagon appears firmly settled on a new course of involvement in Africa - a decision accelerated by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
April 19, 2004 - arms, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades have been collected for destruction by the 1st Cavalry Division in a program that exchanges money for weapons and information.
April 19, 2004 - Since the inception of online Internet auction sites, collectors worldwide have been able to find exactly what they are looking for. Now, servicemembers have joined the collectible craze with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service pogs.
April 16, 2004 - Further military action may be necessary in the city of Fallujah, where despite a cease-fire and strained negotiations, insurgents still are shooting at Marines, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during an April 15 news conference in Baghdad.
April 15, 2004 - About 20,000 soldiers now in Iraq and Kuwait will serve at least 90 days past their originally scheduled tours of duty
April 13, 2004 - U.S. military forces are being repositioned in the vicinity of the holy Iraqi city of Najaf because of the significant threat posed by the cleric Muqtada al Sadr and his militia.
April 13, 2004 - At least 30 civilians of various nationalities have been kidnapped in Iraq in recent days. Military experts in the Middle East see the taking of hostages as a tactic aimed at gaining negotiating leverage.
April 13, 2004 - In the opening statement to his news conference late Tuesday, President Bush said America and its allies must not waver in their commitment to help bring about a political transition in Iraq.
April 12, 2004 - It has been a year since Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dave Williams’ Longbow Apache was shot down, and pictures of the bullet-riddled helicopter were broadcast on television internationally.
April 12, 2004 - Marines and soldiers from the Georgia Train and Equip Program spent their free-time two Saturdays in-a-row delivering supplies and toys to some of Georgia’s most precious citizens.
April 12, 2004 - Because of the steadfastness and diligence of a World War II veteran, the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division received a long overdue Presidential Unit Citation.
April 10, 2004 - More than 60 anti-coalition insurgents have been captured over the past few days, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said. Most are Iraqis, but the detainees include people holding passports from Egypt, Syria and Sudan, he added.
April 08, 2004 - U.S. forces will remain in Iraq as long as necessary to bring peace and stability to Iraq according to the commanding generals of the U.S. Central Command and Task Force 1st Armored Division.
April 07, 2004 - Marines battling enemy forces in Iraq pushed into the city after several days of violent and deadly clashes.
April 07, 2004 - U.S. officials in Baghdad today vowed to defeat insurgents and restore order in Iraq after a third day of countrywide attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces.
April 06, 2004 - With increased U.S. Marine deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation is stepping up fundraising so it can honor its pledge to award scholarships to all children of Marines killed in combat during the war on terror.
April 06, 2004 - More military members and their families can exclaim ''I’m going to Disney World,'' thanks to the recent expansion of Shades of Green Armed Forces Recreation Center on Walt Disney World Resort.
April 05, 2004 - Recent surveys tell of broad concern that the Army faces potential challenges in retaining Soldiers when their enlistments are up.
April 05, 2004 - Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, says his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank is the only way to bolster his country's security.
April 05, 2004 - An Iraqi judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in connection with the murder last year of a rival Shi'ite cleric.
April 04, 2004 - Spanish and Salvadoran troops in Najaf came under attack from gunmen hiding in a crowd of protesters, coalition officials said in Baghdad today.
March 31, 2004 - A new Defense Department reporting system has begun so members of all seven reserve components can register their employers.
March 31, 2004 - In Iraq, five U.S. soldiers and four American civilians working for the U.S.-led military coalition have been killed in a day of violent attacks Wednesday. The bodies of the American civilians were burned and put on display by a crowd in Fallujah.
March 30, 2004 - Jeffrey Wershow became a National Guard icon in March, because he died in Iraq last July.
March 26, 2004 - They’re back now. The soldiers from the Florida Army National Guard’s three infantry battalions are home and the sands of a Southwest Asia desert are rapidly becoming a distant memory.
March 25, 2004 - Soldiers benefiting from technological wonders like the Otto Bock microprocessor C-Leg knee unit or the myoelectric Utah 3 arm marvel not only at the existence of the devices, but that they are receiving such top-shelf products.
March 23, 2004 - One U.S. officer and 17 Greek soldiers were injured last week when more than 1,000 rioters attacked an observation post at the Serbian Church of Saint Uros in Ferizaj/Urosevac.
March 22, 2004 - Violence continues in Iraq, and coalition forces continue their efforts to kill or capture enemies of the coalition and the Iraqi people.
March 22, 2004 - Israeli Government spokesman Avi Pazner says the killing of Sheikh Yassin was completely justified. ''Israel has eliminated the biggest threat to peace and stability in the region,'' he said.
March 17, 2004 - Through the course of liberating Iraq, female Soldiers have conducted air missions, kicked down doors, disarmed mines and shed their own blood. Sixteen female Soldiers have died in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
March 15, 2004 - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the National Training Center and Fort Irwin March 12 to speak to Soldiers of the California National Guard deploying to Iraq.
March 15, 2004 - The June 1 deadline for applications is fast approaching for volunteer organizations to enter the Newman's Own Award competition that offers a share of $50,000 in grants to winners.
March 13, 2004 - The Coalition Provisional Authority announced a new policy today to tighten border security in Iraq, an effort officials say will help stem the flow of terrorists and foreign fighters entering the country.
March 09, 2004 - For more than 60 years Marines have heard about the legendary acts of Gunnery Sgt. John ''Manila'' Basilone.
March 05, 2004 - A little-known parasite that causes chronic, festering sores will be returning home with some of Operation Iraqi Freedom's warfighters.
March 03, 2004 - A Department of Defense program helps deployed troops tuck up to $10,000 of their income away and earn a guaranteed 10 percent interest on their savings annually.
March 02, 2004 - At least 143 Iraqis were killed in terrorist attacks today in Baghdad and Karbala. Suicide bombers attacked Shiia Muslims as they observed Ashoura, the holiest day in the Shiia calendar.
March 01, 2004 - A federally-funded program designed to find union jobs in the construction industry for people with military experience, including members of the National Guard and Reserves, has swung into its second year following a successful first year.
February 27, 2004 - With an increase in improvised explosive devices being used by insurgents in Iraq against American convoys, the 1st Force Service Support Group is squeezing in some last-minute training to spin up Marines before they roll out.
February 26, 2004 - The surgeon general of the Army told Congress that there is no correlation between the anti-malaria drug Lariam and a recent spike in suicides in combat zones.
February 25, 2004 - Air Force officials said they will continue with the F/A-22 Raptor program. Fervor over the Army's cancellation of the $6.9 billion Comanche helicopter program raised questions about the future of the Air Force's F/A-22.
February 24, 2004 - Protecting an entire military post from enemy attack is a job that military police offices from the 143rd Military Police Company and their Iraqi Civil Defense Corps colleagues take very seriously.
February 24, 2004 - A money savvy servicemember serving in Iraq did not wait to get back home to buy a shiny new car with his $30,000 military re-enlistment bonus. Instead, he invested all of it into the Thrift Savings Plan.
February 23, 2004 - Army leaders have recommended canceling a multibillion-dollar helicopter program, citing an Army study that suggests the funds would be more effective improving other areas of the service's aviation program.
February 22, 2004 - Coalition and Iraqi security forces rounded up several terrorist targets during overnight raids, including a former mayor of Tikrit and a cousin of Saddam Hussein suspected of providing false passports for individuals crossing the Iraq-Syria border.
February 20, 2004 - Located in the heart of New York City, the Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Station never really has a typical day. Its location and notoriety make it one of the most interesting duty assignments in the Marine Corps.
February 19, 2004 - Humvee production in February has ramped up from 25 to 30 vehicles daily at an AM General factory in order to meet the US Army demand in Iraq and Afghanistan.
February 18, 2004 - Army Lt. Gen. David Barno, commander of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan, explained that Taliban forces used to attack coalition elements in large numbers, until they realized that would get them killed in large numbers.
February 17, 2004 - The new head of the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command said SMDC will focus on three priorities: supporting the warfighter, standing up the nation’s ground-based defense against ballistic missiles ...
February 14, 2004 - It is different when a National Guard unit deploys. While the Guard and reserves have been stalwarts in the war of terror, most of the units deployed have been in the combat service and combat service support areas.
February 12, 2004 - The battle of Iwo Jima, memorialized by the monument in Washington, D.C., is probably one of the most well-known Marine Corps victories of the 20th century.
February 09, 2004 - From the buffalo soldier of wars past to the KC-135R Stratotanker pilot of today supporting the war on terrorism, blacks have and continue to play a large role supporting the U.S. military.
February 06, 2004 - The Internal Revenue Service is helping taxpayers use a new law that adds deductions for some reservists, expands the definition of combat zone, and provides income exclusions for military death-benefit payments and certain home sales.
February 05, 2004 - Multi-service special operations troops have led the way to victory in overseas campaigns during the war against terrorism.
February 04, 2004 - Pakistan's top nuclear scientist says he acted alone in exporting sensitive nuclear technology abroad. But the confession leaves many questions unanswered. There are serious doubts that he could have acted alone.
February 04, 2004 - At kickoff, I was touching up the shine on my combat boots. I thought of calling my wife in Charlotte, N.C., but she had already gone across town to a Super Bowl party.
February 02, 2004 - Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan watched the game in the wee hours this morning Troops west of the continental United States celebrated or mourned the game's result over their Feb. 1 dinner.
January 31, 2004 - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers who were part of a convoy between Tikrit and Kirkuk in Iraq today, and a suicide bomber struck an Iraqi police station in Mosul, killing nine people and injuring at least 45 others.
January 30, 2004 - U.S. Army Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez says the recent capture on the Iran-Iraq border of a courier linked to 9-11 terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed reinforces ongoing assertions that ''al-Qaeda fingerprints'' are visible in Iraq.
January 30, 2004 - Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament Castles are offering a free dinner for two for all Soldiers redeploying from Afghanistan and Iraq or on rest & recuperation leave from Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
January 30, 2004 - U.S. Army aviation assets will help kickoff America's most-watched annual sporting event Feb. 1, when four Apache helicopters fly over Reliant Stadium in Houston prior to Super Bowl XXXVIII.
January 29, 2004 - The Army will grow to 510,000 soldiers over the next four years as a temporary measure.In the next four months, an official said, the Army will move 220,000 soldiers into and out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
January 27, 2004 - President Bush, in remarks to reporters as he sat down for talks in the Oval Office with Poland's President's Kwasniewski, said he feels certain that the removal of Saddam Hussein from power was the right thing to do.
January 27, 2004 - Coalition officials in Baghdad expressed strong support today for a United Nations plan to send a team to evaluate the feasibility of holding direct elections before June 30.
January 22, 2004 - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another was injured in a Jan. 21 mortar and rocket attack on a 4th Infantry Division base near Baqubah, Iraq.
January 20, 2004 - President Bush delivered the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress at the Capitol Tuesday night. ''America this evening is a Nation called to great responsibilities. And we are rising to meet them.''
January 20, 2004 - Israeli warplanes attacked bases of the Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, one day after the militant Islamic group killed an Israeli soldier along the border.
January 20, 2004 - Deploying in harm’s way for the second time in two years, the first contingent of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade departed for Iraq from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., January 15.
January 18, 2004 - An explosives-laden truck exploded shortly after 8 a.m. during Sunday's morning rush hour near the entrance to the headquarters. At least 20 people were killed, and at least 60 more were injured. Officials believe most of the dead were Iraqi citizens.
January 16, 2004 - An Army research and development center has entered a partnership with NASA to provide technology to the Space Shuttle program, and at the same time, transfer NASA technology to Army ground vehicle development.
January 16, 2004 - Israel says it will hunt down and kill the founder of Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in retaliation for a deadly attack this week that killed four Israeli border guards.
January 15, 2004 - The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Halsey, will be christened Jan. 17 during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss.
January 14, 2004 - Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, led the first foreign delegation to visit the facility outside China's capital.
January 13, 2004 - Soldiers from the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment capitalized on a month of hard work as they executed Operation Market Sweep, becoming the first Coalition troops to successfully penetrate the weapons market in downtown Fallujah.
January 09, 2004 - Staff Sgt. Basheer Abdullah was selected to coach Team USA’s boxers in the 2004 Olympic Games, Staff Sgt. Shon Lewis will coach Greco-Roman wrestlers, and Capt. Anita Allen clinched a modern pentathlon spot to highlight a productive year of Army sports.
January 08, 2004 - Bitter cold and pre-dawn exhaustion did not deter the crowd waiting with signs, flags and smiles for the first flight of 101st Airborne Division Soldiers returning from Iraq.
January 06, 2004 - When he was forced to fashion statues of Saddam Hussein on horseback, the Iraqi sculptor, Kalat, had no idea that someday he would melt them down to create a memorial for American Soldiers.
January 06, 2004 - Under the latest Stop Loss iteration, 7,000 Soldiers will be required to stay in the theater for the duration of their unit's deployment and up to a maximum of 90 days after the redeployment.
January 04, 2004 - Coalition Provisional Authority and military officials in Baghdad, Iraq, today showed reporters a video as proof that coalition and Iraqi security forces took extra care not to desecrate the holy site during a raid of a mosque Jan. 1.
January 02, 2004 - Coalition forces led by Iraqi Civil Defense Corps personnel and Iraqi police seized a weapons cache and detained 32 people at the Umm al Tabul Mosque.
January 02, 2004 - A senior U.S. military official says that U.S. and Iraqi soldiers took great care to use the least amount of force necessary and to preserve the sanctity of the al-Tabul Mosque during a raid in southwestern Baghdad January 1.
December 31, 2003 - After enjoying what may have been the most magical season of U.S. Naval Academy football since the days of Roger Staubach, optimism abounded among academy players, coaches and alumni.
December 31, 2003 - While the US Army All-American Bowl will show off the talents of 78 of the nation’s top high school football players, it will also showcase five-time Grammy award winner Alicia Keys and Soldiers decorated for their service in Operations Enduring Freedom.
December 30, 2003 - During a press briefing today at the front gate of the hospital, Maryland Rep. C.A. ''Dutch'' Ruppersberger handed 680 free airline tickets to David Coker, executive director and vice president of operations at the Fisher House Foundation.
December 24, 2003 - 2003 will most certainly be remembered as the year Saddam Hussein's dictatorship in Iraq was forcefully brought to an end.
December 23, 2003 - For the second time since it started conferring the honor in 1927, Time magazine has selected the American Soldier as its Person of the Year.
December 19, 2003 - August, the American Red Cross asked the public for donations of items for service members recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Now the ARC station manager says she has more phone cards, sweat pants, and luggage than she can use.
December 19, 2003 - Regular Army Soldiers who re-enlist in the Central Command area of responsibility this fiscal year are now eligible for a lump-sum bonus of about $5,000 and the bonus is also retroactive for Soldiers who re-enlisted from Oct. 1 until now.
December 18, 2003 - More than 80 Soldiers who participated in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom will be honored as war heroes at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio’s Alamodome.
December 17, 2003 - An apparent car bomb has exploded in Baghdad. Iraqi police tell VOA the blast killed at least 12 people and wounded many more.
December 16, 2003 - Reports from Israel say the Israeli military had developed a plan to assassinate Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in retaliation for Iraqi missile attacks on the Jewish state in the 1991 Gulf War.
December 16, 2003 - US military officials say coalition forces have seized a rebel leader and at least 77 others in a raid in central Iraq.
December 16, 2003 - More than 85,000 toys, 878 bicycles and 20 scooters were distributed Dec. 12 to the Boys and Girls Club of El Paso, Texas, by Soldiers of the 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.
December 15, 2003 - Secretary of State Colin Powell underwent surgery for prostate cancer December 15 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and is expected to resume his normal duties early in the new year.
December 14, 2003 - With three words -- ''We got him'' – Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III announced at a press briefing in Baghdad today that U.S. forces had captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit.
December 11, 2003 - With about 140,000 American service members due to rotate out of Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command officials are very clear that service members cannot bring home weapons, ammunition and other prohibited items.
December 11, 2003 - Airborne Soldiers should expect to see a new parachute system in the next few years that will replace the T-10 model that has been in use since the 1950s.
December 10, 2003 - U.N. war crimes judges have sentenced a former Bosnian Serb army commander to 17 years in prison for his role in the Srebrenica massacres in 1995.
December 08, 2003 - Hundreds of fans packed Bagram Civic Center to see hardcore rock icon Henry Rollins Dec. 7 as part of his USO-sponsored tour to visit service members deployed overseas.
December 07, 2003 - Twenty Army soldiers and five Marines completed the three-week course and were each awarded the French Commando medal and a certificate of completion.
December 06, 2003 - Duty in Baghdad kept Pfc. Al Simons away from his family’s Thanksgiving dinner, but an American Red Cross project is making sure he’ll soon get a recap of the holiday feast.
December 05, 2003 - To call the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center awe-inspiring is just not adequate. The press received a sneak preview today of the new facility, due to open to the public Dec. 15.
December 04, 2003 - Merlin ''Mage'' Magerkurth got one of the biggest surprises of his life about 15 years ago - scores of letters he'd written to his mother from the battlefields of the Korean War.
December 03, 2003 - Andy Carroll is founder and director of the Legacy Project, whose mission is ''to honor and remember Americas veterans and personnel on active duty through their own words – the letters they wrote home in times of war.''
December 02, 2003 - Defense engineers come up with the latest new gadgets and gizmos to help troops on the battlefield, and they hang them on the warfighter. As a result, troops frequently carry a full combat load of 75, 100 or even 150 pounds.
December 01, 2003 - In Iraq, the U.S. military gave the first detailed account of Sunday's massive firefight between U.S. troops and Iraqi insurgents in the central city of Samarra.
December 01, 2003 - Iraq and Afghanistan may be the center of the military and media’s attention these days, but the United States will not abandon Bosnia, the chief of the National Guard Bureau vowed to that Balkan nation’s people during Thanksgiving week.
November 30, 2003 - The U.S. military in Iraq says its troops have repelled several attempted ambushes on Sunday, killing 46 Iraqis, wounding 18, and capturing another eight in the town of Samarra, near Tikrit.
November 29, 2003 - Seven Spanish intelligence agents have been killed and one wounded in Iraq in an attack on their convoy on a road south of Baghdad. Saturday's guerilla-style attack occurred on a highway 30 kilometers south of Baghdad.
November 26, 2003 - SoldierRadio is again this year providing a way to let you tell Service members worldwide that you care and are thinking about them during the Holidays.
November 24, 2003 - U.S. casualties in Iraq may be suffering a greater share of brain injuries than in previous wars, causing concern among military doctors.
November 23, 2003 - Baghdad International Airport was closed to all civilian traffic after a DHL cargo aircraft was hit by surface-to-air missiles Nov. 22, coalition officials said during a press conference today in Baghdad, Iraq.
November 21, 2003 - Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Richard Myers says the danger of terrorism today ''is the greatest threat we've ever faced'' and failure is not an option.
November 21, 2003 - Unconventional rocket attacks that struck the Iraqi oil ministry and two hotels in Baghdad today indicate insurgents' increasing difficulty in carrying out assaults against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, according to a senior U.S. military officer.
November 20, 2003 - Enemy attacks against the coalition in and around Baghdad have dropped by 70 percent since Operation Iron Hammer began.
November 19, 2003 - Soldiers assigned to units that have been selected to participate in the second rotation of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the fifth rotation of Operation Enduring will not be allowed to voluntarily leave the Army or change duty stations.
November 17, 2003 - Military and civilian personnel continue to place restricted items capable of destroying life and property into packages mailed home from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan, theater postal officials said.
November 16, 2003 - The U.S. military in Iraq says hostile fire may have been responsible for the crash of two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday. Seventeen soldiers were killed in the crash, which was thought to be an accidene.
November 14, 2003 - To bolster force protection, the general public is urged not to send unsolicited mail, care packages or donations to service members forward deployed unless you are a family member, loved one or personal friend.
November 14, 2003 - The U.S. military in Iraq says an Apache attack helicopter in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit killed seven insurgents preparing to fire rockets at an American military base.
November 13, 2003 - Legislation signed by President George W. Bush on Nov. 11 increases the death gratuity payment to $12,000 and provides that the full payment is tax-free.
November 13, 2003 - Twenty-four personnel suspected of violence against U.S. forces in northern Iraq were captured Nov. 12 in a series of raids by the 101st Airborne Division.
November 10, 2003 - Operation Continuing Freedom, Jordan's cultural awareness course for American soldiers, kicked off recently to prepare soldiers for Iraq.
November 10, 2003 - Coalition personnel conducted raids Sunday in and around Baghdad, Iraq, and detained 18 men suspected of taking part in the Oct. 26 Al Rasheed Hotel missile attack, a Pentagon spokesman said.
November 07, 2003 - Russian President Vladimir Putin says the down-sizing of Russia's bloated and underfinanced armed forces has largely been completed. But, critics say Russia's military reform program produced no real change.
November 07, 2003 - At least six U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash Friday in northern Iraq and U.S. troops in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul were ambushed Friday morning.
November 06, 2003 - About 112,000 service members -- including more than 37,000 National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers -- should be headed to Iraq and Kuwait early next year to replace the forces already on the ground.
November 05, 2003 - Israel has lifted military blockades against most West Bank cities in a bid to ease the humanitarian plight of Palestinians. Israeli officials said the decision is also a goodwill gesture toward Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia.
November 04, 2003 - Acts of heroism, community service and deeds that exemplify Army values can be found on the Army Web site's newest feature, ''Soldier Stories.''
November 03, 2003 - U.S. military personnel have begun hauling away the wreckage of the helicopter shot down Sunday in Iraq. It is believed the helicopter was hit by a surface-to-air missile. Such missiles remain a significant threat to coalition aircraft.
November 03, 2003 - With the holiday season right around the corner, officials at the Defense Commissary Agency are encouraging the American public to show its support for U.S. service members through its highly successful ''Gift of Groceries'' program.
November 02, 2003 - In response to news of a U.S. helicopter being downed in Iraq today, killing 15 soldiers and injuring 21, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said, ''It was a bad day, a bad day, a tragic day for those people.''
November 02, 2003 - At least 15 people were killed and many others injured when a U.S. Army helicopter was shot down Sunday west of Baghdad.
October 29, 2003 - U.S. Northern Command is sending all eight of the Defense Department's C-130 aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System, or MAFFS, and six CH-53 helicopters with fire suppression buckets to support the wildland firefighting effort.
October 28, 2003 - Being in a hospital can be miserable and frightening for children. But, with the help of a soldier in Iraq and generous Americans in the United States, smiles were abundant at a children's hospital in Baghdad.
October 27, 2003 - Scores of people have been killed and injured in several early morning bomb blasts in Baghdad. Three explosions rocked Baghdad Monday morning, the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
October 26, 2003 - A U.S. military spokesman said six to eight rockets struck the west side of the hotel between the second and 10th floors at about 6:10 a.m. local time. One U.S. soldier was killed in the attack and 15 people were wounded.
October 25, 2003 - A U.S. army helicopter crashed Saturday near Tikrit, the hometown of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Hours earlier, a top U.S. official was in Tikrit to inspect an Iraqi defense training facility.
October 23, 2003 - At approximately 6:22 a.m., Oct. 23, 1983, a truck loaded with 2,000 pounds of explosives crashed through the gates of the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
October 22, 2003 - What was the date of my promotion? Did I get my hazardous duty pay for going to Iraq? How much was it? Those are among the questions that military people frequently ask those who maintain their personnel and pay records.
October 22, 2003 - ''A very, very detailed'' look at units will be done before an undetermined number of them are told to pack their bags for a year-long deployment in Iraq, said Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
October 21, 2003 - A parasitic disease being spread by sand flies in Iraq has prompted officials who oversee the military's blood supply to implement a one-year donor deferral for military personnel serving in that country.
October 20, 2003 - The Army and Air Force Hometown News Service is now offering its holiday greeting program to service members worldwide, allowing troops to send relatives greetings through hometown newspapers.
October 17, 2003 - Troops are taking to the streets of Saddam Hussein’s hometown to uncover a web of bank rollers, leaders, and organizers of insurgent groups responsible for hit-and-run attacks on coalition forces.
October 16, 2003 - The 125,000 Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers currently mobilized for the war on terror will have help finding jobs when they go home.
October 15, 2003 - The director of the Iraqi currency exchange for the Coalition Provisional Authority called the first day of the currency exchange in Iraq a great success that begins the country's move toward sustainable economic growth.
October 12, 2003 - The first soldiers to return home from Iraq for rest and recuperation leave checked in at Baltimore-Washington International Airport here today to return to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
October 10, 2003 - The Army's new Stryker armored vehicles are headed for their first operational assignment -- service in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
October 08, 2003 - Service members and eligible Department of Defense civilians leaving Iraq for a little ''rest and recuperation'' can purchase discounted non-restricted tickets for their travel home through an office set up in Kuwait.
October 06, 2003 - Enemy forces are moving away from small-unit infantry attacks against coalition forces. Regime holdouts are moving toward more hit-and-run attacks, using improvised explosive devices, mortars or rocket-propelled grenades.
October 05, 2003 - Israeli forces have struck inside Syria against what they claim is a Palestinian training camp for Islamic militants, in response to a suicide bombing Saturday that killed at least 19 people in Haifa.
October 04, 2003 - A suicide bomber has killed at least 19 people at a restaurant in the Israeli coastal city of Haifa. At least 50 people were injured in the blast.
September 30, 2003 - A third person possibly tied to espionage at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was charged today with making false, fictitious or fraudulent statements regarding computer disks he carried during a flight from Egypt.
September 29, 2003 - A Japanese court has awarded $1.7 million to a group of Chinese made ill by or lost family to chemicals weapons dumped in China by the Japanese Army during World War II.
September 26, 2003 - Much like New York on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, it was a beautiful day in Atlanta -- sunny skies, temperatures in the 70s, a light breeze. Sept. 25, 2003, was a perfect day to call in sick -- but not if you were one of Georgia's first responders.
September 26, 2003 - The first 192 troops to return to the states under the Operation Iraqi Freedom ''Rest and Recuperation'' Leave Program arrived at BWI Airport today. While the group was homogenous in their desert camouflage uniforms, their directions were varied.
September 24, 2003 - The last Marine battalion in southern Iraq is finally returning home. For the Marines of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, the news that they will return to 29 Palms, California at the end of September was almost too good to be true.
September 24, 2003 - The Defense Department is continuing its investigations into two cases associated with the confinement facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in which an Air Force translator is charged with espionage and an Army chaplain is being held pending charges.
September 23, 2003 - The U.S. Army Racing Team had a Cinderella ending to the rain-delayed O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park September 22.
September 21, 2003 - The Coalition Provisional Authority is building a new army for Iraq that will be a non-political, professional force for national unity, says Walter Slocombe, the Coalition's Special Advisor on Security and Defense, speaking at a Pentagon news briefing.
September 21, 2003 - Special agents with the 323rd Military Police Detachment, Criminal Investigation Command, unearthed the skeletal remains of two people during a mass graves exploitation detail in a decimated Republican Guard military compound.
September 21, 2003 - A prisoner of war during World War II received a Purple Heart and a Prisoner of War Medal 58 years after being rescued by U.S. Army Gen. George Patton.
September 20, 2003 - A woman member of Iraq's governing council has been shot and seriously wounded in an apparent assassination attempt in Baghdad. Akila al-Hashimi is undergoing treatment at a U.S. Army hospital.
September 18, 2003 - Since September 6, Air Force Weather Agency officials here have been tracking a tropical storm, now known as Hurricane Isabel.
September 17, 2003 - The first battalion of the new Iraqi army should finish training the first week of October, according to the senior adviser for security sector and defense affairs to the Coalition Provisional Authority for Iraq.
September 16, 2003 - Former Army General Wesley Clark is expected to announce Wednesday that he is joining the crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates looking to challenge President Bush next year in the 2004 race for the White House.
September 15, 2003 - For years, the Army has used image intensification technology and thermal viewing technologies. Now, an experimental goggle may combine both technologies to give soldiers an edge on the battlefield.
September 11, 2003 - The War on Terror battlefields are littered with reserve-component troops who wept at ground zero Sept. 11, 2001, but are now spending the second anniversary in theaters of operation.
September 09, 2003 - Forty-four service members who have served in Liberia are sick with ''malaria-like symptoms,'' Defense officials announced. Twelve of them have been diagnosed with the disease.
September 03, 2003 - he prepares for his 80th birthday on Sept. 3, the creative genius behind the popular comic strip "Beetle Bailey" said he has no plans to retire his drafting pen – nor Beetle and his cohorts at Camp Swampy.
September 03, 2003 - Changes in body armor have reduced the number of American service members dying on the battlefield for about a decade — although it still happens, a majority of combat wounds military doctors treat involve the extremities.
September 02, 2003 - In Indian Kashmir, more than 12 people have been killed and several others wounded in a wave of intensified attacks blamed on Islamic guerrillas.
August 27, 2003 - Despite predictions to the contrary, Americans are continuing to volunteer for the military, and those already in service are re- enlisting at a vigorous rate.
August 27, 2003 - Dr. Leonard Wong, associate research professor at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute said the paper Why They Fight: Combat Motivation in the Iraq validated the popular belief that unit cohesion is a key issue in motivating soldiers.
August 24, 2003 - A team of experts in military medicine and health communication at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences here launched a new health education campaign today -- 'Courage to Care.'
August 22, 2003 - Five military athletes will soon make history. They’ll be featured on the covers of cereal boxes.
August 21, 2003 - The National Football League and Operation Tribute to Freedom are inviting soldiers and their families to a free season-opening kick-off concert on the National Mall at 6 p.m. Sept. 4.
August 19, 2003 - The Army Career and Alumni Program is introducing several initiatives focused on helping soldiers and civilians find jobs after they retire or leave the Army.
August 17, 2003 - Officials in Iraq say a second fire has erupted on a key pipeline carrying oil to Turkey. There was also an apparent attack on the Baghdad water supply.
August 14, 2003 - The overall impression you get from the government and military in Colombia is the absolute determination to finally crush the narcoterrorists and reclaim the country.
August 12, 2003 - One U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry soldier was killed and two were injured today in Iraq when their convoy encountered three improvised bombs, according to a U.S. Central Command news release.
August 12, 2003 - Mike Skinner hopes the spark he felt at Indianapolis as the driver of the U.S. Army Pontiac car ignites into something bigger when he rejoins the team for this weekend's NASCAR Winston Cup race here at Michigan International Speedway.
August 11, 2003 - During a change of command ceremony in Kabul today, NATO assumed strategic command, control and coordination of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The force had been under the leadership of Germany and the Netherlands.
July 30, 2003 - Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division began searching the mountains and villages of southern Afghanistan in Operation Warrior Sweep. They joined 3,000 soldiers from the Italian army and six companies of the newly formed Afghan National Army.
July 30, 2003 - Robert Stratton of Bluffton, Ohio, was one of the thousands of veterans who traveled to Washington last weekend. At the memorial, the 77-year-old farmer spoke about his service in Korea.
July 29, 2003 - The armistice with North Korea was signed at 1000 hours, July 27, 1953. Hostilities stopped at 2200 hours and with it, the end of 37 months of death and destruction. The silence along the front lines of Korea was deafening.
July 27, 2003 - U.S. special forces soldiers hunting Saddam Hussein carried out a bloody operation in central Baghdad Sunday, but without any sign of the ousted Iraqi dictator.
July 23, 2003 - A Montana Army National Guard soldier is determined to spend the next three years following the trail that Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Corps of Discovery blazed across this country 200 years ago.
July 22, 2003 - U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch received a hero's welcome in her native West Virginia Tuesday. Private Lynch became perhaps the most famous American soldier involved in the Iraq war after she was taken prisoner and later rescued by U.S. commandos.
July 22, 2003 - Saddam Hussein's sons Qusay and Uday were killed today in a ''fierce gun battle,'' U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, announced at a news briefing in Baghdad.
July 21, 2003 - Family members and defense officials alike intend to ensure that those who died at the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001, are remembered. Together, they launched a fund-raising campaign to build a memorial for the victims of the terrorist attack.
July 21, 2003 - An uneasy peace settled on Korea after a truce was finally signed, 50 years ago this week.
July 20, 2003 - An Iraqi militia is being formed to assist U.S. and coalition forces in rooting out and destroying Saddam loyalists who've been attacking coalition forces and obstructing reconstruction efforts.
July 17, 2003 - Hundreds of homeless veterans and their families enjoyed a brief respite from life on the streets in San Diego when they attended the Stand Down event.
July 17, 2003 - Brothers Kevin and Pat Tillman, both members of the 75th Ranger Regiment, were presented with a distinctive award July 16 during the 2003 ESPY Awards on ESPN.
July 17, 2003 - Army released a 15-page report today stating that members of the 507th Maintenance Company fought the best they could in Iraq until there was no longer a means to resist.
July 17, 2003 - Another audiotape, purported to be the voice of Saddam Hussein, has aired on Arab-language television on the anniversary of the 1968 Baathist revolution that brought Saddam's party to power. Meanwhile, U.S. troops are on heightened alert.
July 16, 2003 - U.S. and coalition forces are facing organized opposition by Baathist remnants throughout Iraq, U.S. Army Gen. John Abizaid told reporters at the Pentagon July 16.
July 10, 2003 - The general who led U.S. forces to victory in Iraq has acknowledged American troops may need to remain in that country for several more years.
July 08, 2003 - Gen. John P. Abizaid assumed command of U.S. Central Command from Gen. Tommy R. Franks July 7 during a ceremony at the St. Pete Times Forum in downtown Tampa.
July 03, 2003 - Bush spoke as Gen. Richard B. Myers re-enlisted a group of service members at the White House July 1, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the All-Volunteer Force.
July 03, 2003 - In the main courthouse where many judicial records were burned by looters, the interim judiciary system is facing a number of challenges head-on with the help of Marine and Army forces.
July 03, 2003 - At least 10 American soldiers have been wounded in three separate attacks in Iraq. Meanwhile, a protest north of Baghdad turned deadly, when a grenade exploded in the crowd.
July 01, 2003 - An explosion at a mosque in the Iraqi city of Fallujah has increased tensions between residents of the city and American forces. Many residents believe the blast was caused by a U.S. airstrike.
July 01, 2003 - Spc. John Nunn led 13 soldiers in the 2003 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships by finishing third in the 20,000-meter racewalk at Stanford University's Cobb Track & Angell Field.
June 30, 2003 - On the banks of the Euphrates River, a region that was once the center of Jewish culture and study, Jewish Marines and soldiers got a rare chance to celebrate the Sabbath with one of only three military Rabbis' in theater.
June 30, 2003 - Israeli troops have withdrawn from parts of the northern Gaza Strip. The overnight pullout came just hours after the three main Palestinian militant groups declared a three-month ceasefire.
June 26, 2003 - An Iraqi driver was killed and an unknown number of people wounded in an attack on an Office of the Coalition Provisional Authority vehicle near Baghdad International Airport.
June 24, 2003 - Coalition personnel are making progress in Iraq, but the recent deaths of American and British soldiers show the world is still engaged in a dangerous war against terrorism.
June 23, 2003 - A photograph of a patrol of stainless steel statues trudging through snow toward an objective is featured on the new commemorative postage stamp honoring the Korean War Veterans Memorial that's slated to be dedicated by the U.S. Postal Service on July 27.
June 23, 2003 - Coalition and Afghan militia forces launched Operation Unified Resolve with a series of movements throughout the eastern province of Nangarhar, June 18, Combined Joint Task Force 180 officials said today.
June 19, 2003 - One 804th Medical Brigade soldier was killed and two injured today during a rocket- propelled grenade assault on a military ambulance that occurred north of Camp Dogwood in the town of al Iskandariyah, U.S. Central Command reported today.
June 18, 2003 - The 4th Infantry Division confiscated $8.5 million U.S. dollars and between 300 and 400 million Iraqi dinar from two separate farmhouses during a raid today, said Army Maj. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, 4th Infantry Division commander.
June 18, 2003 - The U.S. military says it has captured Abid Hamid Mahmud, the number four man on the most wanted list of Iraqis. Mr. Mahmud was the personal secretary for ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
June 12, 2003 - Spectators at 13 Major League Baseball games and one Major League Soccer game will have the opportunity to honor America's military forces June 14, Flag Day.
June 09, 2003 - Customers who use selected Army Morale, Welfare, and Recreation clubs and eateries have a chance to win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle this summer.
June 05, 2003 - A special court-martial panel sentenced a mobilized reservist from Pennsylvania to a bad conduct discharge after she refused to receive the anthrax vaccine.
June 04, 2003 - U.S. and Italian forces launched an offensive June 2 against anti-coalition forces in the Shahi Kowt section of the Paktia province in Afghanistan, Combined Joint Task Force 180 officials said today.
June 03, 2003 - The Korean War got a step closer to an armistice as both the United Nations and communists agreed on terms for exchanging all prisoners of war, 50 years ago this week.
May 31, 2003 - Dwight Eisenhower's wartime years are the subject of a new memoir by his son, John S.D. Eisenhower, himself a retired brigadier general and former ambassador.
May 30, 2003 - A significant expansion of effort in the hunt for weapons of mass destruction will begin to take hold in Iraq in coming days, DoD officials said today.
May 29, 2003 - At the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a small team of scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Ft. Detrick, Md., has trained its microscopes on severe acute respiratory syndrome.
May 29, 2003 - Wave after human wave of Chinese soldiers lost their lives attacking outposts in the Nevada complex 50 years ago this week in Korea, but the bloody assaults eventually convinced I Corps to fall back to its main line of resistance.
May 28, 2003 - The remains of nine U.S. Navy crew members, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified, and their remains are being returned to their families for burial.
May 28, 2003 - The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, a joint research collaboration between the Army and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, opened this week. The institute's mission is to develop technologies for advancing soldier protection and survivability.
May 28, 2003 - Nearly 59 years after his P-38 Lightning aircraft was shot down, ''Ironman'' pilot Carl Hoenshell's remains returned home. His family buried him with full military honors in his hometown of Owosso, Michigan.
May 27, 2003 - One U.S. Army soldier was killed and seven injured during a May 27 firefight with hostile forces near Fallujah, according to a U.S. Central Command press release.
May 23, 2003 - The Pentagon has announced the names of two military officers who will serve as Chief Prosecutor and Chief Defense Counsel for the trials of foreign terrorist suspects.
May 22, 2003 - National Guard leaders from the 54 states and U.S. territories supported the chief of the National Guard Bureau's initiative for transforming their organization into a force of ''modern Minutemen that is more responsive for the American people.''
May 20, 2003 - Expanding employment opportunities for Army spouses while fulfilling corporate America's demand for skilled workers was the topic of the Army Spouse Employment Partnership Program working session in Arlington, Va., May 12.
May 17, 2003 - Conan O'Brien's unruly red mop may not meet military regulations, but the comedian's unruly behavior met with howls and cheers from Marines he visited Friday.
May 17, 2003 - Another mass grave site has been found in Iraq. An Iraqi group opposed to Saddam Hussein says as many as 600 Kuwaiti prisoners of war killed in 1991 could be buried there.
May 16, 2003 - The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) has an all points bulletin out for qualified soldiers interested in becoming highly trained criminal investigators.
May 14, 2003 - Infantrymen of the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team found a suspected mobile bio-lab at the Al Kindi Rocket and Missile Research and Development Center, the largest such complex in Iraq.
May 13, 2003 - With both sides stuck on the finer points of a prisoner-of-war repatriation plan, the Reds stepped up attacks in the air and on the ground with no measurable success, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
May 12, 2003 - It once was the largest zoo in the Middle East. The Baghdad Zoo had more than 600 animals before March 19. Today, it has six.
May 08, 2003 - Seven thousand captured Iraqis have been released from the American internment facility at Umm Qasr, officials there said today. Roughly 2,000 remain captive.
May 06, 2003 - The faces of Saddam Hussein's defeated regime on the now-famous ''most wanted'' card deck have become ever familiar with more than 1 million decks printed and sold. The faces of the cards' creators, however, were a mystery, until now, that is.
May 04, 2003 - The Army's 716th Military Police Battalion, alongside 1st Marine Division Marines and Iraqi police, has been keeping the streets of Iraq safe and secure so those walking on those streets can breathe the breath of freedom without fear.
May 04, 2003 - ''Hey, Mister! Hey, Mister! Hello! Hello!'' These are kids shouting and running alongside Humvees carrying members of Direct Support Team 2 of the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion through Baghdad's streets.
May 02, 2003 - Near the stone-age village of Mulayfaht, where cuneiform symbols were in use as many as 7,000 years ago, a pair of modern military bridges have begun making life easier for the Iraqi people.
May 02, 2003 - Major combat operations in Iraq are over, and America and her allies have prevailed, President George W. Bush said May 1 on the flight deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.
May 02, 2003 - Three senior U.S. government officials agreed that humanitarian efforts to renew and restore Iraq have gone well so far, and movement will continue to return Iraq to the Iraqi people.
April 30, 2003 - The Iraqi lawyer who led American Marines to prisoner of war Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch has been granted asylum and is safe in the United States with his family.
April 30, 2003 - U.N. planes conducted several bombing raids into North Korea as truce talks continued, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
April 25, 2003 - One American service member was killed and five injured in an attack this morning in Afghanistan. About 20 enemy fighters attacked an American platoon that was responding to a report of suspicious activity east of Fire Base Shkin.
April 24, 2003 - Americans wishing to show their support to U.S. Army soldiers serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom and their families can now make contributions of ''Gifts From the Homefront'' to a service member or family member.
April 22, 2003 - The ''Packbot,'' robot has been used in Iraq to search buildings for enemy soldiers and examine equipment left behind by retreating Iraqi forces.
April 22, 2003 - The coalition has trumped the Queen of Spades in the Iraqi most-wanted deck. Muhammad Hamza Zubaydi, a former prime minister and member of the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraq, is in coalition custody.
April 21, 2003 - DoD is taking a watchful approach to its smallpox vaccination program after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta reported investigating whether a sequence of cardiac deaths was associated with the vaccine.
April 21, 2003 - When Army Pvt. Fernando Gonzalez heard that professional wrestlers ''Bradshaw'' and ''Faarooq'' were visiting Walter Reed Army Medical Center recently, he got excited and asked for them to visit his hospital room.
April 20, 2003 - Most Iraqis lived frugally, especially during the past 12 years of U.N. sanctions. But Saddam Hussein, his family and close associates lived like kings. U.S. soldiers have discovered stacks of American currency, totaling more than $650 million.
April 18, 2003 - United States and coalition forces accepted the surrender of the first enemy general in Operation Iraqi Freedom when the commander of all armed forces in the western district of Iraq capitulated in Ar Ramedi.
April 17, 2003 - Coalition special operations forces captured Saddam Hussein's half-brother during a raid in Baghdad last night, U.S. Central Command officials said during a briefing from Qatar today.
April 17, 2003 - The United States is intensifying the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, where sporadic fighting continues. Meanwhile, the ongoing effort by U.S. forces to round-up former Iraqi regime leaders nets the second of Saddam's three half-brothers.
April 17, 2003 - Some aircraft credited with delivering overwhelming military capability to coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom are now distributing food, supplies and medical care to the people of Iraq.
April 16, 2003 - Even though hostilities in Iraq appear to be winding down, airmen who fly combat missions over that war-torn nation say their job is not finished yet.
April 15, 2003 - On a tip from an Iraqi official, Marine with D Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, dashed through sniper fire on the streets of Samarra, Iraq.
April 14, 2003 - Marines encountered sporadic resistance as they moved into Tikrit today, U.S. Central Command officials said this morning during a press conference in Qatar.
April 13, 2003 - U.S. marines trying to help neighborhoods get police and hospital services back up and running find themselves helping Iraqis to clear their schools, hospitals, and even their backyards of weapons left there by Iraqi troops.
April 13, 2003 - DoD officials identified the seven American prisoners of war found in northern Iraq today as five members of the 507th Maintenance Company and two Apache helicopter pilots.
April 12, 2003 - Coalition forces in Iraq are using a specially created deck of 55 playing cards to identify the ''most wanted'' members of Saddam Hussein's regime.
April 12, 2003 - Although combat continues in a number of areas in Iraq, coalition efforts to increase humanitarian assistance are becoming more important, according to U.S. Central Command officials.
April 11, 2003 - Signs of the disintegration of Saddam Hussein's regime abound in Iraq, U.S. Central Command officials said in a briefing in Qatar today.
April 10, 2003 - Home Depot pledged $1 million and 1 million volunteer hours to make general household repairs for the loved ones of deployed troops. Mary Kay Cosmetics has donated items such as sun block and lip balm to troops.
April 10, 2003 - They're intimately familiar with Iraqi language and culture, they wear distinctive uniforms, they serve with U.S. civil affairs troops in Iraq -- and they don't like Saddam Hussein. Who are these guys?
April 10, 2003 - U.S. troops in Baghdad continue to encounter pockets of resistance from fighters loyal to Saddam Hussein, one day after the collapse of the regime in the capital.
April 09, 2003 - A U.S. Air Force combat search and rescue team saved the lives of two critically wounded U.S. Army special operations soldiers despite severe weather conditions April 7 about five miles south of Baghdad.
April 09, 2003 - Two American airmen have been missing since their F-15E Strike Eagle went down in Iraq April 6, U.S. military officials in Saudi Arabia said.
April 08, 2003 - More than 90 members of the press arrived at LRMC April 2 to attend a news conference with three injured Marines. Each Marine gave a brief account of how he was injured in battle and the circumstances surrounding his experience.
April 08, 2003 - Coalition forces targeted ''senior regime officials'' in a strike in the Baghdad suburb of al Mansour April 7, a U.S. Central Command official said during a briefing in Qatar today.
April 08, 2003 - VOA correspondent Alisha Ryu is with US forces at the Baghdad airport and describes Monday's incursion into Baghdad by U.S. troops to Al Pessin in VOA London bureau.
April 07, 2003 - Shortly after a small group of Iraqi civilians led Co. D to an abandoned Iraqi training camp, the unit's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical expert detected what was thought to be nerve gas and sounded the alarm, ''gas, gas, gas.''
April 07, 2003 - The requests are pouring into the forward office of Task Force Warrior in Kuwait. A typical message will state, ''Request 3 Free Iraqi Forces with expertise in Basra region...''
April 06, 2003 - U.S. military combat action in Baghdad yesterday may have inflicted thousands of casualties on the enemy, a senior U.S. Central Command spokesperson said today.
April 05, 2003 - The special operations mission to rescue Army Pfc. Jessica D. Lynch from Iraqi captivity was a triumph of joint planning and execution, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Victor Renuart.
April 04, 2003 - Pfc. Jessica Lynch has undergone several successful surgeries since being rescued by coalition forces, and her doctors believe she will continue to improve through extensive rehabilitative services.
April 04, 2003 - New heroes have surfaced in the rescue of U.S. Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch. As her captors discussed amputating her leg, an Iraqi man leaned to her ear and whispered, ''don't worry.'' Lynch replied with a warm smile.
April 04, 2003 - Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, during a news conference in Qatar, said Army 5th Corps forces took the airport after heavy fighting. He said the airport will now be the ''gateway to the future of Iraq.''
April 04, 2003 - U.S. troops have occupied most of Baghdad's international airport and are continuing to advance on Saddam Hussein's seat of power. But it remains unclear how soon a full scale offensive on the Iraqi capital would be launched.
April 03, 2003 - Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, defense officials have pointed out the Iraqi regime's policy of consistently ignoring the laws of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions.
April 02, 2003 - The 3rd Infantry Division (Mech.) engaged in heavy fighting today with the Republican Guard's Medina Division near Karbala, Iraq, and some U.S. elements reportedly advanced to within 25 miles of Baghdad.
April 02, 2003 - With divisions divided and divisions destroyed, April is off to a bad start for Iraq's famed Republican Guard.
April 02, 2003 - Central Command deputy operations director, Brigadier General Vince Brooks, announced early Wednesday that U.S. special forces rescued an American soldier who had been captured by the Iraqis.
April 01, 2003 - Truce talks resumed at the peace table after an almost six-month break, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
April 01, 2003 - British troops in southern Iraq have begun trading their helmets for berets, and officials said it is helping them win the trust of the local population.
March 31, 2003 - The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division says the Republican Guards have attempted to use women and children as human shields.
March 31, 2003 - The sight of bloodied, bandaged Marines laying on flimsy, green cots in southern Iraq was a disheartening scene, March 27. But the wounded wouldn't let their misfortune get them down.
March 30, 2003 - Army Gen. Tommy Franks said coalition forces are not ''paused'' and are not suffering from a lack of supplies.
March 30, 2003 - The United States has launched new bomb and missile strikes on Baghdad. Meanwhile, the embattled Iraqi government has turned to unconventional means, including suicide bombings, in its bid to thwart the progress of coalition forces towards the capital.
March 29, 2003 - At least 200 Ba'ath members and paramilitary leaders affiliated with the Hussein regime were killed in the night attacks, which occurred northeast of Basra.
March 29, 2003 - A suicide bomber in central Iraq has killed four American soldiers as coalition warplanes continue to pound Baghdad. Officials say a taxi stopped at a checkpoint on the highway north of Najaf and waved for help. When soldiers approached the car exploded.
March 28, 2003 - Training. Teamwork. Focus. Pride. That is how the commander of the largest airborne mission since 1990's Operation Just Cause sums up the aerial delivery of 1,000 members of the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade into northern Iraq on March 26.
March 28, 2003 - The Iraqi capital of Baghdad came under heavy bombardment Friday with coalition warplanes targeting communications facilities and Republican Guard units poised to defend the city from a ground attack.
March 27, 2003 - An ambush, rockets flying through the air, and civilians who turned out to be Iraqi troops. It's all part of a hair-raising account of the battle as told by three wounded U.S. soldiers who were attacked near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
March 26, 2003 - U.S. forces have found 3,000 Iraqi chemical protective suits at an An Nasiriyah hospital, which gives war planners an indication that Saddam Hussein's regime is preparing to use banned chemical weapons against coalition forces.
March 26, 2003 - Armored columns of the 3rd Infantry Division roared hundreds of kilometers toward Baghdad securing an airfield at Jalibah, exchanging fire outside Al Samawa, and capturing about 250 enemy soldiers.
March 26, 2003 - More than 141,000 members of the Army and Air National Guard were mobilized, placed on alert or identified for possible mobilization by March 24, five days after Operation Iraqi Freedom began.
March 26, 2003 - The Pentagon is reporting several hundred Iraqis forces have been killed after U.S. troops came under fierce attack south of Baghdad Tuesday.
March 26, 2003 - VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu is with the Army's Third Infantry Division near Baghdad in Central Iraq. London Bureau Editor Kevin Lynch spoke to her by satellite phone about activities overnight and early in the day.
March 24, 2003 - In the midst of making final preparations to move into Iraq, the soldiers of 1st Brigade put the war on hold for a bit this morning at Camp New Jersey, Kuwait, to pay their final respects to the first Screaming Eagle to fall in this campaign.
March 24, 2003 - To bolster force protection, the general public is urged not to send unsolicited mail, care packages or donations to service members forward deployed unless you are a family member, loved one or personal friend.
March 24, 2003 - As many as ten American Marines were reported killed and another 12 Americans soldiers are listed as missing, believed to have been taken hostage or killed by Iraqi forces in a tough day of fighting for the coalition
March 23, 2003 - Iraqi television videotape purports to show U.S. service members captured by Iraqi forces. Al Jazeera – a satellite news network based out of Doha, Qatar – broadcast the tape.
March 22, 2003 - U.S. troops yesterday attacked a terrorist complex located in northern Iraq, Army Gen. Tommy Franks said.
March 21, 2003 - The death toll in the crash of a Marine CH-46 helicopter March 20 was reduced overnight to 12 by U.S. Central Command officials.
March 19, 2003 - In an address to the nation Wednesday night: ''My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.''
March 19, 2003 - Operations to disarm Iraq have begun, President Bush announced during a speech to America tonight. The president confirmed the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world.
March 18, 2003 - While the United States grows closer to war with Iraq, elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., sharpen their skills on what was once the battlefield of Operation Desert Storm.
March 13, 2003 - Filling out and filing income tax forms is an annual burden Americans must bear, but Air Force legal officials say servicemembers need not pay extra for the privilege.
March 05, 2003 - An Eight Army patrol in the vicinity of Pork Chop Hill caught a platoon of Red Chinese short of their objective and spoiled the communist planned attack, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
March 03, 2003 - The Department of Defense today announced the selection of the Pentagon memorial design by the design selection jury. The winning design is the so-called ''Light Benches'' submitted by Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman of New York.
February 24, 2003 - About 700 U.S. soldiers are working at Taszar Air Base, Hungary, to train up to 3,000 Free Iraqi Forces, said Army Maj. Robert Stern.
February 20, 2003 - A North Korean fighter jet crossed briefly into South Korean air space Thursday, the first such incident in 20 years.
February 19, 2003 - Ground fighting, though still confined in scope, was deadly for both sides 50 years ago this week in Korea, as the Chinese reacted savagely to U.N. incursions.
January 30, 2003 - A U.S. army helicopter has crashed east of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and initial reports say there are some casualties.
January 28, 2003 - U.S. Special Forces and Afghan militia troops are engaged in heavy fighting against rogue guerrillas near the town of Spin Boldak, a Defense Department official said today.
January 27, 2003 - The Army's online university, eArmyU, will add three more installations January 27.
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January 22, 2003 - Operation Smack, a combined arms experiment falls short of capturing T-bone Hill Complex in Korea 50 years ago this week and sparks a congressional inquiry at home.
January 10, 2003 - A new defense medal will eventually be issued to military members who served in the Republic of Korea, or adjacent waters, after July 28, 1954.
January 08, 2003 - Two new Chinese armies hit the front lines 50 years ago this week in Korea as the Reds attacked Capitol Hill and the area around Chorwon.
January 02, 2003 - The war against terrorism in Afghanistan is being fought on more than one front. At Bagram the soldiers of the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) fight a quiet, second battle against over 20 years of devastation using paper, pen and tape measure.
January 02, 2003 - Successful bombing runs on supply and communications centers near Kumsong and the Siberian border opened the new year, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
December 18, 2002 - The first soldiers in the national capital region and elsewhere were vaccinated against smallpox disease during the past few days.
December 18, 2002 - The communist propaganda machine played Christmas tunes across the front lines as it continued to make claims of germ warfare and mass killings of prisoners of war by U.S. military forces, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
December 03, 2002 - Al Qaeda and Taliban sympathizers launched two hit-and-run attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan Dec. 2, DoD officials said today. There have been no U.S. casualties, the officials said.
December 03, 2002 - With the click of a mouse, heartfelt messages have been sent to thousands of deployed troops this holiday season.
November 26, 2002 - Affordable continuing education is a high priority for soldiers and their families, according to the votes of 112 delegates to the 2002 Army Family Action Plan Conference.
November 25, 2002 - U.S. troops and equipment have been transiting through Djibouti on their way to Kuwait, where they could be used in a new war with Iraq.
November 19, 2002 - When it was all over, only points separated the All-Army basketball team from the Air Force squad, tied with four wins each. The soldiers took home the gold medals and the 2002 Armed Forces Basketball Tournament title last week at Fort Hood.
November 18, 2002 - Fifty-eight reporters, photographers and cameramen are getting a view of military training they don't usually see -- they're doing it, not watching it.
November 14, 2002 - Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division died at about 5:20 a.m. today when they were ran over by an M1 tank at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La.
November 12, 2002 - The findings of a new study detailing the Army's plan for addressing recent incidents of domestic violence were released during a Fort Bragg, N.C. media roundtable Nov. 7.
November 07, 2002 - Thousands will gather at the National Mall in the coming days to witness and participate in ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
November 04, 2002 - Robin Williams, comedian, movie star, TV star, comedy recording artist and theater star, visited Operation Enduring Freedom troops Oct. 18 at Kandahar Airfield on a United Services Organization sponsored visit.
November 01, 2002 - A leading international human rights group says in a report issued Friday that Palestinians who carry out suicide bombings are guilty of war crimes.
October 30, 2002 - With the backing of 20 other countries, the United States submitted a proposal to the United Nations on the repatriation issue in an effort to reach a truce, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
October 24, 2002 - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke briefly today at a DoD press conference about two suspects arrested in connection with sniper shootings that have plagued the Washington metro region for three weeks.
October 21, 2002 - Much like the Tuskegee Airmen, the Navajo code talkers, and Japanese Americans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, women veterans had to ''overcome extra obstacles just to serve their nation.''
October 17, 2002 - More than 1,100 people submitted designs for a memorial to those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon. Defense officials today announced the six designs selected as finalists.
October 17, 2002 - After a fake withdrawal by elements of the Republic of Korea from Sniper Ridge, the ROK 2nd Division trap the Chinese on the ridge as a part of Operation Showdown, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
October 11, 2002 - Bernardo C. Negrete has a message for young Hispanic Americans: ''The military is a perfect place to build your future!''
October 09, 2002 - help of the U.S. Army, the Make-A-Wish Foundation was able to grant a 10-year-old freckled faced boy with a terminal illness his greatest wish -- to become a soldier.
October 07, 2002 - Atop the summit of Pikes Peak, subjects burn 1,500 calories a day more than they consume to test the effect of antioxidant supplements and carbohydrate drinks at high altitude.
September 30, 2002 - About 512 members of the District of Columbia National Guard mustered Sept. 27 to support metropolitan and federal police forces during the weekend's annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
September 19, 2002 - Attacks were called off twice at Outpost Kelly after U.S. soldiers failed to take the hill due to heavy casualties, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
September 18, 2002 - The Pentagon now has a place dedicated for peace and solace to sooth the spiritual inclinations of its thousands of military and civilian employees -- its own chapel.
September 12, 2002 - While people around the country attended ceremonies commemorating the horrific losses of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, about 300 members of an interagency team directed by the U.S. element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command were in place.
September 12, 2002 - The last five victims of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon were buried Sept. 12 with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Section 64, even though there were no identifiable remains.
September 10, 2002 - Army Emergency Relief and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society today each received $350,000 checks from the Washington Redskins football team at an outdoor Pentagon ceremony.
September 10, 2002 - Clear Skies II, an ongoing air defense exercise here, is now a deployment -- and troops are being issued live weapons, Marine Gen. Peter Pace told reporters this afternoon.
September 06, 2002 - Yesterday's deadly bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, was a deplorable, deliberate act that targeted innocents to spread terror, a senior Pentagon spokesperson said here today.
September 06, 2002 - If you love country music, you know Alan Jackson. If you work at the Pentagon, you can see him up close and personal Monday morning.
September 05, 2002 - Against repeated Chinese assaults, U.S. marines held Bunker Hill 50 years ago in Korea, but the Chinese pushed the ROK Capital Division off Capitol Hill and Finger Ridge, beginning a long battle to retake the area.
September 03, 2002 - A field of bleachers is growing alongside the Pentagon as workers assemble seating for 12,000 in advance of a Sept. 11 ceremony.
September 03, 2002 - Only feet away from where they lost the lives of family and coworkers, 9-11 victims talked candidly about the tragic events of that day with ''America's Most Wanted'' host John Walsh.
August 29, 2002 - As the anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on America draws near, on Pentagon hero's life has forever been changed in more ways than one -- some good and some not so good.
August 23, 2002 - Royal Canadian paratroopers bested a field of 42 teams from 12 nations here Aug. 17 in Leapfest, the International Military Parachute Competition.
August 22, 2002 - Last Friday marked the end of summer training at Officer Candidates School as 540 candidates from Echo, Golf and India Companies marched across the parade deck. These men and women will now return to their colleges to finish up their degrees.
August 20, 2002 - More rioting by communist prisoners of war resulted in crackdowns that left four POWs dead and 64 wounded, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
August 12, 2002 - U.S. forces conducted a ''cordon and search'' operation in Afghanistan, and forces detained three suspected al Qaeda fighters, Defense Department officials said Aug. 12.
August 08, 2002 - Two soldiers who were injured in one of five explosions that rocked the rural village of Klokot, Kosovo, last week, received Purple Hearts from U.S Army Europe's top soldier.
August 06, 2002 - Two separate incidents of bravery under fire this week led to posthumous awards of the Medal of Honor to a Navy corpsman and an Army paratrooper, 50 years ago in Korea.
August 02, 2002 - Five soldiers were awarded Purple Hearts July 29, for wounds sustained in a firefight near Khost, Afghanistan, on July 27.
July 30, 2002 - Bragg and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command officials have responded to reporters' questions about the killing of four military wives by their active-duty husbands in a span of less than six weeks during a press conference July 26.
July 23, 2002 - Truce talks continued to be stalled on the number of prisoners to be exchanged, 50 years ago this week in Korea.
July 22, 2002 - Department of Defense blood donor centers are asking sailors and Marines to donate this summer in hopes of keeping up DOD blood supplies while assisting civilian blood collection agencies.
July 19, 2002 - A bullet-proof vest that stopped a round from piercing the heart of an Army private was one piece of equipment congressmen were introduced to during a display on Capitol Hill July 16 and 18.
July 19, 2002 - A report to Congress detailing the military power of the People's Republic of China is filled with vague words and phrases. This is because the Chinese government is still extremely secretive and opaque about military matters.
July 15, 2002 - The Defense Department honored two private citizens today for their bravery during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001.
July 15, 2002 - About 50 reservists from the Army's 9th Theater Support Command have been activated for deployment to Japan in support of the War on Terrorism.
July 10, 2002 - Recognized by the White House as the 2002 teacher of the year, a retired lieutenant colonel just told education specialists that his Army career prepared him well to be an educator.
June 28, 2002 - A coalition investigation board has blamed two U.S. F-16 fighter pilots, and others in their chain of command, for the April 17 friendly fire incident that killed four Canadian soldiers and injured eight.
June 24, 2002 - U.S. special operations troops in Afghanistan yesterday reported enemy rocket fire near their positions around the town of Khowst, U.S. officials said.
June 21, 2002 - Strong winds churned up white caps across Guantanamo Bay June 18 as an Air Force Reserve C-141 Starlifter streamed in for a landing carrying 28 suspected al Qaeda and Taliban members headed for in-processing and detention at Camp Delta.
June 17, 2002 - Warrant Officer Bradley J. Goode had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk the red carpet with fellow Marines who starred in the world premiere of ''The Bourne Identity.''
June 14, 2002 - Seven-year-old Handley Boyd was made an honorary private in the Army at its 227th birthday celebration June 14.
June 11, 2002 - Chemical field tests at a U.S. base in Uzbekistan revealed traces of possible nerve and blister agents at three locations June 9.
June 04, 2002 - The remains of two U.S. Air Force servicemen killed in action during the Vietnam War have been identified and are being returned home to their families. They are Master Sgt. Thomas E. Heideman and Capt. Craig B. Schiele, both of Chicago.
June 03, 2002 - American and allied Afghan military forces conducting a raid May 31 mistakenly fired on other friendly Afghan troops, killing two and wounding three, a U.S. military official reported from Afghanistan today.
June 03, 2002 - A superhero story always needs a supervillian. This summer's hit movie from one of my favorite comic books, ''Spider-Man'', has a defense contractor in the evil role.
May 28, 2002 - American Green Berets and soldiers from the Republic of Georgia stood side-by-side on Memorial Day weekend to begin the newest chapter in the War on Terrorism.
May 28, 2002 - Members of the West Virginia National Guard and hundreds of others who remembered him as a husband and father, as a soldier and friend, saluted slain Army Guard Sgt. Gene Vance Jr. on Memorial Day weekend.
May 27, 2002 - ''We extend a special welcome to the Minister of Defense from Sweden and representatives of many armed forces of friendly nations around the world who’ve come on this special Memorial Day to honor our dead.''
May 23, 2002 - DoD engineers are developing the 2010-era Objective Force Warrior even before the next- generation Land Warrior is fielded in 2004.
May 21, 2002 - Teaching multi-ethnic Afghan recruits soldiering skills may be a new phase in the global war on terrorism, but for Green Berets, training foreign soldiers is a core mission they have mastered.
May 17, 2002 - THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's my honor to welcome back the Mighty Falcons. It seems like Coach DeBerry is the charter member of the White House frequent visitor club. I'm real proud of you all and want...
May 13, 2002 - Seven years after the first U.S. deployment to Bosnia in support of NATO peacekeeping, troops are still working to clear the countryside of landmines.
May 09, 2002 - The Army's new multi-wheeled, armored vehicle, the Stryker, may be lean compared to an Abrams tank, but it's no lightweight. At 38,000 pounds, the Stryker can be airlifted to deploy to hot spots around the globe.
May 08, 2002 - For those who witnessed the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon last year, the sounds of chaos that filled the building's center courtyard this morning may have been a vivid reminder of that tragic day.
May 07, 2002 - Commemorating the liberation of one of Nazi Germany's death camps, a group of World War II veterans recently revisited the Buchenwald concentration camp 57 years after they helped its victims.
May 01, 2002 - THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, and welcome to the White House, and welcome to our beautiful Rose Garden. We gather in tribute to two young men who died long ago in the service to America. In awarding the Medal of Honor ...
April 30, 2002 - DoD scientists and contractors are working to obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a smallpox vaccine developed by the military a decade ago, according to an Army medical researcher at Fort Detrick, MD.
