PENTAGON, Washington D.C. (May 22, 2013)—The Army has released the Net Zero Pilot Installation Initiative Progress Report for 2012 containing information useful to implementing Net Zero. The Army now plans to issue a policy this year that will expand the Net Zero Initiative to all permanent…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (May 13, 2013)—New features on the Army Training Network website now make it easier for Soldiers and commanders to access vital training materials. “Changes to the homepage and the site’s content have streamlined access and sped up information delivery,”…
ANSBACH, Germany (March 14, 2013)—The newest, most environmentally friendly automotive skills center in the Army opened April 26 at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach’s Urlas housing and training area here. Hundreds of Soldiers, family members, and American and German civilians attended…
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 13, 2013)—Army surveys show that Soldiers are more willing now to report they’ve been the victim of sexual assault. But the service is still not happy with its efforts to eliminate such crimes within the ranks.
ADELPHI, Md. (May 9, 2013)—Troops in a tactical environment have unique challenges with efficient energy use that are uncommon to the rest of the fighting forces. One is that a Soldier positioned to stand guard at an outpost, or forward operating base, should not have to think about energy—a…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (May 3, 2013)—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), today awarded the first of its kind Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC)…
WASHINGTON (Army News Service)—Army leaders face challenging decisions regarding manpower, readiness and modernization as budget restrictions and uncertainties continue. Now more than ever, leaders need data that is both reliable as well as understandable so they can make better-informed…
WASHINGTON —The Army’s annual Army Ten-Miler race is gearing up for this year’s 29th edition, starting Oct. 20, at the Pentagon. Registration will be a two-phase process (Priority & General) again this year and will take place online at www.armytenmiler.com. Priority registration…
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 29, 2013)—With sequestration firmly in place, the Army will be buying a lot less stuff, and leaders are concerned about ensuring the businesses they buy things from don’t wither. Lawmakers with the House Armed Services Committee, subcommittee…
WASHINGTON (Army News Service)—The Army says a round of base realignment and closure for fiscal year 2015 is necessary to save tax dollars, consolidate resources and adapt to force reductions.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service)—Last month, the Army’s senior-most officer told lawmakers budget cuts could result in a decrease in training readiness for follow- on forces to Afghanistan that could result in extended tours for Soldiers already there. That is no longer the case.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 23, 2013)—As part of the Army’s effort to continually provide increased network capability for Soldiers and commanders, the second generation of its tactical communications network backbone, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2,…
The 2013 Army Posture Statement is the written expression of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army to Congress for the annual posture hearings.
FORT LEE, Va. (April 22, 2013)—Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal, Ph.D., gained a new perspective of warfighter logisticians after observing and discussing training with students, instructors and leaders at the Sustainment Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, April 18. “It…
WASHINGTON – A “David-and-Goliath” scenario – an Army installation commander standing up to a multi-billion-dollar industry over the deaths of three of his soldiers – has borne fruit in a national Food and Drug Administration warning and the drug maker’s decision…
Beginning Aug. 1, 2013, every Soldier who elects to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to a family member will incur an additional four years in the Army, without regard to their time in service. That news comes in a message to military personnel, dated April 15, 2013. The new rule largely…
WASHINGTON —The Army says investments in science and technology are critical for advances that protect Soldiers, address the threats of today and prepare the service for the challenges of the future. “I’ve seen firsthand the value and impact that technology brings to the battlefield…
WASHINGTON —Army leaders told Congress that the readiness Americans have come to expect from the Army is at risk if sequestration and continuing resolutions are allowed to go on. Lt. Gen. James L. Huggins Jr., deputy chief of staff for Operations, U.S. Army, and three other Army generals…
The Army published a Finding of No Significant Impact following completion of the Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Army 2020 Force Structure Realignment. The PEA analyzed the environmental impacts of two action alternatives for reducing and reorganizing the Army’s active component force…
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 15, 2013)—The Army’s assistant secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment was back on Capitol Hill along with Defense Department and service counterparts to request another round of base realignment and closure in fiscal year 2015.
The Army agrees with the recently released DOD Inspector General report that found two Army organizations did not follow policies for tracking and configuring commercial mobile devices using the Android, Apple iOS, and Windows operating systems between October 2010 and May 2012. Both the U.S.…
Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat program—the name itself implies vast scale. Formed in July 2006, the program is a partnership among Defense Department intelligence, operational, medical, and materiel-development communities that collect, integrate and analyze injury…
ADELPHI, Md. (April 9, 2013)—Army scientists want to make sense of the fascinating properties of novel layered materials that can exist in a single or a few atom-thick layers, such as graphene. Recently Penn State researchers working with the Army Research Office showed that tungstenite,…
In August, the Army will convene a Selective Early Retirement Board for lieutenant colonels and colonels. The move is just one part of a larger Army effort to meet its congressionally mandated end strength reduction. Currently, about 500 colonels and 700 lieutenant colonels in the Army Competitive…
Soldiers from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit held one of the shortest yet most significant ceremonies in the unit’s 57-year history, donning new Shoulder Sleeve Insignias April 2, at the unit’s Ceremony Hill on post.
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