Officer Candidate School (OCS) teaches the skills which would be required of an officer in the United States Army. OCS is designed to train, evaluate and develop leadership potential, and is designed to be challenging. OCS is charged with creating the finest possible leaders to lead our soldiers in the accomplishment of future missions. This 14-week course, conducted at … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2009
Off-Base Housing Options Chart
Thoroughly confused? Below is a chart that lists the location rules for various situations. The information from this chart was derived from the Department of Defense (DOD) Pay Regulation, Volume 7A (Active Duty & Reserve Pay), Chapter 26 -- Basic Allowance For Housing (BAH). … [Read more...]
Off-Base Housing Options
Know Your Off-Base Housing Options The military is required to provide adequate housing for dependents so, you will receive the housing allowance even while you are assigned to the barracks at basic training and/or technical school/AIT/A-School. In the military you are paid twice per month. You will receive your BAH as part of your regular paycheck. While you are in Basic … [Read more...]
Night Stalkers
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) is a special operations unit of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The Regiment was formed to provide aviation support to other Spec Ops warriors after a highly publicized failed hostage rescue attempt. At this time it was noted that there were no U.S. helicopter units trained in the kind of … [Read more...]
National Guard -Mission
Protecting The World, Federal Mission During peacetime each state National Guard answers to the leadership in the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia. During national emergencies, however, the President reserves the right to mobilize the National Guard, putting them in federal duty status. While federalized, the units answer to the Combatant … [Read more...]