TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR) is a premium-based, worldwide health plan that qualified retired Reserve members and survivors may purchase. Plan Overview TRR offers comprehensive health coverage from any TRICARE-authorized provider, network or non-network. Referrals are not needed for any type of care but some services may require prior authorization. The type of … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Patent Licensing Agreement Signed at ECBC
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. -- "Remember today, July 14, 2011. You are experiencing the beginning of a revolution!" The speaker of those words, David Chiang, Sage-N Research, Inc. CEO, forecasts a bright future for the Agents of Biological Origins Identification (ABOID) system that was developed at the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC). Sage-N Research, … [Read more...]
Soldiers May Soon Have Lighter Machine Guns
July 15, 2011 By Eric Kowal, RDECOM PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Any Soldier who has ever served as a squad automatic weapon gunner is resigned to the burden of lugging a heavy weapon and ammunition on patrol. Soldiers may soon have a solution, however, one that cuts the weight of small-arms ammunition nearly in half and provides a potential replacement for the SAW that weighs … [Read more...]
Soldiers Volunteer for ‘Extreme Makeover’ Project
July 15, 2011 By Stephenie Tatum, Fort Bragg PAO FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- The residents of Langdon Street are used to seeing neighbors walk up and down the streets of their quiet community. But on the morning of July 14, they were as surprised as homeowner, Barbara Summey Marshall, to see an army of volunteers walk up and stop in front of 120 Langdon Street. Ty Pennington, and … [Read more...]
1AE HQ Jumps Head-First into New PT Program
July 18, 2011 By Sgt. Darius Kirkwood, First Army Division East FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- If nearly a decade at war has taught us nothing else, we have learned that Soldiers do not fight like marathon runners, and that training for a test does not equal maximum results on the battlefield. The Army is addressing the shortcomings of the physical training standards nearly … [Read more...]