WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 16, 2013) -- Soldiers will continue to use the M4 carbine or improved M4A1 carbine as their issued weapon, as the Army has concluded the Improved Carbine competition without having selected a winner. During a media event June 14, at the Pentagon, Brig. Gen. Paul A. Ostrowski, with Program Executive Office - Soldier, said that none of the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
AF Stops Moves to Colorado
6/17/2013 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- The Air Force has temporarily halted permanent change of station moves and most temporary duty assignments to Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever AFB, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and the U.S. Air Force Academy for military members and civilians as the result of wildfires burning in the Black Forest northeast of … [Read more...]
Army Considers Civilian Victim Advocates
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (Army News Service, June 17, 2013) -- The Army is considering doing away with uniformed victim advocates and hiring civilians in their place, said the general in charge of the Army's personnel policy. Lt. Gen. Howard Bromberg, Army G-1, said civilian victim advocates are under consideration as the Army moves forward with addressing sexual harassment and … [Read more...]
National Guard is “All In” for Deployments
ARLINGTON, Va. (6/17/13) - The National Guard's policy on providing forces was made crystal clear in a recent memo from the National Guard Bureau chief to the Army and Air Force chiefs of staff. In short, the National Guard is fully accessible and "all in," wrote Gen. Frank J. Grass. "We commit the Army National Guard to boots-on-the-ground deployments for one year within a … [Read more...]
NSA Director: Security Leaks Have Done Great Harm
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2013 – Leaks to the public about a classified National Security Agency terrorist surveillance program that collects data from the phone calls of Americans already have jeopardized national security, the NSA director told a Senate panel here June 12. On June 6, from a hotel in Hong Kong where he had fled, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked … [Read more...]