WASHINGTON, April 10, 2014 - For the second time since a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, five years ago, President Barack Obama returned to the Army post today to again pay tribute to soldiers cut down by one of their own, offering condolences to the families of those killed by an Army specialist last week and acknowledging that “part of what makes this so painful is … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
SBA Awards Grant to Fund Entrepreneurship Training for New Veterans
April 10, 2014, WASHINGTON - As part of its “Boots to Business” program, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that it has awarded a $3 million grant to Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) to deliver entrepreneurship education and training to transitioning service members. “Veterans are a … [Read more...]
Military K-9s Experience MedEvac Training at Camp Bondsteel
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo (April 10, 2014) - Spc. Katie Lane strapped herself onto the hoist next to a simulated casualty that would be lifted skyward over 50 feet in the air to a hovering helicopter. Fitted with a special pair of goggles and a muzzle, the four-legged "casualty" shook its tail in nervous excitement. It would be Lane's first time accompanying her military … [Read more...]
Installation of Backup Oxygen System in F-22 Combat Fleet Continues
April 10, 2014, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's F-22 Division is on-track to complete installation of the Automatic Back-up Oxygen System, or ABOS, in the Air Force's F-22 Raptor combat fleet by December 2014. In January 2012, following a series of incidents in which a number of F-22 pilots experienced physiological … [Read more...]
SMA Lists ‘Top 5’ Concerns of Soldiers
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 10, 2014) - Possible changes to military retirement benefits ranks as the number-one concern of Soldiers, the Army's top enlisted member told senators. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee, personnel subcommittee, today, along with his counterparts from the other military services. He … [Read more...]