FORT BELVIOR, Va. (April 30, 2015) - It is not every day you can get half of the latest and greatest product in any industry, but that is exactly what a team from the product manager for Soldier Protective Equipment, or PdM SPE, and Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, or DLA-TS, has done. Their efforts are now culminating in the first deliveries of more than 148,000 … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Assistance Program Provides GS Employees Counseling, More
APRIL 30, 2015, KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) - Personal and family problems can diminish a person's happiness, health and ability to be their best at home or at work. With help from the Employee Assistance Program, employees of authorized federal agencies can resolve these matters and become happier, healthier and more effective. According to Ed Thomas, an EAP field … [Read more...]
Sequestration Would Mean Smallest National Guard Since Korean War, Gen. Grass Warns
APRIL 30, 2015, WASHINGTON - The chief of the National Guard Bureau sounded a warning about the impact of sequestration on the National Guard in testimony to a Senate subcommittee here Wednesday. "I am concerned that, under sequestration, the nation will have its smallest National Guard since the end of the Korean War, despite the American population roughly doubling since … [Read more...]
Army Ten-Miler Registration Opens May 5
ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, April 30, 2015) - Army Ten-Miler officials announced that priority registration for all U.S. Service members will open at 6:30 a.m. EDT, May 5. Other runners, who have participated in seven or more Army Ten-Miler races, will also be able to register beginning May 5. U.S. Service members must use a ".mil" address to register. Officials … [Read more...]
Marines Rehearse Critical EOD, CBRN, Joint Training
APRIL 30, 2015, CAMP HANSEN, Japan - Sirens screech as two figures fully loaded with safety equipment breeze through the hazy, clouded air. With voices muffled behind gas masks, they shout instructions to each other as they entered the gas chamber, a simulated site of a leaking ordnance package. Marines performed leak, seal, package and decontamination procedures April 21 … [Read more...]