WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 25, 2016) - The Army budget request for fiscal year 2017 totals a little more than $148 billion and includes a 1.6 percent raise for Soldiers. But this year's budget request, said Lt. Gen. Karen Dyson, the military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller, was developed with a focus on boosting … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
Exercise Coastal Predator Readies Service Members for Deployment
FEBRUARY 25, 2016, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina - Coastal Predator is a two-weeklong exercise designed to test and prepare Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 to be combat ready for future deployments. The exercise spanned from Feb. 8 - 19 and included four F/A-18 Hornets with VMFA(AW)-533 and various units across Marine Aircraft Wing … [Read more...]
Virtual Reality Dome Impact of Real-Life Scenarios on Cognitive Abilities
NATICK, Mass. (Feb. 25, 2016) - For researchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), there just may be no place like dome. Thanks to its new virtual-reality dome, NSRDEC's Cognitive Science and Applications Team will be better able to study the impact of real-world operational situations on a Soldier's cognitive abilities and … [Read more...]
Recruiting a Navy Health Care Professional
FEBRUARY 25, 2016, MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) - Many health care graduates enter the job market looking for the opportunity to help others or the prospect of financial stability. The private sector provides plenty of opportunities to accomplish these goals. But what about those graduates who are looking for a little more? To inspire and be inspired by others? What about those who … [Read more...]
Increased Manpower Must Come With Funding
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 25, 2016) - The Army would like to see a few more Soldiers in the ranks, if it were authorized by Congress -- but only if those additional Soldiers are funded to keep them war-ready, said Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley. The Army has been directed to reduce its total end strength, across all three components, to just … [Read more...]