JANUARY 28, 2022 - The Department of the Air Force’s Spark Tank program enters its fifth year and is poised to again highlight the creative and innovative spirit amongst our Airmen and Guardians. The Air and Space Force vice chiefs, along with other senior leaders across both services, selected six ideas to advance. The finals will be held at the Air Force Association’s … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2022
Army Inventors Awarded Patent for Measuring Vehicle Underbody Blasts
JANUARY 28, 2022 — Three inventors at the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) were awarded a U.S. patent for a gauge which allows for more consistent measurements when collecting data on military ground vehicle underbody blasts. Late last year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent (number 11,187,718) for an Underbody Blast Gauge System … [Read more...]
Tax Center Preparers Train for Tax Season
JANUARY 28, 2022 - Tax season is here again and the Soldiers at the tax center are hard at work training to make this tax season run as smooth as possible. “We want to assure people that they aren’t doing this alone,” said Capt. Chris Garza, Fort Hood Tax Center officer-in-charge. This year’s 28 tax preparers are certified through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance … [Read more...]
DoD Places Variety of Troops on ‘Prepare to Deploy’
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Taryn Sammet) JANUARY 28, 2022 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III placed a range of U.S. military units comprising 8,500 troops on a heightened preparedness to deploy should Russia invade Ukraine, and those units have … [Read more...]
The Future of Army Leadership
JANUARY 27, 2022 – The U.S. Army Social Media Playbook, available at https://www.army.mil/socialmedia, states “Social media is a powerful tool we use to communicate on a daily basis to tell the Army's story. It offers an opportunity to inform, influence and engage your audience with content that communicates the values of your organization.” The Army consistently uses social … [Read more...]