JANUARY 19, 2023 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is meeting with his new German counterpart in Berlin as a prelude to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base later this week. The secretary arrived in Berlin and will meet with the newly appointed German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius. "We've worked with Germany very closely since the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2023
Veteran Continues to ‘Serve Those Who Serve’
JANUARY 18, 2023 - “I like serving the military. It may sound like a cliché, but I like serving those who serve our country,” said David Mills, a Value Added Tax clerk at Wiesbaden’s VAT/UTAP Office on Clay Kaserne. The military veteran, who has served the Department of Defense in the Army Reserves, on active duty and as a civilian for nearly 38 years, said, “I like to do my … [Read more...]
Proud to Serve and You Should Be Too
JANUARY 18, 2023 - Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Campbell wants his Soldiers to know that his wasn’t an easy recruiter’s packet. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, Soldier wants his troops to know that he was born in a deficit, to a family struggling financially. He wants those he leads to know his record before the Army wasn’t squeaky-clean. Candidly, he admits, “I had made some pretty … [Read more...]
Desert Storm Anniversary: Veteran Recalls American Triumph
JANUARY 18, 2023 — In the summer of 1990, then-Staff Sgt. Jim Gill stood in a hotel lobby and listened to President George H.W. Bush announce on television that the U.S. would send troops to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control and prevent a possible invasion of Saudi Arabia. Gill, a 25-year old infantry Soldier at the time, had just flown in to report to his new assignment at … [Read more...]
New Electronic Health Record System for Beneficiaries
JANUARY 18, 2023 - The Military Health System’s new electronic health record system, MHS GENESIS, will deploy for more than 390,000 beneficiaries in the Defense Health Agency’s Tidewater Market on Jan. 21, 2023. The new system replaces the Department of Defense’s patchwork of current systems and consolidates, streamlines, and standardizes business operations and clinical … [Read more...]