FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Army News Service, Dec. 22, 2015) -- One in 20 active-duty Soldiers are on sleep medications, according to the Army Office of the Surgeon General, or OTSG, "Health of the Force" report released this month. "These Soldiers are less likely to be medically ready to deploy," the report cautions. Lt. Col. Jacob Collen, a sleep-medicine physician, who also … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 21, 2015) -- The 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, or CBRNE, has a number of units and teams deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait, monitoring for hazards, Brig. Gen. William E. King IV said. King, commander of the 20th CBRNE Command, headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, spoke during … [Read more...]

ARLINGTON, Va. (Air Force News Service, Dec. 15, 2015) -- Once Susan Zerbe learned that a CH-47 Chinook helicopter had been shot down in Afghanistan, killing all 30 U.S. troops on board, she knew her son was one of them. "I heard it on the news that morning and I just knew he was on there," she said of her son, Tech. Sgt. Daniel Lee Zerbe. Hours later, her premonition … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 11, 2015) -- Senior noncommissioned officer, or NCO, selection boards and the Qualitative Management Program, or QMP boards, scheduled for the second, third and fourth quarters of this fiscal year, will consider Soldiers in all components, E-6 through E-9, for possible involuntary separation. Notification memos went out today for the March … [Read more...]

FORT KNOX, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2015) -- After more than four decades, the identification tags issued to all Soldiers, commonly called "dog tags," are getting an update. In accordance with Department of Defense guidance governing the reduction of the use of Social Security numbers, the Army published a new version of Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-8-14, Nov. 30. The pamphlet … [Read more...]