WASHINGTON, November 30, 2015 — Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work is on a three-day trip to the Middle East and East Africa that includes stops in Djibouti and Qatar to visit U.S. service members during the Thanksgiving holiday and thank them for their service, Defense Department spokesperson Navy Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson said in a statement released today. On Nov. 26, … [Read more...]

NATICK, Mass. (Nov. 25, 2015) -- Natick researcher Dr. Tom Yang wants to talk turkey. Yang is a food technologist in the Combat Feeding Directorate at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, or NSRDEC. He is working on healthier forms of jerky and bacon made from turkey that he believes Soldiers will gobble up. Yang has been experimenting … [Read more...]

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (Army News Service, Nov. 24, 2015) -- The Army has a lock on the world's best leaders when it comes to noncommissioned officers, or NCOs. But within their ranks, there are an unacceptably large number who are "stagnant," Sgt. 1st Class Matt Torres told Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey. He and other NCOs spoke at the chief of staff of the … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 18, 2015) -- U.S. European Command, or EUCOM, has put in place travel restrictions to France that apply to all Department of Defense personnel. "Until further notice, [EUCOM] has prohibited unofficial travel to Paris, and for DOD personnel who are traveling outside Paris, it requires a higher level of approval to go," Pentagon spokesman … [Read more...]

FORT HOOD, Texas (Nov. 17, 2015) -- Three years ago, a man with a gunshot wound to the head walked into a hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, clutching a helmet as if his life depended on it - because his life depended on it. First Lt. Jeffrey R. Meek and the advanced combat helmet, or ACH, that saved his life were reunited in a presentation at the Mission Command Training Center … [Read more...]