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...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 16, 2015) -- Today medically-retired Capt. Florent A. Groberg became the 10th living service member to receive the Medal of Honor for selfless actions on the battlefield in Iraq or Afghanistan. President Barack Obama draped the nation's highest military award for conspicuous gallantry around the 32-year-old's neck in the East Room of the … [Read more...]

November 12, 2015 - ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. -- Americans must do more than simply recognize what veterans mean to the country one day a year, President Barack Obama said here today. While it is right and proper to recognize veterans on Veterans Day, "our tributes will ring hollow if we stop there," the president said after placing a wreath at the Tomb of the … [Read more...]