WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 25, 2015) - Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno hosted his final Facebook town hall, June 24, replying to nearly 200 comments addressing a range of concerns. Of priority for many Soldiers was any potential change to the military retirement program. Odierno hit upon the issue of the cost of living adjustments, or COLA, changes, which … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 25, 2015) - The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is leading an effort to design a new warfighter uniform - with added protection against chemical warfare agents encountered in the field. Army scientists are using both standard and new methods to test fabrics, which will be used in the new suit. The new uniform is designed to decrease … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS, Md. (June 25, 2015) - To keep pace with training demands of the Army's growing cyber force, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, or CECOM, is standing up a new training range to help Soldiers validate their cyber security skills. Expected to be open to all units in late summer 2015, CECOM's Cyber Battleground Range will provide Soldiers … [Read more...]

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (June 25, 2015) - Trauma care, within the Department of Defense, is a continuous and enduring mission in peacetime or wartime. Recent improvements in the delivery of trauma care in-theater have resulted in a case fatality rate of less than 10 percent. To put this number in historical perspective, the case fatality rate was 19.1 percent during World … [Read more...]

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (June 25, 2015) -- Helping to ensure select Army National Guard units maintain readiness before deploying was the focus of the multi-echelon integrated brigade training, or MIBT, event held here, June 13-26. This was the first MIBT, which addresses the training needs of National Guard brigade combat teams, also known as BCTs. After a deployment, usually … [Read more...]