FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 29, 2015) - Program Executive Office Soldier showed Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel B. Allyn how it is providing Soldiers with more lethal weapons, better protective gear and more capable equipment while also looking for ways to lighten Soldier load during his visit there, June 23. The general clearly expressed his desire to lighten the … [Read more...]

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (June 29, 2015) - A new handheld medical device for analyzing brain injuries has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. In May 2015, the Ahead 200 was cleared by the FDA to help clinicians assess mildly-presenting head trauma patients. The device, which was developed by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Army News Service, June 29, 2015) - A cyber protection team, or CPT, from the newly formed Army Cyber Protection Brigade on Fort Gordon, Georgia, tested its capabilities here this month against real intruders bent on taking their network down. "We're validating our tactics, techniques and procedures on the network, looking at live traffic" from … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 29, 2015) - To become a "force of the future," the Army must slow down the movement of officers and other personnel into and out of important jobs. Speaking June 24 at an Association of the United States Army Institute of Land Warfare event near the Pentagon, Undersecretary of the Army Brad R. Carson, who also serves as the acting … [Read more...]

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...]