FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (April 7, 2015) - Today, 43,000 Soldiers are not ready to deploy because they are either not physically or mentally fit. That is 13.5 brigades worth of unready Soldiers, Col. Deydre Teyhen said. Teyhen serves as lead for the Performance Triad program, part of the Army Office of the Surgeon General. She spoke to an audience of 300 ROTC and U.S. Military … [Read more...]
Army to Revise Tattoo Policy
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (April 6, 2015) - The Army will update its policy on tattoos during the coming weeks, making it more accommodating to current social norms, the Army's chief of staff said. During a press conference during the Association of the United States Army Global Force Symposium and Exposition here, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said the service regularly … [Read more...]
Six More Women Qualify for Ranger School
FORT MEADE, Md. (April 6, 2015) - Six more women have qualified to attend the first Army Ranger course to include women, bringing to 12, the number of female Soldiers eligible for the elite school. The six women successfully finished the Ranger Training Assessment Course, or RTAC, March 19, along with 25 of the 85 men who began that two-week course. The six women were among … [Read more...]
Horoho Warns of Damage to MEDCOM Under Sequester
WASHINGTON (APRIL 3, 2015) - Another sequestration could mean the loss of more than 6,000 medical personnel from the Army, the service's surgeon general told senators, March 25. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho testified before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense about the fiscal 2016 budget request and its potential impact on the Army Medical Command, also known as … [Read more...]
Month of the Military Child in April Recognizes Young Family Members
APRIL 2, 2015, WASHINGTON - To highlight the year-round contributions, courage and patriotism of the military community’s youngest members, the Defense Department observes April as the Month of the Military Child, a Pentagon official told DoD News. Established by then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1986, the month recognizes some 1.9 million U.S. military … [Read more...]