ADELPHI, Md. (February 02, 2015) - Army cyber defenders released code to help detect and understand cyber attacks. The forensic analysis code called Dshell has been used, for nearly five years, as a framework to help the U.S. Army understand the events of compromises of Department of Defense networks. A version of Dshell was added to the GitHub social coding website on Dec. … [Read more...]
Unprecedented Technology Poses Challenges for Special Ops
WASHINGTON (Jan. 30, 2015) - Terrorists are using social media to plan events, recruit, share information, propaganda, and so on. "We can detect [their activities] pretty well, but I'm not sure we know what to do about it," said a terrorism expert. Countering terrorists' leveraging of social media is going to be a challenge, said Robert Newberry, director of the Combating … [Read more...]
Non-Battle Injuries Result in More Medical Evacuations Than Combat
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Jan. 30, 2015) - If you ask Soldiers what the biggest physical health threat they face while in the Army, only a portion are aware that it has nothing to do with warfighting. In fact, the primary health threat to troops for more than two decades has been common muscle, joint, tendon/ligament and bone injuries like knee or back pain that are … [Read more...]
Army Corps of Engineers Improves VA and Army Medical Facilities
WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2015) - When it comes to waterway and storm mitigation projects, the United States turns to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, for assistance. Perhaps less visible has been the Corps' involvement in a number of other construction activities, including expansion and modernization of hospitals and clinics operated by the Department of Veterans … [Read more...]
Voting: Army Distributes Federal Post Card Applications to Soldiers
WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2015) - Earlier this month, Soldiers Army-wide were provided with electronic or paper Federal Post Card Applications, known as FPCA. Remembering to fill out and return the FPCA is especially important if Soldiers and spouses have changed duty stations, said Rachel Gilman, Army voting action officer, Soldiers Program Branch, Adjutant General Directorate, … [Read more...]