WASHINGTON (April 18, 2014) - The Personal Property directorate at Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command manages the Department of Defense's Privately Owned Vehicle shipping program and wants service members to know there are several changes in the program, starting May 1. Changes occurring with the Global Privately Owned Vehicle, or POV, contract include a … [Read more...]

FORT SILL, Okla. (April 18, 2014) - The Army is restructuring from 510,000 active-duty Soldiers to 490,000 in a number of ways. Natural attrition through End Term of Service dates is one, but there are also programs to make sure quality Soldiers stay in. "We may have Soldiers that are qualified to re-enlist, they meet that basic eligibility that we look for, but now we have … [Read more...]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (April 16, 2014) - It's been a learning process for the past few years to ensure every new Army Energy Conservation Investment Program project has what it needs from start to finish -- from the first photovoltaic module installed to the last foot of cable that securely ties the system into the installation network. Part of the appropriated fund military … [Read more...]

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Army News Service, April 16, 2014) - The medical community is on the "precipice" of great advances in regards to brain health, said the Army's surgeon general. Understanding the brain, "one of the most powerful organs that we have within our body," will benefit Soldiers, their families, and the nation, said Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, commanding general … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2014) - The U.S. Army announced today plans to start development of a solar array that will provide about 25 percent of the annual installation electricity requirement of Fort Huachuca. "This will be the largest solar array in the department of defense on a military installation," according to the Honorable Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary … [Read more...]