FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Army News Service, April 14, 2014) - The Army's Ready and Resilient Campaign is now focusing on "intervention," not on "bystander" behaviors, said Sharyn J. Saunders, director of the Army's Ready and Resilient Campaign program. She said the change is a "big culture shift" away from just focusing on particular programs and getting PowerPoint presentations … [Read more...]

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Army News Service, April 14, 2014) - The Army is conducting a complete re-assessment of its NCO education system for the first time since 1976, said the general who just took the helm of Training and Doctrine Command. Gen. David G. Perkins, who assumed command of TRADOC on March 14, spoke at the Army's Brain Health Consortium, Thursday, at the Defense … [Read more...]

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo (April 10, 2014) - Spc. Katie Lane strapped herself onto the hoist next to a simulated casualty that would be lifted skyward over 50 feet in the air to a hovering helicopter. Fitted with a special pair of goggles and a muzzle, the four-legged "casualty" shook its tail in nervous excitement. It would be Lane's first time accompanying her military … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 10, 2014) - Possible changes to military retirement benefits ranks as the number-one concern of Soldiers, the Army's top enlisted member told senators. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee, personnel subcommittee, today, along with his counterparts from the other military services. He … [Read more...]

DALLAS (April 9, 2014) - The Army & Exchange Service is warning military shoppers about scammers posing as service members offering to broker the sale of used boats, cars and motorcycles through the Exchange. In one recent case, a scammer, who posed as a Soldier, tried to defraud a man in Tennessee out of $2,500 for the sale of a used boat, saying that the Exchange would … [Read more...]