March 26, 2014, NATICK, Mass. - Training and operations can put such tremendous physical and psychological stresses on warfighters that their immune systems may be compromised. A study being conducted by the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, or USARIEM, at Natick Soldier Systems Center here, will examine how sleep restriction -- the stressor -- affects … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 25, 2014) - For assisting communities after devastating storms and leading vital civil works projects throughout 14 states in the Northeast, the Army recognized three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civilians assigned to the New York District, North Atlantic Division, last Thursday, during a ceremony at the Pentagon. Under Secretary of the … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (March 24, 2014) - The Army chief information officer/G-6 outlined priorities for network modernization as the Army plans for Force 2025. "The Army continues to focus on building IT capacity and increasing bandwidth speed by a thousand times," said Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell, who became the CIO/G-6 in December 2013. "We are greatly improving operations and training … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 24, 2014) - When a missile is launched against an enemy target, it would be nice to have a lot of good information about that target. But when "decision makers push the fire button, they may have very little data, and sometimes not timely enough data," said Col. Rob Rasch Jr., project manager, Integrated Air and Missile Defense Project … [Read more...]

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, March 24, 2014) - "The Army still struggles with sexual assault and harassment. We're trying to get the processes and training in place so people realize we won't tolerate this," said the Army's chief of staff. "I want to thank you for your passion and capability in helping us with this problem," Gen. Ray Odierno told some 30 graduates … [Read more...]