WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 10, 2013) - The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games opened Friday with a ceremony called "Breaking the Ice," honoring the strength of human spirit. Staff Sgt. Jen Lee, a goalie for the USA sled hockey team, was among athletes at Fisht Olympic Stadium and the sports complex along the Black Sea where the closing of the XXII Olympic Winter … [Read more...]

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. (Mar. 7, 2014) - The Department of Defense has removed 20 areas from its list of locations that qualify for imminent danger pay starting June 1, in a move that is expected to affect approximately 50,000 service members. DOD officials announced in January that service members in the 20 areas would no longer receive the additional imminent … [Read more...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (March 7, 2014) -- Army Emergency Relief has launched its annual campaign which runs from March 1 through May 15. This year's campaign theme is "Army Emergency Relief -- A Soldiers First Choice," Army Emergency Relief, or AER officials announced. They said the purpose of the campaign is to create a greater awareness of how AER can resolve short-term financial … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 6, 2014) - The Army is fielding a major software upgrade to its electronic medical record system to ensure Soldiers wounded on the battlefield will have detailed permanent accounts of the scenario and treatment received. A new suite of the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care, commonly known as the MC4 system, is being fielded … [Read more...]

ADELPHI, Md. (March 4, 2014) - Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL continue to expand body armor analysis work to protect Soldiers - not only protecting their lives, but also their daily life functions after treatment and recovery. The team of researchers, who work in the Warfighter Survivability Branch of ARL's Survivability Lethality Analysis … [Read more...]