WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 16, 2014) - Sustainment costs are eating away at Army aviation and new approaches are needed to rein the costs in, said Maj. Gen. Lynn A. Collyar. Systems are nominally designed for 20-year life cycles, where the cost of sustainment is supposed to be 70 percent and procurement 30, said Collyar, who is the commander of Army Aviation and … [Read more...]

FORT STEWART, Ga. (Jan. 14, 2014) - Thirty senior non-commissioned officers from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team and 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, recently became the first Soldiers in the division to be officially certified as Bystander Intervention facilitators. Denius directed the Raider Initiatives Group to begin researching other places in the … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 14, 2014) - The Enlisted Voluntary Early Separation Program and Enlisted Involuntary Early Separation Program have some important changes that took effect Jan. 1. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION The Enlisted Voluntary Early Separation Program is designed for Soldiers who have employment offers and want to separate prior to the expiration of their … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 10, 2014) - With the numbers of wounded, ill and injured Soldiers steadily declining over the last 14 months to its lowest levels since 2007, the Warrior Transition Command will restructure over the next nine months. Five of the 29 warrior transition units, known as WTUs, and all nine community-based warrior transition units, or CBWTUs, … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, January 9, 2014) - With U.S. forces drawing down in Afghanistan, the Army is rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific region and seeking other regional alignments, said Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Odierno addressed the future of the Army, and spoke about a wide range of … [Read more...]