WASHINGTON (Army News Service, December 11, 2013) - Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno was honored with the National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award, Dec. 10. Among other honorees was Texas Longhorns long snapper Nate Boyer, a staff sergeant in the Texas National Guard, who received the National Football Foundation, or NFF, Legacy Award. Both men … [Read more...]

FORT LEE, Va. (December 9, 2013) - The Army Logistics University and Virginia Commonwealth University have partnered to create a new degree program to support Soldiers. The Master of Supply Chain Management is slated to begin in fall 2014 and will emphasize innovation, critical thinking and logistics management. In a ceremony Dec. 4, at the Richmond campus, Dr. Michael Rao, … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, December 6, 2013) - Some Soldiers receiving special duty assignment pay, or SDAP, are now seeing an increase in payments or seeing it for the first time, while others will soon see less. About 4,000 fewer Soldiers will be eligible for SDAP under changes announced in an All Army Activities message, ALARACT 308, dated Nov. 21, 2013. However, … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, December 04, 2013) - Soldiers competing for sergeant in January will no longer have 16 promotion points available to them for completing the online "Structured Self-Development I" course. Additionally, Soldiers who have not completed SSD-I will not be eligible for promotion to sergeant for the Jan. 1 promotion cycle. The new rules were laid … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, December 04, 2013) - Short- and long-term medical care and counseling are available to victims of sexual assault. "We want every victim of sexual assault to receive health care. We encourage them. But it's up to that victim to decide," said Michele Barber, the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention medical management program … [Read more...]