By Eric M. Grill Air Force Personnel, Services and Manpower Public Affairs 7/20/2011 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- The Air Force's instruction on dress and personal appearance recently received an appearance upgrade with the release of the updated instruction July 18. Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance, received the facelift after … [Read more...]
VA Officials Launch Childcare Pilot
7/20/2011 WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced the launch of free, drop-in childcare service centers at three VA medical centers to an audience of more than 700 participants attending the Fifth National Summit on Women Veterans' Issues July 15 through 17 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. "We know that many veterans, … [Read more...]
PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a recognized condition associated with traumatic events which an individual lives through. The diagnostic symptoms for PTSD include re-experiencing the original trauma(s) through flashbacks or nightmares, avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma, and increased arousal -- such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, anger, and … [Read more...]
Patent Licensing Agreement Signed at ECBC
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. -- "Remember today, July 14, 2011. You are experiencing the beginning of a revolution!" The speaker of those words, David Chiang, Sage-N Research, Inc. CEO, forecasts a bright future for the Agents of Biological Origins Identification (ABOID) system that was developed at the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC). Sage-N Research, … [Read more...]
Soldiers May Soon Have Lighter Machine Guns
July 15, 2011 By Eric Kowal, RDECOM PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Any Soldier who has ever served as a squad automatic weapon gunner is resigned to the burden of lugging a heavy weapon and ammunition on patrol. Soldiers may soon have a solution, however, one that cuts the weight of small-arms ammunition nearly in half and provides a potential replacement for the SAW that weighs … [Read more...]