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News Archives For November 2007
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Hotline Helps Soldiers and Families
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 30, 2007) - The Army's Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline has received and answered more than 8,000 calls from Soldiers, veterans, Families and concerned citizens, and about 85% of callers have received favorable responses, according to the hotline's deputy director.
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Soldiers Aid Bangladesh Cyclone Victims
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 DHAKA, Bangladesh (Army News Service, Nov. 29, 2007) - A medical team from the U.S. Army Pacific Command provided humanitarian aid and medical assistance to millions of people affected by Cyclone Sidr last week.
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Soldier Selected as Shooter of the Year
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 BAGHDAD (Army News Service, Nov. 27, 2007) -- As violence against the coalition and Iraqi Security Forces dropped significantly, recruitment drives throughout Baghdad in November had residents lining up to join Iraqi Police forces.
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Wounded to Keep Bonus Payments
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 26, 2007) – Soldiers who become ill or are wounded while on active duty are entitled to keep all recruitment bonuses due them. The Army reiterated that policy today, after a Wounded Soldier inadvertently received a letter ...
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Deployed Troops to Enjoy Thanksgiving
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 FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Nov. 21, 2007) - Even though military members serving in the Middle East will be far from home this season, they will still be able to eat traditional holiday meals. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia has sent the fare and fixings for special Thanksgiving meals ...
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Army Forges Partnership with 10 Colleges
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 FORT MONROE, Va. (TRADOC News Service, Nov. 20, 2007) - Higher-education leaders from across the country came to Fort Monroe Nov. 14 to discuss the Army's new "College of the American Soldier," a partnership with 10 participating colleges.
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Army Breaks Ground for New Hospital
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 FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Nov. 19, 2007) - A new chapter in Army healthcare in the National Capital Region began Nov. 8 at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new hospital on Fort Belvoir.
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Army Secretary Sees Opportunity
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 WASHINGTON,(AFPS, Nov. 15, 2007) - Out of calamity comes opportunity, Army Secretary Pete Geren told Congress today. Secretary Geren and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the state of the service.
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Vietnam Memorial Collection Spans 25 Years
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 13, 2007) - When the sleek, black granite "healing wall" bearing the names of 56,256 Americans who died during the Vietnam War were dedicated on this day 25 years ago, no one thought the Vietnam Veterans Memorial would become the backdrop to more than 100,000 remembrances of those who fell.
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Army Studies Post-Deployment Health Issues
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An Army study about the overall health of redeploying Soldiers was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Nov. 14. All Soldiers undergo two health assessments when they redeploy; once during an initial Post Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA) and again three to six months later during a Post Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA).
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Veterans Day Message to the Troops
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 Veterans Day was originally created to commemorate the coming of peace. It marked the armistice of the First World War, when the guns fell silent on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. We now set aside November 11th to pay tribute to Americans who have fought and sacrificed not only in that conflict, but in every other, past and present.
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Army Space Initiatives Aim to Help Warfighters
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 8, 2007) - New satellites, radar sites, laser technology and missile-defense locations overseas are among initiatives planned by the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command that will help warfighters in the next five years, according to Lt. Gen. Kevin T. Campbell.
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Army Astronaut Returns to Earth
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 7, 2007) - Army astronaut Col. Doug Wheelock and the Discovery space shuttle crew safely landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a challenging 15-day mission shortly after 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time today.
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USSOUTHCOM Deploys Aid to 'Noel' Victims
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 SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras (Army News Service, Nov. 6, 2007) - A team of 19 Soldiers, Airmen and two helicopters from U.S. Southern Command's Joint Task Force Bravo departed here Monday en route to the Dominican Republic, where they will assist with recovery efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Noel.
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Army Fields MRAP in Iraq
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 CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq (Army News Service, Nov. 6, 2007) - Towering overhead and aligned one after the other in a seemingly endless row, the Army's next generation of combat vehicles have rolled into Iraq.
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Army Installations Sign Family Covenant
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 2, 2007) - Leaders at Army installations across the country joined the Army's top brass this week in pledging to support and honor Families as Soldiers continue the fight in the war on terrorism.
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Army Astronaut to Repair Solar Array
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 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 1, 2007) - NASA postponed Army astronaut Col. Doug Wheelock's third spacewalk, scheduled for today, until Saturday, when instead of evaluating a torn solar array, he and Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski are expected to repair it.
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