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News Archives For March 2008
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Soldier Writes New Chapter
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 Army Pvt. Derk Hayes receives a commander’s coin for excellence from Army Lt. Col. Richard “Flip” Wilson, commander of 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Taji, Iraq. 
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Changes in Military Health System
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 Both public and patient confidence in the military health system are growing, and that system is leading the nation in developing new patient technologies, a senior Tricare official said.
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Army National Guard Active First Program
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Active First is a pilot program designed to synchronize a Soldier's first enlistment between service in the active component and service in the Army National Guard (ARNG). The program applies to recruits with no prior military service who are placed in select military occupational specialties.
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Operation Military Kids
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 Maj. Cathy Van Bree, State Family Program Director for the Indiana National Guard, addresses some of the unique needs and emotional stresses that military children experience. Photo by Sgt. Michael Krieg, Indiana National Guard.
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Strategic Leader Staff Ride (SLSR) Program
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Opportunity for senior Army leaders to tell the Army story and to achieve the goals of 3+2+1. The Strategic Leader Staff Ride (SLSR) is a focused interaction between selected strategic communicators from the Army and key leaders from the business, academia and government communities.
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Willie Nelson Concert for Troops
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 Last Wednesday night Willie Nelson performed a concert for a sold out packed house at the Norva concert hall in Norfolk Virginia.
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Soldiers Trying New Protective Vests
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 Pfc. Joe Piotrowski, with the 6th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team, 4th Infantry Division, dons his Improved Outer Tactical Vest before a mission in Baghdad.
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Army's Residential Communities Initiative
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The Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) is the Army’s military housing privatization program. It is the primary component of the Army’s integrated plan to eliminate inadequate military Family housing.
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MND-B Celebrates Easter Sunrise
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 Baghdad celebrated Easter sunrise with religious services in front of the division's headquarters building in Camp Liberty March 23. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Thompson, MND-B PAO
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Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
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The Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program reinforces the Army's commitment to eliminate incidents of sexual assault through a comprehensive program that centers on awareness and prevention along with training and education. Policy also emphasizes victim advocacy, response, reporting, accountability and program assessment.
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Corps of Engineers' Construction Program
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Military Programs mission area is facing its largest workload since World War II. The USACE team, comprising approximately 33,000 Civilians and nearly 600 Soldiers, relies heavily on its teammates from private industry to meet the intense military construction demand brought about by Army transformation, global restationing, and base realignment and closure.
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Guard Helps Residents in Flooding
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 Members of the Missouri National Guard ford a crossing near Piedmont, Mo. while providing support to civilian authorities in the wake of Midwest storms that caused flooding in multiple states. Photo by John Quin
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Army Seeks DNA Samples
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More than 6,300 families need to be located to collect DNA samples for the purpose of identifying missing soldiers from World War II and the wars in Korea and Vietnam, a U.S. Army official said yesterday.
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Soldiers Capture High-Value Target
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 Troop B cleared three houses and detained four individuals, including a man designated as a "high-value target." Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto
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Emergency Relief Campaign Kicks Off
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 The annual Army Emergency Relief Campaign began March 1 and continues through May 15. The theme of this year's campaign is "Army Emergency Relief: Strength for Soldiers and their Families."
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U.S. Army R&R Program
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Congress and DOD senior leadership recognize that R&R opportunities are vital to maintaining combat readiness and capability for units deployed and engaged in intense, continuous operations. It promotes increased operational effectiveness by mitigating the effects of prolonged combat stress and Family separation.
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Schweinfurt Families Saves Thousands
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 Children at Schweinfurt play soccer as part of the Child and Youth Services sports program. The Army Family Covenant provides free sports participation for the children of Soldiers. Photo by Army.
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Military Medical Care on Right Track
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The majority of severely wounded warriors say the military health system is on the right track, and is doing all it can and should to provide their care, a new Zogby International survey shows.
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Officers Recognized for Mission
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 Army Col. Michael Chesney addresses attendees of 2008 Joint National Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer Workshop in Miami. U.S. Chesney received the Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Minnesota Commendation Ribbon with Pendant.
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Troop Returns to be Based on Success
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Since the surge of additional troops into Iraq in early 2007, the country has seen gains in security, Bush said in Nashville, Tenn., at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.
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Ammunition and Explosives Incidents
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The recent increase in A&E incidents has caused needless fatalities and injuries, as well as significant damage to Army property, adversely affecting Army readiness. The Army leadership is taking a proactive approach to raise awareness ...
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Bush, Poland Discuss Defense
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 President George W. Bush welcomes Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk to the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, March 10, 2008. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.
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Army Transforms Warrior Care
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The Army has transformed the way it provides care, services and support to all wounded, ill and injured Soldiers (warriors in transition), whether active, Reserve or National Guard. Transitioning warriors required better attention and the Army Medical Action Plan (AMAP) began that transformation.
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Distinguished Professor at CGSC
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 Retired Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann, the first DACOR-CGSC Foundation Distinguished Professor of Foreign Policy and Diplomacy, delivers the first in a series of three lectures for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College class of 2008. (Photo by Mark H. Wiggins)
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Military Officials Praise Redeployment
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A military spokesman in Iraq today praised soldiers of an Army brigade that will soon redeploy to the U.S. and mark the first reduction in the number of surge forces sent to stabilize Iraq last year. Multinational Force Iraq officials announced March 6 that some 2,000 paratroopers from ...
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WV Introduces Disabled Veterans’ Bill
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State Representatives; Stan Shaver, Scott Varner, Randy Swartzmiller, and Robert D. Beach are all members of the West Virginia Legislature. And all four of these West Virginia politicians are sponsors of House Bill 2546, legislation designed to protect veteran’s disability compensation from any consideration as a third party award in state divorce courts. H.B. 2546 was introduced January 9, 2008 and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security and Finance.
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Army Campaign Plan 2008
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The Army Campaign Plan (ACP) is the operational expression of the Army’s strategy. It directs planning and execution of Army operations and transformation within the context of ongoing strategic commitments, and it integrates a broad range of transformation initiatives and institutional processes which accomplish the Army mission and achieve the Army Vision. It holds the Army accountable.
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China’s Military Spending
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 China’s announcement that it is increasing its military spending by almost 18 percent is a cause of concern because the nation's government hasn’t been clear about how it will spend the money, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
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Support for 12-Month Deployments
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 The former commander of Multinational Corps Iraq emphasized need for longer “dwell time” between Army deployments to reduce strain and give soldiers more time for training.
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IA, CF go ‘Fox Hunting’ in Diyala
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 Soldiers establish an entry control point into the town of Abu Khamis, Iraq, Feb. 28. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Bassett, 4-2 SBCT PAO. Operation Fox Hunting began Feb. 27 with elements of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division providing support ...
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Soldiers Help Iraqis Return Home
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 A sheik addresses Iraqi families returning to their homes, appealing for adherence to the local reconciliation agreement. U.S. Army photo.
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Army to Revolutionize Healthcare
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 Sgt. Johnson sits on his hospital bed with his 3-month-old son while showing the injuries he sustained in Iraq. Photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen.
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