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Football players visit Soldiers in Southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Six National Football League players visited Regional Command-South March 17, as part of a USO troop tour. This is the first visit for Roland "Champ" Bailey, a co...
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Furlough notice update
The Department of Defense has decided to delay the issuance of civilian employee furlough notices for about two weeks. This delay will allow the department to carefully analyze the impact of pe...
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Budget impact on quality of life concerns top enlisted leaders
WASHINGTON — Senior enlisted advisors of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines underscored to lawmakers Tuesday the immense challenges the services face in tough fiscal times. Sgt. Maj. of the Army...
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Six General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital Soldiers assigned to the Warrior Transition Unit at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and participated in the Ride 2 Recovery. The R2R kicked off at the Super Dome in New Orleans March 3, where this photo was taken. Pictured are (left to right) Staff Sgt. Travis Radtke, Spc. Benjamin Frazier, Sgt. Shelia Moss, and Sgt. 1st Class Samantha Goldenstien, all assigned to recover, pose next to Capt. Christopher Forrest, WTU nurse case manger, and 1st Sgt. Ralph Casselli III.
Soldiers on road to recovery challenged on 'Ride 2 Recovery'
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The Ride 2 Recovery Challenge looked like a bicycle race. Its riders were clad in brightly-colored spandex, helmeted, and wore reflective eyewear. It smelled like a race, t...
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The Army has made available to Soldiers a new online resource to complement the Ready and Resilient Campaign that launched March 12. The campaign's website is available now at www.army.mil/readyandresilient, and is designed as a "one-stop shop" for resources related to Soldier resilience and readiness.
Army's 'Ready and Resilient Campaign' kicks off
WASHINGTON — The Army has made available to Soldiers a new online resource to complement the Ready and Resilient Campaign that launched March 12. The campaign's website is available now at www.army...
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Furloughs to affect behavioral health care
WASHINGTON — Upcoming furloughs for Army civilians, along with budget cuts, will affect the Army's ability to provide behavioral health care to Soldiers, an official said. More than half of the Arm...
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Combat Feeding director shares recipe for success
NATICK, Mass. –– Take a boyhood working for family food businesses in Boston's famed North End, add plenty of intelligence, hard work and people skills, spice it all with self-deprecating humor, a...
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Capt. Emil Kapaun (right), former chaplain with Headquarters Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, helps another Soldier carry an exhausted troop off the battlefield early in the Korean War.
Chap. (Capt.) Emil Kapaun to receive posthumous Medal of Honor
FORT HOOD, Texas — A former Soldier with the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama, April 11, at the White House. Cap...
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Soldiers from the 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., became the first in the Army to field the latest version of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, Feb. 21. The AH-64E "Guardian" replaces the AH-64D "Longbow," and integrates more powerful engines, improved rotor blade technology and advanced electronics.
New Apache 'Guardian' rises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Soldiers from the 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the Army to field the latest version of the AH-64 Apache ...
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Women’s impact on history shown in museum
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. –– The 2013 National Women's History Month theme, “Women Inspiring Innovation through Imagination,” honors generations of women who, throughout American history, have used...
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