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Colonel honored with humanitarian award from Brain Mapping Foundation
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — U.S. Army Col. Geoffrey S. F. Ling, M.D., Ph.D., who has been at the cutting edge of brain injury research since the mid 1990s, was awarded the Humanitarian Award from the Br...
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Capitol Hill PTSD awareness event highlights struggles, triumphs
WASHINGTON — Army wife Kristina Kaufmann knows the severity of post-traumatic stress disorder. She has lost three friends to suicide because of it. But she also knows the power she has to help s...
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A focus on revitalizing home station training and incorporating more challenging leader development are two components set to earmark the Army's way ahead for the fighting force and 21st century training.
TRADOC leaders discuss future fight with 21st century training
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A focus on revitalizing home station training and incorporating more challenging leader development are two components set to earmark the Army's way ahead for the fighting fo...
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Army divers support South District work at Afghan dams
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Six members of a unique Army unit — engineer divers from the 569th Engineer Dive Detachment — recently spent 30 days in southern Afghanistan, conducting underwat...
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Army's top signal officer: Everything is network dependent
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — "Are we doing the right thing? Do we have the right people involved?" asked the moderator for the Network-Enabled Mission Command panel June 19. "Are we making those hard deci...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Retired Staff Sgt. Joe Trainor teamed up with master dog trainer Toriano Sanzone to form a nonprofit organization to connect Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans with dogs that were scheduled to be euthanized. Trainor said while transitioning back to civilian life, his dog helped him cope.
Ranger seeks to help veterans heal war wounds with animals
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Retired Staff Sgt. Joseph Trainor's personal journey as an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran inspired him to create a nonprofit organization to reach out to other veterans whil...
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Pfc. Christopher Sims, a combat engineer with the 449th Engineer Company, deploys an unmanned aircraft system at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., March 20. The Puma is equipped with infrared cameras and capable of flying out ahead of route clearance patrols to identify potential threats.
Unmanned aircraft operatives save lives in combat
WASHINGTON — Sgt. Christopher Harris was conducting a routine reconnaissance mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in 2009, when the Puma unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, he was operating sh...
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Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee on the fiscal year 2013 budget in Washington, D.C., June 13.
DOD urges Congress to preserve budget request
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta cautioned Congress June 13 against dismantling the strategic framework that supports the 2013 defense budget request. Testifying along with Gen. Ma...
Jun 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III attended a Twilight Tattoo, June 12, 2012, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, in Arlington, Va. The event was in honor of the Army's 237th birthday.
Army birthday celebration recognizes Soldiers’ service
WASHINGTON— The Army birthday week is about recognizing more than two centuries of Soldiers defending freedom, and about saying thank you to those Americans that have ceaselessly supported them ...
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On anniversary of D-Day, Army recognizes World War II vets
WASHINGTON — The Army remembered the servicemen who took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, which began 68 years ago, during World War II, at a reception in advance of a traditional T...
Jun 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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