posted by admin on May 8
Army Secretary Pete Geren said May 7 that the Army has appropriated $248 million in emergency funds to fix problems found during inspections of 148,000 rooms at bases worldwide over the past two weeks.”We ordered a look at literally every single room,” Geren said. “We didn’t find any looming danger to their health and safety.” Geren made his comments at Fort Bragg, N.C., which became the flash point for the Army’s latest move to upgrade the conditions of its old barracks after a Soldier’s video of his run-down barracks ended up on YouTube.
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posted by admin on Feb 1
Soldiers, who had worked so much in securing peace in the Fahama region in Iraq, had made a great impact as they focused on rebuilding and helping local citizens with several projects. Soldiers from Company D, 1st Platoon, 4th Infantry Division assisted the local school as they brought many supplies for the schoolchildren as well as their families. Soldiers give out pencils, pens, paper, schoolbags and even stuffed toys and snacks.
Not only the local citizens were delighted about the goodwill, but also, soldiers themselves were just as happy. In fact, the scenes remind them of children back home in the United States.
Such small projects are small steps that gain and build trust as well as promote goodwill between the locals and the coalitions.
posted by admin on Jan 23
US Navy Reserve is a good option for just anybody who are interested in military experience. The great thing about it is that it is a part-time commitment, allowing sailors to pursue or continue with a civilian career at the same time receive a military training. Being in the US Navy Reserve does not mean being lesser than an active sailor. Reservists are still at par with Active Duty Sailors.
One of the benefits while being in the US Navy and Navy Reserve is education. Sailors could pursue education either on base or on a campus.
Generally, US Navy promotes its core values which are honor, courage, and commitment.
posted by admin on Dec 30
It an undeniable fact that the US Army and Army Reserve have the best soldiers on the planet. Since 1700, the US Army has been into several missions throughout the world. Army soldiers have defeated America’s opponents, settled foreign issues, and brought relief to third-world countries. The Army together with the Army Reserve is mainly composed of infantry, which also has several support roles. For instance, they are in charge with support vehicles, medical teams, pilots, tanks, artillery, indirect-fire support and other array of specialties that make use of the highest level of technology.
Generally, the US Army offers every soldier with two primary choices: Army Reserve or Active Duty. The Army Reserve is a part-time commitment that enables soldiers to work in the community, and only serve full-time when the service is needed. Thus, it allows soldiers to have a civilian and a military career at the same time. On the other hand, Active Duty is the traditional US Army career basically for full-time commitment.
posted by admin on Nov 18
The US Army as well as the Army Reserve has three major parts: enlisted, warrant officer, and commissioned officer. Generally, US Army are enlisted personnel. They mostly consist of the ranks of Private to Sergeant Major of the US Army. Enlisted soldiers has specialization in a specific department or area of knowledge, and eventually follow the orders of their officers. Warrant officers are the same with commissioned officers, except that warrant officers are knowledgeable in a specific area of expertise. Hence, officers offer leadership to enlisted personnel. Their ranking mostly depend on the unit they are commanding. In becoming a commissioned officer in the US Army: taking ROTC in college or being in the Officer Candidate School.
posted by admin on Oct 30
In 1980, Maj. Marcia A. Potter has enlisted in the Air Force right after graduation. She served for four years and then decided to leave the military to pursue her education. Consequently, she earned a master’s degree in nursing and eventually became a family nurse practitioner.
She was already a mother of three when she decided to go back in the service. It was the terrorist attack in September 11, 2001 that ignited Potter’s decision. After consulting with her family, she rejoined the Air Force in 2003. She even received a commission for her medical and professional expertise.
Now at age 46, it was patriotism and a sense of duty that made Potter return. In fact, she is a part of a military outreach program called “Why We Serve.” She was selected from those who have already served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Along with other 10 servicemembers, Potter tells military stories to the American people at local events, veterans organizations, community assemblies and other gatherings.
According to Potter, the Why We Serve program is an excellent military program that lets service men and women tell their experiences directly to the public.
posted by admin on Oct 30
When the massive fire hit California, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) or the Defense Department’s biggest combat support agency, has supported and helped the fire victims. In fact, the agency has supplied the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with meals and other needs to help evacuees as well as put out the fire.
There were 214 active-duty personnel, 72 Defense Department civilians and 2,492 National Guardsmen who have come to make firefighting, security and relief operations possible.
All in all, DLA has provided 120,600 packaged meals as support to the entire operation, not to mention that it has also sent fire retardant coveralls and gloves.
Generally, DLA is the main agency that provides technical and logistic support to the United States Military Services and other federal civilian agencies. The headquarters of DLA is located in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. DLA is said to be the primary source for consumable items. They usually supplies these goods as aid to emergency preparedness, combat readiness or even simply daily operations in the Defense Department.
posted by admin on Oct 30
Iraqis in the northern part of Iraq has finally made a decision to help their government and the coalition to fight terrorism. Division soldiers have discovered a big explosively-formed projectile factory in the province of Diyala. One Iraqi resident told the policeman about a particular house in his village. When the U.S. Troops and other coalition soldiers checked the area, they found a huge cache of the killer projectiles that included 130 pre-made weapons and copper plates which make the projectiles themselves. The coalitions also found more than 600lbs. of rockets, C-4 explosives, mortar tubes and mortar rounds. Army officials said that cooperation from all commands made the raid successful.
The military authorities also disclosed that they have two jobs left Northern Iraq: One is to keep the al Queda “on the ropes,” and two is to help the local as well as the provincial Iraqi government settle down. Take note that under the former Hussein administration, the central government is in-charged with the provinces’ governance and welfare.
posted by admin on Oct 30
One of the major issues of Air Force members and their families is “domestic violence.” In 2006, there were about 3,914 cases of domestic abuse that involved Airmen (either the offender or the victim). 50% of the cases qualified for spouse or partner abuse. Hence, there were 40 cases that involved sexual abuse and assault of a spouse or partner. Air Force officials connected high level of job stress to such domestic abuses.
As the month of October ends, the Air Force has established an advocacy on Domestic Violence Awareness. The goal of the program is to help Airmen cope with risk factors, such as stress, which can increase the possibilities of domestic abuse or violence.
Generally, the Family Advocacy of the Air Force is a program that helps its members confront domestic violence treatment and its relative prevention. In connection with other military programs, Family Advocacy offers a variety of treatment options for both victims and offenders.
posted by admin on Oct 30
The military can no longer access YouTube, MySpace and other community-based websites. Pentagon authorities say that access to these sites consume huge part of the bandwidth and pose security risks. However, YouTube officials urge the Pentagon to reconsider the blocked access. Unfortunately, Army officials have no intentions of reconsidering, and may even block more social websites.
The Defense Information System Agency, the department which manages Defense Department communications and computing resources, said that the access blocking is an operational precaution. Yet, troops in bases can get through the websites from kiosks which access commercial Internet.
Instead, military officials admire and promote Army Knowledge Online (AKO), an internal military website that enables soldiers to send video clips to family and friends. AKO is an alternative to YouTube, if the point of watching videos is sending visual messages to significant others.