Mar 21, 2007

The Port of New York and New Jersey is the largest on the East coast. The USACE is deepening the port to a depth of 50 feet and restoring a national park. Mary Cochran reports.

Mar 20, 2007

Quality care for Soldiers is Team Lewis' most important task, and one that is not taken lightly. That was the message expressed to members of the local and nat-ional media who attended a press conference at Madigan Army Medical Center and toured the MAMC medical hold and medical holdover barracks March 7.

Mar 19, 2007

There's a lot of power behind the number zero. Just ask the nine operators with the 59th Signal Battalion and Directorate of Information Management.

Mar 16, 2007

Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Voss suffered a back injury and was medically evacuated from Balad Air Base, Iraq a month ago. The Missouri reservist's current home is the 649th Area Support Group medical holdover facility here.

Mar 15, 2007

Many Soldiers will say their most vivid memory of Basic Combat Training was the moment they pulled off their protective mask and felt the sting of reality in the gas chamber. Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment recently got their turn in Fort Jackson's Nuclear, Biological, Chemical chamber. On a rainy day in their third week of BCT, they completed the NBC training.

Mar 13, 2007

The Wounded Warrior Project is $5,007.93 richer, thanks to Fort Leavenworth's TRADOC Analysis Center. During a ceremony Feb. 28 at TRAC Headquarters in McNair Hall, Ron Magee, director of TRAC-Fort Leavenworth, announced the results of the fund-raiser.

Mar 12, 2007

Acting SecArmy Pete Geren gives a briefing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Mar 9, 2007

Dr. Ellen Minette Principal, Heidelberg Middle School, Heidelberg, Germany, met with President Bush March 6 at the White House. The President met with Dr. Minette and three other school principals as part of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Administrator Awards Program.

Mar 9, 2007

As the military combatant command charged with defending the American homeland, one of U.S. Northern Command's missions is providing defense support of civil authorities, such as support to state and local first responders, as directed by the president or secretary of defense during a national emergency.

Mar 8, 2007

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Soldiers that he would hold accountable those responsible for outpatient conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center when he spoke at an Enlisted Breakfast at Fort Belvoir's Community Club on March 1.

Mar 7, 2007

Exportable Training Capacity is providing training in areas other than traditional training sites. Gail McCabe reports from Fort Lewis, Washington.

Mar 6, 2007

In preparation for upcoming deployments, several dozen Arkansas Army National Guardsmen recently studied the ABCs of saving lives.

Mar 6, 2007

Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Ulibarri assumed responsibility as Fort Benning's senior NCO Friday in a ceremony in front of Infantry Hall. Ulibarri, who won the Best Ranger competition in the 80s, recently returned from a deployment to Iraq with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

Mar 2, 2007

As Capt. Charles McPhail kissed his grandmother good-bye and boarded an airplane at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2004, it dawned on him that he was the third generation of Soldiers she had seen off to war.

Mar 2, 2007

The Army announced today the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the realignment of Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A Notice of Availability (NOA) of the DEIS published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the document's availability, and sets a 60-day review and comment period.

Mar 1, 2007

Fort Polk's Criminal Investigation Division is the Army's federal law enforcement agency dealing with felony offenses. CID agents are responsible for conducting criminal investigations on cases that range from death to fraud. Their work can be conducted on and off military reservations and when appropriate, with local, state and other federal investigative agencies, according to the CID web site.

Mar 1, 2007

February 9 was a historic day for Army Management Staff College when 31 students graduated from the Army's first Civilian Education System Intermediate Course on the Fort Belvoir campus.

Feb 28, 2007

Soldiers from the 683rd Engineer Firefighter Company sharpen their crash and rescue skills on a decommissioned UH-1 Huey helicopter with training dummies inside, during Exercise Granite Triangle at Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 18.

Feb 28, 2007

The saying "old habits never die" could be a good way to describe the current Tajikistan Soviet-style run military. From its troop-leading procedures to its training methods, it's a trend they're slowly continuing to improve on.

Feb 27, 2007

The program that teaches English to Arabic-speaking individuals who want to become translator/interpreter Soldiers has been streamlined and moved to Fort Jackson

Feb 26, 2007

WRAMC puts full-court press on fixing building 18.

Feb 26, 2007

During the span of a Soldier's military career, there are few opportunities to earn approved foreign military decorations. Indiana University ROTC in conjunction with the German Armed Forces Liaison Office at Fort Knox, Ky., gave Soldiers and Cadets a chance to earn the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency.

Feb 26, 2007

The 25th Infantry Division's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, is the first unit to employ the Army's new "reset" process to rapidly refurbish everything from individual weapons to state-of-the-art Stryker combat vehicles.

Feb 23, 2007

The seminar welcomed about 90 individuals representing a variety of military and civilian affairs organizations to Fort Leavenworth's Battle Command Training Center Feb. 17-21.

Feb 23, 2007

SMA Preston Says NCOs will help QOL issues at Walter Reed.

Feb 22, 2007

Senior defense officials yesterday said they take full responsibility for the recently reported poor-quality outpatient housing and bureaucratic hassles some servicemembers have experienced at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and offered up a "no excuses" approach to fixing the problems.

Feb 21, 2007

Senior defense officials address recently reported issues concerning outpatient housing and bureaucratic hassles some servicemembers have experienced at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Feb 20, 2007

National Guard helps in New York snow; Small Arms Championship open to all Soldiers.

Feb 20, 2007

Afghan Soldiers and police travel 7,000 miles to undergo Military Transition Team Training with 1st Infantry Division Soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas. SPC Edward Coffey reports.

Feb 20, 2007

Army NASCAR driver Mark Martin led 26 of the final 27 laps before being overtaken by Kevin Harvick at the finish line at the Feb. 18 Daytona 500 at Daytona Beach, Fla. Harvick's margin of victory was 0.020 seconds.

Feb 13, 2007

GEN Petraeus takes over MNF-I; NY NG ready to assist in snow covered NY.

Feb 9, 2007

Soldiers helped medically evacuate a group of American volunteers after a bus crash near the village of Mal Pais, Honduras, Feb. 6.

Feb 7, 2007

Defense Budget Request is in, Armys slice of the budget, Army Leadership goes to Capital Hill to testify.

Feb 6, 2007

Known to most as the Engineer Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir's North Area will be home to two major organizations coming to Belvoir as part of Base Realignment and Closure 2005.

Feb 6, 2007

The Army's Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody and a host of retired general officers visited U.S. Army North Jan. 29 to receive an update on the command and to look at its newest technologies.

Feb 5, 2007

More than 100 people were on hand Saturday as the U.S. Army Women's Museum opened an exhibit recognizing the contributions of women Soldiers during the war on terrorism.

Feb 2, 2007

Before the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team aEUR" now the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division aEUR" left Iraq, the Army was already busy planning for its return to the Army's "Ready Force Pool" and future missions.

Feb 2, 2007

West Point doesn't produce bombs or ammunition or upgrade vast amounts of Army equipment, nor does it ensure Soldiers are logistically capable of fighting a war.

Feb 2, 2007

Those attending Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson do not just learn their Military Occupational Specialty, they are Soldiers first and must continue to hone their warrior skills.

Feb 1, 2007

Maryland National Guard deploys to Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Sergeant Michael Houk reports.

Feb 1, 2007

The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., is where Soldiers are trained to fight terrorists and insurgents in the most realistic environment imaginable.

Jan 31, 2007

Center of the Intrepid opens with special guests attending.

Jan 31, 2007

Under First Army's watchful eye, Indiana's 38th Infantry Division went to war in Kansas last week as the first National Guard division to fight in the newest transformed modular configuration under the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) program.

Jan 30, 2007

Soldiers from the National Guard are assisting the U.S. Border Patrol by monitoring illegal activity along the U.S./Mexico border and also are improving the border security infrastructure.

Jan 26, 2007

After 450-plus days in Iraq, including a four-month extension, the former 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team is home again with a new name aEUR" the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and a new mission aEUR" to reset and retrain and be ready.

Jan 26, 2007

Brig. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, the 1st Cavalry Division's deputy commanding general for support addresses more than 400 First Team family members at the division's Town Hall meeting at the Fort Hood Catering and Conference Center Jan. 25.

Jan 25, 2007

A bitter, wintry, ice-cold rain falling steadily outside could not dampen the spirits of troopers assigned to the 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, based in Waco, who received a warm welcome from their families and friends Jan. 23 during an official welcome-home ceremony at the post's Abrams Field House auditorium.

Jan 24, 2007

National Guard Soldiers near Nogales, Ariz., help Border Patrol agents secure the border with Mexico, Jan. 17.

Jan 24, 2007

Although troops are performing well overseas in the war against terrorism, more troops and money are needed to refurbish non-deployed military forces, said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker.

Jan 19, 2007

The Secretary of the Army, Honorable Francis J. Harvey, gave a strategic overview of the Army Jan. 10 to senior noncommissioned officers attending Class 57 at the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy.

Jan 19, 2007

The new strategy announced last week by President Bush forces a minor adjustment that will have a major impact on the next Fort Lewis Stryker brigade scheduled to deploy to Iraq.

Jan 18, 2007

National Guard storm relief for stranded victims and an increasing awareness of safety.

Jan 16, 2007

A special team of National Guardsmen is conducting an environmental survey at the site of a train derailment that occurred this morning in Brooks, Ky.

Jan 10, 2007

Command Sgt. Maj. David Ray Hudson, senior enlisted advisor to the National Guard bureau chief, said Guard troops recognize the country is counting on them at a critical time in its history.

Jan 7, 2007

The East running back finds a hole during the first quarter of the "All-American" Bowl all-star football game that split the best players in the nation into East and West squads. The West team won the game 24 to 7 in front of a crowd of 35,151 fans.

Jan 7, 2007

A new traveling exhibit designed to help connect the American public to the American Soldier was unveiled amid the pageantry of the Army's Fan Fiesta exhibition, culminating with the Army-sponsored "All-American" Bowl high school all-star football contest played last Saturday at the Alamodome.

Jan 6, 2007

A new traveling exhibit designed to help connect the American public to the American Soldier was unveiled amid the pageantry of the Army's Fan Fiesta exhibition, culminating with the Army-sponsored "All-American" Bowl high school all-star football contest played last Saturday at the Alamodome.

Dec 29, 2006

A state funeral is scheduled for Gerald R. Ford, Jr., the 38th President of the United States, who died Tuesday evening at his home in Rancho Mirage, California.

Dec 29, 2006

At the request of the Panamanian government, Soldiers and other servicemembers assisted with rescue and recovery work, following flooding and mudslides in the northern part of the country in late November and early December.

Dec 29, 2006

President Gerald R. Ford died on Dec. 26. Sequence of funeral activity events, related articles and background information provided.

Dec 29, 2006

Military tradition will be evident throughout the events associated with the death of former President Gerald R. Ford, as the services join the nation in bidding farewell to their former commander in chief.

Dec 29, 2006

Nearly 4,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guard members are gearing up to support the national farewell to former President Gerald R. Ford.

Dec 27, 2006

President George W. Bush's comments in remembrance of former president Gerald R. Ford.

Dec 27, 2006

Fort Lewis sets up a solar wall to generate heat at a vehicle maintenance facility.

Dec 26, 2006

A Fort Lewis non-commissioned officer received the Soldier's Medal from the Army's senior civilian for saving the lives of a man and several children in a 2005 shooting incident at a local mall. Secretary of the Army, Frances J. Harvey pinned the Army's highest non-combat award for valor on the chest of Staff Sgt. Moises Martinez of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. Due to Martinez's actions, no one died in the Nov. 20, 2005, shootings at the Tacoma Mall which evolved into a standoff between a 20-year-old man with an assault rifle and SWAT teams from the Tacoma police. Seven people were wounded in the shooting.

Dec 22, 2006

TAJI, Iraq (Army News Service, Dec. 22, 2006) aEUR" Though a white Christmas is out of the question, the holiday season will be a little homier for Soldiers deployed here thanks to a couple from Ludington, Mich., and a sergeant major from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. Jim Nickelson and his wife, Beth, sent two Fraser fir trees to the 1st ACB to bring holiday cheer to the frontlines, Nickelson said."Hopefully it brightens their mood for a period of time while they're away from their families" for the holidays, he wrote in an email from his home. The Nickelsons' Needlefast Evergreens farm is adjacent to the childhood home of Sgt. Maj. Della St. Louis, the brigade operations sergeant major. St. Louis, for the third consecutive year, arranged for the shipment of the holiday trees the Nickelsons donated. The first was during the 1st ACB deployment from 2004 to 2005, and she had trees sent to 3rd Infantry Division which served in Iraq from 2005 to 2006, she said.

Dec 19, 2006

Soldiers were among the participants at the Pentagon for the farewell ceremony for Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Dec. 15 and the swearing in ceremony of the new defense secretary, Robert Gates Dec. 18.

Dec 19, 2006

Canadian and U.S. Soldiers and other personnel participated in an exercise involving multiple simulated attacks against the military and state and federal agencies throughout North America.

Dec 19, 2006

After finding the body of one missing climber on Mount Hood, Ore., members of the Oregon Army National Guard continue searching for two other lost climbers.

Dec 15, 2006

Soldiers assigned to the next Stryker brigade combat team to deploy to Iraq will likely arrive next summer at Operation Iraqi Freedom with the familiar feeling they have already performed the same missions and operations. Fourth Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division war planners hit the mark for realism in replicating the conditions under which Soldiers will operate in OIF with "Cascadian Commitment," the field training exercise.

Dec 15, 2006

"This is an historic first step initiating a strong bilateral defense relationship between the United States and Montenegro," said Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, announcing the partnership.

Dec 15, 2006

The new Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System adopts the latest technology and adapts it for Soldiers operating in demanding arctic conditions.

Dec 14, 2006

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has partnered with the Hearing Research Institute, Inc. to deliver toys to Jackson Memorial Hospital on December 17th. Brigadier General Richard Ellis, the Director of Intelligence at SOUTHCOM, will also be leading both groups on a visit with patients at the Miami Veterans Affairs hospital that day.

Dec 14, 2006

U.S. Southern Command, the Argentine Military, and the Honduran Permanent Committee on Contingencies (COPECO) concluded a four-day Crisis Management Experiment Dec. 7th in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It focused on collaborative crisis planning and execution using emerging information sharing technologies and processes

Dec 4, 2006

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, HONDURAS aEUR" U.S. military personnel are preparing to return to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, after deploying to Panama Nov. 25 as part of a humanitarian aid/disaster relief task force to provide assistance to Panamanian civilians affected by recent flooding.

Nov 30, 2006

Brig. Gen. Jose Mayorga, US Army South Commanding General, left, and Ecuador Maj. Gen. Tito Manjareez, right, co-directors for Peacekeeping Operations South 07, listen to a brief during the exerciise Initial Planning Conference in Quito, Ecuador on 7 November 2006.

Nov 8, 2006

Brig. Gen. Nolen Bivens, U.S. Southern Command chief of staff, talks to a Veterans Administration Hospital patient while others look on during a visit Oct. 26. Leaders from SOUTHCOM visit the hospital monthly to talk with patients and hospital staff.

Oct 25, 2006

Domestic violence in Army families is both a 'people' issue and also one of readiness, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood, told an audience of Army leaders Oct. 7.