Apr 26, 2012

Advancements in the use of spinal cord stimulators for the treatment of chronic pain have brought relief to patients at the Integrative Pain Management Clinic here.

Apr 26, 2012

With the downsizing of the active force over the next few years, reliance will need to be placed on the reserve components to wage another long-term conflict, Army personnel leaders told lawmakers April 25, 2012.

Apr 26, 2012

Joint Base Lewis-McChord will soon be home to the headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division, Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced April 26, 2012.

Apr 25, 2012

The 14th Combat Support Hospital and U.S. Army Medical Department board are wrapping up an assessment of a new air beam shelter that could lead to faster care of wounded troops on the battlefield.

Apr 25, 2012

The Saudi government has purchased $17 billion in military hardware from the United States through U.S. government intermediaries, like the Army's Security Assistance Management Directorate.

Apr 25, 2012

An Army Reserve Soldier won first place for the show jumping portion of the 2012 World Cavalry Championships held 200 miles west of Warsaw, Poland, April 18-22, 2012.

Apr 24, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden discussed the administration's efforts to restore the Everglades at the S-356 pump station, a component of the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park project in Miami-Dade County, Fla., April 23, 2012.

Apr 24, 2012

Four Soldiers who built a training device to teach service members to safely exit an overturned Humvee were among 22 troops and civilians honored April 24, 2012, as part of the 2012 Secretary of the Army Awards.

Apr 24, 2012

President Barack Obama signed a proclamation April 20, 2012, designating Fort Ord, Calif., as a national monument under the Department of the Interior.

Apr 23, 2012

For the 2012 winners of the Best Sapper competition, laying claim to the trophy was well worth the 53 hours of ticks, mosquitoes and misery they endured trudging through the woods and trails of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 19-21, 2012.

Apr 23, 2012

Master Sgt. William A. Downey was honored as the Army's Sexual Assault Response Coordinator of the Year in a DOD ceremony at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes April 18, 2012.

Apr 23, 2012

A total of 28,000 registered runners and wheelchair competitors came to Tempe, Ariz., Apr. 21, 2012, to compete in the 8th Annual "Pat's Run."

Apr 23, 2012

Three Greco-Roman wrestlers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program earned Olympic berths at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for Wrestling, April 21-22, 2012.

Apr 21, 2012

Less than a third into the 50-mile, 50-hour 2012 Best Sapper competition, 18 of the two-Soldier teams were cut from enduring more misery and their bids for the top spot among peers.

Apr 20, 2012

The Army Engineer School Wednesday launched ENFORCE, its annual regimental conference, bringing together more than 300 military engineers to focus on future operations, capabilities, threats and how the regiment will engineer in future conflicts into 2020.

Apr 20, 2012

The Best Sapper competition, a centerpiece of the Army Engineer School's annual regimental conference, kicked off in the dark, early morning hours April 19, 2012, with 38 two-person teams participating -- the largest field yet to compete.

Apr 20, 2012

An Army Reserve officer who researched the effectiveness of energy-saving "micro-grid" technology in Afghanistan was among nine Americans honored as "Champions of Change" by the White House, April 19, 2012.

Apr 19, 2012

Soldiers from 1-21 Infantry out of Schofield Barracks in Hawaii participated in mortar training at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea, April 13, as part of Foal Eagle 2012.

Apr 19, 2012

Stanley Rogers Resor, who served six years as the secretary of the Army during the height of the Vietnam War, died at his Washington, D.C. home, April 17, 2012, at the age of 94.

Apr 19, 2012

The Army recently extended its smartcard pilot for Army spouses and retirees through September after what officials called a very positive response to the pilot program, which began in October 2011.

Apr 19, 2012

The Missouri Army National Guard this week took part in the U.S. Army South and host nation opening ceremonies for Beyond the Horizon 2012. Festivities took place in both Honduras and Guatemala -- where Missouri Guardsmen are slated to conduct real-world missions and provide humanitarian services.

Apr 18, 2012

In an annual Department of Defense report just released, the Army had a slight increase in reported sexual assaults.

Apr 18, 2012

An Army doctor has helped develop a vaccine that he believes will prevent cancer, or at least its recurrence.

Apr 18, 2012

Twenty-three Soldiers will compete for Olympic berths April 21-22, at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.

Apr 17, 2012

President Barack Obama has announced that Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division, will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor May 16, 2012, for his actions during the Vietnam War.

Apr 17, 2012

U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program wrestler Sgt. 1st Class Dremiel Byers is more concerned about making good on a promise to his late grandfather than the return of Rulon Gardner, his former archrival on the mat.

Apr 17, 2012

An American Soldier's simple actions in Afghanistan last year gained the attention of that nation's ambassador to the United States, who spoke April 13, 2012, with the Soldier one-on-one at the embassy in Washington, D.C.

Apr 16, 2012

A team from the United States Army Special Operations Command won the 29th Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition, April 15, 2012, at Fort Benning, Ga.

Apr 16, 2012

The mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle has a future in the Army, said service officials, though it won't be part of an "MRAP brigade."

Apr 16, 2012

As the Army works vigorously to pursue its key modernization priorities while simultaneously seeking to lower costs and adjust to a changing budget, international sales opportunities are figuring prominently in the Army's acquisition strategy, service officials said.

Apr 16, 2012

Since 2007, the Army's budget to combat sexual assault has increased fivefold, said the director of Human Resources, Army G-1.

Apr 13, 2012

The Army's general tasked with projecting the future operating environment said that cyber attacks, "Arab Spring" rebellions and the economy are issues that could affect the military beyond the next decade.

Apr 13, 2012

The Army's newest collar insignia and colors are now available to Electronic Warfare warrant officers and Electronic Warfare noncommissioned officers.

Apr 12, 2012

Anniston Army Depot recently contracted to overhaul 143 M1 Abrams tanks for Saudi Arabia's Royal Saudi Land Forces at Lima Army Tank Plant in Ohio.

Apr 12, 2012

A humble 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Soldier received the nation's second-highest military honor in a ceremony, April 12, 2012, at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Apr 12, 2012

More than 300 government, industry and academic leaders converged on the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Mich., for the grand opening of the Army's one-of-a-kind Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory, April 11, 2012.

Apr 11, 2012

Officials at the 194th Armored Brigade said they could begin training female Soldiers right now, if necessary. It's just a matter of when the Army decides to send them here.

Apr 11, 2012

The Army is now six weeks into Phase 2 of this fiscal year's re-enlistment window, open to Soldiers whose expiration of term of service falls between Oct. 1, 2011, and Sept. 30, 2012.

Apr 11, 2012

The 29th installment of the David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition begins April 13, 2012, at Fort Benning, Ga.

Apr 11, 2012

The engineers working at the Picatinny Arsenal Advanced Materials Lab are working toward artillery warheads with fragments that flare and burn when the warhead detonates.

Apr 11, 2012

The Army is looking to replace its fleet of 117 C-12 aircraft with something called a "Future Fixed Wing Utility Aircraft."

Apr 11, 2012

Sgt. Felipe Pereira will be presented with the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. Raymond Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, during a ceremony scheduled for April 12 at the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) headquarters.

Apr 10, 2012

The Army's aircraft of the future will be faster than what the service has now, it will carry more weight, it will require less of a logistical footprint, and officials said it will better do what Army aviation is meant to do: serve the ground commander.

Apr 10, 2012

The U.S. Army will assess capabilities and emerging Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance technologies as part of its efforts to shape the future network when its annual integrated capabilities event begins at Fort Dix, N.J., April 16, 2012.

Apr 9, 2012

Amelia McConnell of Carlisle Barracks, Pa., was named Army Military Child of the Year for 2012, earning her a $5,000 tribute from Operation Homefront.

Apr 9, 2012

The ongoing relationship between one Afghan fire department and the U.S. Army military police company deployed to their city may have been the result of happenstance, but has nevertheless proven successful.

Apr 6, 2012

Active-duty Soldiers bring the emotional, mental, physical, spiritual and family pillars of military life to the stage in "Army Strong," the 2012 U.S. Army Soldier Show.

Apr 6, 2012

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, and his wife, Linda, concluded their tour of the European theater here, April 6.

Apr 5, 2012

The U.S. Army is in the early stages of responding to an Operational Needs Statement asking for high-tech assistance for pilots to better navigate "brown-out" conditions where terrain becomes obscured.

Apr 5, 2012

The Army's newest aircraft, the UH-72A Lakota, is approaching 100,000 flight hours, and maintains one of the highest mission-capable rates among Army aircraft.

Apr 5, 2012

Helmand and Kandahar province residents, businesses and industry now have more consistent and reliable power thanks to the team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' electric experts and their Afghan counterparts from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat.

Apr 4, 2012

The U.S. Army's AH-64 Apache Block III next-generation attack helicopter is finishing up its Initial Operational Test and Evaluation at Fort Irwin, Calif., and should be ready to deploy with Soldiers sometime next year.

Apr 4, 2012

The loss of an arm or a leg from combat didn't seem to have an effect April 3, 2012, on the play of a band of Soldiers and Marines who make up the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team as they soundly thumped a Washington area celebrity team made up of sports legends, broadcasters and even the D.C. mayor.

Apr 4, 2012

The U.S. Army continues to modernize the next-generation F-model CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter while simultaneously working to upgrade its entire fleet to F-model aircraft, service officials explained April 2, 2012, at the Army Aviation Association of America's 2012 Professional Forum and Exposition.

Apr 4, 2012

A Rhode Island National Guard Soldier gave his life March 22 to save an Afghan child.

Apr 4, 2012

The Army is moving along with a series of upgrades and technological improvements to its Unmanned Aerial System platforms, UAS Program Office officials said April 3, 2012.

Apr 3, 2012

Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho testified March 28, 2012, at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, Defense subcommittee hearing on military health and said military hospitals use the same method as the civilian sector to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder.

Apr 3, 2012

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said he was concerned with a trend he noticed over the past months that fewer African-American officers are being selected for major in the maneuvers, fires and effects or combat arms categories.

Apr 3, 2012

The Senate wanted to hear how the Army maintains oversight over contractors vs. DOD civilian employees and an Army senior leader explained a tool that was developed seven years ago to monitor the contract workforce.

Apr 3, 2012

The Army is working now to replace its current Air Warrior life-support and communications ensemble with the Air Soldier System -- a lighter-weight ensemble with reduced bulk and improved capabilities.

Apr 2, 2012

Army installations across the U.S. are supporting the Drug Enforcement Administration's next National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which will take place Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Apr 2, 2012

Seventeen years after four Soldiers died from hypothermia during the final phase of Ranger School, researchers at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine at Natick Soldier Systems Center continue to study how the human body cools down, in hopes of one day developing medical techniques to help prevent such tragedies.

Apr 2, 2012

From training Soldiers to installing radios on vehicles, Army personnel are engaged in intense preparations for this spring's major field exercise for the tactical communications network.

Apr 2, 2012

Missouri National Guardsmen from the 35th Engineer Brigade recently deployed to Coban, Guatemala, to coordinate a real-world mission that will develop Soldiers' skills.

Apr 2, 2012

The Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Celebration drew more than 60,000 veterans, family members and friends to the Charlotte Motor Speedway, N.C., Saturday.

Apr 2, 2012

The military's budget may shrink, but the outlook on Army aviation is optimistic, said the commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence.

Mar 30, 2012

Family-member-accompanied tours for U.S. service members in South Korea should not expand beyond the roughly 4,600 family members now authorized, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea told Congress March 28, 2012.

Mar 30, 2012

About 8,000 Soldiers are now trained as "master resilience trainers," and the Army wants even more, but it hopes to train them in an Army school.

Mar 30, 2012

The Army would like to see the route through Pakistan available again to get things out of Afghanistan when the time comes, said one Army senior leader.

Mar 30, 2012

Troops from 10 nations have been participating in a unique mission rehearsal exercise this month for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team to prep the unit and its multinational partners for deployment to Afghanistan.

Mar 29, 2012

The Warrior Transition Command announced the Army team for the third annual Warrior Games, March 29, 2012.

Mar 29, 2012

Senior enlisted leaders from each service denounced hazing in the armed forces March 22 and delivered a message of unity while testifying before a congressional panel.

Mar 29, 2012

Staff Sgt. Stefanie Mason, who is on the list released today of Army athletes who qualified for the Warrior Games, was riding in an up-armored SUV in Kabul, Afghanistan, when the driver decided to go faster.

Mar 28, 2012

The Army's military construction budget request for next year is 32 percent less than this year, Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, told senators.

Mar 28, 2012

The military services expect to unveil performance specifications this summer for a new joint vertical-lift aircraft, Maj. Gen. William T. Crosby told congressmen, March 27, 2012.

Mar 28, 2012

With the withdrawal from Iraq and similar actions in Afghanistan on the horizon, Soldiers looking to be leaders need to know opportunities are available in garrison, senior leaders said.

Mar 27, 2012

A wind monitoring and modeling system being developed by the Army Research Laboratory' s White Sands Missile Range, N.M., division could one day protect Soldiers and civilians alike from weapons of mass destruction.

Mar 27, 2012

American Soldiers who guard the border here between South and North Korea were surprised, March 25, 2012, to get a visit from their commander in chief.

Mar 27, 2012

"Just being good enough is no longer going to be good enough," said John M. McHugh, secretary of the Army, as he spoke about the Army's new standard for retention during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C.

Mar 26, 2012

As part of the Army's restructuring in Europe, V Corps will not return to Germany when its deployment to Afghanistan ends next year, the Army's chief of staff said.

Mar 26, 2012

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III arrived to Chicago, March 16, 2012, to engage with local business leaders and organizations in discussing the importance of hiring veterans.

Mar 26, 2012

At the Afghan maintenance hangar, airmen with the Afghan Air Force received some critical training in aircraft structural repair maintenance from their counterparts in the U.S. Army.

Mar 26, 2012

Two U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program wrestlers over the weekend qualified their Greco-Roman weight classes for Team USA to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games.

Mar 26, 2012

The Army G-8 addressed the status of the service's top modernization portfolios, ground combat vehicle, aviation and the network and reiterated the number-one priority would remain Soldier protection.

Mar 23, 2012

The Army wants another two rounds of base realignment and closure to optimize facility usage across the service.

Mar 23, 2012

12 Medal of Honor recipients, escorted by members of their service's honor guard, participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Mar. 23, 2012. The wreath was laid to mark National Medal of Honor Day. National Medal of Honor Day is observed yearly on March 25.

Mar 23, 2012

The Army is marking the manufacture of the 10,000th M153 Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station today.

Mar 22, 2012

Congressional staffers spent the last of their three days at the Joint Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga., learning first-hand about Army training.

Mar 22, 2012

It's not enough to simply treat post-traumatic stress disorder any longer. The Army recognizes the importance of preventing it from happening in the first place.

Mar 22, 2012

A new website championed by the Army is aimed squarely at Soldiers ready to leave the service, to help them find jobs that best match their knowledge, skills, abilities and interests.

Mar 21, 2012

Even with the eventual drawdown in Afghanistan, traumatic brain injury will continue to be a problem for the Army.

Mar 21, 2012

The CSF Soldier Fitness Resiliency Goals Book has been download almost 20,000 times to either an iPhone, iPad, or Android device.

Mar 21, 2012

Some modernization programs may be delayed, but not reduced or cancelled due to a tightening of the budget, senior Army leaders told senators March 21, 2012.

Mar 21, 2012

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley has been nominated by President Barack Obama for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as chief, Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command.

Mar 20, 2012

U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Spc. Dennis Bowsher sits in the proverbial driver's seat for Team USA's modern pentathletes on the road to London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Mar 20, 2012

With the activation of Company J, 244th Quartermaster Battalion, 23rd QM Brigade, QM School, March 19, 2012, at Fort Lee, the consolidation of all legal training to central Virginia is complete.

Mar 19, 2012

The Army will partner with industry for up to $7 billion in renewable-energy sources -- wind, solar, biomass and geothermal -- and has released a draft request for proposal that could allow multiple projects to begin nationwide.

Mar 19, 2012

Congressional staffers viewed explosions, Ranger infiltration techniques by boat, rappelling down a 60-foot tower, and dropping from a helicopter to extricate Soldiers from the ground.

Mar 16, 2012

Secretary of the Army John McHugh glimpsed the Army's energy future, March 16, while attending the Army Power & Energy Initiatives Breakfast and visiting the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mar 15, 2012

Staff representatives of America's lawmakers are spending three days with Soldiers at the Joint Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga., to learn about the many aspects of infantry and armor training, March 14-16, 2012.