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Despite sequestration Army Field Band stays busy, mentors local students

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 11:00pm
April 1, 2013, was scheduled to be the start of Spring Tour 2013 for the United States Army Field Band, but sequestration and restricted travel guidance forced the band to refocus its efforts.

Soldier inspires spouse to enlist

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 11:00pm
Christy reluctantly agreed to meet Joshua, the nephew of a co-worker, when he was home on leave from Germany for a second time. Joshua and Christy Garlick have now been married more than seven years.

Strategy conference tackles land power, strategic issues facing nation

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 11:00pm
Experts from academia, military and government converged on Carlisle Barracks, Pa., to discuss links between land power and vital strategic issues facing the nation and the world, during the Army War College Strategy Conference April 9-11, 2013.

Reservist serves missions worlds apart - from Natick to Bagram

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 11:00pm
Army Reserve Command Sgt. Maj. David Sanborn, normally the chief of Master Planning at U.S. Army Garrison Natick, Mass., has been serving since Oct. 6, 2012, as the command sergeant major of U.S. Army Garrison-Bagram, Afghanistan.

Enter the Dragon: Eighth Army unveils new emblem

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 11:00pm
Eighth Army recently unveiled a combined joint task force emblem in support of its transformation to a Field Army headquarters.

Army supports another BRAC round in fiscal year 2015

Sat, 04/13/2013 - 11:00pm
The Army's assistant secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment was back on Capitol Hill along with Defense Department and service counterparts to request another round of base realignment and closure in fiscal year 2015.

Army requests another BRAC round in fiscal year 2015

Sat, 04/13/2013 - 11:00pm
The Army's assistant secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment was back on Capitol Hill along with Defense Department and service counterparts to request another round of base realignment and closure in fiscal year 2015.

U.S., German Army leaders see scientific collaboration crucial to military success

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 11:00pm
The U.S. Army and Germany's ministry of defence's senior executives that are responsible for research and technology programs met at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., April 9-10, 2013, as part of ongoing discussions to expand collaborative research efforts to adopt or develop technological capabilities to meet far-reaching future military needs.

Army chaplain inducted into Hall of Heroes

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 11:00pm
An Army chaplain and Medal of Honor recipient, Capt. Emil J. Kapaun, was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, April 12, 2013.

Honor student, athlete honored as Army's 2013 Military Child of Year

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 11:00pm
Honor student, athlete and volunteer Nicole Daly has been honored as the 2013 Military Child of the Year for the Army.

Modular appliances to dramatically improve field feeding

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 11:00pm
A versatile new suite of modular appliances promises to make feeding Soldiers in the field a more energy-efficient, cleaner, cooler and quieter process.

Two West Point cadets named 2013 Truman Scholars

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:00pm
U.S. Military Academy Class of 2014 Cadets Erin Mauldin and Ahmad Nasir were among 62 students from 54 colleges and universities across the nation to be named 2013 Truman Scholars.

2 West Point cadets named 2013 Truman Scholars

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:00pm
U.S. Military Academy Class of 2014 Cadets Erin Mauldin and Ahmad Nasir were among 62 students from 54 colleges and universities across the nation to be named 2013 Truman Scholars.

Hurricane 'Z' makes landfall; Max Brooks joins Army North's hurricane rehearsal

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:00pm
It doesn't matter if mankind is facing a zombie apocalypse, a massive hurricane or a catastrophic earthquake -- disasters of natural or unnatural origin still need to be prepared for.

Funding for mental health research yielding results

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:00pm
Research advances in mental health and care provided for Soldiers is light years ahead of what it was during the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the director of Army Medical Command told Congress.

Medal of Honor awarded to Army chaplain

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:00pm
An Army chaplain, Capt. Emil J. Kapaun, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, April 11, 2013, for his actions leading up to his capture as a prisoner of war in North Korea.

Army researchers strive to understand vulnerabilities, mitigate injuries

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 11:00pm
The Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat program, formed in July 2006, brought together Defense Department intelligence, operational, medical, and materiel-development communities to improve DOD's understanding of vulnerabilities to threats and enable the development of improved tactics, techniques, and procedures and materiel solutions to prevent or mitigate traumatic injuries.

America's Army comics, game, app depict Soldier lifestyle

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 11:00pm
Deep in a maze of corridors at the Army Game Studio at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., the worlds of graphic art, gaming and military collide.

Army assures commercial mobile devices are secure

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 11:00pm
The Army agrees with the recently released DOD Inspector General report that found two Army organizations did not follow policies for tracking and configuring commercial mobile devices using the Android, Apple iOS, and Windows operating systems between October 2010 and May 2012.

III Corps cases colors for Afghan deployment

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 11:00pm
III Corps cased their colors at a ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas, April 4, 2013, marking the final step before the nearly 600 headquarters Soldiers begin a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.