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Gates Calls for Temporary Army End Strength Increase
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced at a Pentagon press conference in late July that the size of the Army will be increased by up to 22,000 soldiers for a period of three fiscal years, raising the size of the Army to 569,000 active duty soldiers. The additional troops are needed to meet ...
President Salutes Veterans
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... President Salutes Veterans. On July 27, the 56th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, President Barack Obama signed H.R. 2632, the Korean War Veterans Recognition Act. The act adds July 27 to the list of days on which the display of the U.S. flag is especially encouraged. The bill passed the ...
SMA Calls for TRICARE Review
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... SMA Calls for TRICARE Review. SMA Kenneth O. Preston, testifying before the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee in late July, recommended reviewing the standards of the military health-care program TRICARE. SMA Preston and top NCOs from other services spoke of the problems of ...
Letters
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... '178 Streamers' * BG John S. Brown's June article, "178 Streamers" ("Historically Speaking"), was a wonderful and unique way of recognizing the U.S. Army's 234th birthday. BG Brown validates his history credentials by masterfully weaving fact and opinion into an instructive and ...
Once a Soldier
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Once a Soldier. The Association of the United States Army's newest edition of Once a Soldier ... Always a Soldier is now available. All legislators in Congress who have served or are currently serving in the Army are listed in alphabetical order, senators followed by representatives, with ...
GEN McChrystal to Address 'Additional Issues'
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has tasked GEN Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, with addressing "some additional issues" in his assessment of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, and allotted him more time for his appraisal. In August, ...
The National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center
Sep 01, 2009; Kroesen, Frederick J ... The story of American infantrymen begins in 1607, when the Jamestown settlers sought to protect themselves from the forays of native tribes, then thought to be Indians. The story continues from then to now, as the Infantry has fulfilled its critical role in every war fought in or by our nation ....
Will We Hit the Target?
Sep 01, 2009; Dubik, James M ... The upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review is resurrecting a debate over Army force structure. Two camps are already visible; neither, however, is a proper guide. The first camp is forming around conventional combat forces. This camp claims that Army combat, combat support and combat ...
More Evidence of a Self-Imposed Military Quandary
Sep 01, 2009; Sinnreich, Richard Hart ... Two stories this summer about the escalating struggle in Afghanistan reveal the impact of the self-inflicted dilemma confronting U.S. forces and their NATO allies as they try to defeat still another stubborn insurgency while satisfying unprecedented humanitarian restrictions and ...
Continual 'Organizational Learning' While Operating
Sep 01, 2009; Pedersen, Dick ... Commanders must continually act in order to learn. Just as important, they must create a system for learning as they act. ...A commander will not be able to understand the problem fully before beginning operations to solve it and will learn more about the true nature of the problem as he ...
Forty-One Years Later ...
Sep 01, 2009; O'Brien, Robert E ... It is not as though I've been asleep for the last 40 years or that I've lived a life so appallingly boring that, under- standably, my mind might be frozen in time. To the contrary, I've lived what most say has been a varied, if not an ex- traordinary, life, having worked as a roofing laborer, ...
THE NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM AND SOLDIER CENTER
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... The recently opened National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center in Columbus, Ga., honors the history and sacrifices of the U.S. Army infantryman. Situated adjacent to Fort Benning, the complex features a spectacular main museum building and Patriot Park - composed of a 5-acre parade field that ...
Back in the Fight-I Corps As Multi-National Corps-Iraq
Sep 01, 2009; Bayer, Peter C ... In April, I Corps assumed command of Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) from the outgoing XVIII Airborne Corps. After a 38-year hiatus, I Corps, historically known as America's Corps, was back in the fight. Now in the middle of its rotation as Headquarters, MNC-I, it is the last U.S. Army corps ...
U.S. Army Africa: A Team Like No Other
Sep 01, 2009; Garrett, William B ... When a U.S. Air Force C-17 landed at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda, in early January to airlift vital equipment to peacekeepers in Sudan, it marked a change in U.S. policy toward assisting in the Darfur peacekeeping mission. It also marked a change for the U.S. Army in Africa. Just a few ...
Advisor Training Shifts to Fort Polk Army Establishes Enduring Mission
Sep 01, 2009; Steele, Dennis ... The mission of preparing advisors and training teams for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has moved from Fort Riley, Kan., to Fort Polk, La., building a foundation to advance advisory and assistance training and establishing the training capability to perpetuate those skills beyond current ...
Training at JRTC: THE NCO VIEWPOINT
Sep 01, 2009; Steele, Dennis ... Training rotations at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, La., prepare brigade combat teams (BCTs) for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. JRTC employs a range of technologies and sensory enhancements along with hundreds of cultural role-players and its opposing force, the 1st ...
Persistent Conflict or Containment: Alternate Visions Of Contemporary Conflict
Sep 01, 2009; Fontenot, Gregory; Benson, Kevin ... In 1946, the Army G-2 published the first Intelli- gence Review, a confidential weekly assessment of trends and major intelligence issues. In the opinion of the Army G-2 intelligence community, the vast span of Islamic countries was a threat to stability and, ultimately, peace on the planet. The ...
Considerations on Releasing a Detainee
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... To: Company Commanders From: Company Commanders If we command land-owning units in Iraq or Afghanistan, it is likely that a detainee will be released into our area of operations over the course of a deploy- ment. Sometimes our unit will have detained the individ- ual; sometimes a ...
PENTAGON 9/11 MEMORIAL
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... The Pentagon 9/11 Memorial includes a variety of symbolic elements that commemorate the victims of the attack as individuals and as a group. Dedicated last year on the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack, the memorial has two main elements. At its core are 184 memorial benches, ...
AUSA Sustaining Member Profile
Sep 01, 2009; Anonymous ... SprayCool® Corporate Structure- Founded: 1988. President and CEO: Matt Gerber. Headquarters: 2218 North Molter Road, Liberty Lake, WA 99019. Telephone: 509-232-2600. Web site: www.spraycool.com. SprayCool is a recognized leader in thermal management products for electronics ...
