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Commentary: Army Modernization Necessary, Successful, Long Overdue
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 17 May 2008
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 14, 2008) -- If you owned a 1978 Chevy Impala, you'll remember that it was big, powered by a 12-mile-per-gallon V-8 engine. Its advanced safety features were lap seatbelts and drum brakes. It had a push-button radio and - if you were lucky - an 8-track player.

Three decades later, you may be driving a crossover sport utility vehicle powered by a 35-mile-per-gallon hybrid engine and rolling on 20-inch run-flat tires. Its advanced safety features include voice-activated controls, a crash avoidance system, side and rear video cameras, heads-up night vision display, a full suite of airbags and an onboard computer connected to a communications network with GPS technology, satellite radio and OnStar.

Basically, you have a world of information at your fingertips.

Just as the commercial market is transforming to meet personal market demands, the Army is transforming to meet Soldiers' needs in an era of persistent conflict.
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Raven Launches New Battlefield Perspective
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 10 May 2008
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, April 30, 2008) - Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne got a hands on perspective on the Raven, an unmanned aerial vehicle, during a 10-day Raven training course from April 22 to May 2 at the 3rd Brigade Combat Team headquarters.

Once limited to brigade and higher level commanders, the hand-launched aircraft is one of the latest technologies to enhance warfighting capabilities, putting aerial reconnaissance tools in the hands of Paratroopers on the ground.
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2007 Chaplain Service Award winners announced
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 10 May 2008
5/8/2008 - BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, D.C. (AFPN) -- The chief of Air Force chaplains has announced the winners of the annual Air Force Chaplain Service Awards program for 2007. Winners were recognized in individual categories for both active and Reserve components, and Airmen at three chapels earned recognition as the Chaplain Service's most outstanding chapel teams.  Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles C. Baldwin hosted individual winners at an awards luncheon here earlier this month.
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Special Forces Soldier Awarded Second Highest Medal For Combat
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 03 May 2008
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, May 1, 2008) - A 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during a ceremony here Wednesday for valorous actions during Operation Enduring Freedom.

A 20-year veteran, Master Sgt. Brendan O'Connor, formerly a senior medic on a 2nd Battalion, 7th SFG (A) Operational Detachment Alpha, was presented the award while he stood before family, friends, and fellow Soldiers.
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Petraeus-Odierno Team Nominated to Lead CENTCOM, Iraq
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 03 May 2008
WASHINGTON (AFPS, April 23, 2008) - The White House will nominate Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, currently commander of Multinational Force Iraq, to be the next U.S. Central Command commander, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Wednesday.

"I recommended him to the president because I am absolutely confident he is the best man for the job," Gates told reporters. He cited Petraeus' in-depth understanding of the situation in Iraq as well as counterinsurgency operations, and the successes seen in Iraq under his leadership.
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Medals of Valor Awarded for Sadr City Operation
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 26 April 2008
BAGHDAD, Iraq (April 21, 2008) - Multiple improvised-explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades and a hail of gunfire greeted Silver Lions' Soldiers as they conducted route clearance in the southern portion of the Sadr City district of Baghdad April 11.

Abrams Tanks from Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, accompanying the route-clearance vehicles rushed into action to suppress the swelling attack that disabled a Coalition Forces' vehicle and injured a Soldier.
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12-Month Deployments to Reduce Stress, Build Depth
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 26 April 2008
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 21, 2008) -- Soldiers can now look forward to less time away from their families as the Army finalizes plans for shortened deployment lengths in support of the war on terror.

With the decision by President George W. Bush April 12, the Army will return to 12- month deployments after Aug. 1, said Lt. Gen. James D. Thurman, deputy chief of staff of the Army for G-3 (Operations). He said the shortened tour lengths would be good for both Soldiers and the Army.

"It's going to help us begin to restore the balance that we need to do in the Army," he said. "That will help us reduce that stress and strain on our Soldiers and their families. It will also help us by continuing to build that strategic depth back in the Army."
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Chief of Staff Recognizes Army's Best Rangers
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 26 April 2008
FORT BENNING, Ga. (Army News Service, April 22, 2008) --- A team representing the 75th Ranger Regiment won the 2008 Best Ranger Competition which ended Sunday at Fort Benning after 60 hours of competition.

Staff Sgt. Shayne Cherry, of Monroe Neb., and Staff Sgt. Michael Broussard, of Brentwood, Calif., bested a field of 29 teams which started the competition Friday.
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Soldiers Win Shooting Medals at Beijing World Cup
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 19 April 2008
BEIJING, China - The U.S. Shooting Team earned two medals April 15 at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup, which is the test event for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Spc. Walton Glenn Eller III of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit of Fort Benning, Ga., captured the Silver Medal in Men's Double Trap, while USAMU's Sgt. 1st Class Daryl L. Szarenski claimed the Bronze Medal in the Men's 50-Meter Free Pistol event.

The Men's Double Trap final was conducted under a cascade of catkins, brought by the slight wind blowing on the range, which gave the unusual impression of snow fall. Two-time Olympian and last year's World Cup Final Champion Eller did not seemed phased by the conditions, shooting 48 targets in the final, for a total of 188 targets, earning him the Silver Medal.
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Master Sergeant Awarded Soldier's Medal for Saving Lives
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Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 12 April 2008
LOS ANGELES (Army News Service, April 7, 2008) - A Reserve Officers Training Corps instructor at the University of Southern California received the Soldiers Medal April 2 for his actions more than four years ago to save Soldiers trapped in a sinking Humvee.

When a vehicle accident along a scout route caused an armored Humvee to flip over an embankment, leaving the vehicle submerged with Soldiers trapped inside near the Diyala River in Iraq on Aug. 30, 2003, Master Sgt. (then-Sgt. 1st Class) Curtis (Bobby) Elliott, sprang into action.
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