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Best Sappers Compete in Grueling Challenge
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Saturday, 17 May 2008
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Army News Service, May 15, 2008) -- After 52 hours of engineer challenges requiring muscle-wrenching, rain-soaked exertion, little or no sleep and miles of running, Capt. Jason Winkelmann and 2nd Lt. Joel Groves, both from the 8th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, placed first May 8 in the 2008 Best Sapper Competition.

The Best Sapper Competition is the Engineer Regiment's equivalent to the Best Ranger Competition; identifying elite Soldiers in combat engineer military occupation specialties.

From more than a dozen Army units, 25 two-man teams arrived on Fort Leonard Wood to compete for the title of Best Sappers, May 6-8, waging war on challenge after challenge and testing their abilities as engineers and Soldiers.
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U.S. Flights Continue to Deliver Supplies to Burma
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Saturday, 17 May 2008
WASHINGTON (AFPS, May 15, 2008 - A total of eight Air Force C-130s have delivered supplies to Burma as part of the U.S. relief effort following Cyclone Nargis, a senior military official said yesterday.

Five C-130 Hercules transports delivered water, blankets, rations, mosquito netting and plastic sheeting yesterday. "We have to have permission every time we go in," the official, speaking on background, said. "U.S. officials have a verbal OK to bring in five more planeloads of relief supplies today, he added.
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Company-grade Leaders Receive MacArthur Awards
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Saturday, 17 May 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Army News Service, May 14, 2008) - Twenty-eight commissioned and warrant officers from the active Army, Army Reserve and the National Guard received the 2008 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon today.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. presented the awards and praised the Soldiers for their accomplishments.

"The common thread that binds Soldiers together, that causes men and women to do extraordinary things, is the kind of leadership we celebrate here today," Casey said.

The Soldiers being honored commanded multiple companies in combat, and trained Iraqis in war, law, governance and economics, he said.
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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