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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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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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