March 5, 2010 RSS feed / News Update

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Some West Point seats for Soldiers go vacant

Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown
Army News Service
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, long renowned for cultivating some of America’s most celebrated leaders, offers 170 slots each year for prior-service Soldiers, yet many go unfilled. More...

Plan to reduce warrior tasks, battle drills forwarded M ilT

J.D. Leipold
Army news Service

The deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training told bloggers he hopes the current warrior tasks and battle drills that all Soldiers from the top down are expected to know will be reduced significantly to stop what he called “task More...

G-6 launches 'Apps for the Army' contest

CIO/G-6 Public Affairs
Army News Service

The Army announced its first internal applicationsdevelopment challenge March 1. The program, called "Apps for the Army," or A4A, gives Army personnel the opportunity to demonstrate their software development skills. More...

Army communicators support civil affairs in Haiti

Lt. Arlo Abrahamson
Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command Public Affairs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Soldiers assigned to the communications directorate for the Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command, or JFSOCC, have played a critical role in supporting Civil Affairs and other humanitarian operations conducted in More...

inTransition now available for service members receiving mental health treatment

Peter Graves
Health Affairs

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness announced the kick-off of inTransition, a new program designed to offer service members currently receiving mental health treatment a bridge of support More...

Main gate construction

All vehicle traffic will be prohibited from entering the Gate 1 Shoppette during the Inbound Only period of 5:30-8:30 a.m., Monday-Friday. More...

Motorcycle Certification Course

A course will be held March 19 from noon to 4 p.m. at the course site located next to the BOSS building on Lane Ave. For more information call Sgt. 1st Class Streaty at (706) 791-2086. More...

Fort Gordon Technology Exposition

..The Fort Gordon Technology Exposition will be held March 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gordon Club. All military, civilian and contractor personnel are invited to attend. More...

Social Media Policy balances Web 2.0 with security

Ian Graham
Special to American Forces Press Service

The new policy allowing access to social media from computers connected to the Defense Department’s unclassified network balances the mission value of Web 2.0 tools and the need for security, a top defense official said. More...

Caring for groundwater, water wells

Cliff Treyens
National Ground Water Association

It’s easy to be good steward of groundwater and water wells, and there’s no better time to begin than National Ground Water Awareness Week, which runs March 7 through 13. More...

It’s not too late for a flu shot

DDEAMC Public Affairs Office

It may be March, but flu season is anything but over according to Col. Ed Boland, chief of Preventive Medicine, Eisenhower Army Medical Center. More...

Analysis program focuses on preventing combat injuries

Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

Every time a service member is killed or wounded in combat, it sets off a sweeping process aimed at identifying what happened, who perpetrated it and how it might have been prevented -- and instituting changes to reduce the likelihood of it being re More...

New budget calls for balance and modernization

Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown
Army News Service

WASHINGTON –- The new Brigade Combat Team Modernization plan and the Army’s goal to “achieve balance” by 2011 are among top priorities in the service’s budget request for next year. More...