AUSA News - October 2008 

The commander of the Army Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command said that programs such as the hiring of Family Readiness Assistants and providing funds directly to family readiness groups included in the Army Family Covenant will be sustainable in the future.

Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State, will receive the 2008 George Catlett Marshall Medal, the highest award presented by the Association of the United States Army.

The U.S. Shooting Team added to its medal count at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Aug. 16 when 19-year-old Pfc. Vincent Hancock from Eatonton, Ga., captured the gold medal in Men’s Skeet.

In his third Olympic Games, a soldier assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Ga., has finally won a gold medal.