Association of the United States Army: More articles from the May issue

AUSA News - May 2008: More Articles

Preston talks health care with congressional panel
The Army’s top enlisted soldier told a key congressional panel: “Health care is the number one concern when you talk to family members out there. It is accessibility and the quality of care.”

Military recruiters try to overcome obstacles
The continuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a negative view of military life – particularly among parents – and rising obesity rates are the major factors affecting military recruiting, the Defense Department’s top personnel official said.

Quality of recruits rising
A conservative Washington think tank in its continuing study of military recruiting has found “on many criteria, each year shows an advancement in quality” from 2001 through 2006.

Voice of Congress: Ensuring troops, families have proper support
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz writes about supporting soldiers and their families.

View from the Hill: ‘Once a Soldier … Always a Soldier’
The fifth edition of the book “Once a Soldier … Always a Soldier" has been published and distributed to the members of Congress whose biographies have been added to the book.

Soldier, cadet march to Bejing
U.S. Military Academy Cadet Stephen Scherer from Billerica, Mass., and Sgt. 1st Class Jason A. Parker, assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Ga., qualified for the 2008 Olympic Team in Men’s Air Rifle.

Communication key to retention
Communication from senior leaders to junior officers is important when it comes time to make that decision to remain in the Army or separate, according to Lt. Gen. David P. Valcourt, deputy commanding general and chief of staff of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command.

AUSA Family Programs: Helping children cope while parents are deployed
There’s little tolerance for whining in the military. Even guard and reserve spouses (over 93 percent female) who reside outside the sphere of military family installations, have learned that complaining about the deployment does nothing constructive to relieve the stresses that they face when their loved one is absent for any length of time.

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