 12/1/2010
Former Secretary of the Army Pete Geren quoted Gen. George Catlett Marshall in accepting the Association of the United States Army’s highest award – the George Catlett Marshall Medal – named for the soldier-statesman, "We’re going to take care of the troops, first last and all the time."  12/1/2010 The Association of the United States Army, in conjunction with the National Guard Association of the United States and the Reserve Officers Association, presented the annual Walter T. Kerwin Jr. Award to units from the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.  12/1/2010
Calling the progress in Afghanistan "slow and steady," Brig. Gen. John Nicholson, director of the Joint Staff Afghanistan Pakistan Coordination Cell, said spikes of violence are to be expected in areas where the Taliban and other insurgents haven’t been completely cleared of in the past.  12/1/2010
The Army is attempting to speed up and streamline its acquisition processes to allow for more effective modernization of the force, senior leaders told an Institute of Land Warfare Contemporary Military Forum at the AUSA Annual Meeting.  12/1/2010
AUSA President Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Ret., joined other dignitaries to address and break ground at a ceremony that signaled the construction of the Washington Marriott Marquis Hotel. |
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