January 2012 AUSA NEWS  

                                                                                        

Listed below are the articles and features of our January 2012 issue of AUSA News. Please visit the AUSA News Archive for online access to previous issues.

 

1/1/2012

Panetta, Dempsey testify on future of Iraq’s security

Iraq and its forces are prepared to cope with the security challenges they will face after U.S. troops withdraw, Defense Department leaders told Congress Nov. 15.

1/1/2012

ILW Breakfast focuses on IED clearing

The amount of explosives used in improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan is increasing, while at the same time, the number of attacks are at "historic highs."

1/1/2012

Panel examines what Army of 2020 will look like for soldiers and families

Anticipating an end to a period of conflict that will have lasted more than a decade when the last soldiers return home, Army leadership is working to make necessary changes to accommodate them.

1/1/2012

Israeli military tests new weapon

The Israeli military is testing an airburst-style weapon that resembles the technology inside the U.S. Army’s XM25 counter-defilade weapon. But unlike the stand-alone U.S. weapon, the Israeli design mounts on any rifle and works with a standard 40mm grenade launcher.

1/1/2012

Sylvia Kidd retiring as director of AUSA Family Programs

I have always believed that life is a series of phases: Our childhood phase, young adult phase, couples phase and parenting phase.