Nobody Likes Standing in Line (04/01/2001)
Nobody likes waiting in a line, and the pharmacy at the Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Ga., is doing its best to eliminate those lines. Col. Joseph D. Cambre, the director of the pharmacy said, "We want folks to be put to the right place in a reasonable amount of time and those kinds of things. For us, it meant becoming as efficient as possible, and knowing what's coming is helpful."
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Meaningful Medicine at Bedside -- A Nurse's Care (04/01/2001)
The Army's nurse training program at Eishenhower Medical Center provides nurses with excellent training for both military and civilian jobs. It also provides the military with competent, knowledgeable nurses, an important compentent of health care.
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Fisher House (04/01/2001)
The Fisher House at the Eisenhower Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Ga, provides an affordable place to stay for families whose relatives are receiving long-term hospital care. It also provides a "home away from home" for families of patients at nearby Veterans Affairs hospitals, the Medical College of Georgia and the Augusta Burn Regional Center.
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The Special Cases (04/01/2001)
The logistics of the military health care system sometimes leave patients and their families with unanswered questions. But those problems are trying to be resolved.
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Soldiers, Retirees Respect Care - Usually (04/01/2001)
Soldiers at Fort Gordon, Ga., who deploy frequently like those in the 93rd Signal Battalion, see the health care they and their families receive as a benefit. As Staff Sgt. Darryl V. Thorne said, "actually it's working great." Sgt. Corwyn R. Gibson added, "My daughter was born last year. It was one of the benefits that's there in place. And it's working fine." Retirees and soldiers using Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center largely share that opinion.
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Eisenhower Changes With Times (04/01/2001)
Eisenshower Medical Center is constantly changing under a 25-year modernization plan that shows the shift in emphasis from a hospital to an "outpatient treatment facility." That means a "race track" design for most services - "enter here and exit at the same place." It is a design shared with modern retailers.
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'An Army of One' -- Part Two (04/01/2001)
Cameras Will Follow Basic Trainees For Ad Campaign
Continuing the recent launching of the new "An Army of One" advertising campaign, the Army unveiled its second phase of advertising in February. The latest advertising effort continued communicating the dual message of the "An Army of One" campaign -- a message of teamwork and unity, as well as the strength and importance of every person.
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Redstone Chapter Hosts Vietnam Wall (04/01/2001)
Chapter News
The traveling Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall visited Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley recently. AUSA's Redstone-Huntsville Chapter joined forces with the U.S. Army and the city of Huntsville, Ala. to sponsor the salute to Vietnam-era veterans. Known as "The Wall that Heals," the traveling wall is a scaled replica of the national monument located on the mall in Washington, D.C.
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Association Briefs 55 Students Attending United Nations' Seminar (04/01/2001)
Trefry Discusses National Defense, Security Issues With Participants
The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) hosted students from the United Nations International Affairs Seminar for Youth February 12 at its national headquarters in Arlington, Va. Lt. Gen. Richard Trefry, USA, Ret., an AUSA senior fellow, briefed the students on current and emerging issues of national security and defense importance. The briefing was followed by a discussion period.
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Women's Museum Opens at Fort Lee (04/01/2001)
Thousands of women Army veterans will have the opportunity to participate in the dedication ceremony for the new U.S. Army Women's Museum at 2 p.m., Friday, May 11 at 2 p.m. The museum is located at Fort Lee, Va., is on A Avenue next to the Quartermaster Museum.
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PX Has New Check Policy (04/01/2001)
In today's financial climate, where the issue of personal privacy is of the utmost importance, the issue of Social Security numbers on checks is becoming a major concern among shoppers everywhere. In an effort to eliminate the need for Social Security numbers on checks, AAFES has set up a three-phase process.
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Patron Council Improves Commissaries (04/01/2001)
Family Programs Report
Kidd Represents AUSA on Panel
Communication, communication, communication -- that's what members of the Defense Commissary Agency's (DeCA) new Patron Council talked about recently at their first meeting at the agency's headquarters at Fort Lee, Va.
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Graves, Burrell Are Army Athletes of the Year (04/01/2001)
SFC Todd Graves and SPC Dawn Burrell were named the Army's male and female athletes of the year. Graves won a bronze medal in skeet shooting at the 2000 Olympics, and also competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. Burrell finished 11th in the long jump competition at the 2000 Olympics.
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Kernan Confident Money Available For New Warfighting Experiment (04/01/2001)
Though Congress did not provide money to pay for a 2001 Joint Warfighting Experiment, Gen. Kernan, commander in chief of the Joint Forces Command, expects to get the money for 2002.
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No One Answer for Transforming the Army (04/01/2001)
"What we're looking for is not one single answer" is the way the Defense Department's senior officer in charge of experimentation described the work of his new command. Gen. William F. Kernan, commander in chief, United States Joint Forces Command, said, to be more agile in the future, "We just can't tinker on the edges any more. ... We've got to use our guile and cunning."
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Apply now for Cribbins scholarship (04/01/2001)
Applications are being accepted for the 2001-2002 academic year scholarship. The $2,000 scholarship is awarded to current or former soldiers entering an accredited college or university and pursuing a degree in engineering or a related field.
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New NCO and Soldier Directorate Formed (04/01/2001)
NCO and Soldier Programs
The former NCO and Enlisted Affairs department of AUSA has recently been elevated and renamed the Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier Programs Directorate. However, this does not mean that AUSA is an NCO association. AUSA is the Army's professional association and anyone with an interest in keeping America's Army strong are welcome as members of the Association.
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AUSA Honors Korean War Dead at 50th Anniversary Ceremony in Philadelphia (04/01/2001)
AUSA President Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan laid a wreath at the future site of the Veterans of the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia.
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Wolfowitz is New Deputy Defense Secretary (04/01/2001)
President Bush has nominated Paul D. Wolfowitz to be deputy defense secretary. The nomination will go to the Senate for confirmation. Senate officials said they would consider the request "expeditiously."
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Reshaping DoD Civilian Workforce (04/01/2001)
Voice of Congress
In 2004 31 percent of the defense department's civilian employees will be eligible for retirement. There is a genuine concern that a significant portion of the civilian workforce could decide to retire. Sen. Voinovich, R-Ohio, has introduced a bill to give the Department of Defense a head start in addressing their future workforce needs.
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Sullivan visits Capitol Hill (04/01/2001)
Capitol Hill Focus
AUSA president visits Congress members; Medicare Part B enrollment; Info center for New Pharmacy Benefit
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Hey, I Have an Idea! (04/01/2001)
View From the Hill
A bill has been introduced in Congress to move Veterans Day to Election Day in presidential election years. Doing so would negate the meaning of Veterans Day, November 11.
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Aging Infrastructure = Readiness Challenge (04/01/2001)
The armed forces' crumbling infrastructure - from barracks to houses, to offices, to roads, to utility lines, to ranges, etc. - is a serious readiness issue that is only worsening with time.
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Sullivan Says: 'No Time Out For Readiness' (04/01/2001)
The president of the Association of the United States Army, said, "We don't need two years of study" to review the Defense Department's readiness needs. Speaking to 200 defense and industry leaders, Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Ret., AUSA president, warned: "There is no time out for readiness."
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Dole Will Receive AUSA Marshall Medal (04/01/2001)
Former Sen. Robert J."Bob" Dole, R-Kan., who served as Senate majority leader, has been selected by the Association of the United States Army to receive its highest award -- the George Catlett Marshall Medal -- for "selfless service to the United States of America."
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Combat May Shift Into Urban Areas (04/01/2001)
Army scientists and technologists are looking at the consequences of the superiority of the service's armor and aviation and how that will change the way an enemy may fight the United States. What they are seeing is the likelihood that an enemy would retreat to a city to survive.
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Objective Force is Needed for Relevancy (04/01/2001)
The chief of staff of the Army asked himself a question as he concluded an address to more than 900 defense and industry leaders: "The Objective Force capabilities, can it be done? Yes." And if those capabilities were not entering the Army by the end of this decade, Gen. Eric Shinseki, chief of staff, said, "We begin to lose relevancy."
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Bush Unveils $310.5 Billion Defense Budget (04/01/2001)
President Bush spoke before a joint session of Congress February 27 and announced his federal spending plan that included a 4 percent hike in defense. Few details were included. Overall, the budget request is a "reasonable" 4 percent over the fiscal 2001 budget. The FY 2001 DoD budget is $296.3 billion.
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Brown leather jackets? Just kidding (04/01/2001)
So what was the Army's top general going to say that would shake the Army up yet again? Eighteen months ago, he unveiled a plan to transform the Army that opened the possibility of using wheeled armored vehicles. Six months ago, he announced that all soldiers would be wearing black berets.
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