'We Want to Select the Right People for ROTC' (10/01/2002)
"We are no longer casting a huge net - catching a lot of fish and then throwing out the ones we don't want. We are now spear fishing -- carefully selecting those fish we want to catch, and keep," Maj. Gen John T.D. Casey, commander of the U.S. Army Cadet Command, explained. "We want to select the right people for the ROTC program."
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Meet 4 Outstanding Soldiers (10/01/2002)
Cadet Edwin A. Churchill, graduated from San Diego State University - Class of 2002. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in May, and then went off to the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Fort Benning, Ga. He is awaiting his orders for his first assignment as an officer in the United States Army.
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270 Cadets Singled Out for Honor (10/01/2002)
All they probably hoped for was a place to sleep, a roof over their heads, three squares a day and, of course, an education -- with leadership and military training. Then, in May 1864 -- all Hell broke loose.
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Leadership Training Course - Change Is Paying Off For the Army (10/01/2002)
Most college sophomores breath a sigh of relief when their final semester grades have been tabulated and they realize that two years of study have passed. Two down - two to go. Now it's time for summer vacation and, hopefully, a well-paying job.
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RAMP Official Testifies on Iraq After Saddam. (10/01/2002)
What an Iraq without Saddam Hussein in control would look like and require was the subject of the second day of hearings by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Aug. 1. Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., committee chairman, said, "We need to know how many U.S. forces will be required, for how long and for what purpose."
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Aldridge Says Army is Restructuring Comanche Program (10/01/2002)
The Pentagon's top acquisition official said the RAH-66 Comanche attack helicopter has "gone through probably the most turmoil of any program now in the Department of Defense."
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Chairman Sees No Evidence of Chinese Government Support of al Qaeda. (10/01/2002)
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said: "I would be very surprised that the government of China" would help al Qaeda fighters now in Pakistan with food, supplies, weapons or ammunitions.
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DoD Office to Focus on Jointness in Building Future Budgets. (10/01/2002)
The Defense Department new director of program analysis and evaluation stressed that his office will be working with the services in creating "the connective tissue between what we have done over the last few years in defining strategy" in building future budgets.
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Rumsfeld Sees Iraqi Regime Change as 'Desirable For a Host of Reasons' (10/01/2002)
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that it has long been the policy of the United States government "that regime change (in Iraq) would be desirable for a host of reasons."
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AUSA and Brassey's Partner Again (10/01/2002)
Book Program
The Association of the United States Army has announced that Brassey's Inc., will again partner with the Association in the AUSA book program.
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2002 AUSA Annual Meeting (10/01/2002)
Both a retiree and SBP/Pre-retirement briefings will be held at the AUSA Annual Meeting Monday, Oct. 21 and Wednesday, Oct. 23.
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Special Forces Campaign Succeeds (10/01/2002)
Lt. Gen. Dennis Cavin, commander of Accessions Command, said the Army hoped to recruit 400 for the Special Forces, but actually took in 440. "The results have been very positive," he said Aug. 22.
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Reforming Retirement Law (10/01/2002)
Guard, Reserve Report
As Philip Stoneman, my counterpart for Army Reserve activities at the Association of the United States Army, and I travel around the country talking to Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve soldiers and reserve component (RC) retirees, we get feedback from our members on the important issues of the day.
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Resolutions Submissions Are In (10/01/2002)
View from the Hill
Our AUSA NEWS editor is pounding on my desk asking where my column is. I am trying to explain that Congress is in recess and that my column should be, too. He is trying to explain that Congress or no Congress, he cannot print blank space where "View from the Hill" is supposed to be.
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Epitome of a Noncommissioned Officer (10/01/2002)
NCO and Soldier Programs
Command Sgt. Maj. Eddie L. Roberts, USA, Ret., is the 2002 recipient of the Sergeant Major of the Army William Bainbridge Noncommissioned Officer Distinguished Service Award. The Bainbridge medal is awarded annually to a noncommissioned officer -- active, reserve component or retired -- contributing most to the U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officer Corps.
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Army Again Hits Recruiting, Retention Goals (10/01/2002)
The Army passed a significant milestone this summer - meeting its recruiting goals for the active and reserve force for Fiscal Year 2002. The goal for the active force was 79,500, and for the Army Reserve 28,825. This was the third consecutive year that the Army met its goals.
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Doing What's Fair and Right (10/01/2002)
Capital Focus
With Congress gone and the president out in Texas there hasn't been much here in the capital to focus on this past month, so I thought I'd give you four cents worth instead of two.
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Concurrent Receipt (10/01/2002)
Voice of Congress
Many of you loyal readers of AUSA News have been following the long and difficult struggle to overturn current law that requires military retired pay to be reduced by the amount of veterans' disability compensation. The current practice stems from a Civil War-era law that Congress passed when America's standing army was small.
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