Southern Command’s Hill ‘guardedly optimistic’ about Latin America’s future (11/01/2003)
Gen. James T. Hill said the region “is the Number 1 source of new Americans. … and they are the largest and fasting growing minority.” He added they are having a “profound and positive effect” on the United States. He said this was true although it went largely unrecognized “the farther north you go from Miami.”
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Refitting the Force (11/01/2003)
Voice of Congress
The war in Iraq consumed vast resources and highlighted a number of areas affecting troop training, readiness, supplies and quality of life that will soon need to be addressed by Congress. Over the coming months, the Army will face the task of rebuilding, repairing and resetting, and it is critical that Congress and the Army work together to define and meet those needs.
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Vice Chief Praised For 'Taking Fight to the Enemy' (11/01/2003)
Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, Army chief of staff, described his vice chief as a "muddy boots soldier" and "a ‘Soldier's Soldier’ who led from the front" at Fort Myer's Summerall Field Oct. 2.
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Stryker Brigade Soldier, Old Guard NCO Named Best (11/01/2003)
The hard work and painful preparation has paid off for an Old Guard noncommissioned officer and a Stryker Brigade Soldier. Staff Sgt. James W. Luby and Spc. Russell A. Burnham were named the best of the Army's 1.3 million Soldiers at a ceremony in Arlington, Va., Sept. 19.
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Middleton, AUSA Trustee and Biddle Medal Winner, dies (11/01/2003)
Col. Harry "Fred" Middleton, USA, Ret., a Biddle medal winner and member of the Association of the United States Army's Council of Trustees, died Sept. 17. He was 75.
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Apache Deployment Story (11/01/2003)
One of the untold stories of the fighting in Afghanistan was the rapid deployment of Apache attack helicopters from Fort Campbell, Ky., the Army’s senior operations officer told attendees at an Association of the United States Army symposium.
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Acquisition Corps: Be Close to Warfight (11/01/2003)
The three priorities for the Army Acquisition Corps are "to being so close to the warfighter ... you know what he’s thinking," revitalizing the workforce and keeping inside the government work where it has the expertise.
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In-State Tuition Web Site (11/01/2003)
Family Programs
The Army Continuing Education System launched the In-State Tuition Web site Sept. 15. "The site provides information on state policies and laws regarding in-state tuition eligibility requirements for military personnel and their families," said Mike Tevnan, education specialist at the U.S. Total Army Personnel Command.
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Association of Graduates Presents Sullivan Thayer Award (11/01/2003)
The Association of Graduates at West Point awarded Gen. Gordon Sullivan, president of the Association of the United States Army, with the Sylvanus Thayer Award Oct. 1 for his "service and accomplishments" as a soldier and citizen.
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Ore. Engineers Help Building of 'Village of Hope' (11/01/2003)
Guard, Reserve Report
National Guard engineers are building the first of five "House of Hope" projects. Along the way, they're teaching former Iraqi soldiers construction skills they can use to find new jobs.
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Helping One and All (11/01/2003)
Guard, Reserve Report
Soldiers in several Army Reserve and National Guard units in Kuwait decided to develop software in three areas to meet the Army's software needs.
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Americans, Arabs Talking a Lot, Not to Each Other (11/01/2003)
One of the Middle East’s top journalists said that "what went wrong" between the United States and Arabs "starts with Palestine." Hisham Melhem, Washington-based correspondent for As-Safir, a Lebanese daily and Al-Qabas, a Kuwaiti daily, said that American support of Israel in the Palestinian conflict "resonates from Casablanca to Cairo from Karbala to Karachi."
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Soldiers Teach U.S. Culture to Afghans (11/01/2003)
As they approach the small Afghan villa made of mud and straw the U.S. Soldiers are greeted by a mass of smiling faces and shouts of "how are you." A gathering of five Afghan families greet the Soldiers like old friends, and the young children run up to the Soldiers to grab their hands and lead them into the villa as they proudly show off their English vocabulary.
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Banking Chief Proposes Dividend For Iraqis (11/01/2003)
Sending dividend checks to Iraqi citizens from oil revenues in the same way that Alaskans receive dividend checks could be a creative way to rebuild Iraq's shattered economy. Philip Merrill, speaking Sept. 25 at the Eisenhower National Security Series symposium in Washington, said one possibility would be an "Alaska Solution" to stimulating the Iraqi economy.
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Army Moving Equipment Quickly To Soldiers (11/01/2003)
The Army’s Rapid Equipping Force director said equipment ready to be fielded or in advanced stages of development -- like robots -- are being pulled forward for use by soldiers fighting the war against terror today.
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Matters Improving in Iraq, Panelists Say (11/01/2003)
The Kurdish administrator of Sulaimania told attendees at a special national security symposium that "Things are a lot better in Iraq now than what was expected before the war."
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Smoking Cited In Pneumonia Outbreak (11/01/2003)
Smoking cigarettes may be the key to understanding what has caused an outbreak of severe pneumonia affecting 19 service members serving in the Central Command theater of operations, Defense Department officials said Oct. 9.
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Bush Recognizes 3rd ID's Service (11/01/2003)
President George Bush presented the commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Maj. Gen. Buford Blount III, a Presidential Unit Citation Sept. 12 recognizing the division's role in the U.S.-coalition military campaign in Iraq that ended the rule of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
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8 Divisions to Move in Winter (11/01/2003)
Between December and March, eight of the Army's 10 active duty divisions will be in motion to support the rotation plan for Iraq and Afghanistan, the service's top operations officer said Sept. 8.
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Planning Must Include Contractors, Mobilize Reserves (11/01/2003)
The commanding general of the Army Materiel Command said that in planning for any future conflicts one lesson learned from Iraq is to provide for mobilized reservists who will early on be opening ports and airfields, and contractors and Department of the Army civilians who will be supporting the arriving troops.
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Rapid Fielding to be Used (11/01/2003)
The Army plans to fully equip all of its brigade combat teams next year under its rapid fielding initiative, 40 more than this year.
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Keane Stresses Jointness in Training (11/01/2003)
Army Vice Chief Gen. Jack Keane said Army training centers are not doing a good enough job teaching soldiers to fight with its sister services."We've got to fix jointness," Keane said, speaking to 300 Army personnel, congressional staffers and defense industry leaders at an Institute of Land Warfare Breakfast Sept. 11 in Crystal City, Va.
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Reserve Forces Essential (11/01/2003)
National Guard and reserve forces "have been absolutely essential" to the war on terrorism, the commander of U.S. Central Command told the Senate Appropriations Committee during a Sept. 24 hearing about the fiscal 2004 supplemental funding request for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Building Trust is Necessary (11/01/2003)
Speaking at the Association of the United States Army's monthly Institute of Land Warfare breakfast, Gen. Jack Keane said defeating resistance groups, mostly those still loyal to Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath regime, depends on the ability of soldiers on the ground to collect intelligence about where enemy threats are being harbored.
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Rumsfeld: Goal is to Encourage Independence (11/01/2003)
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the United States' objective "is to encourage Iraqi independence by giving Iraqis more and more responsibility over time for the security and governance of their country."
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Wolfowitz Sees Army Relevancy Continuing (11/01/2003)
Despite repeated media reports saying civilian Pentagon leaders see the Army having a smaller role in future warfare, the deputy secretary of defense said the Army is and will continue to remain relevant. Speaking at the Association of the United States Army's sustaining member luncheon Oct. 8 in Washington, Paul Wolfowitz said that winning the war on terror requires fielding armed forces that can communicate with each other and fight jointly.
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Scowcroft Views 9-11 as 'Real Wake-Up Call' (11/01/2003)
The recipient of the 2003 George Catlett Marshall Medal said that "9-11 was a real wake-up call" because it has changed our references directly"
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President Seeks $87 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan (11/01/2003)
President George W. Bush told the nation Sept. 7 that "our strategy in Iraq will require new resources" and that soon he would ask the Congress to approve $87 billion for military and reconstruction efforts there and in Afghanistan.
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Sullivan: 'Fight We Must Win' (11/01/2003)
Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Ret., told 200 attendees at a special AUSA symposium Sept. 8 that the challenge is to "fight and win a war while transforming the Army."
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AUSA Applauds House on Civilian Pay Hike (11/01/2003)
The president of the Association of the United States Army applauded the House’s action Sept. 9 in approving a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal civilian employees in the coming fiscal year.
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$368.2 Billion Spending Bill Passes (11/01/2003)
Capital Focus
President George W. Bush signed the Fiscal Year 2004 defense spending bill.
The $368.2 billion bill funds the basic necessities for the department through Sept. 30, 2004. The administration already has submitted separate, supplemental bills to cover the cost of the global war on terrorism.
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Future Fight (11/01/2003)
NCO and Soldier Programs
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker told senior NCOs at AUSA's Annual Meeting Monday that the Army and its sister services had fought a combined arms war in Iraq for the first time in U.S. history.
"This is joint operations," Schoomaker said. "This is the way we will fight in the future."
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1st Soldiers Return for R&R Leave (11/01/2003)
As the wheels on the World Airlines military contract flight from Frankfurt, Germany, touched down Friday at 5:50 a.m., excitement grew within the Baltimore Washington International Airport terminal where several families waited for their loved ones arrival.
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Baghdad Canine Unit Reborn (11/01/2003)
Reservist Sgt. Emily Frasca, a police academy instructor with the 382nd Military Police Battalion, from San Diego, Calif., helped kick start the new Iraqi canine unit. Along with other soldiers in her unit, Frasca teaches classes at the police academy in Baghdad. When someone asked her to help with the canine unit, she jumped at the opportunity.
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500,000 Seen as Size Needed For Force (11/01/2003)
The senior American diplomat who headed peacekeeping operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan said that a force of 500,000 would be necessary to provide security in Iraq. There is about half that number operating in the country now.
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Former Commander In Afghanistan Thanks Guardsmen, Reservists (11/01/2003)
The former commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan said, "Thanks for being citizen soldiers" to several hundred senior guardsmen and reservists at a special dinner held before the official opening of the Association of the United States' Army's Annual Meeting.
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Miracle That More Did Not Die In Pentagon Attack (11/01/2003)
Speaking on the two year anniversary of Sept. 11, Gen. Jack Keane said it’s nothing less than a miracle that more people were not killed an the Pentagon.
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Army Sped Body Armor Buy (11/01/2003)
The war in Iraq caused the Army to speed the deployment of individual body armor to combat service support soldiers. Lt. Gen. Richard Cody, deputy chief of staff, G-3, said Sept. 8 that the original plans were for every third combat service support soldier to have the body armor but when the commitment to fight was made "we had to buy that back" to ensure all were protected.
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Chief: 'Be Flexible, Adaptable' In War (11/01/2003)
Making his first Dwight David Eisenhower Luncheon speech at AUSA's Annual Meeting, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker said the service does not have the luxury to refuse missions it's called to perform.
"It's not business as usual," Schoomaker said.
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Army's 'Call to Arms' Transforms War on Terrorism (11/01/2003)
Reiterating the theme of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Association of the United States Army, "The Army at war - and Transforming," Acting Secretary of the Army Les Brownlee delivered an impassioned and optimistic keynote address at the new Washington Convention Center this morning.
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Former V Corps Commander Praises Soldiers' Ingenuity in Iraqi Freedom (11/01/2003)
"They were every thing you could want in a soldier. They were everything you could want in an American" was the way the senior U.S. commander on the ground in Iraq described the soldiers he led this winter and spring.
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