Volunteer Corps Debuts (04/01/2004)
Family Programs
The Army will implement the Army Volunteer Corps (AVC) concept in conjunction with National Volunteer Week April 18-24.
The Volunteer Corps is a result of recommendations made by members of the Army Volunteer Summit in September 2002.
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Health Benefit Change (04/01/2004)
Guard, Reserve Report,
The Department of Defense announced Feb. 12 that it will implement the “2004 Temporary Reserve Health Benefit Program” for certain eligible reserve component sponsors and their family members.
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AUSA On the Hill (04/01/2004)
This is a busy time for AUSA's senior leadership and the Government Affairs team. AUSAPresident Gen. Gordon Sullivan, USA, Ret., met with Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, co-chair of the House Army Caucus and a long-time supporter of the Army.
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AUSA, Choice Hotel Offer 'Free Night' lodging Program (04/01/2004)
Choice Hotels International® now offering AUSA members the opportunity to stay two separate times and earn a free night of lodging. To participate in this promotion, guests must be members of the Choice Privileges® rewards program.
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Supplemental Concerns (04/01/2004)
View from the Hill,
Although at this writing Congress is in the midst of its Presidents' Day recess, the weeks leading up to the week-long pause included some hearings of interest.
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'I Joined for This Reason' (04/01/2004)
Pvt. Lynn Bennett graduated from a high school in Denver in January 2003 and joined the Army in August.
She went to basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., then went to advanced training at the Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Md. “I was really lucky to get into the job,” Bennett said.
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School Focused on Real Needs (04/01/2004)
The commandant of the Defense Information School believes being forced to do more with less made his school perform better.
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Broadcaster Does What He Loves (04/01/2004)
Working as a traffic reporter in Los Angeles, Sgt. 1st Class Rick Brown said he watched CNN news reports coming from the Middle East during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and then decided to join the Army. “I just kind of got fired up about it,” Brown said. “They're doing the job that I love.”
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Hurricane Isabel Proved a Challenge (04/01/2004)
September proved to be a very busy month for Chief Warrant Officer 2 Tammy Ganci and her 97 food safety inspectors in Virginia and North Carolina. Hurricane Isabel was the reason.
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Lab is Surprise Jewel (04/01/2004)
Maj. Robin King is proud of her laboratory tucked inside the Army Veterinary Corps School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. It is one of the surprise jewels of Army medicine. “We received full accreditation in 2001 from the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation,” she said.
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Inspectors Alerted to 'Mad Cow' Disease (04/01/2004)
As a precaution, Army veterinary food inspectors around the world have been alerted to the names and Indetification of the numbers of the establishments which processed the meat of the Holstein infected with “mad cow” disease and none has been found.
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Inspectors Training, Changing (04/01/2004)
The training of the Army's food inspectors emphasizes giving them the skills to be able to make independent decisions as necessary on the ground.
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Food Safety No. 1 Priority (04/01/2004)
When soldiers of the 719th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Services) are not looking after the health of the four-legged troops on Bagram Air Base, they are inspecting the food for the two-legged kind. These cross-trained soldiers take on the dual missions of treating animals and making sure that U.S. troops on Bagram stay healthy by inspecting the mass quantities of food that arrive daily.
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'I Needed a Change' (04/01/2004)
NCO and Soldier Programs
We had heard rumors we were going to go,” to Iraq, Spc. Billie Grimes, a combat medic then assigned to one of two platoons of medics with a Forward Support Battalion in Friedberg, Germany, said. She originally joined the Army Reserve to obtain money for college, but she wasn't satisfied. “I needed a change to get away [from Lebanon, Ind.] and find myself.”
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Modularized Hospitals Paying Great Dividends (04/01/2004)
The Forward Surgical Teams proved invaluable in saving lives during the race to Baghdad last spring but, since then the modularized combat support hospitals are paying great dividends to soldiers injured in trying to secure Iraq as major military operations wound down, the Army's top doctor said in an interview with AUSA NEWS.
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Integrating Reserves Critical to Success (04/01/2004)
Integrating the reserve components is critical to the success of Army medicine, the Army surgeon general told AUSA NEWS. "Sixty percent of Army medicine is in the reserve components,” Lt. Gen. James Peake said. He said that in his video teleconference meetings, reserve component officers are always included.
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Racing vs. Time (04/01/2004)
A call comes in on the medical evacuation frequency with a “nineline medevac” request from a highway in central Iraq.
An improvised explosive device has disabled a vehicle convoy and wounded soldiers need to be moved to a hospital.
Within 10 minutes, a helicopter carrying a combat medical team onboard is in the air.
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Medic Receives Silver Star (04/01/2004)
A 101st Airborne Division soldier who, despite being critically wounded himself, repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to treat wounded comrades in Iraq received the Silver Star at Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 5.
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Reserves Seeking Media Training (04/01/2004)
Reserve units are seeking more training in public affairs as their role in U.S. military operations in Iraq and the ongoing war on terrorism increases.
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Increased call for media specialists (04/01/2004)
The Army’s chief of public affairs said there’s an increased demand for specialists in media and public relations.“Every operational commander in the Army is asking for additional [public affairs] assets,” Brig. Gen. Robert Gaylord said in an interview with AUSA NEWS.
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Students Learn to Tell Services’ Story (04/01/2004)
After two weeks of basic public affairs specialist training, Ohio National Guardsman Spc. Levi Preston said he’s getting an education “that I’ve been waiting forever to get.”
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'Operation Hero Miles' (04/01/2004)
Voice of Congress
By Rep. C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, D-Md.; Member,House Government Reform Committee
“Operation Hero Miles” is an innovative program. It allows troops stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan to fly home on leave for free. It also gives family members of wounded service men and women free plane tickets to visit their loved ones recovering at military hospitals across the country. The program is brilliant in its simplicity.
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Torchbearer Report Examines Army Growth Plans (04/01/2004)
The Association of the United States Army’s Institute of Land Warfare has released a new monograph outlining the Army’s plan to grow and sustain its future fighting force.
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Editorial - Some Good Things, Some Concerns (04/01/2004)
The Defense Department's Fiscal Year 2005 budget request has some very good news for service members and families, but it also raises some concerns that your Association will track in this session of Congress. I am concentrating our efforts on personnel issues – your Association's first priority in our resolutions. This accounts for almost 40 percent of the Army's $98.5 billion request.
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Army Calls for Comanche Termination (04/01/2004)
The acting secretary of the Army and chief of staff were asked often during a House Armed Services Committee hearing Feb. 25 to explain why the Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter program was being canceled and where would the money go if Congress approves the recommendation.
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Army 'Pulled Out All Stops' In Training E-Brigades (04/01/2004)
The chief of staff of the Army told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the three enhan-ced separate brigades from the National Guard that are being deployed to Iraq have received “the very best equipment” and one of “the most extensive training regimens” possible to ensure their success during the deployment. Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker said Feb. 10 that he spent considerable time with the 30th Brigade. “We have pulled out all stops” in their training.
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About Page 1 (04/01/2004)
The photo on the front page was taken by by Spc. Sean Kimmons 25th Infantry Division (L) Public Affairs Office.
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34% To Be Affected In Early Phases (04/01/2004)
Starting in September, a number of soldiers coming out of basic or advanced individual training and lieutenants will be heading to a unit on an installation where they can expect to spend the next three years, one of the Army’s senior personnel officers said.
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