June 2013 AUSA News
June 2013 AUSA News
Army budget: Service leaders must make tough, difficult decisions
During testimony on Capitol Hill April 23, Gen.
Best Ranger Competition - A grueling mental, physical challenge
The competition is known for the grueling endurance test it provides, and this year was no different.
Critical investments must be made now for Army’s Future Force
The Army learned the art of adaptation throughout the last 12 years of war, but is now moving into a period of innovation that will require critica
CSM Jimmie W. Spencer - a 'soldier’s soldier'- retires from AUSA
Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmie W.
Departing AUSA is ‘bittersweet’
It was a Friday.I remember because it was exactly one week after my military retirement ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C.I was "in processing" here at A
FY 14 budget arrives: Better never than late
The administration’s budget was two months late, but given what was in it for AUSA constituents, it would have been better to not have it at all.Le
NCOs from Ranger Training Brigade win 2013 Best Ranger honor
A team from Fort Benning, Ga. won the 2013 David E. Granger Best Ranger Competition held at Fort Benning.
50 athletes selected for the 2013 Army Warrior Games Team
The Warrior Transition Command in Alexandria, Va., has announced the Army Team for the 2013 Warrior Games.Wounded, ill and injured soldiers and vet
82nd Airborne Division's Schmidt, NCO; Anderson, trooper of the year
The 82nd Airborne Division’s Trooper of the Year is Spc. Lawrence Anderson, and the division’s NCO of the year is Staff Sgt. Cory Schmidt.
AUSA members are encouraged to submit proposed resolutions
As a member-based organization, AUSA annually solicits proposed resolutions from its membership.Throughout the spring and summer months, individual
Balha, Folsom win challenging, exhausting Best Medic Competition
More than 60 Army medics faced a range of obstacles meant to test their best.In teams of two from Army units across the globe, soldiers from medica
CASCOM Ultimate Warrior Competition tests soldier skills
Frazier was one of 14 soldiers who faced the challenges and burdens of the fourth CASCOM Ultimate Warrior Competition.
Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Budget: Little to celebrate; a lot to fight
The president’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget was released two months late and landed with a thud on the desk of those on the Hill and those of us at the
Huntsville, Ala., is site for AUSA Winter Symposium and Exposition
Association of the United Sates Army officials announced April 18 that the 2014 AUSA Winter Symposium and Exposition will be held, for the first ti
Members appointed to Resolutions Committee
The Association of the United States Army’s Council of Trustees approved the AUSA 2013 Resolutions Committee membership at its spring meeting.Maj.
Summer months open the permanent change of station season
Summer has officially arrived, and with the rising temperatures we also usher in the permanent change of station (PCS) season.Relocation is definit
Team Fort Hood, Texas, claims top culinary arts competition award
While the 38th Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event may be over, the experiences of the more than 200 service members will have a last
U.S. Army Alaska cavalry scouts win 1st Gainey Cup Competition
Five cavalry scouts from U.S.