October 2012 AUSA News
October 2012 AUSA News
2012 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition focuses on the Army’s ‘Service to the Nation
"America’s Army: Service to the Nation, Strength for the Future," ™ the theme of the Association of the United States Army’s 2012 Annual Meeting a
Jamie Gray – Army wife – wins Olympic gold in London
Jamie Gray, wife of U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit shooter Staff Sgt.
AUSA membership can help: ‘Stop Sequestration Now’
As I write this article, we face an all-too-familiar situation in the defense legislative arena.The regular defense authorization and appropriation
Grass sworn in as chief of the National Guard Bureau
The U.S. Senate recently confirmed then Lt. Gen. Frank Grass as the next chief of the National Guard Bureau and then Air Force Maj. Gen.
Spending bill clears committee
Senate panel advances defense bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the $604.5 billion fiscal 2013 defense spending bill before headin
Army North conducts Vibrant Response incident exercise
The Weapons of Mass Destruction – Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST) conducted assessments as part of Vibrant Response 13.
Surgical Chloe takes response to new heights
Each year, thousands of members of the Joint Task Force – Civil Support converge on Camp Atterbury, Ind., participate in the Vibrant Response training exercise
Simulated victims treated after 'nuclear detonation'
U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component command hosted exercise Vibrant Response designed to coordinate a rapid disaster response
Army and NFL join forces evaluating protective helmets
The National Football League now wants to put into the helmets of its players the same type of sensors used by the Army to evaluate concussive even
AUSA Annual Meeting highlights ‘The Army Profession’
The good news is that the 2012 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition is just around the corner.And, despite the fact
Civilian role players work 12-hour days during exercise
Working with role playing civilians from as far away as Michigan and Texas, personnel from U.S.
FEMA mission assignment calls for a crisis response
The unthinkable happened: A (simulated) 3,000 lb.
Fort Polk engineers rescue and treat exercise ‘survivors’
Responding to a simulated 10-kiloton nuclear detonation, soldiers from the 178th Engineer Company, Fort Polk, La., conducted a rescue mission durin
Guard, reserve, civilians join forces at Vibrant Response
The exercise confirms the operational readiness and tactical capabilities of military forces tasked with responding to natural and man-made incidents.
Guard soldiers rescue ‘victims’ trapped in parking garage
In the aftermath of a simulated nuclear explosion, one of the most important tasks to perform is locating survivors, many of whom would be sufferin
Homeland defense capability is confirmed at exercise
The purpose of the exercise was to confirm the capabilities of various elements of the DoD’s chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear, known as CBRN.
ILW paper examines ‘Earned Deferred Compensation’
AUSA’s Institute of Land Warfare has recently released a new publication."Earned Deferred Compensation" (National Security Watch, August 2012) exam
Soldiers make final preparations for Vibrant Response 13
U.S. Army North conducted the largest confirmation exercise to date for 9,000 members of the DoD’s chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) force.
Staged disaster relief is based on realism, role players
More than 9,000 soldiers and civilians from numerous local, state and federal agencies participated in Vibrant Response 13, or VR 13, along with th