An Archive of the Association of the United States Army's Firing Line Blog
Rep. Paul Cook recently introduced legislation that would end the buying and selling of Purple Hearts.
AUSA Five Things: A Weekly Tip Sheet for AUSA Members, dated December 19, 2016: “Attitudes Changing on Service.”
“The National Guard is the oldest military force in the Department of Defense. The National Guard will celebrate its 380th birthday on December 13, 2016, continuing to answer the call since 1636 when the first militia regiments in North America were organized into three permanent regiments: East, South, and North Regiments.
a. AUSA Five Things – “Wearable and implantable robotic systems.”
AUSA Five Things: A Weekly Tip Sheet for AUSA Members, dated December 5, 2016: “Individualized Robotics.”
a. AUSA Moderator – “Veterans are less likely to complain about health issues. Is that good?”
“The Association of the U.S. Army has signed a statement of support for employment rights of National Guard and Reserve soldiers and in doing so challenged its chapters as well as corporate and sustaining members to also sign statements supporting reserve components.
Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning said recently, “Our decisive advantage that we thought we had was not as big, it turns out, as we hoped it was or thought it was.” Fanning said that the three things that “worry” him most are unmanned systems, cyberwarfare and having assured positing, navigation and timing capabilities.
At the 2016 AUSA Annual Meeting, during the Military Family Forum: Townhall with Senior Leaders a question was asked about access to behavioral health treatment. In his response, Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning stated that ‘behavioral health has been a priority’ of his, and that the ‘stigma of seeking behavioral help’ is an interesting phenomenon. Fanning went on to say that the ‘brain is the most complex organ in our body and we see specialists for e
“The U.S. defense chief has ordered the Defense Department to suspend the collection of bonuses improperly awarded to California National Guard members. In a statement on Wednesday, Carter said he ordered the Pentagon's Defense Finance and Accounting Service ‘to suspend all efforts to collect reimbursement from affected California National Guard members, effective as soon as is practical.
At AUSA’s 2016 Annual Meeting and Exposition, senior Army noncommissioned officers discussed three obstacles to soldier readiness: personnel issues, medical fitness, and training time.
Read more: https://www.ausa.org/news/senior-ncos-discuss-readiness-challenges
