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Mail Bridges Distance Between Troops, Families
When Patton’s tanks rolled across North African desert sands, letters of encouragement, love and support from family back home connected 1st Armored Division soldiers to loved ones left behind.
Realistic Training Preps Troops for the Worst
The sounds of gunfire and explosions rang out while Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, treated several bloodied and wounded victims for various combat trauma injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to severed limbs.Linguistic Training Site for Deploying
A Defense Department program that provides cultural and linguistic training to soon-to-deploy military personnel has activated a new website.Marines learn combat lifesaving skills
Marines of 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, practiced saving lives during the Combat Lifesavers Course on Camp Hansen, June 30-July 2.
Leaders in Iraq Discuss Stability
One month "boots on the ground" is not enough time to reshape an army or transform a country. It is, however, long enough to show Maj. Gen. Michael Oates, a country heading in the right direction.Are You Ready for Extreme Heat?
Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is slowed and the body must work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature.Taking the Scream Test
Is there a way to predict courage or cowardice-in the face of danger? A new science of stress may be close to answering the age-old question.Company Accelerates Deployment Guide Update
A company that publishes an annual deployment guide has sped up its schedule to release the 2009 guide this fall.Sailors Pitch in to Help Mother of Deployed
But with one son in the Navy and another in the Army, Brown, a single mom, needed help.Back into the American Swing of Things
After a tour in Europe, many Servicemembers find it difficult to get back into the American swing of things.Pen Pals Send Support Overseas
Keka Wessman has her own little army. Unfortunately, they're not all at home. Her husband, Larry, a retired Army helicopter pilot, fought in the first Gulf War. Her oldest son, Carlos Rodriguez, 35, who lives in Lakewood, Wash., was an Army Ranger wounded in Mogadishu, Somalia. Her youngest son, Daniel, 28, will leave Spokane for his second Iraq tour in August.New Pilot Program On Post-Deployment Stress
TriWest and the Montana Army and Air National Guard recently launched a pilot program to help Guard members and their families deal with post-deployment stress. TriWest administers the military’s Tricare health care program in 21 western states.'Good' Bacteria Infused Foods For Deployed
With today’s scientific advancements in nutrition, soldiers will soon be plied with candy, cookies and cakes, except these will contain probiotics, the beneficial bacteria already found in the human gut.Soldiers Talk Re-enlisting in Iraq
As soldiers’ enlistments near their end, they must decide whether they want to leave the service or stay on for another term. Some soldiers in Iraq who decide to stay in the Army face another choice: whether to re-enlist here or wait until they’re back in the United States.Bush Considering Afghan Surge
President Bush said Wednesday he is weighing whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. Bush said it has been a "tough month" in Afghanistan, where more U.S. and NATO troops died during the past two months than in Iraq.
Bills to Help Vets Readjust Approved
The House Veterans’ Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee led by Chairwoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin approved nine bills that would help veterans and members of the Armed Forces upon their return from military deployment.Corps Facing Bloody Afghan Deployment
Eighteen months ago the Marine Corps was absorbing dozens of casualties per month in attacks in Iraq. Today, the bloodletting is in Afghanistan, where a resurgent Taliban insurgency and an undermanned, politically-constrained NATO force has lead to a sharp rise in leathernecks killed or wounded.
Home-Front Support is Key to Success, Soldier Says
Support from their fellow citizens is vital to the success of servicemembers fighting the war on terror, a soldier who earned the Bronze Star Medal in Iraq said today.
Troops to Get Cognitive Screening
The military will begin giving cognitive tests this summer to troops heading to war, in an effort to get a baseline measure of their reaction time, memory, concentration and other brain functions, which could be referenced in case they are injured.Most Popular
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