Army post at peace
Col. Stanford Polonsky arrived at Fort Monroe in Hampton in 1967 for what would be his final tour of duty in the Army Corps of Engineers. He had served across the United States and Europe and in the Far East, building military camps, doing repair and maintenance on military installations, even constructing missile launching silos [...]
Pentagon to bring families to Dover if they choose
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will begin allowing media coverage of the return of American war dead to U.S. shores beginning next month, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday, as long as families of the fallen agree. As the Obama administration lifts the 18-year ban on news coverage, the Pentagon also announced that it will [...]
Year of the NCO: ‘No better job’
(Editor’s Note: Spc. Jason Boatwright, a soon-to-be noncommissioned officer, describes in his own words the duties of a chaplain assistant and what NCOs bring to that career field) The role of noncommissioned officers in the chaplain assistant ranks: “I truly believe they are the backbone of the NCO support channel. A noncommissioned officer’s primary mission [...]
Army makes changes to stop-loss policy
Army officials said they were making changes to the unpopular stop-loss policy, which can keep a soldier in service past his or her commitment if the soldier’s unit is due to deploy within 90 days. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced the Army would do away with stop-loss in all but extreme cases. Currently, the [...]
Corps V.I.P. Offers Soldiers Hope
The need for treatment centers for soldiers is rising across the United States but Corps V.I.P. is working to fill that need starting in Southern Utah. According to the Department of Defense, more than 1.6 million soldiers have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001. Approximately 30 percent of those veterans will experience Post [...]
Reunion Training Helps Soldiers, Families Reconnect
Spouses of soldiers in the 18th Airborne Corps have a better idea of how to reconnect with their other halves upon redeployment, thanks to the Army’s Battlemind reunion training. “Reunion is not always easy, is it?” Army Chaplain (Col.) Larry McCarty, a Task Force Bragg chaplain, asked at the beginning of the training, which began [...]
