Tag: army – active duty
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WILL YOU WATCH?
Not everything went to according to plan.Two AH-64 Apache helicopters circled overhead, unleashing dozens of rockets before firing bullets from a 30 mm cannon. A couple miles back, platoons of M-1 Abrams tanks, Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles and soldiers pounded fake enemy tanks invading from the northwest with artillery rounds.The mission destroyed the fictional enemy…
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Pounds wins NCAA javelin championship
Nearly 21 years in the Army taught Mike Crowe a few things about how to connect with Service members, and that’s a skill he’s putting to good use as Operation Warfighter’s newest Regional Coordinator, covering Fort Carson, Colo. and the surrounding area. Mike joined the Army seven days after his high school graduation in 1990.…
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Briere’s goal sets up Game 7
The Army has created a means to send mission-specific applications and data to soldiers’ mobile devices, via a “tactical marketplace” built to resemble the functionality of Apple’s App Store or the Android Market. The critical difference is the platform, called Tacmark, also lets a designated commander or leader send applications to the devices of his…
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Broncos coach offers advice
MINNEAPOLIS — A singer who appeared on the NBC show “America’s Got Talent” and claimed he was injured during a grenade blast in Afghanistan has no military record of his purported combat injuries, the Minnesota National Guard said Tuesday. Timothy Michael Poe appeared on the nationally televised show Monday. He told the judges he spent…
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It’s all in the delivery
The military’s current framework for compensating troops in combat is broken and needs to be radically overhauled, according to the newly released 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. The report, required by law every four years, concluded that “there is little correlation between exposure to danger and compensation benefits.” The thrust of the report affirms…
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Cook continues road magic in Rockies’ win
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for the Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage are questioning the jury screening process in his murder trial. Maj. Nidal Hasan’s attorneys on Friday said they want to interview Fort Hood’s commanding general and staff judge advocate separately about their initial screening process for potential…
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DO THE AVS HAVE A SHOT?
Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness is a $125 million program that seeks to make troops as psychologically fit as possible. But a group of psychologists says there’s no proof that the program — or similar resilience-building efforts in the other services — works. Worse, say members of the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology, these programs could…
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Sky Sox game suspended because of fog
FORT IRWIN, Calif. – As Mark Scoon picked up his MRE, he seemed hesitant as he slowly opened the bag and began to explore the contents it contained.“I didn’t know what to expect,” said Scoon, the executive vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures.Scoon had possession of the lemon pepper tuna MRE; he opened the package…
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Former CC wing waits on Rangers
The Army’s rank and file is filled with frustration, with soldiers saying their peers are promoted with little job knowledge or leadership capability. The Army’s top enlisted soldier gave them a chance to vent — and they did. In a recent post on his Facebook page, Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond Chandler asked soldiers…
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Rested Avalanche takes on tested Anaheim
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — In 1943, an enraged Gen. George S. Patton slapped a battle-fatigued U.S. soldier at a military hospital and accused him of cowardice, an episode that nearly ended Patton’s career. Nearly 70 years later, two filmmakers — one of them Patton’s grandson — are trying to help soldiers cope with what…