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Private firm to update Army hotels
Rest Easy is updating accommodations at Washington-area bases. They're expanding and modernizing existing hotels.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Rest Easy
Ft. Belvoir welcomes double amputee as garrison commander
Col. Gregory Gadson has taken command of Fort Belvoir in Virginia, marking the first time ever a double amputee has become the garrison commander of a major installation.
Tags: Gregory Gadson , DoD , DoD Report , Fort Belvoir , Army Wounded Warrior Program , In Depth , Francis Rose
Army deploys first fruits of agile acquisition process
Hundreds of pieces of equipment the Army has assembled as part of its new network modernization strategy will deploy with soldiers to Afghanistan on Oct. 1, the first results of the Army's transition to capability set management.
Tags: DoD , acqusition , Network Integration Evaluation , Fort Bliss , John Morrison , John Hughes , Genaro Dellarocco , agile acquisition , WIN-T , Nett Warrior , Jared Serbu
Army Reserve emphasizes 'circle of talent'
Army leaders are encouraging active duty soldiers to consider entering the Reserves, said retiring Lt. Gen Jack Stultz, former commanding general of the Army Reserve Command. Stultz took off the uniform for the last time after a June 9 change of command ceremony.
Tags: DoD , On DoD , Army Reserve , Guard and Reserve , Jack Stultz , Esther Carey
Gadson first double amputee to command Army garrison
A double amputee has taken the lead as a garrison commander for the first time in history. Col. Gregory Gadson took command yesterday at Fort Belvoir, Va., a garrison of more than 18,000 service members.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Wounded Warrior
Army suspends co-owner of propaganda firm
The Army has suspended a co-owner of the Pentagon's top propaganda firm in Afghanistan.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive , Leonie , Camille Chidiac
Military reexamines professional development after 10 years of war
DoD is examining how to keep servicemembers' "fires lit" once the military services transition to a mostly peacetime status. Gen. Martin Dempsey said some units will be aligned with a particular region of the world. DoD also will take advantage of advancements in technology to help with training.
Tags: DoD budget , Martin Dempsey , management , personnel , Government Executive , Jared Serbu , workforce , training , Federal Drive
In Depth interviews - June 14
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , John McHugh , Richard Fontaine , Lee Dougherty , General Counsel P.C , Steve Bucci , Stuxnet
Army plans to begin four 'utility-scale' renewable energy projects this year
The four acquisition decisions the service will make in the coming months are the first fruits of a task force the Army created to pursue large-scale solar, geothermal, wind, biomass and waste-to-energy facilities on its bases.
Tags: Air Force , Renewable energy , John Lushetsky , Kathy Ahsing , Energy initiatives task force , solar energy , industry , Fort Bliss , Fort Irwin , Fort Detrick , Jared Serbu
DoD bolsters acquisition workforce in face of budget pressures
Tighter budgets and the threat of sequestration have not discouraged the Defense Department from increasing the size of its acquisition workforce, officials said. DoD is adding 20,000 employees to buy more efficiently.
Tags: acquisition , workforce , management , budget , DoD , Air Force , Navy , DLA , Rene Thomas-Rizzo , Scott Harwood , Roy Wood , Tom Evans , Ruben Gomez , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer
