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Panetta: Army to withdraw 2 brigades from Europe
Tags: Leon Panetta , DoD , Army , DoD Report
Coordination lacking between brain injury treatment programs
Pentagon study says coordination missing between the more than 200 programs devoted to brain injuries and psychological health.
Tags: DoD , RAND Corporation , brain trauma , Federal Drive
Working canines honored on Capitol Hill
Dogs that worked in Iraq and helped at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, receive first-ever American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards.
Tags: Michael Hingson , House Veterans Affairs Committee , Congress , House of Representatives , DoD , Sept. 11 terrorist attacks , DoD Report
Police explain why Pentagon roads were closed
Why were the roads shutdown around the Pentagon after last Friday's incident involving a Marine Corps Reserve Lance Corporal? "Based on the fact that he had fled from the Fort Meyers Police Department that he wasn't forthcoming with his information and as far as identifiers and what he was doing and he did have some products with him that were a little bit concerning initially. That's we felt it as appropriate to close these roadways down," says U.S. Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser. Yonathan Melaku was taken into custody after being caught on the grounds of Arlington Cemetery after dark. His car was found near the Pentagon.
Tags: DoD , Pentagon & Beyond , J.J. Green , Defense
Research This
What do fluorescent rodent feces, mosquito repellant and flytraps have to do with national defense? Researchers in the Pentagon's Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program focused on all of those pest-fighting innovations last week at the American Mosquito Control Association convention Some 800 scientists and insect control experts attended the event. Their attitude is that disease-carrying flies, mosquitoes and other bugs are all enemies of the U.S. Warfighter.
Tags: DoD , Protection Research Program
Army close to making decision on data centers
Service considering three options
Tags: Data center, Network services , Bob Golden, Theodore Jennings, Gary Winkler , Army, Defense Department, Defense Information Syst , technology , Biometrics, Telework, Thin client, wireless
Pentagon Memorial volunteers
On the first anniversary of the Pentagon's 9-11 Memorial, families who lost loved ones in the attack are looking for a few good volunteers. Lisa Dolan, whose husband, Navy Captain Robert Dolan, was killed in the attack, is organizing an effort to train docents who would help memorial visitors to understand the human impact of the attack. She's hoping to get as many as 80-plus volunteers to help.
Tags: management , Armed Forces Update ,
It's the holiday season…
Its that time of year again...a three -person team from the Pentagon's Joint Hometown News Service has begun its globetrotting effort to record holiday greetings from service members and their families posted overseas. This is the 26th year for the popular program. Greetings are being recorded at 60 locations around the world. The greetings begin airing on radio and television on Thanksgiving right through New Year's Day.
Tags: management , Armed Forces Report ,
Managing Pentagon spending
Big changes in store for the Pentagon's acquisition workforce. Shay Assad, the acting deputy undersecretary for defense for acquisition & technology says the federal civilian DoD workforce in acquisitions is expected to rise by 20 thousand, while contracting staff will fall by half that amount. Pentagon contracts have nearly tripled over the last 8 years, but the size of the workforce overseeing those contracts has been flat.
Tags: management , Armed Forces Report , DoD
Vice President on Deck!
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Doctor Jill Biden, recently paid a port call on the men and women of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan during a tour of naval facilities in Southern California. The Vice President used the occasion to announce that the Pentagon will expand its housing assistance program for service members forced to sell their homes amidst the housing slump. Doctor Biden met with navy families to discuss their needs and concerns. I'm Max Cacas.
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