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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - Defense Department agencies at all levels have valuable resources at their fingertips for training troops, civilian employees and contractors on prevention of sexual harassment and assault. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - As the Department of Veterans Affairs begins accepting sign-ups for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, officials are asking veterans to do their homework before they switch plans. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - The Defense Department is directing servicemembers and government civilians deployed in overseas war zones to refrain from taking aspirin unless under a doctor’s orders. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2009 - Defense leaders are planning a militarywide survey to assess the effectiveness of morale, welfare and recreation programs. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - People who are interested in learning more about the Defense Department’s Quadrennial Defense Review process can do so by just accessing the QDR fact sheet that is posted on Defenselink, the Pentagon’s public-internet web page. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - With the Department of Veterans Affairs ready to begin accepting sign-ups for the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the Defense Department is working to get word out on its proposed policy regarding the bill’s transferability provisions to help servicemembers decide if the new benefit is right for them. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - When future astronauts prepare to go to the moon or to a rendezvous with the International Space Station, their craft will look suspiciously familiar.
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - The Marine Corps commandant confirmed a suspected case of H1N1 flu at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - More than 300 military spouses attended one of two "Field Exercises" recently at Fort Sill, Okla., designed to assist them in dealing with life while their deployed spouses are away. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 - Country music megastar Toby Keith has performed for rowdy, appreciative troops more than 130 times over seven straight years in various deployed locations. But during this year’s “America’s Toughest Tour,” he said, “The boys and girls were rockin' and laughin' like never before.” |
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| FORT BRAGG, N.C., April 28, 2009 - Troops at Fort Bragg, N.C., are experiencing 'adventure' physical training -- including canoeing -- to learn the benefits of working as a team. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - A group of U.S. military organizations are teaming up to develop improved, better-integrated missile defense training. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2009 - President Barack Obama’s nominee for Navy Secretary pledged to address the service’s acquisition process to ensure sailors, Marines, and taxpayers aren’t shortchanged. |
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| FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., April 27, 2009 - Forty-two years after Army Maj. Jack T. Stewart, assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, was listed as missing after a fierce battle in Vietnam, the U.S. Army has honored him with a Distinguished Service Cross. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2009 - As the Defense Department ventures into social media, even the famed Tuskegee Airmen are using popular social media tools to engage others and inform the world about their service. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2009 - For troops on the battlefield facing enemy projectiles, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is making progress to respond with life-saving speed and accuracy. |
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| KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 27, 2009 - The United States military will continue working with the Congolese armed forces in training, advising and capacity building to support security assistance cooperation activities. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2009 - A Navy-sponsored study on the behavioral response of toothed whales to various sounds in the ocean has provided fresh insights into these little-understood mammals. |
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| BOSTON, April 24, 2009 - Two Special Forces soldiers who are single-leg amputees completed the 113th Boston Marathon on hand cycles in less than two hours. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2009 - Before U.S. military troops touch ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, they must first pass through one of a handful of military portals that coordinate movement in and out of the theater. |
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| MINOT, N.D., April 24, 2009 - The North Dakota National Guard finished pulling out two barrier systems that proved to be useful new tools in the fight against recent flooding in the state. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2009 - The Defense Department will release a substantial number of photos associated with concluded past investigations of alleged abuse of detainees. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2009 - To recognize nurses' commitment to wounded servicemembers, a Maryland-based wellness center will provide free acupuncture and therapeutic bodywork sessions to nurses at a Veterans Affairs medical center. |
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| BETHESDA, Md., April 23, 2009 - Golfer Tiger Woods has vowed to dedicate his AT&T National PGA Tour event to the men and women of the U.S. armed forces for the third consecutive year. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 23, 2009 - Pentagon officials have kicked off the Defense Department’s 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and Nuclear Posture Review processes to determine what they need to maintain U.S. national security now and in the coming years. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 23, 2009 - With U.S. military members serving in more than 120 countries and meeting troop requirements in Iraq and Afghanistan, ground forces are stretched thin, senior military officials told Congress. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 23, 2009 - The USO of Metropolitan Washington unveiled the newest addition to its arsenal of troop support and comforts at a Pentagon ceremony. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 23, 2009 - Known around the world by its emblematic orange and blue, the U.S. Coast Guard added “green” to its operations as part of Earth Day celebrations. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 22, 2009 - The National Military Family Association now offers retreats for families in addition to summer camps for kids to expand its support for military families at no cost to the families. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 22, 2009 - The U.S. military is building relationships as well as local infrastructure as it participates in Balikatan, a joint, bilateral exercise in the Philippines that helps about 22,000 people in need. |
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| TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., April 22, 2009 - All 64 major Air Force bases in the United States are participating in a campaign to change out incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 22, 2009 - An Army daughter in Texas has won the first Military Child Award for her support not only of her own family, but for many military families. She'll receive $5,000, a laptop computer and trip to the nation's capital. |
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| CAIRO, April 21, 2009 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited a joint-service medical research unit in Cairo and received briefings on how it operates and what threats the doctors, microbiologists and entomologists track each day. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2009 - The Navy’s longest-running annual multilateral exercise got under way off the Florida coast, with 11 participating nations working together to promote maritime security and stability in Latin America. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2009 - The Veterans Affairs Department has launched its new “Returning Veterans” Web site to welcome home veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts with a site that focuses on their needs and questions. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2009 - The top U.S. military officer called on troops to use Holocaust Remembrance Day observances to reflect on the responsibilities of life. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2009 - Thousands of people, young and old, gathered to honor five of the nine surviving Doolittle Raiders at the 67th Reunion. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2009 - Scientists in the Defense Department’s Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office are doing their part to improve irregular warfare techniques by studying human social and cultural behaviors. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2009 - A recent agreement among the Defense Department, the Navy and shipbuilders will enable more efficient construction of the next-generation destroyer at one shipyard instead of two. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2009 - The Navy provides more than 400 sailors who act as U.S. customs agents at the Theater Gateway – the military group in Kuwait charged with getting troops and goods in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2009 - The federal government’s largest pay-for-performance system, the National Security Personnel System, is under review at the request of the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 16, 2009 - TriWest Health Alliance is making it easier for servicemembers and their families to learn about their health-care benefits with streaming videos. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 16, 2009 - The Military Order of the Purple Heart, a Virginia-based troop-support group, will join the city of Branson, Mo., in a special “Hand in Hand” weekend honoring Purple Heart veterans across the country. |
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| FORT BELVOIR, April 15, 2009 - During what has become an annual Rehearsal of Concept, or ROC, drill on hurricane relief operations, more than 150 participants from a wide variety of government agencies came together for two days to rehearse the course of action they would take to deal with a hurricane emergency.
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| WASHINGTON, April 15, 2009 - The Defense Media Activity’s emerging media directorate and the U.S. Naval Institute are remembering the 67th reunion of the Doolittle Raiders in a unique way this year, hearing from Gen. James H. Doolittle himself. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 - For military students who can’t squeeze enough learning into the school year, the Department of Defense Education Activity is offering summer "fun" classes. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 - The Military Order of the Purple Heart has created a new Web site to give veterans a personal guide to navigate the federal job application process. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2009 - President Barack Obama has issued a statement recognizing April as the Month of the Military Child. His statement follows: |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2009 - A Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences faculty member discussed Autism Awareness Month and the importance of early, proper diagnosis and treatment of children. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2009 - The Navy’s ability to harness sonar technology has allowed submarines to navigate more safely in the dark depths of the ocean while also allowing other ships to locate and identify them. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2009 - A networking system in the final stage of development at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will reduce signal interruptions in battlefield communications. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2009 - All the support programs in the world won’t do any good if no one knows about them, so the Defense Department’s principal director for military community and family policy started the office’s new “eMagazine.” |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2009 - More than 300 military families, in recognition of Month of the Military Child, were treated to a night under the big top courtesy of The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. |
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| FORT BRAGG, N.C., April 9, 2009 - Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, attended the 18th Airborne Corps Welcome Home Ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C. The mother of a soldier serving in Iraq is a champion of military families and troop support groups like Delaware Boots on the Ground.
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| FORT BELVOIR, Va., April 9, 2009 - More than 50 kids between the ages of 3 and 17 and about 20 adults spent a day with the USO at Fort Belvoir, Va., putting together care packages for deployed military members. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 - One-hundred twenty-three American heroes from the Vietnam War era will be honored posthumously this month during the annual In Memory Day ceremony, according to Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 - A pilot program will train doctors and nurses at 20 military hospitals, including one in Germany, to promote early literacy for children. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2009 - The best way to ensure that troops make a seamless transition from the Defense Department to the Department of Veterans Affairs is to start the process at the swearing-in ceremony, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki told American Forces Press Service. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2009 - Defense Department schools have earned top grades from parents and students, based on preliminary results of the Department of Defense Education Activity’s customer-satisfaction survey. |
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| BETHESDA, Md., April 8, 2009 - More than 120 people whose family members never returned from military service gathered for an update from officials of the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office.
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2009 - U.S. Air Force airmen work around the clock in Kuwait, supporting the warfighter in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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| FORT MEADE, Md., , April 8, 2009 - Defense officials drove shovels into the earth at the site of the future Defense Media Activity headquarters during a groundbreaking ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2009 - A California based troop-support group has collected and mailed more than 600 Easter baskets as part of April’s observance of the Month of the Military Child. |
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| DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., April 6, 2009 - Airmen assigned to the Mortuary Affairs Operations Center take great pride in providing the utmost dignity and respect to America's fallen military members.
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2009 - The Army’s newest resiliency training, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, is a program designed to improve the emotional and psychological fitness of soldiers and their families. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 - As the Defense Department kicked off its annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month observance, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff took to the airwaves to tell servicemembers they have a part to play in preventing sexual assault. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 - Social software such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter may close information gaps on the battlefield by advancing collaboration and information sharing among warfighters and analysts, according to researchers at the National Defense University. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 - Troop-support groups are taking full advantage of social networking Web sites to reach out and gather support for troops at home and abroad.
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 - The Defense Department has launched a new Web site and campaign focused on preventing sexual assault. |
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| SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 2, 2009 - Wounded servicemembers like Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Stamatelos are testing their mettle and athletic abilities at the 23rd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports clinic in Colorado. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 2, 2009 - The Military Community and Family Policy office is providing counseling to help troops deal with deployment stresses. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 2, 2009 - The Defense Department and communities throughout the world will continue the 23-year tradition of recognizing the importance of military children in the month of April. |
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| LAS CRUCES, N.M., April 2, 2009 - The resounding boom of cannon fire jump-started the annual Bataan Memorial Death March. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 1, 2009 - Ever imagine filling up the fuel tanks on a military aircraft with french fry grease? That’s what the Air Force could do if a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program succeeds. |
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