| Tuesday, May 12, 2009 | | Captain Provides Operational Update from Continuing Promise ‘09 |
 U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Lineberry, mission commander for Continuing Promise 2009 |
| Since April 1, approximately 900 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and health professionals have helped more than 25,000 patients in need of medical assistance, said U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Lineberry, mission commander for Operation Continuing Promise 2009. “We constantly talk about the numbers, but it’s not about the numbers,” he said. “It’s really about providing accessible and quality health care to the folks really in need.” Audio(Mp3) |
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| Monday, May 11, 2009 | | Air Force General Discusses Reservist's Role in Iraq and Afghanistan |
 Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force |
| Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., spoke with online journalists and bloggers during a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable, May 11. Stenner recently returned from a visit with Air Force Reservists stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. During the roundtable he discussed the support elements the Air Force Reserves provides to the Reservists during their deployment and when they return home. "Once they do go home, whether they come from an individual program or whether they are gone as a unit and have been deployed as a unit, we have quite a few things that we would do as far as reintegration efforts, one of the primary of which right now, as a Department of Defense initiative, is called the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program," said Stenner. Approximately 5,000 Reservists provide global support every day to the operational missions of the Air Force. Audio(Mp3) |
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| Friday, May 08, 2009 | | 2008 Military Spouse of the Year recipient, Chelle Brewer Discusses her Year in Review |
 Chelle Brewer, the 2008 Military Spouse of the Year (photo by Rachael Santillan) |
| Chelle Brewer, the 2008 Military Spouse of the Year, discussed her year in review with bloggers and online journalists during a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable May 8. As a wife of an injured soldier, 2nd Lt. Steven Brewer, and mother of a child with special needs, Brewer has triumphed over adversity, while continuing to find time to volunteer for the USO, American Red Cross, American Heart Association and March of Dimes. "When I tell my story, like I'm doing right now, that's meaningful, because hopefully I'll be able to have people get in touch with me who need my services or can conenct me to other people that I can help. That's been the biggest thing, find priorities and defining who you are and really making choices, whether they're the right ones or not the right ones, and going from there," she said. Audio(Mp3) |
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| Friday, May 08, 2009 | | Improved Communication Boosts Iraqis' Sense of Security |
 Col. John P. Maietta, Director of Strategic Operations, Directorate of Interior Affairs, MNSTC-I |
| Iraq’s Ministry of Interior is a "learning organization" that understands the need to build Iraqis’ confidence in their police force, Col. Maietta told bloggers. "Compared with the dark days of Saddam Hussein, most Iraqis now have confidence and trust in their police, thanks to the growing skill and professionalism that the coalition has helped them to achieve. ... The job of MoI public relations is to reinforce those positive feelings and promote continued improvement in the relationship between ordinary citizens and the police who serve them."
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| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 | | Lt. Gen. Provides Update on the Progress of the MV-22 Osprey |
 U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman, III, deputy commandant for Aviation |
| For the past 19 months the MV-22 Osprey has undergone many tests and will soon deploy with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit for a global tour, said U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman, III, deputy commandant for Aviation. “The aircraft completed every assigned mission flying faster, farther, and with safer flight profiles than any other assault support aircraft in the history of any military operation,” Trautman said. Trautman participated in a DoDLive’s Bloggers Roundtable May 6 to provide information on the recent combat deployments of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft in Iraq.
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| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 | | AF Reserve, Air National Guard Maintaining Aerial Firefighting Certification to Answer the Call |
 Air Force Reservist Lt. Col. David Condit, the 302nd Airlift Wing Chief of Safety |
| Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard military air crews and aerial firefighters are participating in a week-long annual certification, hosted by the U.S. Forest Service, to not only be qualified, but be prepared to fight forest fires at a moment’s notice. “The event is done using military C-130 aircraft and U.S. Forest Service lead planes,” Lt. Col. David Condit, 302nd Airlift Wing Chief of Safety at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., told online journalists and bloggers attending a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable, May 6. “We have four different airlift wings that will deploy one from the Air Force Reserve and three from the Air National Guard.” The system that the Air Reserve and Air National Guard will train and use on fires is the U.S. Air Force's Military Airborne Firefighting System II, a firefighting system that deploys fire retardant from a C-130. The U.S. Air Force is using this new technology to wage a "war on fires" for the upcoming fire season. Story | Audio(Mp3) |
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| Friday, May 01, 2009 | | NATO Celebrates 60th Anniversary |
 Belgian Gen. Karl-Heinz Lather |
| Belgian Gen. Karl-Heinz Lather, chief of staff for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), came on the bloggers roundtable to talk about NATO’s 60th Anniversary Summit, held April 3-4 in Kehl, Germany, and Strasbourg, France. The session reinforced the original declaration on Atlantic solidarity, Lather said, “what was at the heart, at the core of NATO, has been reinforced by that summit.” During the summit, the alliance nominated former Danish prime minister Anders Rasmussen to become NATO’s new secretary general and welcomed Croatia and Albania as new members. France also rejoined NATO’s integrated military structures for the first time in 30 years. Story | Audio(Mp3) |
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| Thursday, April 30, 2009 | | “Advise and Assist” Brigade to Test U.S. Soldiers’ Adaptability in Iraq |
 COL Newell, Brigade Commander, 4th BCT 1AD |
| With Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team 1AD preparing to deploy on an “advise and assist” mission to southern Iraq, brigade commander Col. Peter Newell told bloggers, “The keys to our success are in harnessing the exceptional capacity of the American Soldier to adapt to different environments. More than ever, the opinion of the young sergeant counts. And what he experiences while interfacing with various Iraqi agencies and the local populace affects the decisions that I make as a brigade commander.” The brigade will work with U.S.-led provincial reconstruction teams, military transition teams, and police training teams to help the Iraqi provincial governments continue to establish a foundation for long-term security. Audio(Mp3) |
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| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 | | The Art of Design: A Military Approach to Critical Thinking |
 COL Johnson, Advanced Military Studies Program Seminar Leader, SAMS |
| Col. Michael Johnson, Art of Design course author and School for Advanced Military Studies seminar leader and Clinton Ancker, the director of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., joined bloggers for a roundtable discussion, April 28 on how design provides a critical and creative thinking approach to aid commanders in understanding and shaping unique situations in the operational environment. "There's a recognition that we - the United States Army - is really good at solving problems," said Johnson. "The question is, 'are we solving the right problem?' And that's what design tries to get at. We really have to try and make a good effort to get at the right problem to make a significant change or transform wherever the area we're at for lasting change."
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