Tag: Afghanistan

2015
02.03.2015DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCYID 1298

DLA military support chief recognized for actions in Afghanistan

2014
11.10.2014MARINE CORPSID 1301

DLA team in Liberia saves medicine pallets, gets them to cold storage

Title: DLA team in Liberia saves medicine pallets, gets them to cold storage URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/147483/dla-team-liberia-saves-medicine-pallets-gets-them-cold-storage Markdown Content: ===============

2014
07.31.2014DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCYID 1305

Leadership, culture champion named to DLA Hall of Fame

FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Mary Saunders clearly remembers when she first started learning what leadership meant to her. About halfway through her 34-year military career, Saunders found herself as a squadron commander in Japan, overseeing a unit…

2014
06.12.2014NAVYID 1308

DLA director: Cost, inventory reductions make agency more agile

Title: DLA director: Cost, inventory reductions make agency more agile URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/133513/dla-director-cost-inventory-reductions-make-agency-more-agile Markdown Content: ===============

2014
05.05.2014AIR FORCEID 1309

DLA Logistics Operations officer wins Air Force award

Title: DLA Logistics Operations officer wins Air Force award URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/129952/dla-logistics-operations-officer-wins-air-force-award Markdown Content: ===============

2013
11.22.2013MARINE CORPSID 1310

DLA supports Philippines typhoon relief effort

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines – As the U.S. continues humanitarian relief efforts in the wake of the catastrophic Typhoon Haiyan, which left thousands dead and injured in the Philippines, the Defense Logistics Agency is positioning supplies and supporting those efforts where needed.…

2011
11.18.2011DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCYID 1318

Harnitchek takes responsibility of DLA; Thompson bids farewell

2011
11.17.2011MARINE CORPSID 1319

Carter Presides Over DLA Change of Responsibility

Title: Carter Presides Over DLA Change of Responsibility URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/511956/carter-presides-over-dla-change-responsibility Markdown Content: ===============

2011
10.03.2011AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1322

DLA Disposition Services helps Army unit keep explosive-detecting dogs in the fight

Title: DLA Disposition Services helps Army unit keep explosive-detecting dogs in the fight URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/78053/dla-disposition-services-helps-army-unit-keep-explosive-detecting-dogs-fight Markdown Content: ===============

2011
06.28.2011UNCATEGORIZEDID 1324

Carter: Logistics Community Must Do More With Less

Title: Carter: Logistics Community Must Do More With Less URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/512947/carter-logistics-community-must-do-more-with-less Markdown Content:The Defense Department’s budget landscape is changing, but the logistics community must continue providing U.S. troops the best possible support while finding efficiencies and cutting costs, the Pentagon’s top…

2010
10.13.2010MARINE CORPSID 1327

Northern Distribution Network European route proves successful

Title: Northern Distribution Network European route proves successful URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/58004/northern-distribution-network-european-route-proves-successful Markdown Content: ===============

2010
09.30.2010AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1328

Logistics Agency Aims for Efficiencies, Savings

Title: Logistics Agency Aims for Efficiencies, Savings URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/514924/logistics-agency-aims-efficiencies-savings Markdown Content: ===============

2009
03.19.2009NAVYID 1330

Pay Incentives Help Military Avoid Nursing Shortage

Title: Pay Incentives Help Military Avoid Nursing Shortage URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/519422/pay-incentives-help-military-avoid-nursing-shortage Markdown Content:The Army, Navy and Air Force nurse corps are highly trained, capable and critical to the wartime mission of each service, the corps’ leaders told a congressional committee this week.…

2009
02.23.2009UNCATEGORIZEDID 1331

Combat Vet Gives Voice to Military Musicians

Title: Combat Vet Gives Voice to Military Musicians URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/519698/combat-vet-gives-voice-military-musicians Markdown Content:Music is considered by many to be a universal language, and for some military veterans, it is the only language that allows them to describe their experiences in combat and…

2009
02.16.2009IRAQID 1332

Regional Links Compound Problems in ‘Arc of Instability’

WASHINGTON – A more stable Iraq could counter negative trends in the region from the Middle East to southern Asia, but political ties and the rising influence of Iran complicate the situation, the new director of national intelligence said in congressional testimony.…

2009
01.15.2009NAVYID 1334

Defense Policy Nominee Pledges Work on Iraq, Afghanistan, National Security

Title: Defense Policy Nominee Pledges Work on Iraq, Afghanistan, National Security URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/520091/defense-policy-nominee-pledges-work-iraq-afghanistan-national-security Markdown Content: ===============

2009
01.13.2009DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEID 1336

Clinton Maps Approach to Iraq, Afghanistan at Confirmation Hearing

WASHINGTON – The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be top priorities for President-elect Barack Obama’s administration, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama’s nominee to be secretary of state, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at her confirmation hearing here yesterday. The…

2008
08.21.2008UNCATEGORIZEDID 1345

Guard Partnership With Ambulance Service Yields Mutual Benefits

Title: Guard Partnership With Ambulance Service Yields Mutual Benefits URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/521506/guard-partnership-with-ambulance-service-yields-mutual-benefits Markdown Content:The Regional Emergency Medical Service Authority, with headquarters in Reno, Nev., has a close relationship with the local National Guard air ambulance unit, so it’s no surprise that the…

2008
08.19.2008NATIONAL GUARDID 1346

Manufacturing Company Employees Unite to Support Guard Coworker

WASHINGTON – When they found out one of their own was going to deploy overseas with the Tennessee National Guard, the leadership and employees of Lochinvar Corp. didn’t waste any time. They immediately found out what they could do to help, and…

2008
08.17.2008MARINE CORPSID 1348

Hawaii Window Company Keeps Military Employees in the Family

Title: Hawaii Window Company Keeps Military Employees in the Family URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/521559/hawaii-window-company-keeps-military-employees-family Markdown Content: ===============

2008
08.12.2008AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1349

Company Focuses on Families to Support Military Employees

Title: Company Focuses on Families to Support Military Employees URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/521614/company-focuses-families-support-military-employees Markdown Content: ===============

2008
04.10.2008NAVYID 1353

Chairman Cites ‘Delicate Balance’ Between Troop Levels, Readiness

Title: Chairman Cites ‘Delicate Balance’ Between Troop Levels, Readiness URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/522785/chairman-cites-delicate-balance-between-troop-levels-readiness Markdown Content: ===============

2008
03.04.2008NAVYID 1361

Local Partnerships Provide Key to Success in Iraq, Afghanistan, Mullen Says

Title: Local Partnerships Provide Key to Success in Iraq, Afghanistan, Mullen Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523120/local-partnerships-provide-key-success-iraq-afghanistan-mullen-says Markdown Content: ===============

2008
02.28.2008UNCATEGORIZEDID 1364

Why We Serve: Desire to Serve Brought Airman Back to Force

Title: Why We Serve: Desire to Serve Brought Airman Back to Force URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523178/why-we-serve-desire-serve-brought-airman-back-force Markdown Content: ===============

2008
02.21.2008NAVYID 1366

Why We Serve: Sailor Shares Deployment Experiences

Title: Why We Serve: Sailor Shares Deployment Experiences URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523251/why-we-serve-sailor-shares-deployment-experiences Markdown Content: ===============

2008
02.13.2008UNCATEGORIZEDID 1367

Afghan Strategy Sound, But Execution Poses Challenge, Official Says

Title: Afghan Strategy Sound, But Execution Poses Challenge, Official Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523319/afghan-strategy-sound-but-execution-poses-challenge-official-says Markdown Content:The U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is sound and can work, but the challenge lies in executing that strategy and sustaining success over time, a Defense Department official told…

2008
02.10.2008MARINE CORPSID 1368

Defense Department Seeks Death Penalty for Six Guantanamo Bay Detainees

Title: Defense Department Seeks Death Penalty for Six Guantanamo Bay Detainees URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523358/defense-department-seeks-death-penalty-six-guantanamo-bay-detainees Markdown Content:The Defense Department announced today it has sworn criminal charges and is seeking the death penalty against six detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The detainees charged…

2008
02.06.2008UNCATEGORIZEDID 1369

Rice: Fight in Afghanistan Will Transform History

Title: Rice: Fight in Afghanistan Will Transform History URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523386/rice-fight-afghanistan-will-transform-history Markdown Content:The fight in Afghanistan is important for the future of the Afghan people, the NATO countries involved in the fight, the United States, and the rest of the world, Secretary…

2008
02.05.2008MARINE CORPSID 1370

Gates Urges Passage of Supplemental War Funds

Title: Gates Urges Passage of Supplemental War Funds URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523402/gates-urges-passage-supplemental-war-funds Markdown Content: ===============

2008
02.05.2008MARINE CORPSID 1371

Joint Chiefs Chairman Urges Passage of Fiscal 2009 Defense Budget

Title: Joint Chiefs Chairman Urges Passage of Fiscal 2009 Defense Budget URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523400/joint-chiefs-chairman-urges-passage-fiscal-2009-defense-budget Markdown Content: ===============

2008
02.05.2008MARINE CORPSID 1372

Gates Urges Action to Bolster NATO Effort in Afghanistan

Title: Gates Urges Action to Bolster NATO Effort in Afghanistan URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523391/gates-urges-action-bolster-nato-effort-afghanistan Markdown Content: ===============

2008
01.24.2008MARINE CORPSID 1375

Why We Serve: Army Improves Life for Soldier, Family

Title: Why We Serve: Army Improves Life for Soldier, Family URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523501/why-we-serve-army-improves-life-soldier-family Markdown Content: ===============

2008
01.17.2008MARINE CORPSID 1376

Why We Serve: Deployment Gives Sailor Message to Public

Title: Why We Serve: Deployment Gives Sailor Message to Public URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523551/why-we-serve-deployment-gives-sailor-message-public Markdown Content:When Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Ralph Chavez volunteered for a deployment to Afghanistan, he didn’t really know what he was getting himself into. It ended up being…

2007
10.18.2007UNCATEGORIZEDID 1390

National Guard Brigades Alerted For Iraq, Afghanistan Deployments

Title: National Guard Brigades Alerted For Iraq, Afghanistan Deployments URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/524256/national-guard-brigades-alerted-iraq-afghanistan-deployments Markdown Content: ===============

2007
09.24.2007UNCATEGORIZEDID 1395

Appeals Court Rules Military Judge Has Jurisdiction Authority in Gitmo Case

Title: Appeals Court Rules Military Judge Has Jurisdiction Authority in Gitmo Case URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/524422/appeals-court-rules-military-judge-has-jurisdiction-authority-gitmo-case Markdown Content: ===============

2007
08.11.2007MARINE CORPSID 1388

Why We Serve: Army Sergeant Brings Positive Message to Public

Title: Why We Serve: Army Sergeant Brings Positive Message to Public URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/524067/why-we-serve-army-sergeant-brings-positive-message-public Markdown Content: ===============

2007
08.09.2007AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1408

America Supports You: Troop-Support Organizations Receive Grants

Title: America Supports You: Troop-Support Organizations Receive Grants URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/524737/america-supports-you-troop-support-organizations-receive-grants Markdown Content:During the eighth annual Newman’s Own Awards Ceremony at the Pentagon today, 10 groups that support troops and their families received a total of $75,000 in grants to continue their…

2007
07.31.2007ARMYID 1413

Iraq Budget Decisions Depend on Situation, Progress, England Says

Title: Iraq Budget Decisions Depend on Situation, Progress, England Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/524827/iraq-budget-decisions-depend-situation-progress-england-says Markdown Content: ===============

2007
06.13.2007AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1415

Defense Department Supports Afghan Poppy Eradication

Title: Defense Department Supports Afghan Poppy Eradication URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525164/defense-department-supports-afghan-poppy-eradication Markdown Content: ===============

2007
06.06.2007ARMYID 1419

Exhibit to Fallen to Close; Portraits to Go to Families

Title: Exhibit to Fallen to Close; Portraits to Go to Families URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525224/exhibit-fallen-close-portraits-go-families Markdown Content: ===============

2007
06.03.2007ARMYID 1420

Charges Dismissed Against Canadian at Guantanamo

Title: Charges Dismissed Against Canadian at Guantanamo URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525272/charges-dismissed-against-canadian-guantanamo Markdown Content:In a decision that could affect the future of the military commission system, the judge in the military commission case of accused terrorist Omar Khadr today dismissed all charges against Khadr…

2007
05.31.2007AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1422

Walter Reed Workshop Showcases Prosthetic Technology

Title: Walter Reed Workshop Showcases Prosthetic Technology URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525290/walter-reed-workshop-showcases-prosthetic-technology Markdown Content: ===============

2007
05.27.2007ARMYID 1424

Bush Honors Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day at Arlington

Title: Bush Honors Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day at Arlington URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525334/bush-honors-fallen-heroes-memorial-day-arlington Markdown Content: ===============

2007
05.21.2007ARMYID 1428

Defense Officials Promote Language Programs to Recruit Linguists

Title: Defense Officials Promote Language Programs to Recruit Linguists URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525397/defense-officials-promote-language-programs-recruit-linguists Markdown Content:As language and cultural sensitivities factor more and more into military operations, defense officials are promoting several initiatives to increase the number of servicemembers and employees with critical language…

2007
05.20.2007ARMYID 1430

Army Defends Body Armor Quality

Title: Army Defends Body Armor Quality URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525407/army-defends-body-armor-quality Markdown Content: ===============

2007
05.12.2007MARINE CORPSID 1383

Navy’s Medical Support Vital to Operations, Surgeon General Says

Title: Navy’s Medical Support Vital to Operations, Surgeon General Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523862/navys-medical-support-vital-operations-surgeon-general-says Markdown Content: ===============

2007
04.30.2007ARMYID 1443

Gates: Officials Expected Rise in Violence as Security Plan Unfolds

Title: Gates: Officials Expected Rise in Violence as Security Plan Unfolds URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530767/gates-officials-expected-rise-violence-security-plan-unfolds Markdown Content: ===============

2007
04.30.2007ARMYID 1444

Bush Vetoes War-Funding Bill

Title: Bush Vetoes War-Funding Bill URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530763/bush-vetoes-war-funding-bill Markdown Content: ===============

2007
04.17.2007ARMYID 1451

DoD Unveils Compensation Program for Frequent Deployments

Title: DoD Unveils Compensation Program for Frequent Deployments URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530909/dod-unveils-compensation-program-frequent-deployments Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.30.2007ARMYID 1453

Prosecutor: Hicks Case Good Start for Military Commissions

Title: Prosecutor: Hicks Case Good Start for Military Commissions URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531071/prosecutor-hicks-case-good-start-military-commissions Markdown Content: ===============