Tag: Washington

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
05.10.2007ARMYID 1433

Petraeus Urges Troops to Adhere to Ethical Standards

Title: Petraeus Urges Troops to Adhere to Ethical Standards URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525506/petraeus-urges-troops-adhere-ethical-standards Markdown Content: ===============

2007
05.08.2007ARMYID 1434

Gates: Early Iraq Withdrawal Would Have ‘Dire’ Consequences for U.S.

Title: Gates: Early Iraq Withdrawal Would Have ‘Dire’ Consequences for U.S. URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525522/gates-early-iraq-withdrawal-would-have-dire-consequences-us Markdown Content: ===============

2007
05.08.2007ARMYID 1435

Gates: September Evaluation Won’t Lead to Precipitous Withdrawal From Iraq

Title: Gates: September Evaluation Won’t Lead to Precipitous Withdrawal From Iraq URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/525515/gates-september-evaluation-wont-lead-precipitous-withdrawal-iraq Markdown Content: ===============

2007
05.06.2007ARMYID 1436

National Guard Responds to Kansas Tornado

Title: National Guard Responds to Kansas Tornado URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530716/national-guard-responds-kansas-tornado Markdown Content: ===============

2007
05.03.2007ARMYID 1437

Defense Department Releases Findings of Mental Health Assessment

Title: Defense Department Releases Findings of Mental Health Assessment URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530738/defense-department-releases-findings-mental-health-assessment Markdown Content:The military has a robust system in place to deal with mental health issues, but longer and more frequent deployments are causing strain on servicemembers, a Defense Department study…

2007
04.30.2007ARMYID 1442

U.S., Japanese Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Force Realignment

Title: U.S., Japanese Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Force Realignment URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530769/us-japanese-leaders-reaffirm-commitment-force-realignment 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
04.25.2007ARMYID 1445

Progress Continues in Iraq Despite Sensational Attacks, Petraeus Says

Title: Progress Continues in Iraq Despite Sensational Attacks, Petraeus Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530816/progress-continues-iraq-despite-sensational-attacks-petraeus-says Markdown Content:Sensational car bomb attacks staged by al Qaeda in Iraq may grab headlines, but coalition and Iraqi forces are making real progress on the ground and steadily achieving…

2007
04.25.2007ARMYID 1446

Petraeus: Interrogations Reveal Iranian Influence in Iraq

Title: Petraeus: Interrogations Reveal Iranian Influence in Iraq URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530814/petraeus-interrogations-reveal-iranian-influence-iraq Markdown Content: ===============

2007
04.25.2007ARMYID 1447

Leaders Plan to Evaluate Iraq Security Plan, Provide Report in September

Title: Leaders Plan to Evaluate Iraq Security Plan, Provide Report in September URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530812/leaders-plan-evaluate-iraq-security-plan-provide-report-september Markdown Content: ===============

2007
04.23.2007ARMYID 1448

Bush: U.S. Security Tied to Success in Iraq

Title: Bush: U.S. Security Tied to Success in Iraq URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530851/bush-us-security-tied-success-iraq Markdown Content: ===============

2007
04.23.2007ARMYID 1449

Officials Visit African Nations, Discuss New Command With Leaders

Title: Officials Visit African Nations, Discuss New Command With Leaders URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530845/officials-visit-african-nations-discuss-new-command-with-leaders Markdown Content:Defense Department officials recently met with leaders in six African countries and had “fruitful” discussions about U.S. Africa Command, the new unified combatant command the department is establishing,…

2007
04.22.2007ARMYID 1450

Bush: Extra Troops Will Give Iraqi Government ‘Breathing Space’

Title: Bush: Extra Troops Will Give Iraqi Government ‘Breathing Space’ URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530865/bush-extra-troops-will-give-iraqi-government-breathing-space 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
04.04.2007ARMYID 1452

Department Works to Improve Acquisition Process

Title: Department Works to Improve Acquisition Process URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531024/department-works-improve-acquisition-process Markdown Content:Defense Department officials work every day to ensure service requirements and resources are integrated, and to improve the overall acquisition process, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said…

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: ===============

2007
03.29.2007ARMYID 1454

Australian Detainee Sentenced to Nine Months

Title: Australian Detainee Sentenced to Nine Months URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531073/australian-detainee-sentenced-nine-months Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.29.2007ARMYID 1455

Judge Accepts Australian Detainee’s Guilty Plea

Title: Judge Accepts Australian Detainee’s Guilty Plea URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531086/judge-accepts-australian-detainees-guilty-plea Markdown Content:The military commission judge today accepted the guilty plea of Australian detainee David Hicks to one charge of material support for terrorism, moving Hicks toward a possible jail sentence of up…

2007
03.27.2007ARMYID 1456

Australian Detainee Heads Toward Sentencing in Guantanamo

Title: Australian Detainee Heads Toward Sentencing in Guantanamo URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531103/australian-detainee-heads-toward-sentencing-guantanamo Markdown Content:Australian detainee David Hicks, who entered a guilty plea March 26 to a charge of material support for terrorism, is expected to be sentenced by the end of the week,…

2007
03.25.2007ARMYID 1457

Australian Detainee Arraigned Before Military Commission

Title: Australian Detainee Arraigned Before Military Commission URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531128/australian-detainee-arraigned-before-military-commission Markdown Content:Preliminary hearings began here today in the case of an Australian detainee captured in Afghanistan in 2001, the first detainee to be charged under the Military Commissions Act of 2006. David…

2007
03.25.2007ARMYID 1458

Hicks Pleads Guilty to Terror Charge

Title: Hicks Pleads Guilty to Terror Charge URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531124/hicks-pleads-guilty-terror-charge Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.21.2007ARMYID 1459

Bush: Peace in Middle East Necessary for U.S. Security

Title: Bush: Peace in Middle East Necessary for U.S. Security URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531175/bush-peace-middle-east-necessary-us-security Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.21.2007ARMYID 1460

Gates: Delayed Funding Will Hurt Army

Title: Gates: Delayed Funding Will Hurt Army URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531167/gates-delayed-funding-will-hurt-army Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.21.2007ARMYID 1461

Situation in Iraq Dynamic, Changing, Gates Says

Title: Situation in Iraq Dynamic, Changing, Gates Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531166/situation-iraq-dynamic-changing-gates-says Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.20.2007AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1462

Official Defends BRAC Funding Request on Hill

Title: Official Defends BRAC Funding Request on Hill URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531182/official-defends-brac-funding-request-hill Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.15.2007ARMYID 1463

CENTCOM Coordination Center Represents Strong Coalition

Title: CENTCOM Coordination Center Represents Strong Coalition URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531226/centcom-coordination-center-represents-strong-coalition Markdown Content:In a nondescript building at U.S. Central Command headquarters here, officers from 64 countries work together daily to ensure the coalition fighting terrorism in the Middle East remains strong and well…

2007
03.15.2007ARMYID 1464

Fallon Takes Reins of Central Command

Title: Fallon Takes Reins of Central Command URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/531220/fallon-takes-reins-central-command Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.12.2007UNCATEGORIZEDID 1384

Bush Says Iran Still Poses Threat

Title: Bush Says Iran Still Poses Threat URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523895/bush-says-iran-still-poses-threat Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.12.2007UNCATEGORIZEDID 1385

Coalition, Iraqi Forces Make Gains Against al Qaeda

Title: Coalition, Iraqi Forces Make Gains Against al Qaeda URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/523892/coalition-iraqi-forces-make-gains-against-al-qaeda Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.12.2007ARMYID 1465

Gates: Baghdad Security Plan Encouraging So Far

Title: Gates: Baghdad Security Plan Encouraging So Far URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539912/gates-baghdad-security-plan-encouraging-so-far Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.12.2007ARMYID 1466

Gates Reflects on Leadership, Troop Support

Title: Gates Reflects on Leadership, Troop Support URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539911/gates-reflects-leadership-troop-support Markdown Content:Beyond making budget and administrative decisions, leadership is about setting a tone of integrity and caring, and working for lasting change, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today. In an…

2007
03.11.2007ARMYID 1467

Tribunals Held for High-Value Detainees at Guantanamo

Title: Tribunals Held for High-Value Detainees at Guantanamo URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539921/tribunals-held-high-value-detainees-guantanamo Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.11.2007ARMYID 1468

Army, DoD Reacting ‘With Urgency’ to Fix Medical System

Title: Army, DoD Reacting ‘With Urgency’ to Fix Medical System URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539918/army-dod-reacting-with-urgency-fix-medical-system Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.09.2007UNCATEGORIZEDID 1400

Defense Department Responds to Cyber Threats, Official Says

Title: Defense Department Responds to Cyber Threats, Official Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/524568/defense-department-responds-cyber-threats-official-says Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.08.2007ARMYID 1469

Army Vice Chief Announces Walter Reed Leadership Changes

Title: Army Vice Chief Announces Walter Reed Leadership Changes URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539943/army-vice-chief-announces-walter-reed-leadership-changes Markdown Content:The Army vice chief of staff yesterday announced leadership changes to the medical hold units at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which he called an important first step in…

2007
03.08.2007ARMYID 1470

Medical Independent Review Group Seeks Comments

Title: Medical Independent Review Group Seeks Comments URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539935/medical-independent-review-group-seeks-comments Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.06.2007ARMYID 1471

Army Chief, Surgeon General Address Walter Reed Issues

Title: Army Chief, Surgeon General Address Walter Reed Issues URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539965/army-chief-surgeon-general-address-walter-reed-issues Markdown Content:Problems in the outpatient system at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and possibly at other Defense Department medical facilities should not tarnish the image of the military medical professionals…

2007
03.05.2007ARMYID 1438

Top Military Installations Lauded at Pentagon

Title: Top Military Installations Lauded at Pentagon URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/530734/top-military-installations-lauded-pentagon Markdown Content: ===============

2007
03.05.2007ARMYID 1472

Administrative Tribunals to Begin for High-Value Guantanamo Detainees

Title: Administrative Tribunals to Begin for High-Value Guantanamo Detainees URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539973/administrative-tribunals-begin-high-value-guantanamo-detainees Markdown Content:The Defense Department announced today that administrative tribunals will begin March 9 for 14 high-value detainees transferred in September to the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The…

2007
03.04.2007ARMYID 1473

Increased Awareness Will Improve Brain-Injury Treatment, Officials Say

Title: Increased Awareness Will Improve Brain-Injury Treatment, Officials Say URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/539993/increased-awareness-will-improve-brain-injury-treatment-officials-say Markdown Content:Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of a conflict punctuated by daily bomb attacks on coalition forces and Iraqi civilians, is receiving increased emphasis from Defense Department leaders and…

2007
02.28.2007ARMYID 1474

Defense Department Tops Nation in Child Care Efforts

Title: Defense Department Tops Nation in Child Care Efforts URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/540023/defense-department-tops-nation-child-care-efforts Markdown Content:Child care is a critical issue for many families around the country, and the Defense Department stands alone as a model for quality child care in the nation, an…

2007
02.28.2007ARMYID 1475

Success in Long War Requires Regional Cooperation

Title: Success in Long War Requires Regional Cooperation URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/540021/success-long-war-requires-regional-cooperation Markdown Content: ===============

2007
02.26.2007ARMYID 1476

‘Surge’ Units to be Fully Trained, Equipped, Leaders Say

WASHINGTON – The Army and Marine Corps units that will make up the 21,500-troop surge to Iraq will meet the same standards of training as every unit that deploys and have all the equipment they need to accomplish the mission, leaders from…

2007
02.25.2007AMERICA SUPPORTS YOUID 1477

Task Force Improving Iraqi Businesses, Economy

Title: Task Force Improving Iraqi Businesses, Economy URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/540056/task-force-improving-iraqi-businesses-economy Markdown Content: ===============

2007
02.20.2007ARMYID 1478

Blair Announces British Reduction of Forces in Iraq

Title: Blair Announces British Reduction of Forces in Iraq URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/540112/blair-announces-british-reduction-forces-iraq Markdown Content: ===============

2007
02.19.2007ARMYID 1479

DoD Working on Patient-Care Issues

Title: DoD Working on Patient-Care Issues URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/540123/dod-working-patient-care-issues Markdown Content: ===============

2007
02.19.2007ARMYID 1480

Troops to Teachers Adds Advance Hiring Feature

Title: Troops to Teachers Adds Advance Hiring Feature URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/540121/troops-teachers-adds-advance-hiring-feature Markdown Content: ===============

2007
02.15.2007ARMYID 1481

Baghdad Security Plan Can Work, Commander Says

Title: Baghdad Security Plan Can Work, Commander Says URL Source: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/540146/baghdad-security-plan-can-work-commander-says Markdown Content:The new security plan being implemented in Baghdad will be successful if the United States remains dedicated to the mission and Iraqis commit to resolving their differences, the U.S. commander…