News About Families and People In The U.S. Army
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| Interview with Col. Sandusky Jini Ryan interviews the Commander of the Defense Language Institute about new language products being made available to all Soldiers. |
| Friendly Neighbors Louisiana National Guardsmen provide support to local New Orleans residents during daily operations aimed to help the New Orleans Police Department. |
| Land Forces Symposium Army leaders from around the world meet in Atlanta, GA for the 2008 Land Forces Symposium. Gail McCabe reports. |
| Remembering Integration: Brunson family shares 100 years of service Serving in the Army is a family tradition for the Brunsons of Fayetteville, N.C. Six members of the family share a career of service and sacrifice in the Army. |
| 60th Anniversary Integration Army celebrates 60 years of an integrated force. |
| Dunwoody Confirmed as First Female Four-Star The Senate has confirmed Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody as the first female U.S. Military four-star general. |
| Platform answers safety needs of mechanics The days of repairing a five-ton vehicle while standing on its tires or lug nuts may soon be coming to an end. |
| Literacy key to helping rebuild Iraq Iraq is targeting the more than 6 million illiterate Iraqi adults through a National Literacy Campaign. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization estimates more than 60 percent of the adult population in Iraq cannot read or write. This was not always the case; at one time, Iraq was considered one of the more educated Arab nations, due mainly to the National Literacy Campaign of 1976-1982. |
| Keeping tradition alive: Annual tribal trip lands at Fort Lewis Representatives from local tribal canoe families landed on Fort Lewis’ Solo Point July 15 during their annual tribal journeys which will take them all the way into Canada. Seven canoes from several local tribes, including the Cowlitz, the Chehalis and the Puyallup; came ashore after pulling from Squaxin Island that morning. Fort Lewis officials work closely with the tribe to help facilitate keeping those traditions alive, also, said Bret Ruby, Fort Lewis’ cultural resources manager. “A lot of people don’t realize that Fort Lewis sits squarely in the heart of the tribe’s traditional homeland, and many of the tribe’s most sacred places are found on lands that are now within the boundaries of Fort Lewis,” Ruby said. “Solo Point is one of those very sacred places.” |
| Tropical Storm Dolly National Guard troops in Texas for Hurricane Dolly. |
| Veterans of Integration On the 60th anniversary of integration of Armed Forces, veterans who served during that period take a look back. |
| 'It was bound to happen' says Becton of Army integration The Korean Conflict led the way for integration of the Army after President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 calling for equal treatment, opportunities and advancement for black servicemen. |
| Vet remembers integration in post-war Germany Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Monroe Sweet was in an all-black unit July 26, 1948 when President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 to provide equal treatment and more opportunities for black servicemen in the Armed Forces. |
| 35 Years as an All-Volunteer Force Army celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the All-Volunteer Force. |
| Batman Technologies Mirror Those of the Warfighter “The Dark Knight” has emerged once again in theatres with his futuristic technologies to help capture the infamous Joker. Batman’s needs for increased capabilities are parallel with that of today’s Soldiers and it appears so are some of his gadgets. |
