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“While physical injuries may be easier to see, invisible wounds such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress take a significant toll on our Soldiers” and result too often in suicide, an Army leader told members of Congress.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

“While physical injuries may be easier to see, invisible wounds such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress take a significant toll on our Soldiers” and result too often in suicide, an Army leader told members of Congress.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

By December, officers will be rated under a new evaluation system — one that is designed to both strengthen rater accountability and reflect current Army leadership doctrine.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they’ve had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

“While physical injuries may be easier to see, invisible wounds such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress take a significant toll on our Soldiers” and result too often in suicide, an Army leader told members of Congress.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

The Army is developing a new Advanced Multi-Purpose 120mm tank round, known as AMP, that combines six different capabilities into a single round, service officials said.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

Nearly 40 North Dakota National Guard members who took part in a U.S. Army Africa exercise in Cameroon are back home as their Central African military counterparts develop follow-on plans for using their newly learned skills.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

Aerial demonstrations have been halted. Army band performances and the Army Birthday Ball are canceled. Communities across America are seeing less of the United States Army because of sequestration.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

The Army projects a decrease in 10,000 to 14,000 recruits across the services this fiscal year as military entrance processing stations shut down one day per week.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

As the Army draws down, it’s important for Soldiers to keep their records up-to-date for promotions, assignments and retention decisions, personnel officials said.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

The Army has made available to Soldiers a new online resource to complement the Ready and Resilient Campaign that launched, March 12, 2013.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

After receiving his fourth star, Gen. John F. Campbell was sworn in as the Army’s 34th vice chief of staff by Secretary of the Army John McHugh at the Pentagon March 8.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

The Army has made available to Soldiers a new online resource to complement the Ready and Resilient Campaign that launched, March 12, 2013.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

The Army has made available to Soldiers a new online resource to complement the Ready and Resilient Campaign that launched, March 12, 2013.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

After receiving his fourth star, Gen. John F. Campbell was sworn in as the Army’s 34th vice chief of staff by Secretary of the Army John McHugh at the Pentagon March 8.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

The Army has made available to Soldiers a new online resource to complement the Ready and Resilient Campaign that launched March 12.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

After receiving his fourth star, Gen. John F. Campbell was sworn in as the Army’s 34th vice chief of staff by Secretary of the Army John McHugh at the Pentagon March 8.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

The Army has made available to Soldiers a new online resource to complement the Ready and Resilient Campaign that launched March 12.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

After receiving his fourth star, Gen. John F. Campbell was sworn in as the Army’s 34th vice chief of staff by Secretary of the Army John McHugh at the Pentagon March 8.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

Steamed opakapaka, scallops, profiteroles and stress were on the menu at the 2013 Military Culinary Arts Competition.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

President Barack Obama announced today that an Army chaplain, Capt. Emil J. Kapaun, will be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously, April 11, for his actions leading up to capture as a prisoner of war in North Korea.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

A report released Friday by the Army’s surgeon general found a high degree of validity in the service’s diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

A report released Friday by the Army’s surgeon general found a high degree of validity in the service’s diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

A report released Friday by the Army’s surgeon general found a high degree of validity in the service’s diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

A report released Friday by the Army’s surgeon general found a high degree of validity in the service’s diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

A report released Friday by the Army’s surgeon general found a high degree of validity in the service’s diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

For the first time in more than 10 years, an active Army unit will lead the Kosovo peacekeeping operations in the Multi-National Brigade East area, taking over responsibility for the region from members of the South Carolina National Guard.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink

Beginning today, funding for tuition assistance will cease and Soldiers cannot submit new requests for TA, according to Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, deputy chief of staff, G-1.Go to Source Author: Go to Source Author: VeteransLink