Top Stories
New logo identifies equipment, clothing as 'Army certified'
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Dec. 29, 2008) -- Program Executive Office Soldier has developed a “certification process” to help Soldiers iden ...
Iraqis taking a larger role in securing warrants
BAGHDAD — A never-ending stream of people flows from one unadorned room to the other in the investigators’ wing of the old Ministry of Defense compoun ...
It’s pay raise time for troops, DOD civilians
WASHINGTON — Troops worldwide will receive a 3.9 percent pay raise starting on Thursday, but Defense Department civilian employees working overseas wi ...

Army News
Army recruitment soars in tough economic times
When the Lopez brothers walked into the Army’s recruiting office in Carson, they had hollow wallets, dead-end jobs and no professional prospects in si ...
President signs Army Commemorative Coin Act
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush signed into law the “United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008” on Dec. 1, authorizing the creation of a ...
Long Knives discuss elections in Southern Iraq
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - Leaders from Independent High Electoral Comission-Iraq, U.S. Coalition forces and the Iraqi Security Forces m ...

Army photograph by Cpl. Shejal Pulivarti
Full story

Defense Department News
DOD contracts
MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY CONTRACT AWARD
Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded $397,900,000 (not-to-exceed ceilin ...
Armed Forces Inaugural Committee moves into high gear
Exactly three weeks before Inauguration Day, the buzz of activity at the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee here is a notable exception to the tradition ...

Commentary
Culture Revealed Through Language — a personal story about comical miscommunication
Learning a new language is often the first step towards learning a new culture. Through language, we express and communicate our values, beliefs, and ...

Community News
Fort Huachuca school board sworn in
The first five-person school board for the Fort Huachuca Accommodation Schools was sworn in Tuesday.
In what Cochise County School Superintendent T ...
NETCOM bikers ride in local Christmas parade
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – Several members of the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command (Army) participated in Sierra Vista’s ...
News Briefs Dec. 18, 2008
Range Closures 18-24
Dec08:
Thurs 18 Dec: AB, AC, AD, AL, AZ
Fri 19 Dec: AB, AC, AD, AL, AZ
Sat 20 Dec: AZ
Sun 21 Dec: AZ
Mon 22 Dec: AZ
Tues 2 ...

Sports
East defeats West during All-American Bowl
SAN ANTONIO (Army News Service) - In what has become the U.S. Army’s premier showcase of both the nation’s best talent of high school football athlete ...
NETCOM Soldier hits a grand slam, makes National softball team
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) chose its 15-person USA Men’s Slow Pitch National team roster, Dec. 4, for the 2009 Bord ...
Smith Panthers basketball sweeps Cochise Tournament
Colonel Smith Middle School’s boys basketball team finished on top of their conference Dec. 12 closing out their championship game against St. David M ...