Army
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U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin sent a letter to the Department of Defense Monday asking the agency to look into contamination at Fort Detrick and devise a plan by Dec. 1 to remedy the situation.
August 18, 2010 -
After 53 proposals, the Army has named the winners of its \"Apps for Army\" competition.
August 17, 2010 -
Five days after proposing controversial cuts in Pentagon spending, much of official Washington still is reeling. Defense Secretary Gates called for $100 billion in spending reductions over the next five years. Some of the proposals to achieve those savings are finding mixed reaction among officials on Capitol Hill and in industry.
August 13, 2010 -
CIO\'s office detailed experts to assess the problems, and formulate a plan to improve how Arlington National Cemetery manages and tracks veterans\' records. Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the first thing is to ensure the data is correct. He says the end result could include an online capability to find out where loved ones are buried.
August 13, 2010 -
Northern Virginia information-technology companies will help Arlington National Cemetery sort out bungled burial records, nudging it from index cards to computers. Bobbie Kilberg, President and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council gives us the details
August 12, 2010 -
The Pentagon and its coalition partners take to the Army base in Fort Huachuca, Ariz. to address actual data and communications problems found in Afghanistan. The exercise ensures U.S. systems can share data with the British, Canadian and other coalition partner systems.
August 10, 2010 -
A top App for Army is the Disaster Relief app for an Android
August 09, 2010 -
The service names 25 software tools as winners in the Apps for the Army contest. Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the competition proves agile software development can be done well in the Army. He says a new memo is coming out that will change how the Army develops apps in the future.
August 05, 2010 -
Sgt. Mark Todd tells the DorobekInsider that he was \"just doing his job\".
August 03, 2010 -
Every soldier to be sent to Afghanistan will soon be required to complete language and culture training before being allowed to deploy. Federal News Radio gets the details of how that will be done from Col. Dino Pick, Commandant of the Defense Language Institute.
August 03, 2010 -
The suspect was returned to the United States from a base in Kuwait Thursday.
July 30, 2010 -
The Army is no longer using the term \"psychological operations\" for the unit in tasked with changing minds behind enemy lines. They say it sounds threatening. Now it\'s going to be called Military Information Support Operations. A U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman says more the new name more accurately reflects the unit\'s job of producing leaflets, radio broadcasts and loudspeaker messages to influence enemy soldiers and civilians.
July 15, 2010 -
The draft copy from June 15 of the document that describes how the Army thinks it will fight between 2016 to 2028
July 08, 2010 -
Ten days after the original announcement from officials, concerned families have started to get calls back.
June 23, 2010 -
Army Lt. Gen. Jeff Sorenson has been in demand over the last year. He explains why this week. May 20, 2010
May 18, 2010
