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Nuggets to keep you informed
| 09/12/2011
G1 Nugget ADPAAS Awareness WHAT is ADPAAS? ADPAAS stands for Army Disaster Personnel Accountability and Assessment System. It is the official web-based system used by the US Army to account for its personnel in the event of a major natural or man-made disaster (example: hurricane, terrorist attack, tsunami, etc). ADPAAS allows you to report your current location, to update emergency personal contact information, and to request assistance (especially if you had to evacuate far away from your home or place of work). Read More...
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| 02/19/2010
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 6, 2009) — Secretary of the Army John McHugh gave Pentagon staffers a “preliminary report” today after his first three months in office, asking them to continue supporting Soldier and Family programs, focus more on Congressional outreach and continue acquisition reform. Read More...
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C. Todd Lopez | 02/19/2010
ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Dec. 15, 2009) — Volunteers placed some 15,000 wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery, Dec. 12, as part of a tradition that has continued now for 18 years. Read More...
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J.D. Leipold | 02/19/2010
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 7, 2010) — The Army’s top operations officer said yesterday that not only will the Army add a new combat aviation brigade to the warfight, it will also increase the number of aircraft in medical evacuation companies. Read More...
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Susan R. Anderson | 02/19/2010
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 6, 2010) — “In a relatively short period of time… the role of the brigade commander, whether it’s a BCT (brigade combat team) commander or an aviation brigade commander or other, has become incredibly more complex,” said the Army’s director of aviation. Read More...
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Kayla Munro | 02/19/2010
ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Dec. 14, 2009) -- The Army Reserve has increased its ranks by 20,000 and continues to meet its recruiting goals, but there are some gaps that remain unfilled in mid-level ranks and different specialties. Read More...
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C. Todd Lopez | 12/07/2009
This Army is full of bright, motivated Soldiers who are yearning to learn more about their jobs and how to be leaders themselves. Young Soldiers need guidance from their squad leaders, platoon leaders and anyone else willing to pay attention to them. Read More...
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C. Todd Lopez | 12/07/2009
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 13, 2009) — Servicemembers who participated in the first state-side training program for joint counter-IED teams have just arrived in Afghanistan for a year-long assignment. The Tidal Sun pilot program trained servicemembers to work as part of counter-IED teams to gather information and evidence from improvised explosive device event sites -- locations where IEDs have exploded or were discovered -- and then send that information to higher headquarters for further analysis. Read More...
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