TRAVEL USA
| 06/08/2010

When it comes to phenomenal growth, you’d have to search far and wide to find anything that matches the success story of Warner Robins, Georgia while remaining a family-friendly community.  Home to the largest industrial complex in the state, pumping a net economic impact of over $4 billion into the local economy, Robins Air Force Base remains a strong factor in attracting young families and retirees alike seeking a great place to live, visit and work in an atmosphere of timeless Southern comfort, yet modern vibrance.

TRAVEL USA
| 06/08/2010

The World’s Largest Automotive Extravaganza returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway August 26-29, 2010. The summer Food Lion AutoFair annually attracts more than 120,000 visitors. It features more than 50 car club displays and more than 10,000 vendor spaces that offer a huge array of automotive parts and memorabilia.

The Griffon
Victoria L. White | 02/19/2010

It’s the biggest Army Reserve base and the eighth largest in the entire Army with more than 165,000 acres of rolling hills, mountains, forests and rivers.  With warm winters and temperatures rising to 115 degrees during summers, Fort Hunter Liggett offers an ideal location for training warriors headed to war.

Established in 2005, the U.S. Army Support Training Center trains Combat Support (CS) and Combat Services Support (CSS) units.  It is home for the Army Reserve’s Regional Training Center-West where 108th drill sergeants conduct pre-mobilization training, allowing units to get the combat training they need, deploy quicker and get more “boots on the ground” time during deployments, say officials.  Reserve officials say the RTC concept was developed from lessons learned by leaders who witnessed flaws in mobilizations during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

DETC/AMSCUS/GOARMYED
Sgt. Heddleson | 06/08/2010

UMT has helped me in more ways than I thought possible. I am in the Air Force Reserves and have a full time job with the Government as a Civil Service employee at Robins AFB. I am also married to my wonderful wife Rebecca and have a beautiful nine-year-old daughter, Brooklyn. Before UMT, I was attending a local college, Macon State University in Macon, GA, enrolled in their Pre-Engineering degree program. It was a 30-minute drive, to and from school. I loved going to class and interacting with the students and teachers but found that working full time, going to school full time, keeping my daughter on the weekends, and going to the Reserves one weekend a month was wearing me out quick.

My goal at the time was to be an engineer on base. I soon found out that the local engineering school here did not offer any night time classes in engineering. It was too inconvenient to travel to any other school, so I was back to square one. I had kept working on my engineering core until I could come up with another plan, praying that god would give me an answer. 

The Griffon
Cpt. Jennifer K. Cotton | 02/19/2010

According to the Combat Readiness Center, there have been nearly 300 Humvee rollover accidents resulting in 110 Soldier fatalities and numerous injuries in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Soldiers of the 1/354th, 1st Brigade, 95th Training Division (IET) recently learned how to react to a vehicle rollover during Humvee Egress Assistance Training (HEAT) at Camp Gruber, Okla. The HEAT training, held in triple-digit temperatures in July, was done in conjunction with the unit’s annual weapons qualification range. For many Soldiers of the unit, it was their first encounter with the training system.

HEAT came into existence in 2005 after several Soldiers were injured or died after rollover accidents. Because it would be impractical and unsafe to roll an actual vehicle for training purposes, the HEAT was designed as a mechanism to allow Soldiers to experience the effects of a roll without the dangers.  

HOMESCHOOLING OPTIONS
| 06/08/2010

When her daughter was two years old, Colleen Stuhlfire started to think about her education and decided that she would school her child at home. Her decision was based on conversations with other military families who spoke of the strain on children who often change schools because of multiple redeployments, coupled with curriculums that vary from state to state.

| 12/07/2009

WASHINGTON (Nov. 12, 2009) — Military prosecutors have charged Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Nov. 5 attack at Fort Hood, Texas.

The charges fall under Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the case will be heard in the military system.

“These are initial charges, and additional charges may be preferred in the future, subject to the ongoing criminal investigation,” said Chris Grey, spokesman for U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, during a news conference at Fort Hood today.

| 02/19/2010

The Army will phase out “stop-loss” which mandates that Soldiers remain in the military beyond their service obligation by March, 2011.  Army Reserve units mobilized after 1 August 2009 are no longer subject to stop loss policy. The Army National Guard ceased stop loss policy on 1 September 2009.

in briefs…
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.

In Briefs…
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.