| Mullen Accepts Work Life Balance Award for Servicemembers The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said leaders must ensure that troops and their families always "are the center of gravity" to maintain the strongest armed forces in the world while accepting an award promoting work life balance. defense.gov |
Official Reminds Troops, Vets to Submit 'Stop Loss' Claims Defense Department officials want to ensure that anyone whose military enlistment was involuntarily extended under the so-called "stop loss" provision applies for a stipend by the Oct. 21 deadline. defense.gov |
First U.S. Advise and Assist Brigade arrives under New Dawn The first brigade of Soldiers to deploy exclusively in support of Operation New Dawn has arrived in southern Iraq. army.mil |
President to Award Soldier Medal of Honor Nov. 16 President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta in a Nov. 16 White House ceremony. Giunta is being honored for his courageous actions during an October 2007 firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan. defense.gov |
Mullen: U.S. Military Needs More Diversity Diversity is all about opportunity and the U.S. armed services "can't go fast enough" to increase it, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a group of senior military leaders. defense.gov |