| Accessions takes helm from Armor at Knox Fort Knox witnessed the last chapter of the Armor Center during a transfer of authority ceremony May 27. During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. James Milano, the Fort Knox commander and 44th Chief of Armor, relinquished command of the installation to Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, commander, U.S. Army Accessions Command. army.mil |
NATO overcoming obstacles to build Afghan security forces The campaign to build the Afghan National Security Force to 305,000 members is ahead of schedule and many advances have been made, but a senior officer said there are still obstacles to overcome by October 2011. army.mil |
WikiLeaks Has Yet to Contact 'Competent Authorities' Although the operators of WikiLeaks have attempted to use the media as an intermediary, Defense Department officials said it's simply against the law to release classified documents and called for their return, a Pentagon spokesman said. defense.gov |
Chiarelli visits CTSF to determine way ahead, possible mission expansion Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, Army Vice Chief of Staff, spent the better part of four hours at the CTSF, touring the facility, and discussing his views of the work the CTSF should be doing, and what it now does under its current mission as defined in a 2007 execution order. army.mil |
West Point supports "Tunnel to Towers" run in NYC West Point cadets volunteered to run alongside more than 23,000 other participants from the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the grounds of the World Trade Center. This is the very same route that New York City Firefighter Stephen Siller took on 9/11 after hearing the radio dispatch that a plane had just struck the Twin Towers. Siller had completed an overnight shift with Squad 1 in Brooklyn and was planning a day of golf with his brothers. Instead, he gathered more than 75 pounds of fire fighting equipment and ran to join his brethren at Ground Zero. army.mil |