American Forces Press Service

‘AfPak Hands’ Begin Immersion Training

May 6, 2010

CAMP JULIEN, Afghanistan: The first class of U.S. military servicemembers and civilians in the new “AfPak Hands” program arrived here...

Navy to Start Training Female Submariners in July

April 30, 2010

WASHINGTON: Navy officials today announced they are moving ahead with plans to integrate women onto submarines beginning in late 2011...

US Must Help Pakistan Beat Insurgency, Officials Say

April 30, 2010

WASHINGTON: Calling relations with Pakistan vital to U.S. national security, senior Defense Department officials testified on Capitol Hill today in...

Medical exercises begin in Haiti

April 30, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Lines of people seemed to come out of nowhere as hundreds of Haitians living in the Roche au...

Military pay competitive with private sector

April 30, 2010

WASHINGTON: Military compensation is competing well against the private sector, as evidenced by the high rate of recruitment and retention,...

Troops take advantage of GI Bill transferability

April 23, 2010

WASHINGTON: More than 100,000 requests from troops desiring to transfer their unused education benefits to family members have been approved...

Soldiers tackle logistical challenge of equipment turn-in

April 12, 2010

U.S. forces have already begun redeploying to their home bases in accordance with the Security of Forces Agreement with the...

Automation to improve Post-9/11 GI Bill processing

April 12, 2010

WASHINGTON: With 153,000 veterans enrolled in the Post-9/11 GI Bill this semester, and new automation tools to arrive this month...

Gaming technologies improve Soldier readiness

April 9, 2010

The U.S. Army is implementing the latest in computer simulation and gaming technology to train soldiers in counter-insurgency, detecting roadside...

Obama, Medvedev Sign New START Treaty

April 9, 2010

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague today, with...