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National Defense May 2005 Harold Kennedy	Army Guard, Reserves Confront Long-Term Personnel Problems Of particular concern is the development of new leaders. An Army Reserve chief, recently estimated shortages of 5,000 captains and 7,000 other officers in spite of a strengthened recruitment effort.
National Defense May 2006 Perry & Flournoy	The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force.
U.S. Banker August 2004 Matthew de Paula	Military Banking: Financially Distressed GIs Look to Banks for Help Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are hitting customers harder than banks realize, and the ripple effect is likely to be felt by the families of U.S. soldiers around the globe.
National Defense October 2004 Harold Kennedy	Army Undergoing Biggest Makeover Since World War II The U.S. Army has embarked upon what is described as its most important and controversial reorganization in decades in an effort to improve its ability to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while defending the home front.
National Defense December 2004 Harold Kennedy	Army Reserve Seeks to Toughen Up Training for Part-Time Soldiers As reservists encounter tough fighting in Iraq, the Army is revamping training programs to better prepare these troops for combat.
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Obliged to Add Troops, Army Agonizes Over Costs Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody asserts the issue that should have been more thoroughly debated by political leaders, but has largely been ignored, is not the draft, but rather how the nation will pay for the additional troops the Army requires to keep fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
National Defense December 2003 Harold Kennedy	To Ease Deployments, Army Revamps Way It Runs Bases Seeking to ease longstanding problems exacerbated by frequent troop deployments to fight the war on terrorism, the U.S. Army is reorganizing the way that it runs its military bases across the United States and around the world.
InternetNews November 18, 2009	Missing Hard Drive Exposes Soldiers' Data The U.S. Army said a hard drive was either lost or stolen earlier this month, putting more than 60,000 soldiers' data at risk.
National Defense April 2006 Sandra Erwin	An Army Under Stress: A Tale of Two Green Lines An upcoming decision on whether to begin drawing down U.S. troops in Iraq sets the stage for yet another round of inside-the-Beltway wrangling on the burdens this war is piling on the armed services.
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Overextended National Guard Undergoing Sweeping Changes National Guard leaders are planning a fundamental re-structuring aimed at making the force more versatile and relevant. These efforts come as the Guard faces dilemmas and stresses which experts say are the result of overuse as an operational force in deployments.
National Defense October 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Extend `Rapid Fielding' Effort for War-Bound Units, Domestic Needs The Army continues the ramp-up of equipment deliveries in order to meet the requests from units rotating into Iraq, and to appease critics in Congress.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	National Guard, Army Chemical Units Criticized for Being Untrained, Unprepared Acute shortages of equipment and personnel means less time, or no time, to train.
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon	The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Buz Livingston	Help the Heroes To remember Memorial Day, give to a worthy cause. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is recognized as "Best in America" by Independent Charities of America.
Vietnam December 2006 Mark DePu	Vietnam War: The Individual Rotation Policy The individual rotation policy was, in hindsight, clearly one of the worst ideas of the war. At the time, however, military planners had few options.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Trying to Catch Up With Demand for Gear The U.S. Army has budgeted at least $3 billion for the next five years to equip soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan with new combat gear, ranging from helmets, gloves and boots to satellite receivers, radios and advanced rifle sights.
AskMen.com Kevin Neeld	Army Physical Readiness The U.S. Army recently tweaked the same workout they'd used for 30 years.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Efforts to Reorganize U.S. Army Tied to Emergency War Spending As Iraq war costs approach the $300 billion mark, the Defense Department's increasing reliance on emergency appropriations to pay for military equipment is stirring controversy on Capitol Hill.
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National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Wanted: Soldiers With Cultural Savvy One of the catchphrases in Army circles these days is "culture training."
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy	At War, Navy Finds New Uses for Reserve Forces As part of its effort to reduce the strain of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy is moving to integrate its 83,000 reservists into active-duty operations. "We are moving away from the `weekend-warrior' culture," said Vice Adm. John G. Cotton, chief of the Naval Reserve.
Investment Advisor July 2006 Megan L.F. Robert	Planning for the Wounded To assist the wounded at Walter Reed Army Medial Center in Washington, D.C., the FPA has partnered with Army Community Services (ACS) to offer pro bono planning services.
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National Defense September 2004 Frank Colucci	Army Depends Heavily on National Guard Aviators If predictions that Army National Guard aviation units are not likely to see mass resignations prove to be accurate, it would be good news for the Army, which is struggling to meet growing demands for rotary pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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National Defense January 2010 Austin Wright	Army's Medical Bag Insulates IV Fluid The Army has begun testing medical devices that insulate intravenous fluid from blistering cold or desert heat.
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Trying to Close the Guardsmen Employer Data Gap As demands on the National Guard and reserves grow, the Defense Department and private sector are hungry for better data to assess the economic impact of deployments.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Training and Doctrine Command Launches App Store This fall, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command presented its own app store where soldiers could find a wide range of documents and training materials easily and securely, said command officials.
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National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy	State Units Test Portable Combat Training Program The National Guard -- under pressure to keep supplying thousands of troops for Iraq and Afghanistan -- is pioneering what it says is a more efficient, less expensive way to train those soldiers for combat.
National Defense September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Move to Merge Air Force, Guard Units Derailed by Base Closures The Defense Department's base-closure recommendations, which would strip the Guard of nearly one-third of its airbases, have so angered state governors and members of Congress that all parties likely will have to go back to the negotiating table.
National Defense April 2004 Harold Kennedy	Guard Reshuffles Force To Offset Deployment Stress To continue to meet growing deployment requirements around the world, the U.S. National Guard is changing its force mix.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Security Policies Deny Soldiers Access To Critical Information, Army Contends The Army's latest advances in networking technology are being slowed by security policies that restrict soldiers' access to information.
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Readiness: Candid Assessments Long Overdue Alarm bells have gotten progressively louder and more jarring in recent weeks on the issue of military readiness on the home front.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Michael T. Eskey	Distance Learning With the Electronic Army University, each soldier is given the opportunity to receive a quality education, while the Army retains an educated member.
National Defense February 2007 Robert H. Williams	Portable Shield Saving Lives in Iraq Defense Shield is manufacturing mobile defensive fighting positions (MDFPs) that provide cover and protection from small arms fire, and offer a clear range of view of approaching enemy personnel.
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National Defense July 2012 Dan Ward	Tactical Radios: Military Procurement Gone Awry How exactly did the Army go about making the radio better and better? By increasing its complexity, extending the schedule, spending more money and making the device larger.
National Defense August 2007 Mackenzie M. Eaglen	National Guard, Reserves Get Help, But Need More The equipment shortfalls in the Guard and Reserves have gone from bad to worse during the last six years.
Popular Mechanics December 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Crunching the Numbers on Mercenaries vs Soldiers The U.S. military has always gone to war with civilian contractors in tow.
National Defense January 2005 Harold Kennedy	Marine Reservists Ready, But Equipment Beaten Up Marine reservists now preparing for combat in Iraq are "well-trained and well-equipped," but their older ground vehicles and aircraft have been taking a beating.
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	$2B Database to Keep Tabs on Army Stocks Seeking to manage a rapidly growing inventory of war equipment, the Army is spending nearly $2 billion on a new database that will track 3.4 billion items.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Vice Chief: 'We Have to Speed Up How We Procure Things' The Army's antiquated ways of buying new equipment are depriving soldiers of the latest technology and making it more difficult for them to do their jobs, says Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli.
National Defense September 2006 Robert H. Williams	Training curbs combat skid mishaps Skid training device looks to curb injuries and deaths caused by skid driving conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy	Guardsmen Shift Roles to Align More with Air Force The Air National Guard is reorganizing -- shedding some traditional missions and taking on new ones -- in order to play a larger national-security role as its active-duty partner, the Air Force, shrinks in size.
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National Defense December 2010 Stew Magnuson	Mix of Live and Virtual Training Will Result in Savings, Army Says Army training has taken place in three separate realms: out in the field, in front of screens where the real world is simulated with computer-generated graphics, or on desktop computers.
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