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Thursday, June 04, 2009Soldiers in Afghanistan receive first ‘USO in a Box’Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, received a special delivery on Memorial Day - the first USO in a Box. Thursday, May 28, 2009BRAC FACTThe Fort Belvoir BRAC Operations team recently held several critical planning meetings. Hundreds gather on Memorial Day weekend for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors seminar“The question is how. How do we as a nation prove worthy of the gift of freedom given to us by the men and women who fought and died? We must remember each and every one of them,” said Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. DoD launches official military blogging platformThe Defense Department has unveiled “DoDLive,” a centrally linked and unified platform from which services can create and maintain blogs. DoD launches ‘Real Warriors’ campaign for PTSD sufferersJosh Hopper looks like he would win battles against an NFL lineman. Naval Support Activity shines during rare carrier visitNaval Support Activity Bahrain rose to the challenge in mid-May to support the historic visit by USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, the first American aircraft carrier to dock pierside in Bahrain in more than 60 years. Drive to ‘go deep’ into other cultures inspires Navy Foreign Area OfficerAn officer based at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi is on the leading edge of the Navy’s new foreign area officer program. Training HEATs up for Soldiers in Headquarters BattalionSoldiers from Belvoir’s Headquarters Battalion participated in weapons training, urban combat tactics, hand-to-hand combat and emergency preparedness during a recent two-day Army Warrior Training course at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. DES Journal• For the week ending May 16, Fort Belvoir’s Directorate of Emergency Services reported the following: New PCS program puts customers in driver’s seatSeveral broad changes to the personal property shipment process are in effect for DoD personnel who may be making permanent change of station moves in the approaching season. |

