Equipped with a forward-looking infrared sensor, a GPS laser range finder and a built-in digital video camera, the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System has become a trusted friend for anyone on tour in the Middle East. 

About two months after assuming command of DeWitt Army Community Hospital and the DeWitt Health Care Network, Col. Charles “Chuck” Callahan said he is certain of one thing ... “I’m more convinced than ever that my fellow commanders look at me with envy.”

The aroma of roasted lamb rubbed with saffron wafts from a bazaar that begins to empty as the sun sinks between a pair of minarets. A Soldier walks past a veiled woman, her eyes peering through a thin slit in an ink-black headscarf. The call to prayer beckons from a lone mosque in the parched, desert town.

Ready Army – the Army Emergency Management Program’s communication campaign to prepare Soldiers, their families and Army civilians for natural and man-made disasters –took center stage at the National Preparedness Fair conducted at the Pentagon Sept. 24.

Every Saturday Eric Divine, 3rd degree black belt, guides 3 to 5 year-olds through a course teaching self control, discipline, coordination, confidence and courtesy. 

Prisoners of war and those missing in action have earned a respected place in history. In all wars, families have paid the ultimate price with lost husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, daughters and sons.

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A red, white and blue patchwork quilt commemorating the 113 U.S. military women who’ve died during the Global War on Terrorism was unveiled for public view at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Sept. 17. 

Soldiers and their families are the focus of a new division at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va.