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  1. Massive budget cuts the Army has been forced to make have hurt soldiers, but here is one budget impact you might like: The average enlisted stateside assignment will be lengthened from 30 months to as long as 48 months.

    Prime ContentPCS extended: Army lengthens tours to four years

    Massive budget cuts the Army has been forced to make have hurt soldiers, but here is one budget impact you might like.

  1. DoD makes final push for 1 percent raise

  2. Fort Detrick getting new garrison commander

  1. Reserve officers selected for O-5 promotion announced

  2. Reservist colonels face retention board

  3. 20 Reserve colonels and generals up for promotion

  4. Congressman promoted to Reserve brigadier general

  5. Corporate training expands to NCOs

  6. Prime ContentArmy defends active-for-reserve deployment swap

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  1. Army announces May officer promotions

    The Army has announced the list of officers that have been selected to move up in May.

    • Apr. 27, 2013

  2. Lieutenant colonel lists on the way

    Selection lists containing the names of Army Medical Department and Chaplain corps majors recommended for active-duty promotion to lieutenant colonel will be released April 30.

    • Apr. 26, 2013
  3. Flight school students tour a new CH-47F Chinook on Feb. 5, 2010, at Knox Army Heliport at Fort Rucker. The Army has temporarily stopped transferring officers into aviation from other branches amid uncertainty over the effects of sequestration. Army

    Army halts transfers into aviation branch

    Amid uncertainty over whether sequestration will ground helicopter training at Fort Rucker, Ala., the Army has temporarily stopped transferring officers into aviation from other branches.

    • Apr. 24, 2013
  4. 1st Special Forces Group Staff Sgt. Brian Guzman, shown during a deployment to Afghanistan, has been awarded for valor on the battlefield and named the Army's medic of the year. 1st Special Forces Group

    Medic gets award for Afghan recon patrol, quick thinking

    His commander describes him as a force of nature, but if you ask Staff Sgt. Brian W. Guzman, he's just one of the guys.

    • Apr. 23, 2013
  5. A new instruction block has officers tackle philosophy and war-fighting function. Lawrence Torres III / Army

    Officers get classes in mission command

    In an effort to reinforce one of the Army's newest — and likely most difficult to grasp — war-fighting functions, the Command and General Staff College has added a 10-day block of instruction to its curriculum.

    • Apr. 23, 2013
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    About 270 soldiers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, stand in formation as they prepare to be released to their loved ones during a welcome-home ceremony Feb. 3 at Fort Riley, Kan. About 350 soldiers from the "Dragon" Brigade returned to Fort Riley in two groups this weekend, and more are expected this month as the brigade wraps up its nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Sgt. Scott Lamberson / Army

    Army to discharge 25K unfit, nondeployable soldiers

    The message is clear: If you’re out of shape or you can’t deploy, you’re out.

    • Apr. 22, 2013
    • CAREERS /

    Students aiming for military academies get tips

    ANNVILLE, Pa. — Gabby Flamm wants to become a professor of military history some day, and figures a good way to achieve that goal will be to attend West Point.

    • Apr. 20, 2013

  8. Senior NCOs announced for May

    The Army’s list of soldiers chosen to move up in May includes many who must re-enlist in order to be promoted:

    • Apr. 18, 2013

  9. Army announces sgt., staff sgt. promotions for May

    Here are the soldiers who have been selected to sew on new stripes in May, Human Resources Command announced today:

    • Apr. 18, 2013

  10. 7 health care specialties earn MOS codes come October

    Seven enlisted medical specialties will get their own military occupational specialty codes beginning Oct. 1.

    • Apr. 17, 2013

  11. Transfer of command set at Fort Huachuca

    SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — The Army will hold a ceremony Friday at Fort Huachuca for Maj. Gen. Robert P. Ashley to formally take command of the base in Sierra Vista.

    • Apr. 17, 2013

  12. Auditors find low enrollment in vets jobs program

    WASHINGTON — Federal auditors say a job-training program designed to help veterans re-enter the workforce has more than 60,000 empty slots, left unfilled despite efforts to reduce the jobless rate among veterans.

    • Apr. 16, 2013

  13. 23 reservists to make O-5, O-6 in May

    In May, 23 officers will be promoted to colonel and lieutenant colonel among Army Reserve officers of the Active Guard and Reserve.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
    • CAREERS /

    Just 2 MOSs still offering enlistment bonuses

    The Army’s dwindling menu of enlistment bonus options remains frozen at two military occupational specialties, a reflection of the service’s success at recruiting quality young people for the active component.

    • Apr. 16, 2013
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    Promotion slowdown: Longer wait for captains, majors

    Basic-branch officers of the Army Competitive Category will have a longer wait for their captain tracks and major leaves under a phased return to promotion pin-on points that were in effect before the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Promotion points, which are expressed in years and months of commissioned service, indicate when officers can expect to pin on new rank insignia after being recommended for promotion by a selection board.

    • Apr. 15, 2013

  16. Guard’s ‘Rainbow Division’ getting new commander

    WEST POINT, N.Y. — An Iraq War veteran from New Hampshire is taking command of the New York-based 42nd Infantry Division of the Army National Guard.

    • Apr. 12, 2013

  17. Army colonel's lawyer: Identity theft behind child porn charges

    CARLISLE, Pa. — An attorney for a colonel at the Army War College in central Pennsylvania says identity theft is to blame for the child pornography charges against his client.

    • Apr. 10, 2013
    • CAREERS /

    Officer drawdown: Retirement options for colonels

    The Army’s drawdown will hit the senior ranks of the officer corps in August when a board meets to consider senior colonels and lieutenant colonels of the basic branches for possible involuntary early retirement.

    • Apr. 8, 2013
    • CAREERS /
    From left, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joel Melendez, Naval Network Warfare Command information systems analysis; Air Force Staff Sgt. Rogerick Montgomery, U.S. Cyber Command network analysis; and Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Harding, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade cyber systems analysis, at an exercise during Cyber Flag 13-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. SA Matthew Lancaster / Air Force

    Be an Army hacker: This top secret cyber unit wants you

    Army Cyber Command is looking for computer-savvy troops to turn into crack cyberwarriors.

    • Apr. 8, 2013
  20. Senior Chief Petty Officer Derrick Davenport, from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff team plates desserts at the Pentagon March 25, 2013. Davenport has been named top "chef of the year" after a Armed Forces Chef of the Year competition. Thomas Brown / Staff

    Navy cook earns Armed Forces Chef of the Year

    From satisfying a sub crew’s hunger to creating culinary art for the world’s top defense leaders, this Navy cook has done it all, and now he has an award to prove he’s among the best.

    • Apr. 7, 2013
    • CAREERS /

    New general assignments for 14 officers

    The Army chief of staff announced these assignments today:

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  22. Colonel at War College faces child porn charges

    CARLISLE, Pa. — A colonel at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania is facing child-pornography charges after authorities say they found thousands of images of children on his personal laptop.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
    • CAREERS /

    Clearance form now lets sexual assault victims keep counseling private

    New guidance was issued Friday allowing sexual assault victims to avoid having to reveal mental health counseling when applying for government security clearances.

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  24. Seasoned combat leader takes over Africa Command

    STUTTGART, Germany — One of the American military’s most seasoned combat leaders took charge Friday of U.S. Africa Command, whose No. 1 mission is to work with allies to neutralize the continent’s widening web of Islamic extremist groups, including those affiliated with al-Qaida.

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  25. Active, Reserve SFC selections list released

    The Army announced Thursday that these active and Reserve NCOs have been selected for promotion to sergeant first class:

    • Apr. 4, 2013

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