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  Sergeant Major of the Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston was sworn in as the 13th Sergeant Major of the Army on January 15, 2004.
As Sergeant Major of the Army, Preston serves as the Army Chief of Staff's personal adviser on all enlisted-related matters, particularly in areas affecting Soldier training and quality of life.
Preston is a native of Mount Savage, Md., and was born Feb. 18, 1957.
www.army.mil /leaders/SMA/bio.htm   (333 words)

  
 Battle of Pea Ridge - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
The Rebel Army of the West had about 16,000 men available for the upcoming struggle, while the Federal Army of the Southwest had about 10,250.
He rearranged the Army of the Southwest and made sure the men were fed, rested, and supplied with ammunition.
As Curtis prepared to attack with the entire Army of the Southwest, Van Dorn realized his supply trains were still in Bentonville.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net /encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=508   (1042 words)

  
 NETSTORM - Chapter 3
In March 1991, Army officials revealed that one of the two PATRIOT batteries situated near the destroyed barracks was not operational during the fatal attack because it was undergoing periodic maintenance.
Environmental stress to all of the Army missiles in SWA was caused by the area's periodic sandstorms and unrelenting heat.
The Mainz Army Depot (MZAD) performed the MGS modification for units of the 1st Armored Division, 3d Infantry Division, 3d Armored Division, and 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment POMCUS (prepositioning of materiel configured to unit sets) which were deployed to SWA from Germany.
www.redstone.army.mil /history/netstorm/chapter3.html   (9607 words)

  
 Lost Battalion Games : Products : Games : Battlelines® : Stalingrad Upper ...
Army Group B was tasked with the capture of the Volga River port of Stalingrad, a center of manufacturing and transportation.
Army with fifteen divisions was to clear the Chir and Don river bends and advance across the Volga-Don land bridge into the city of Stalingrad.
After a baptism of fire at Kharkov as part of the 1st Panzer Army, it sat out the "Drive on Stalingrad" and was transferred to reinforce the 6th Army during the fighting in the "Streets of Stalingrad".
www.lostbattalion.com /t-bl_SUE.aspx   (974 words)

  
 Army Of The Southwest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Steele served with distinction in Missouri, and was given a division in the Army of the Southwest in May, 1862.
His appointment of brigadier-general of volunteers was dated March vice was chiefly in the Southwest, in the Army of the Southwest, the Thirteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth corps, the Districts of Arkansas, and of Little Rock.
For short periods he was at the head of the Army of the Southwest and of the left wing of the Sixteenth Corps.
www.civilwarhome.com /armyofsouthwest.htm   (636 words)

  
 FIFTH U
When, however, a major offensive had been launched, division, army, and army group hospitals might all perform primary surgery only on the less seriously wounded, casualties with intra-abdominal and intracranial wounds being put aside in favor of those more likely to survive and to be returned to full duty.
Generally speaking, the German Army system of medical care was extremely flexible, but its flexibility tended to favor the lightly wounded at the expense of the seriously wounded, the group which U.S. Army medical officers considered first priority patients.
In the U.S. Army, plasma was available in all forward medical units in the division and was used in large enough quantities to make casualties transportable to field hospitals, in which banked blood was available.
history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/actvsurgconvoli/CH16C.htm   (5756 words)

  
 Fort Huachuca, Arizona • History
The Army closed more than 50 camps and forts in the territory, but Fort Huachuca was retained because of continuing border troubles involving renegade Indians, Mexican bandits, and American outlaws and freebooters.
When Captain Whitside led his column from the 6th Cavalry into southern Arizona and into the annals of history, he could scarcely be aware that the temporary post he was ordered to establish in the foothills of the Huachuca Mountains would survive to play a major role in the drama of the western United States.
The fascinating history of the U.S. Army in the Southwest, as well as the history of the Southwest itself, unfolds at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum.
huachuca-www.army.mil /sites/about/history.asp   (1016 words)

  
 Fort Union NM: Fort Union and the Frontier Army in the Southwest (Chapter 8)
The army became a virtual skeleton as the authorized strength of the postwar regiments was reduced from 57,000 (in 1866) to 25,000 officers and men (by 1874).
Army reforms came ponderously slow, too, because changes required revenues and the bureaucracy was inherently reluctant to innovate.
Fortunately the demands on the army decreased as the Indians of the West were subdued, and places like Fort Union were active but nonessential during the last years of their existence.
www.stjohnks.net /santafetrail/fort-union-nm/fu-oliva-8a.html   (4609 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Southwest Texas Junior College, located on Farm Road 1023 in Uvalde, was established in 1946 as the first tricounty junior college in Texas, serving Uvalde, Real, and Zavala counties.
Southwest opened in October 1946; chairs were donated by a local funeral home, cafeteria equipment was furnished by the Camp Fawcett Boys Scout Camp, and 1,000 books were contributed by the local chapter of the American Association of University Women.
The enrollment at the Southwest Texas Junior College in the fall of 1974 was 1,606 students; the faculty numbered over sixty members.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/kcs13.html   (685 words)

  
 Army Times - Three die in Iraq fighting
The three soldiers died when roadside bombs hit two separate Army convoys southwest of Baghdad, the military said.
Iraq’s Interior Ministry controls police forces, the Ministry of Defense is responsible for the army, and paramilitary forces that guard Iraqi infrastructure such as oil pipelines and electrical plants often are under the control of other ministries.
Iraq’s army, which works closely with U.S. forces in Baghdad, would not be affected by the formation of the new National Police force.
www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1767460.php   (788 words)

  
 Fort Huachua Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The museums goals, simply stated, are to collect and care for military artifacts informing us about the US Army's past, and to interpret them in such a way it brings the military community and the general public to a heightened awareness of and increased appreciation for the colorful history of the military in the Southwest.
He was followed by singular men from the US Army's Topographical Corps who explored, mapped, and surveyed the trails and railroad routes the westward flow of gold seekers and emigrants would one day follow.
The regular Army troopers returned after the war and were confronted with a foe as unrelenting as the Southwestern sun - The Apache.
www.gcranch.com /Activities/huachuca.html   (1438 words)

  
 7th Army Reserve Command - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As the Army’s only reserve command totally stationed on foreign soil, the command’s citizen-Soldiers are “An Ocean Closer” to the world’s potential trouble spots.
This is a unique relationship – one of the most integrated in the U.S. Army between the active and reserve component – which fosters close teamwork and partnership.
On April 16, 1987, the Department of the Army approved the 7th ARCOM’s authorization document, and in 1989, it became a general officer command.
www.armyreserve.army.mil /ARMYDRU/0007ARCOM/0007_ARCOM_History.htm   (422 words)

  
 Lord's Resistance Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The January 1986 overthrow of President Tito Okello, an ethnic Acholi, by the National Resistance Army (NRA) of southwest Ugandan Yoweri Museveni marked a period of intense turmoil.
The Acholi feared the loss of their traditional dominance of the national military; they were also deeply concerned that the NRA would seek retribution for the brutal counterinsurgency, particularly the actions of the army in the Luwero triangle.
Sudanese aid was a response to Ugandan support for the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) fighting in the civil war in the south of the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lords_Resistance_Army   (3401 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Army is on schedule to meet its goals of achieving initial operational capability for the first two brigades of the interim force by the end of 2001 and of standing up the objective force by Chief of Staff General Eric K.
Army Training and Doctrine Command schools are developing new doctrine and training techniques for the IBCT's.
The facility falls under the forward command of Army Forces Central Command-Qatar, which is one of three forward commands in the region maintained by the Third U.S. Army and Army Forces Central Command, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/NovDec00/News.htm   (3710 words)

  
 Army Contracting Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He is the assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) who is responsible for the Army Contracting Agency (ACA).
Army Contracting Agency was activated as a field-operating agency Oct. 1 of last year.
During the Nov. 6 ceremony a total of five flags were integrated: Army Contracting Command-Europe; Army Contracting Command, Southwest Asia; Army Contracting Command, Korea; Army Contracting Element, Southern Hemisphere and Army Contracting Element, Pacific.
www-tradoc.army.mil /casemate/stack/contract112703.htm   (895 words)

  
 Phoenix Salvation Army
Whether a local incident or a major disaster, Salvation Army staff and volunteers are often the first on the scene and the last to depart, honoring a century-old commitment to serve those in need, at the time of need, and at the place of need.
Salvation Army disaster response teams, coordinated and directed by commissioned officers and trained personnel, supported by volunteers, are "on call" to serve at all disasters and civil disorders which place a community or its populace at risk or which may disrupt or destroy family security and well-being.
The Southwest Divisional staff was also placed in charge of organizing transportation logistics for trucking the material donations to various locations in Northern Arizona.
www.salvationarmycares.org /disasterRelief.htm   (1008 words)

  
 031219NewSMA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Acting Secretary of the Army Les Brownlee and Chief of Staff of the Army General Peter J. Schoomaker announced Nov. 18 that Command Sergeant Major Kenneth O. Preston has been selected as the 13th Sergeant Major of the Army.
As Sergeant Major of the Army, Preston will serve as the Army Chief of Staff's personal advisor on all enlisted-related matters, particularly in areas affecting soldier training, noncommissioned officer leader development and well being for families.
Preston entered the Army on June 30, 1975, and has served in every enlisted leadership position from tank commander to command sergeant major.
www.pica.army.mil /voice2003/031219/NewSMA.htm   (303 words)

  
 Letterkenny Army Depot
Letterkenny Army Depot, located at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania is a depot installation reporting to the U.S. Army Industrial Operations Command at Rock Island, Illinois.
Letterkenny Army Depot operates a maintenance and ammunition depot for the receipt, storage, issue, maintenance, and disposal of assigned commodities.
Letterkenny Army Depot's annual operating budget is $220 million, with an annual payroll of $66 million and local procurement totaling $9.6 million.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/letterkenny.htm   (1221 words)

  
 Fort Union NM: Fort Union and the Frontier Army in the Southwest (Chapter 3)
The line of communication and supply with the eastern states was vital to the army and the developing economy of New Mexico Territory and, of all the military posts established in the Southwest, Fort Union was the one most responsible for protecting the mails, government supply trains, and merchant caravans traversing the plains.
The army was responsible for maintaining the peace, protecting settlements from Indians, safeguarding Indians from illegal encroachments on their lands, punishing Indians who were hostile, bringing recalcitrant Indian leaders and bands to the negotiating table, and rounding up Indians who left the reservation.
Because of the division of authority between the army and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the peaceful Indians were under control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the hostiles were under control of the army.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/foun/hrs3.htm   (6047 words)

  
 Army Of The Frontier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The field forces in Missouri and Kansas were organized into the Army of the Frontier on October 12, 1862.
The army went out of existence June 5, 1863, and its troops were scattered among the districts in Tennessee and Missouri.
He served in the Army of the Southwest, and was captured at Pea Ridge after conduct that brought him great praise and a medal given a division of the Army of the Frontier, which he commanded at Prairie Grove.
www.civilwarhome.com /armyoffrontier.htm   (409 words)

  
 Army of the Southwest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Army of the Southwest was a Union Army that served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War.
Created on Christmas Day, 1862, the Army of the Southwest was composed of troops from the Department of Missouri.
The principal commander of the army was Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis, but several other officers commanded the army for brief periods of time for the rest of the war.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_of_the_Southwest   (204 words)

  
 TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT
Working in the oppressive heat and humidity of a Persian Gulf summer, the team identified aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) assets that could be put to use by Army aviation units in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Overall, they identified more than $2.5 million in ASE assets, some in a condition that allowed them to be put to immediate use by Army aviation units in Kuwait and Iraq.
The team, with help from co-workers and supervisor Tony Gentle at the depot, also were able to secure a quantity of parts that enabled aviation maintenance units to repair damaged ALQ-156 systems from helicopters in the area of operations.
www.monmouth.army.mil /monmessg/newmonmsg/dec192003/m50aircraft.htm   (765 words)

  
 Fort Union NM: Fort Union and the Frontier Army in the Southwest (Preface)
The army at Fort Union and in the Southwest also demonstrate how important the role of the federal government was in the settlement of the American West.
Although the Civil War battles in New Mexico are little-known outside the Southwest today, they were the turning point of the war in the Far West and Southwest, an important factor in the eventual failure of the Confederate States of America.
Throughout the years that Fort Union was an active post, the army was the most important component in the economic advancement of the Southwest.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/foun/hrs0a.htm   (1139 words)

  
 Third Army/ARCENT/CFLCC - Photos
SOUTHWEST ASIA (October 2, 2006) - U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Henry Rodriguez performs post flight checks on an F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft in Southwest Asia on Sept. 21, 2006.
Marvin Ayala, right, both assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, enter a housing area in Adhamiyah, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2006, where several displaced families are staying to avoid the violence in their own neighborhoods.
AL BUFRIHA, Iraq (October 5, 2006) - Iraqi army soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army Division and Polish army soldiers from the Civil Military Cooperation Group at Camp Echo, Iraq, talk to local leaders after conducting a project completion inspection, Sept. 30, 2006, in Al Bufriha, Iraq.
www.arcent.army.mil /cflcc_today/2006/october/oct01_05.asp   (978 words)

  
 Army Times - News - More News.
TOKYO — Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, accused of deserting his Army unit in 1965 and defecting to North Korea, will face a court martial beginning on Nov. 3, the spokesman for the U.S. Army in Japan said Thursday.
Jenkins turned himself in at a U.S. Army base just southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 11 and has been living there with his Japanese wife and two North Korea-born daughters pending trial.
The date was confirmed by Maj. John Amberg, spokesman for U.S. Army Japan headquarters at Camp Zama.
www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-416084.php   (494 words)

  
 U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. James Sedoris, U.S. Army Pfc. Weston Sedoris - DefendAmerica News
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Oct. 13, 2005 — A father finding his son in a desert is tough enough, but when the two are from different services it is even tougher.
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. James Sedoris of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, was asked to drive a couple of medics to a nearby Army camp for a briefing Sept. 29.
As their vehicle pulled through the Army gate, Sergeant Sedoris got his sign.
www.defendamerica.mil /profiles/oct2005/pr101105a.html   (954 words)

  
 MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - The Civil War in the Southwest
When the Regular Army was ordered to the East in 1861, all arms, equipment, horses, horse equipments and all non essential camp equipage was turned into the appropriate corps, Ordnance and Quartermaster.
The Confederate Army of the Southwest, was then advancing up the Rio Grande in its conquest of New Mexico.
The Army of the Southwest was under the command of Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley, formerly a major who had served in New Mexico.
www.militaryhistoryonline.com /civilwar/southwest/default.aspx   (359 words)

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