National Army Museum Opening Ceremony
On November 11, 2020, the National Museum of the United States Army opened its doors. Its purpose is to preserve and showcase over 245 years of U.S. Army history. Due to the coronavirus pand…
304 viewsOn November 11, 2020, the National Museum of the United States Army opened its doors. Its purpose is to preserve and showcase over 245 years of U.S. Army history. Due to the coronavirus pand…
304 viewsArmy Secretary Eric Fanning talked about the future of his branch and issues facing the armed forces. He described challenges he has faced in leading the U.S. Army, and his perspective of ha…
549 viewsWitnesses testified on a provision in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustments (COLA’s) for working age military retirees. According to the law, military…
1,495 viewsRetired military officials representing various service member associations testified on Defense Department proposals to slow the growth of personnel pay and benefits. They stressing the neg…
387 viewsSecretary Geren welcomed attendees at the Association annual meeting and outlined the Army’s new theme, “America’s Army: Strength of the Nation.” He also talked about the Army Family Covenan…
40 viewsSenior retired military leaders released a report on how changing global climate may present serious threats to U.S. national security and to American forces at home and abroad. They talked …
255 viewsThe committee heard testimony from Department of Defense officials on the administration’s new policy concerning homosexuals in the U.S. military. The previous day, President Clinton announc…
4,381 viewsDefense Secretary Les Aspin and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke in a news conference following a speech by President Bill Clinton on the new policy on homosexuals in the U.S. mili…
299 viewsGeneral Schoomaker deliverd a “State of the Army Address” to Army officers, defense officials, and contractors. He talked about the future of the Army, challenges posed by current overseas o…
243 viewsThe Association of the United States Army held its Annual Meeting in Arlington Virginia. This program will focus on the Role of American Military Power.
120 viewsAs part of a symposium on military aviation, Assistant Army Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Claude Bolton talked about the transformation of the U.S. Army and also its b…
53 viewsIn a symposium commemorating the Marshall Plan in post-World War II Europe, the panelists talked about the information explosion and the marketing of knowledge. They emphasized the need to s…
166 viewsGeneral Gordon Sullivan, Army Chief of Staff, delivered the opening address at the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference. He discussed the role of the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe during the Co…
37 viewsPresident Clinton delivered his D-Day address to American veterans. Standing in front of the 1st Division Monument outside the Old Executive Office Building, the president paid tribute to th…
192 viewsDefense Secretary Les Aspin and others discussed the Pentagon’s recent decision to cut reserve troop levels and the National Guard. The Pentagon plans to cut 100,000 soldiers from these depa…
155 viewsThe committee heard testimony from the chiefs of each armed service on what their department was doing to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination. The witnesses were also given the ch…
224 viewsThis was the third of five meetings looking at the 1991 START agreement negotiated in Moscow between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Po…
225 viewsThe panelists discussed the impact of defense spending cuts on the various branches of the military, and how the army, navy, marines and the air force would handle the so-called defense buil…
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