Topic: Fort Jackson

Waha Nui

There's a treasure in Kahaluu named Lynette Paglinawan. Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii has selected the world-renown practitioner of ...

For US soldiers, a healthy food revolution

Pizzas, sodas and doughnuts are off the menu at some US Army bases as new recruits are being weaned off fast food for healthier fare, which the military believes will make them better soldiers.The military's culinary revolution is on display ...
First lady Michelle Obama is visiting the Army's largest training post to see how the military turns couch potato recruits into strong and...

Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership

The armed services have been in the business of leadership development much longer than the corporate world has. Military leaders need new tools and techniques to face a fast-changing and unpredictable type of enemy so the armed services train their officers in ...

Ear Stress for Soldiers

There are thousands of US soldiers who acquire hearing loss because they are not provided with ear protection against noises heard in battle. It's too difficult to give a number to it. This year, the extent of the problem is now ...
Their parents lost or dead, animals orphaned by oil spill struggle to an uncertain futureThe smallest victims are the biggest challenge for crews rescuing birds fouled with oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill.There's no way to know how many ...
Rescuers call caring for oiled wildlife the right thing to do, even if critics say it's futileVolunteers on the Gulf Coast are rescuing and washing as many oil-soaked birds and other animals as they can.But hundreds more are turning up ...
The animal rescuer opened the pelican's beak and slipped his hand inside to remove stubborn blobs of oil coating the mandible, a seemingly small step in the desperate fight against a massive disaster.The rapidly spreading Gulf of Mexico oil slick ...

Gulf Coast bird colonies at risk from oil spill

<div><p>FORT JACKSON, Louisiana (Reuters) - For the birds that nest in the fragile marshes, swamps and barrier islands of the U.S. Gulf Coast, the timing of a massive oil slick threatening the shore could not be worse.</p><p>On ...
Army heeds recent vets, finally drops bayonets from basic training to focus on abs, fistfights At 5 a.m.Adapting to battlefield experience in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army is revamping its basic training regimen for the first time in three decades ...