Meghann Myers

So you think you have the best chow?

By Meghann Myers on May 16, 2013 Army, Outside the wire

The Army announced May 15 that the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga. is the winner of this year’s Philip A. Connelly Award for Excellence in Army food service. Personnel from the International Food Service Executives Association and the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence traveled to Army garrisons around the world to evaluate both the quality of the service and the food itself at Army DFACs. If you belong to one of the following units, let us know if you agree. And if you don’t but you think your chow’s the tops, let us know that,…

The Army as of May 9

By Meghann Myers on May 13, 2013 Afghanistan, Army

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The best and brightest from this week's Army Times

By Meghann Myers on May 13, 2013 Army

On this week’s cover, experts and scientific research back up what soldiers have been saying for years: The tape test gets it wrong. In the last five years, the number of soldiers kicked out for busting tape has increased tenfold. Military Times followed DoD guidelines in performing tape tests on 10 troops from all four services, then compared those measurements to the body fat percentage calculated by the “dunk test,” considered to be a gold standard in body fat measurement. The results will surprise and possibly infuriate you. Also this week, the entire Defense Department is following in the Air…

Army-inspired sitcom coming this fall to FOX

By Meghann Myers on May 9, 2013 Army

In the words of reporter Joe Gould, this seems like the type of the show that the Army would want to have zero involvement with, and for good reason. For instance, check out the luxurious locks on these three. “Enlisted,” a sitcom from “Cougar Town” co-creator Kevin Biegel, is based on three brothers in the same squad at a small post in northern Florida. There are a couple things wrong with that sentence. Anyway, the premise is that oldest brother (pictured in the middle) Sgt. Pete Waits is sent home from Afghanistan after he sucker punches a superior officer (while…

The Army as of May 2

By Meghann Myers on May 8, 2013 Afghanistan, Army

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The Army as of April 25

By Meghann Myers on April 29, 2013 Afghanistan, Army

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The best and brightest from this week's Army Times

By Meghann Myers on April 29, 2013 Army

Rate your leaders: Dempsey wants you to expose bad bosses The Pentagon’s top brass has agreed to adopt widespread use of “360-degree” reviews for officers across all military services in the most far-reaching effort yet to root out “toxic leaders” before they reach senior ranks. Exactly how each service will institutionalize the controversial evaluation tool remains to be seen. Each is studying the issue and will draft its own plan to draw evaluations not only from superiors in the chain of command but also from peers and subordinates. The aim: to provide a complete picture of an individual’s strengths and…

Odierno lets the fur fly at a House hearing

By Meghann Myers on April 26, 2013 Army

[brightcove video=”2330154974001″ /] Things got awfully testy at a House Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday, as Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) berated Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno and Secretary of the Army John McHugh over an Army program. It gets good around 3:00, when McHugh and Odierno finally get a chance to respond. From Marcus Weisgerber at Defense News: Typically military posture hearings are a chance for lawmakers to grandstand and spout political soundbites that they promote to constituents in their home districts. Those at the witness table often stick to their script of talking points, rarely deviating from…

Soldiering is tough, but it could be worse…

By Meghann Myers on April 25, 2013 Army

…you could be a newspaper reporter! CareerCast released its best and worst jobs lists this week and the results are somewhat surprising. Enlisted military personnel comes in at the no. 3 worst job of 2013, right behind lumberjack and newspaper reporter. The rankings are calculated by median income, job growth outlook and the “Jobs Rated Score,” which is a big mix of environment, stress, physical demands, etc. Here’s how soldier and reporter stack up: Soldier Median salary: $41,998 (E-7, 8+ years experience) Job growth: Varies Jobs Rated Score: 1009 Reporter Median salary: $36,000 Job growth: -6% Jobs Rated Score: 1120 Apparently…

The Army as of April 18

By Meghann Myers on April 22, 2013 Afghanistan, Army

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