The 3rd Cavalry Regiment âBrave Riflesâ showcased a newly renovated Soldier and Family Readiness Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Hood on Friday.
The building centralizes several services and programs with a renewed focus on caring for soldiers and their family membersâ needs. These programs and services include the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) coordinator, equal opportunity (EO) advisor, military family life counselor, retention and career counselor.
The facility, entitled âOld Bill Hall,â boasts a new computer lab with free Wi-Fi for soldiers to complete mandatory training, administrative paperwork and communicate with family and friends on government-approved media platforms. The lab also streamlines access to the programs and services integral in addressing soldiersâ needs or concerns.
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email Army’s Cybersecurity ‘Greatly Concerns’ Wormuth After Pipeline Attack
Biden’s SecArmy nominee told the Senate she’d fight deep troop cuts and support long-range fires and new measures against sexual crimes and extremism, if confirmed.
The Army’s ability to confront cybersecurity threats was a major focus Wednesday during a hearing for the nominee to become the service’s secretary, following a ransomware attack on a major pipeline that has caused panic buying at gas stations along the East Coast.
“I am greatly concerned, frankly, by the threats that we face in the cyber domain. All you have to do is look at the long gas lines that are probably happening in your neighborhood right now,”
Death of Mikayla Miller triggers calls for an independent investigation, something rarely seen in cases
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Nearly three weeks after the body of 16-year-old Mikayla Miller was found, a growing number of residents and politicians are calling for an independent investigation into her death.
“Mikayla Miller deserved to grow old. She had so many basketball games, road trips and HBCU homecomings ahead of her. She deserved childhood uninterrupted,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said in a statement Tuesday. “There needs to be a full, transparent, independent investigation into her death.”
This request was echoed by the ACLU of Massachusetts. “Mikayla Miller’s family should be planning college visits for their daughter; instead, they’re planning her funeral,” Carol Rose, executive director of the Massachusetts branch, said Thursday. “The ACLU of Massachusetts joins her family and community in support of a full, transparent and independent investigation into her d
The fourth criminal homicide in Killeen this year happened on May 2, police said.
The man who died in the fatal shooting at a Killeen nightclub early May 2 is 28-year-old Michael Dequan Sanders.
Killeen police are still investigating the homicide that occurred around 3:10 a.m. Sunday at Club Legends, 308 S. Second St.
That morning, police were dispatched to the club for a call of a shooting victim.
Officers performed life-saving measures until paramedics arrived, police said.
Sanders succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:16 a.m. by Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke.
This is the fourth criminal homicide in the city of Killeen this year.