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Fort Hood Remembers: One Year After Rampage

(Nov. 5) -- One year ago, a gunman went on a rampage at Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding more than 30 in a tragedy that was memorialized today by the Army's highest-ranking officer and its top civilian. Gen. George Casey, the Army's chief of staff, and Army Secretary John McHugh led a remembrance ceremony this afternoon...

Vet Group Tempers Criticism in Arlington Scandal

WASHINGTON (July 7) -- The nation's largest veterans group tempered its criticism of the Army over the growing mismanagement scandal at Arlington National Cemetery. "At this point The American Legion has no reason to believe that the VA, or any other entity, would do a better job at Arlington National Cemetery," said...

Should Army Surrender Arlington Cemetery to VA?

WASHINGTON (June 30) -- The secretary of the Army vowed today to clean up the management mess at Arlington National Cemetery, but a spokesman for the nation's largest organization of combat veterans said it may be time to consider transferring the hallowed ground to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Veterans of...

Army Secretary Says He's Met With Gay Soldiers

WASHINGTON (March 31) -- Treading into the murky area of the post-"don't ask, don't tell" era, the Army's senior civilian leader told reporters today that he has met with soldiers who revealed that they were gay. Such a declaration, at least in theory, could be grounds for the service members to be discharged from the...

John McHugh News From the Web

05/23/12 NAVY - Army Secretary Visits Naval Post Graduate School Source: U.S. Department of Defense (NNS) -- Secretary of the Army John McHugh visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), May 21, to learn more about research conducted by the university and to see the academic programs military officers take part in.
05/23/12 McHugh: Language, culture vital for future missions Source: TMCnet (May 22, 2012) -- Secretary of the Army John McHugh said that language and culture skills are critical for the successful accomplishment of missions overseas today and in the future, during a visit to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, May 21.
05/22/12 ARMY - McHugh: Language, Culture Vital for Future... Source: U.S. Department of Defense Secretary of the Army John McHugh said that language and culture skills are critical for the successful accomplishment of missions overseas today and in the future, during a visit to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, May 21.
05/16/12 McHugh to USASMA students: âYou are a testament to... Source: Fort Bliss Monitor - Fort Bliss TX Secretary of the Army John McHugh let it be known that he had great admiration for the men and women of Class 62 currently enrolled in the Sergeants Major Course, or SMC, at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.
05/14/12 Army command leadership tours capped at 24 months Source: Stewart-Houston Times - Dover TN Army Secretary John McHugh has directed that command tours be standardized at 18 to 24 months for the colonels and lieutenant colonels centrally selected for brigade and battalion command and key billet assignments.