Army Base

According to the Chicago Tribune:
Federal stimulus money will pay for $30 million in renovations at Fort McCoy near Sparta.
The money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used for a number of projects, including renovating the World War II era barracks, road reconstruction and water main maintenance.
A total of $37 million will be [...]

An article in the Associated Press claimed that wounded soldiers were three times more likely to be punished than their healthy counterparts. Secretary of the Army Pete Geren visits Fort Bragg and said he spoke with wounded soldiers himself.
The secretary of the Army visited the wounded warrior barracks at a North Carolina post after the [...]

Michelle Obama has started her solo tour and visited the North Carolina base.
During her visit to Fort Bragg, the first lady read “The Cat in the Hat” to a dozen preschoolers at the Prager Child Development Center, and the folks at Fort Bragg were touched by her performance.
“It was like she was reading to her [...]

This article illustrates the efforts that the US Army is employing to reduce the tragically high rates of suicides.
The Army is bolstering their suicide prevention programs following an alarming rise is soldier suicides.
This year alone, 42 are believed to have taken their own lives. In 2008, the Army said there were 128.
The Fort Carson Army [...]