IS MILITARY READY FOR FUTURE? POOR QUALITY OF LIFE MAY BE THREATENING THE...

The Virginian Pilot;  March 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ......translated into crushing workloads at home and away. This high ``op tempo'' promises, over time, to have a disastrous effect on morale...congressmen seemed to hear. ``Something has got to be done about the op tempo,'' Virginia Beach Democrat Owen B. Pickett. said. ``Somehow...

RECONSTITUTION EFFORTS WON'T IMPACT READINESS

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 21, 1999 ;     574 words ......said. We protected those forces from the op tempo we were in, so they could be the immediate...reconstitution, Ryan said, It is the day-to-day op tempo we need to control if we are to recover...for five months at a very, very, high op tempo with a lot of folks deployed overseas...

USS JOHN C. STENNIS UNIVERSITY ENCOURAGES OFF-DUTY EDUCATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 3, 2006 ;     575 words ......nine-week college schedule and Stennis' operational tempo (op tempo), to create a program that encourages Sailors to achieve both...during at-sea periods, for example during transits, when the op tempo slows down, and then to decrease weekly class schedules when...

GENERAL RYAN: 'MODERNIZATION TODAY IS READINESS FOR TOMORROW'

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  April 27, 1998 ;     649 words ......they return. The force has also cut down on the self-inflicted op tempo, he said. We've cancelled redundant exercises and inspections...now, we have a deployment rate that's substantial. We have an op tempo that's pretty heavy. We need to decrease it to a level we can...

Where Two Cultures Meet

The Officer;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......good workers and then keeping them. Both are looming critical with a surge of retiring employees on one hand and an urgent op tempo on the other. Stripping away the niceties of good intentions and patriotism all around, the outlook boils down to a stringent...

Rumsfeld Praises Guard, Notes Heavy Op Tempo

National Guard;  January 1, 2004 ;     207 words ...Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told a group of state legislators Dec. 12, that National Guardsmen and Reservists serving in the global war on terrorism are "doing a superb job," but acknowledged the force is being stretched by multiple deployments. With about 175,000 Guardsmen and Reservists

MARINES NOW KEEP UP TO 75 LEAVE DAYS EACH YEAR DUE TO HIGH OP TEMPO

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 6, 2008 ;     264 words ...The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: Beginning Oct. 1, Marines can keep 15 more days of leave on the books per year due to the Marine Corps' high operational tempo. The change, announced in Marine Administrative Message 137/08, raises the maximum amount of leave a Marine

12TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE'S 'TASK FORCE XII' PROGRESS REPORT: HIGH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2007 ;     642 words ...The U.S. Army issued the following news release: By Sgt. 1st Class Chris Seaton, 12th CAB Public Affairs A few months into a 15-month deployment, V-Corps' 12th Combat Aviation Brigade settled into its role as the primary aviation asset for Multi-National Corps-Iraq. The bulk of the brigade,

FISCAL 2004 APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY:ADMIRAL THOMAS H. COLLINS

Congressional Testimony;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......security missions through an effective use of risk based strategies to target resources to the greatest threats, increased op-tempo of domestic assets and the use of I I PC-170 Navy patrol boats. The Need to Sustain Growth in FY04 To implement...

SECRETARY OF THE ARMY GEREN: SOLDIERS INTEGRAL PARTS OF COMMUNITIES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......following news release: Community support is essential in maintaining the well being of Soldiers and families with today's high op-tempo and repeated deployments, said Secretary of the Army Pete Geren and other officials at the Association of the United States...

SOLDIERS INTEGRAL PARTS OF COMMUNITIES, SAYS SECRETARY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......following news release: Community support is essential in maintaining the well being of Soldiers and families with today's high op-tempo and repeated deployments, said Secretary of the Army Pete Geren and other officials at the Association of the United States...

Not your team sergeant's ANCOC

Special Warfare;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......center in the war on terror. Soldiers serving in SF units are among the most deployed Soldiers in the U.S. Army. With a high op tempo that appears to have no end in sight, the cadre at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, started...

3 studies focus on cutting overseas deployments.(A)

The Washington Times;  July 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Clinton administration. I have been looking around the world for any number of opportunities to try to reduce the so-called `op-tempo,' Mr. Rumsfeld said, referring to high rates of military operations that have worn out equipment and personnel. [I] found a...

VMAQ-3 MARINES RETURN FROM OIF

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 25, 2007 ;     468 words ......at a pace of almost 700 percent of our op-tempo back home, and we did it without injuring...Iraq) and perform at 700 percent of our op-tempo at home, it still takes Key Volunteers...stay focused on that nearly 700 percent op-tempo forward. If you're worried about all the...

Simulation on the rise

Signal;  April 1, 1997 ;     145 words ......simulated, and this total likely will rise to about 150 miles in the near future, the official suggests. As much as 25 percent of op-tempo inputs ultimately might be simulated. This degree of readiness simulation is not expected for the Air Force, the official adds...