The Capital’s ‘Complex’ Power Structure Keeps Causing Chaos Under Pressure
U.S. Army processes updated after last June’s protests failed again during the Jan. 6 riot.
The “complex nature of the District” is among the reasons cited by U.S. Army investigators in their long-awaited report into the low-flying helicopter that “rotor-washed” protestors in Washington, D.C., last June.
“There were a number of lessons learned for us writ large for the Army on this operation, but some of them were very specific to operations inside the District of Columbia just because of the complex nature of the District,” an Army official said Wednesday in a press conference tied to the report’s release.
80% of Active-Duty Soldiers Will Be Vaccinated by July 4th, Army Surgeon General Pledges
Soldiers with the 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, pose for a photo before receiving their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 26, 2021, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Medical workers, like these, are the first in the 28th ECAB to receive the vaccinations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Justin Shaffer)
14 Apr 2021 Military.com | By Stephen Losey and Matthew Cox
The Army is well on its way to meeting its goal of having 80% of its active-duty force vaccinated by July 4th, Lt. Gen. Scott Dingle, the service s surgeon general, said Monday.