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Congratulations to CPT Jessica Cassidy and CPT Amy Staub on their selection to attend the CJ Reddy Leadership Course.
The intent of the CJ Reddy Leadership Course is to identify Top-Tier junior officers, based on work performance, professionalism, special projects, APFT, and military bearing. The Company-grade officers selected are considered the ‘cream of the crop’ and ‘best in class’ for their respective year groups. In fact, selection to attend the CJ Reddy Leadership Conference is a Talent Marker for these junior officers, who are targeted for career tracking within the Army Nurse Corps.
CPT Cassidy is a fervent and passionate Army Nurse Corps officer who has fully embraced her role as an AMEDD leader. She was recently selected above her peers to serve as the interim Director of the Medical Management Center (MMC) at Ft. Stewart. She is working to staff the new Medical Management Center structure and has responsibility for more than 1,500 Medically Not Ready Soldiers. Flawlessly she has assimilated her new role and is claimed by the Division Surgeon as one of our best future FORSCOM nurse leaders.
CPT Staub consistently demonstrates outstanding capacity to acquire complex knowledge and grasp intricate concepts as a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse. She focuses on quality nursing while always incorporating patient and family centered care. Demonstrating commitment to enhance her professional education, she was selected above her peers for the Army Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia Program. She leads by example and her commitment to wellness and readiness is remarkable. Simply unsurpassed by her peers and a balanced leader by all accounts she maintains a score of 300 on the Army Physical Fitness Test.
Dear Army Medicine Family,
Today is an historic day in Army Medicine. On behalf of the entire Army Medicine Team, it is my pride and pleasure to congratulate MG Patricia Horoho for her selection as our 43rd Army Surgeon General (TSG) and the Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (CG, USAMEDCOM)! Patty is the first female and first Nurse Corps Officer nominated by the President of the United States as TSG & CG, USAMEDCOM in Army Medicine’s almost 236 years of service to the Soldier, the Army Family, and the Nation. She is absolutely the right Soldier-Medic Leader for these important responsibilities.
MG Horoho is currently serving as the U.S. Army Deputy Surgeon General and 23rd Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She is a trusted friend, valued mentor and respected colleague–the quintessential military medical leader. She has a very distinguished career which includes command at every level and a variety of strategic positions which have more than adequately prepared her for serving as TSG & CG, USAMEDCOM. The perspective she has gained and enlightened leadership skills she has honed in serving as a nurse at the bedside of her patients, in senior clinical leadership roles, in command of deployable and garrison hospitals–including command of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center–in Regional Medical Command and in senior staff positions developing strategic policies for the Army and Military Medicine have invested her with unique talents. MG Horoho has received numerous military, service and unit awards. Her civilian accolades include recognition in 1993 by “The Great 100″ as one of the top one hundred nurses in the State of North Carolina. She deployed to Haiti with the Army’s first Health Facility Assessment Team. Major General Horoho was honored on December 3, 2001, by Time Life Publications for her actions on September 11, 2001, at the Pentagon. On September 14, 2002, she was among 15 nurses selected by the American Red Cross and Nursing Spectrum to receive national recognition as a “Nurse Hero.” In April 2009, she was selected as the USO’s “Woman of the Year.”
MG Horoho is a sterling example of the many talented and dedicated Army Medicine leaders in our ranks. I have been blessed with the most gifted senior colleagues and advisors with whom I have ever served. As I complete my tour in December as your Surgeon General & Commanding General and anticipate transitioning this great Army Medicine Team, I will retire knowing that our Army communities, especially the Nation’s wounded, ill and injured–and their Families–are in good hands and that Army Medicine has been left in the caring hands of a remarkable and compassionate servant-leader.
We are and will continue to be – Army Medicine: Bringing Value …Inspiring Trust.
MG Horoho’s biography may be found at: http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/leaders/horoho.html
EBS
Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
The Surgeon General & CG, USAMEDCOM
Yogi Bear will be playing at the Patriot Auditorium on May 13 2011. Doors open at 6:30pm and the movie starts promptly at 7:00pm. Kids can bring sleeping bags, pillows, and a covered drink. Popcorn will be provided! Tickets are $1.00 per person.
Please contact the FRSA in Bldg. 301 Rm. 111 at 912-435-5087 or 912-318-3788 for tickets!
Event Information:
First Steps is a primary non-profit child abuse prevention agency that provides FREE parenting education, emotional support and resource referral for all the new families that deliver their babies at
LRMC as a way to help them through their “first steps” of parenting. About 30% of the population served are military families. Anyone who might be interested in helping a good cause and having a good time, please come out and show your support.
Thank you so much for your help! Hoping to see you there.
Please review the attached flyer!
The offense happened at the North Central Medical Plaza in Dallas. (From the SecurityWeek article referenced in the Slashdot blog entry.)
The Slashdot entry:
“A former contract security guard who admitted hacking into a hospital’s computer systems (where he worked), was sentenced to 110 months in Federal prison. Why did he do it? He admits that he intended to use the bots and the compromised computers to launch DDoS attacks on the websites of rival hacker groups. The FBI says he posted video of himself hacking into the hospital
computers on YouTube http://www.securityweek.com/behind-bars-hospital-guard-hacker-who-posted-his-crime-youtube – While the theme of ‘Mission Impossible’ played, he described his hack, step by step, including the insertion of a CD containing
the OphCrack program, which allowed him to bypass all security. The FBI found the CD containing the OphCrack program in McGraw’s house and found the source code for the bot on his laptop.”
From the SecurityWeek article:
“McGraw broke into the room containing the HVAC computer. He downloaded a password recovery tool from a website, inserted a removable storage device and then executed a program which allowed him to emulate a CD/DVD device. With remote access to the HVAC computer established, he then hacked a nurses’ station computer. McGraw made a video and audio recording of what he
called his “botnet infiltration.” While the theme of “Mission Impossible” played, McGraw described his hack, step by step, including the insertion of a CD containing the OphCrack program, which allowed him to bypass all security. The FBI found the CD containing the OphCrack program in McGraw’s house and found the source code for the bot on his laptop.”
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/23/1442254/Hacker-Posts-His-Crime-On-YouTube-Lands-In-Jail
WILLIAM C. CARVER III
Command Sergeant Major
Winn Army Community Hospital
CSM Carver was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and began his military career at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri on 15 September 1982. He went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas to continue his initial training and upon completion of his Advanced Individual Training was assigned to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana as a 91G, Behavioral Science Specialist.
CSM Carver will serve as Command Sergeant Major for Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, Georgia, beginning 06 MAY 11. He has served in every enlisted leadership position from Section NCO to Command Sergeant Major. CSM Carver’s other assignments include Hawley Army Community Hospital, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana; 2nd Field Hospital, Bremerhaven Germany; Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia; Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee; 121 Evacuation Hospital, Korea; Field Recruiter Dallas Recruiting Battalion, Arlington, Texas; 306th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; U.S. Army Medical Department Heidelberg, Germany; 801st Main Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Raymond W. Bliss Army Community Hospital, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and the 14th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia. He has deployed to combat zones with Task Force Eagle in Bosnia, Task Force Medical Falcon in Kosovo, and three times to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
CSM Carver holds an Associates Degree in Business Management and a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee.
CSM Carver’s military education includes Warrior Leaders Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course, Army Recruiter Course, Battle Staff, Instructor Course, First Sergeant’s Course, and Sergeants Major Academy Class 57.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (3 Awards), Meritorious Service Medal (5 Awards), Army Commendation Medal (8 Awards), Army Achievement Medal (3 Awards), Army Good Conduct Medal (9 Awards), Kosovo Liberation Medal, Kosovo NATO Campaign Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2), the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon (numeral 4), Korean Defense Service Medal, Overseas Service Medal (5 Awards), Gold Recruiting Badge with three silver sapphires, driver’s badge, German Army Gold Shutensnur Badge, German Navy Silver Shutensnur badge, the Combat Medical Badge, and the coveted Air Assault Badge. He is also the recipient of the Order of Medical Military Merit.
On behalf of all of Army Medicine we honor the life and achievements of CPL Frank Buckles, America’s last known World War I veteran, who died 27 FEB at the age of 110. At 16, he enlisted in the Army on 14 August 1917, while America was involved in World War I.
Buckles joined the ambulance corps and served in England and France. In 1942 he was captured by the Japanese and spent three-and-a-half years in Japanese prison camps at Santo Tomas and Los Banos. He was rescued by the 11th Airborne Division on 23 February 1945.
Buckles is remembered for his service and sacrifice for this country.
Read more about CPL Buckles at:
http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/02/28/52573-last-wwi-veteran-dies/ or https://blog.amedd.army.mil/tsg/
SUMMARY: There is a new Facebook wall post scam advertised as “RIP Charlie Sheen found Dead at his House”. This scam involves a wall post link within Facebook. If you click on the wall post link, you will open a FbVideo page that is designed to look like a YouTube channel. If you click anywhere on the screen, your Facebook account will be “click-jacked” and you will be spreading the spam message via your Facebook news feed. Clicking to play the video will open a security check screen asking you to please complete a 30 second survey to verify that you are human. The screen will also have the following wording “Customize Your Facebook With a Theme”. Clicking on this page in any way will post the same message you clicked on to your Facebook wall and download/install malware on your system.
1. Preventive Measures:
a. Ensure that users are informed and are aware of this threat
b. Ensure that Anti-Virus definitions are up to date
2. How to Deal with the Scam:
a. If you did make the mistake of clicking on the scam message and completing the survey scam, you will need to check your news feed and ensure you are not spamming the message to your friends. If you are, you need to remove the item from your wall by clicking the small “x” in the top right hand corner of the post.
b. If you downloaded any software at all from the scam site, you need to update and/or install anti-virus software on your computer and run a complete scan. There is a good possibility that your system is now infected with a virus, Trojan, or some other malware.
c. If you have your Facebook feeds going to your cell phone and you clicked on the wall post link from there, then you should contact your carrier immediately to keep any charges from happening.
POC: POC for this message is the 2nd Signal Center (C-TNOSC) Operation Center at DSN 879-6798.
Toll Free: 800-305-3036 ctnosc.situational.awareness@conus.army.mil
CONUS TNOSC BULLETIN INFORMATION
The CONUS TNOSC Network Bulletin provides information about network outages, network training and other general information of interest to Army network administrators.
The CONUS TNOSC Operations Center is open 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, and can be reached at: 1-800-305-3036 or DSN 879-6798/CML 520-538-6798
The CONUS TNOSC Home Page is https://www.ctnosc.army.mil
The following is an email SCAM that is going around. DO NOT RESPOND to this or click on the link within the email.
Subject: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED: CAC PIN length increases
Recent world events have uncovered a potential weakness in DoD Common Access Card (CAC) security systems using a PIN length of less than 10 digits. Therefore a new requirement has been established that calls for PIN length to be at least 10 digits and no more than 14 digits. Security systems DoD wide will begin imposing the new restriction on 10-FEB-2011. In order to handle the high volume of CAC PIN resets, an automated CAC PIN Reset site
has been stood up.
Please log in to http://www(dot)activeident(dot)com/DoD immediately and establish your new PIN with the increased length requirement.
NOTE: If you fail to establish your new PIN before the new restrictions are
imposed, you will need to visit a CAC issuance location before you will be
able to access the network.
PHISHING SCAM XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
DO NOT RESPOND to this or click on the link within the email.
