Dec. 1, 2009 NATIONAL NEWS William Greenberg Heads Policy Board for Part-time Soldiers from The Philadelphia Inquirer William Greenberg is a retired Army brigadier general and prominent New Jersey lawyer who has volunteered to represent the state's part-time soldiers before military boards determining fitness for duty. Based on that experience, he would scrap the system of classifying the wounded and injured in favor of another that retrains service members for other duties or provides 100 percent disability pay, he said. As new chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, Greenberg, 66, of Princeton, now is in a position to have his proposals heard by the Defense Department. More Share    AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan Plan Entails More Than Troops from USA Today The Afghanistan strategy President Obama will detail involves more than sending additional forces, experts and officials say, and will give the president a chance to address growing public skepticism. More Share    34,000 Troops will be Sent to Afghanistan from The Washington Post President Obama will outline his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials and diplomatic sources briefed Monday as Obama began informing allies of his plan. More Share    Marines to be First Wave in New Afghanistan Plan from The Associated Press New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces. Obama will try to sell a skeptical public on his bigger, costlier war plan by coupling the large new troop infusion with an emphasis on stepped-up training for Afghan forces that he says will allow the U.S. to leave. More Share    Fight Looms on How to Pay for New War Plan from The Wall Street Journal When President Barack Obama unveils his new Afghan war strategy , he will face an immediate political fight over how to pay for it. After a months-long review, Mr. Obama summoned Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other top military and civilian officials to the White House to brief them on his decision to send tens of thousands of new U.S. troops to Afghanistan. More Share    SERVICE SECTION NEWS 'Army Strong' Now Means Mental Toughness, Too from National Public Radio The Army has always trained its soldiers to be physically strong. With its Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program, it's aiming to make soldiers and their families psychologically strong as well. Host Scott Simon speaks to the program's director, Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum. More Share    New Step in the Process to End Stop-loss from The Army Times Some Regular Army enlisted soldiers soon will be told to either deploy or leave service as the Army phases out the controversial and unpopular stop-loss program. Soldiers who do not re-enlist or extend will be subject to the rules of a new program approved by Army leaders in mid-November. Under the Enlisted Involuntary Early Separation Program, in some cases soldiers may be involuntarily separated before their expiration term of service, or ETS. More Share    Army Guard Works to Help Soldiers Find Jobs from The National Guard Because of the current slow economy, some Guardsmen are returning from deployments to find their civilian job has been downsized or completely done away with. So, the Army National Guard has implemented several employment initiatives to help Soldiers during this time of transition. More Share    Nuclear Wings Set to Join Global Strike Command from The Air Force Times Three nuclear missile wings will transfer from Air Force Space Command to Global Strike Command while the service again addresses more inspection failures and firings in its nuclear operations. It will mark the first time nuclear units will fall under Global Strike Command since it stood up in September to help solve the problems the Air Force has had handling nuclear weapons the past two years. More Share    RESERVE & GUARD MOBILIZED National Guard (In Federal Status) And Reserve Activated As Of Nov. 24, 2009 from Department of Defense This week the Air Force and Coast Guard announced an increase in activated reservists, while the Army, Navy and Marine Corps announced a decrease. The net collective result is 770 fewer reservists activated than last week. At any given time, services may activate some units and individuals while deactivating others, making it possible for these figures to either increase or decrease. More Share    This edition of ROA's The Intersect was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe, click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Subscribe here - it's free! Advertise Ben Maitland, Director of Advertising Sales 972.402.7025 To contribute news to ROA's The Intersect, contact Brent Mangum, Content Editor 469.420.2602 Recent Issues Nov. 24, 2009 Nov. 17, 2009 Nov. 10, 2009 Nov. 3, 2009 Oct. 27, 2009 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063