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PHOTO CAPTION: John McHugh, the secretary of the Army, meets with Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Barnes, left, as Col. Kenny Weldon looks on throughout the secretary’s go to to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Aug. 26. (Photo by Ingrid Barrentine, cleared for public release, not for commercial use, attribution requested.)

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Secretary of the Army pledges support for Soldier, family members programs

Aug 27, 2010

By Don Kramer

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The secretary of the Army spent two days at Joint Base Lewis-McChord this week, finding a firsthand view of its solutions and facilities. John McHugh shared his optimistic outlook Aug. 26 near the end of his first go to to the installation in an interview with the Northwest Guardian.

McHugh said as the service’s senior civilian leader, he was strongly committed to carry on making Soldier and family members solutions a leading priority.

As a outcome of the latest conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has produced strides in how it welcomes Soldiers house following deployments and reintegrates them into garrison life, McHugh mentioned. Easing redeploying Soldiers’ reunions with household members in revamped reintegration applications has been a focus for JBLM, reflecting Army-wide improvements in sustaining the force.

&quotFor a lengthy time, we, if not overlooked, definitely misunderstood the complexity of bringing a Soldier back residence, reintroducing them into a entirely different surroundings than he or she had been experiencing in the course of that deployment, assisting the families to come together as well,&quot McHugh said.

&quotThey’re human beings and it is not just a switch you can turn on or off. We need to make sure they have the support and facilities needed to do that,&quot he mentioned. &quotObviously, we’ve come a long way.&quot

Even though Soldier- and loved ones-assistance programs like reintegration have been clear Army successes, all spending will undergo scrutiny as Congress evaluations funding in the future. But these applications that contribute to the wellness of Soldiers and their families will keep their high priorities despite political pressure.

&quotWhen it comes to any spending budget cuts, should that time arrive, that’s the quite final place we’ll search not the very first,&quot McHugh said, &quotand that is various than years past because I feel there was a actual tendency to go to the types of dollars that we’re supporting in these applications.&quot

McHugh referred to as Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates’ recent belt-tightening remarks &quotan suitable step toward preparing&quot for up coming year’s price range. He stated Gates was misunderstood as advocating budget cutting when instead he encouraged the solutions to identify efficiencies. The distinction, McHugh stated, is that the Army gets to retain the money it saves.

&quotI think everything we do to build up the fences against any variety of long term spending budget actions will aid us save these programs, defend these applications in future, and that is a huge part of our intent,&quot he said.

McHugh cited a pilot study named &quotConfidential Alcohol Treatment and Evaluation Plan&quot as an example of the types of assistance the Army plans to give Soldiers in future. The research so far has shown &quotgreat promise,&quot he said.

&quotWe want to guarantee Soldiers that if they reach out and get assist just before they are in too considerably difficulty that it’s not going to be profession-threatening and we’re not going to kick them out of the Army necessarily,&quot he said, &quotbut rather give them a likelihood to rehabilitate and reclaim their lives and reclaim their Army profession.&quot

Two weeks ago, McHugh extended the study and mentioned if good results carry on, he will seek to make CATEP permanent. The system demonstrates Army outreach and gives a second likelihood to Soldiers who have sacrificed for their nation.

&quotI’ve had a chance to go to Iraq 15 occasions now and Afghanistan 5 and it often requires my breath away to get out there and see these young Soldiers, undertaking extremely important, often amazingly hazardous points with such competence and such bravery,&quot McHugh mentioned. &quotYou cannot comprehend the depth of it until finally you truly see it .. They truly produce a debt that we can never actually repay.&quot

(Don Kramer is a reporter with Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s weekly newspaper, the Northwest Guardian.)

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