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<DIV id=date><FONT SIZE=2>Edition: Wed, April 26, 2006<BR><A
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<H2>TODAY'S FOCUS</H2>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Review of Education, Training and Assignment for
Leaders</B><BR><BR><B>What is it? </B>The Review of Education, Training and
Assignments for Leaders (RETAL) is a Secretary of the Army (SA) and Chief of
Staff of the Army (CSA) initiative to determine how the Army should develop
military and civilian leaders, who will serve in both operational and
institutional capacities, and develop within them the attributes and skills
needed to operate and win in the contemporary operating environment. To
accomplish this, the Director of the Army Staff established the RETAL Task Force
and directed it to examine the policies and programs that govern the education,
training, and assignments of Army leaders.<BR><BR><B>What has the Army done?
</B>The current combined result of training, education and experience has
developed leaders of character who have proven to be innovative and adaptive in
today's operating environment. Modern warfare will continue to present
increasingly more demanding challenges beyond those traditionally thought to be
of a military nature. Everyone - Soldiers and civilians - is capable of
exercising leadership provided they are competent to perform in their assigned
roles and their organization has properly instituted leadership
practices.<BR><BR>The Task Force is on a path to recommend issues for continuity
and change so that the Army can best train, develop, and assign military and
civilian leaders able to accomplish the missions required among the complexities
and challenges of the 21st century national security environment. It
will:<BR><BR>* Identify requirements, based on SA and CSA vision, for a 21st
century leader;<BR>* Analyze existing Army policies and programs to identify
voids, gaps, and redundancies;<BR>* Recognize the successful elements of our
current policies and programs to sustain;<BR>* Recommend deletions, additions,
and modifications to existing education, training, and assignment policies and
programs to provide for an optimal developmental continuum; present
recommendations for approval to the SA and CSA; and<BR>* Culminate with
integrating resource requirements for approved recommendations into the
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System guidance.<BR><BR><B>What
efforts does the Army plan to continue in the future? </B>The Army will
synchronize the approved recommendations from the review into the current Army
Training and Leader Development Implementation plan.<BR><B><A
href="http://www.army.mil/aps/06/maindocument/infopapers/44.html"
target=_blank>Continue</A></B> <BR><BR><B><A
href="http://www.army.mil/aps/06/15_addendums.html" target=_blank>For more
information on this and other topics see Addendum J in the Army Posture
Statement.</A></B></FONT></P></DIV>
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<H2>NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>12 USAMU Soldiers Make </B>World Championship Team (<A
href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8911"
target=_blank>ARNews</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Abuse Charge Set</B> For A U.S. Colonel (<A
href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060426431234.html" target=_blank>EB</A>
| <A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/us/26abuse.html?_r=1&oref=slogin"
target=_blank>NYT</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Soldiers Learn Cultural Awareness </B>From Jordanians (<A
href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8906"
target=_blank>ARNews</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>1st ID Soldiers, Family Members </B>Revisit Holocaust (<A
href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8917"
target=_blank>ARNews</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>WAR ON TERROR NEWS</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Rumsfeld, Rice Make Surprise </B>Visits to Iraq (<A
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060426.w2rumsfeld0426/BNStory/International/home"
target=_blank>GM</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Iraqi Unity at All-Time High, </B>Rice Says (<A
href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2006/20060425_4919.html"
target=_blank>AFIS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Military Enforces </B>Labor Law In Iraq (<A
href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060426431301.html" target=_blank>EB</A>
| <A
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-traffic26apr26,1,1938779.story"
target=_blank>LAT</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Iran's Presence </B>Shadowy In Iraq (<A
href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060426431286.html" target=_blank>EB</A>
| <A href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060425-090831-2313r.htm"
target=_blank>WT</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>OF INTEREST</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Deployment Disrupts </B>Children's Lives, Too (<A
href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8913"
target=_blank>ARNews</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Agreement Reached For U.S.</B> To Use Bases In Bulgaria (<A
href="http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=36711"
target=_blank>SAS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Military Offers Online Mental-Health </B>Self-Assessment (<A
href="http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=36740"
target=_blank>SAS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Tickets For Army's 2006 Away Football Games </B>To Go On Sale (<A
href="http://goarmysports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/042506aag.html"
target=_blank>GAS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>U.S. Army Picks BAE Missile </B>For Advanced Precision Kill Weapon (<A
href="http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1730729&C=america"
target=_blank>AFIS</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>WORLD VIEW</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Zarqawi Taunts </B>U.S. In Video (<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com" target=_blank>WP</A> | <A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042500893.html"
target=_blank>Story</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Iran, US In Tug of War</B> Over Middle East (<A
href="http://www.atimes.com" target=_blank>AT</A> | <A
href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HD27Ak01.html"
target=_blank>Story</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Iraqi Government May Be In Place </B>In Two Weeks (<A
href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com" target=_blank>MNF</A> | <A
href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Daily/Apr/060426.htm" target=_blank>Story</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Rumsfeld Leaves US Troop Presence </B>To New Iraq Government (<A
href="http://news.yahoo.com" target=_blank>YAH</A> | <A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060426/pl_afp/iraqusrumsfeld_060426084335;_ylt=AhoSKRUlfxm5d4srDToYzI2FOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--"
target=_blank>Story</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>U.S. Army Spc. </B>James Burnett (<A
href="http://codered4troops.blogspot.com/2006/04/us-army-spc-james-burnett.html"
target=_blank>BS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>An Army Wife's Life </B>(<A href="http://mollypitcher.blogspot.com/"
target=_blank>BS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>NYT: Do We Get Excited</B> As The Whitewash Continues? (<A
href="http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2006/04/nyt-do-we-get-excited-as-whitewash.html"
target=_blank>BS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Zarqawi Makes Recruitment Tape Crackdown </B>On Mahdi Army In Najaf (<A
href="http://www.juancole.com/2006/04/zarqawi-makes-recruitment-tape.html "
target=_blank>JC</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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