“ARMY NEWSWATCH”
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
1230-1330 ET
Available on GETN/Warrior Satellite Networks
No C/KU Satellite Coordinates
a. Sponsors: Army Newswatch is Soldier's Radio and TV's premier television news program. Army Newswatch takes a comprehensive look at what's happening throughout the Army including news from the ARNG and the USAR. This award winning television newscast is produced by Soldiers for Soldiers. Newswatch focuses on the issues, the equipment and the people that make The Army what it is today. This one hour program to be shown the first week of each new month will feature a "doubleheader" of two Army Newswatch programs produced the previous month.
b. Availability: This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks. A listing of potential GETN receive sites can be seen here: GETN Site Location.
MIST affiliate satellite networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own scheduling.
There is NO C/Ku Band analog satellite available for this program.
Videoconferencing may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed. Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.
Will this program be Webcast? No, but see below regarding website support.
c. Target Audience Statement: This program is targeted to active duty and reserve component Soldiers, their dependents and anyone else with an interest in what is happening throughout The Army.
d. Programs Summaries:
Segments in Episode 07-06 Include:
- Sec
Army Steps Down --- Interim Takes Over
- Heroes Honored by White House in Medal of Honor Presentation
- Around the Army-- Headlines with SSG Ray Flores
- Air Assault Troops in Iraq Face New Field Challenges
- Soldiers find a suspicious wire, trace it to an IED (Improvised Explosive
Devise)
- Gail McCabe, Fort Lewis WA, reports on Sergeants Major Ramping up for Duty in
HotSpots
- Legal Affairs Class Conducted for Afghanis, to Introduce Democracy-Based
Legal Concepts
- Meet the Soldiers Flying MedEvac in Afghanistan
- A Soldier, Ready to Re-enter the Job Market meets interested Employers at
Special Job Fair
- Mary Cochran takes us to a New, State-of-the-Art, House -- Designed for
Shoot-Outs
- Soldiers Hit Golf Balls between Missions in Iraq, thanks to Donated Golf
Balls
- Celebrities Veer from the Red Carpet to talk to Soldier-Reporters on Oscar
Night
Segments in Episode 07-07 Include:
-
Walter Reed Outpatient navigates the military medical system at Walter Reed
- Acting Secretary of the Army Pete Geren Motivates Medical Staff at Walter
Reed
- Colonel Paul Little, M.D. takes us through the maze of the medical evaluation
board process
- U.S. Army on You-Tube; Soldiers in Iraq get their 15-minutes of fame
- U.S. Soldiers share how lack of help from villagers challenges the way they
gather intelligence
- American Soldiers work side by side with Iraqi police to teach them to serve
and protect their own neighborhoods
- An American Soldier in Iraq encourages Iraqi women to join their military as
nurses
- Preventing sexual assault is the goal of the Army Sexual Assault Policy
- Troops at Ft. Bragg eat in style at a "green" dining room designed by the
Army Corps of Engineers
- Armed Forces Boxing; The Black and Gold take swings at a chance for Olympic
glory
e. CEUs, CMEs, Certificates: None.
f. Videotape Availability: For More information, please contact: Melody Day at: Melody.Day@smc.army.mil
g. Videotape Release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on these programs, however they MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. It may not be used for commercial purposes or for other for-profit purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.
h. Web Site Support: For additional information about Army Newswatch see: http://www.army.mil/srtv/index.html
i. Registration: All military and federal GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and coordinates. Sites may register at: DOD-MIST Registration Site or by calling the DOD-MIST Satellite Program Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
j. Future Programs: For future information on free interagency satellite broadcasts co-sponsored by the DOD MIST program (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) and other sponsors please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) http://www.dlnets.com/itv.htm#current.
k. Program Requests: Miss a program and would like it repeated? Make your request here: DOD-MIST Program Request Form.
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