http://www.dvidshub.net/ DVIDS RSS : ACCURATE, RELIABLE ACCESS Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:41:54 -0500 Retired Navy Capt. Robert Silah, committe chairman of Operation: Helping Hand, a community outreach and support program for soldiers and their families, converses with Maj. Gen. Michael J. Diamond, director, coalition coordination center, during a dinner hosted by Helping Hand and catered by local merchants at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, Fla., on March 21. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=84390 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:42:12 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=84390 There are many realities of war: deployments, time away from family, danger and injury. When a service member is injured, their rehabilitation process is both a team effort and a family affair. Operation Helping Hand, a Tampa-based volunteer organization and a donation-funded program, was created to assist that process, be part of that team and help those families. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=18488 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:25:10 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=18488 Lt. Col. Richard A. Vargus, manager for the Military Police/Military Working Dog Program for U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., escorts his father, retired U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Arthur A. Vargus, around the Fantasy of Flight air museum in Polk City, Fla., Dec. 15. Richard brought his father, a veteran of World War II, to the museum to see a Martin B-26 Marauder, the plane Arthur worked on as a member of the 320th Bomber Wing, 12th Air Force, U.S. Army. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=74506 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:15:26 -0500 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=74506 Aircraft are the most tangible pieces of American war, a story that is written only half with hardware, the other half is written with the lives of U.S. veterans and their families. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=15785 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:10:46 -0500 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=15785 Maj. Gen. Jerry Thomas, the senior British military advisor for U.S. Central Command, talks about the life of Air Vice Marshall Mike Heath, the former SBMA for CENTCOM, at the MacDill Air Force Base Chapel, during a memorial service for Heath, on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 30, 2007. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=67030 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:58:10 -0500 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=67030 Package of Gen. Peter Pace speaking to troops at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti and answering their questions. Produced by Staff Sgt. Robert Miller. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=video/video_show.php&id=29041 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:26:22 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=video/video_show.php&id=29041 U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, Stuart Symington and Brig. Gen. Sanford Holman, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa deputy commander, shake hands with the students of Goubetto primary school. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the dedication of new classrooms with a stocked library, bathroom facilities, a stage area for plays and power to the school in the village of Balbala was the focus of a hand-over of the facility to the local community to take care of and preserve Sept. 6. Three buildings were constructed to house four classrooms, a kitchen and food preparation area, and a dining room for the school. The project, handled by the Enterprise Aden Ali Company, began May 7 and finished on Aug. 7. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=55790 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:26:36 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=55790 A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the dedication of new classrooms with a stocked library, bathroom facilities, a stage area for plays and power to Balbala primary school was the focus of a hand-over of the facility to the local community to take care of and preserve Sept. 6. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=12251 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:22:37 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=12251 This edition features stories on cleaning up in Afghanistan, the Chief of the Economic Development Branch for MNF-I talks about improving Iraq, and U.S. troops help an Iraqi army unit step out on their own. Hosted by Lance Corporal Alan Addison. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=audio/audio_show.php&id=19685 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:44:15 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=audio/audio_show.php&id=19685 Service members were left in stitches thanks to three comedians from The Comedy Corps, who performed in the New Cantina, Aug. 23, at Camp Lemonier. Mike Merrill, pictured above, began his career in Los Angeles, performing during open-mic night at clubs. Merrill has appeared on BET's "Oh Drama" as well as performed at The Hollywood Laugh Factory and The Hollywood Comedy Store. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=54742 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:52:10 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=54742