Audio by Sgt. David Rankin | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 08.27.2014
The White House announced that retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins and Spc. Donald Sloat will receive the Medal of Honor for their actions in the Vietnam War. As part of exercise Atlantic Resolve, paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been participating in multinational training exercises with troops in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland since April. Labor Day is just around......
Courtesy Audio | Defense.gov | 08.27.2014
℠2014 - An Air National Guard fighter plane crashes in Virginia, the Coast Guard conducts Operation Gold Nugget in Alaska and art spurs a conversation on veterans' issues....
Courtesy Audio | Defense.gov | 08.27.2014
℠2014 - Art creates a conversation about veterans' issues, honing firefighting skills on the flight line and a fire alarm malfunction floods a National Guard hangar with foam....
Courtesy Audio | The United States Army Field Band | 08.27.2014
Staff Sgt. John Brandon Boron talks to a reporter with The Derrick, in Oil City, Pa., about being a musician in “The Volunteers,” the rock band component of The United States Army Field Band, based out of Fort Meade, Md., and the history of the band....
Courtesy Audio | Defense.gov | 08.27.2014
℠2014 - More nations offer help to forces fighting ISIL, teaching lessons learned on the front lines and where to turn for help to cast your ballot....
Audio by Pfc. Christina McKenzie | AFN Afghanistan | 08.26.2014
As the U.S. forces draw down and retrograde, B-Huts are being torn down. Pararescuemen on Bagram Air Field are using these buildings for training to allow troops to stay mission ready....
Audio by Staff Sgt. Christy Parker | AFN Afghanistan | 08.26.2014
A change of command ceremony is held to commemorate a new commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force. The event highlights the accomplishments of the outgoing commander, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, and welcomes Gen. John F. Campbell as USFOR-A and ISAF’s new commander....
Audio by Sgt. Nicholas J. De La Pena | AFN Afghanistan | 08.26.2014
Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Grim Troop, of the Third Cavalry Regiment conduct a foot patrol and Key Leader Engagement but run into some hostile fire along the way....
