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Story by Jean Han | 1st Armored Division | 07.22.2020
FORT BLISS, Texas - With a music career spanning more than two decades and an impressive number of military achievements, Albuquerque, New Mexico native Cpl. Caitlin Brody, a French horn player in the 1st Armored Division Band, was named the 2020 Army Band Active Component Soldier of the Year.
Army Bands provide music throughout the spectrum of military operations to instill in Soldiers the......
Hometown: Eugene, OR
Story by T. T. Parish | Roseburg VA Health Care System | 07.13.2020
Today, as the female population continues to grow in the military’s ranks, especially those who have served since Sept. 11, there is a resulting wave of women Veterans who are entering the Veterans Health Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs, post-service. Women are the fastest growing population of Veterans, with roughly two million nationwide in 2020, according to VA......
Hometown: Eugene, OR
Photo by Cpl. Sarah Marshall | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 07.13.2020
U.S. Marine Pfc. Michael Bryant, a motor transport operator with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin rappels on Robertson Barracks, NT, Australia, July 13, 2020. Bryant is a Springfield, Oregon. The Marines and their Australian Defense Force instructor, practiced three rappelling maneuvers, as well as improved their confidence in themselves, their peers, and the gear......
Hometown: Springfield, OR
Story by Lt.j.g. Eric Fallon | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 | 07.08.2020
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (July 8, 2020) - Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 held a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme, California....
Hometown: Silverton, OR
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Logan Kellums | Carrier Strike Group 11 | 07.03.2020
200701-N-OW019-0005 PHILLIPINE SEA (July 1, 2020) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Erich Geisler, from Cottage Grove, Ore., assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), prepares food in the galley. Princeton is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan CSGs are conducting dual carrier operations in the Philippine Sea as......
Hometown: Cottage Grove, OR
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Samantha Jetzer | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) | 06.30.2020
200630-N-ML137-1004 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 30, 2020) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Austyn Bechtol, from Veneta, Oregon, conducts a final check of a turbofan engine on the fantail of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to prepare for an operational test. Ronald Reagan is part of the Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and......
Hometown: Veneta, OR
Video by Staff Sgt. Brian Erickson | 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 06.28.2020
Spc. Arnoldo Gomez Jr. sends a 4th of July greeting to his family back in Springfield, Oregon.
Hometown: Springfield, OR
Photo by Cpl. Benjamin Larsen | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 06.26.2020
Col. Vincent Dawson, the commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, salutes the national and unit colors during the opening ceremony of SPMAGTF-SC. The ceremony marks the sixth consecutive year the SPMAGTF-SC will serve as the crisis response force assigned to U.S. Southern Command. The task force is prepared and postured to deploy to the Latin......
Hometown: Salem, OR
Story by 1st Lt. Heather Chairez | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 06.25.2020
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command held an opening ceremony to officially kick off the start of their crisis response deployment at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 26....
Hometown: Salem, OR
Video by Sgt. Andy Martinez | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 06.25.2020
Col. Vincent Dawson, the commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, talks about the significance of the task force’s deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 25, 2020. SPMAGTF-SC is poised to conduct crisis response, general engineering projects, and theater security cooperation training alongside partner......
Hometown: Salem, OR
