Carolina Hurricanes hockey team visits Fort Bragg

Photo By Sgt. Hubert Delany | Members of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes use an electronic M4 carbine for an engagement skills training session during a community engagement event at the Fort Bragg Training Support Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 13, 2018. The NHL's Carolina Hurricanes visited Fort Bragg to speak with Soldiers, Gold Star Families, and to learn Soldier skills at Fort Bragg's Training Support Center. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hubert D. Delany III / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)  

FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

11.13.2018

Story by Spc. Hubert Delany 

22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – The National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes took part in a community outreach event at Fort Bragg, North Carolina., Nov. 13, 2018.

The players visited the installation to speak with Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division, meet a Gold Star Family, and to receive demonstrations on Soldier Skills at the Fort Bragg Training Support Center.

The professional hockey players started the event by visiting the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Dining Facility where they had lunch with Paratroopers of the All American Division. The Carolina Hurricanes then met with U.S. Army Col. Kyle Reed, the Fort Bragg garrison commander, Sgt. Maj. William Lohmeyer, the senior enlisted adviser for the garrison command, and Canadian Brig. Gen. Bill Fletcher, the deputy commanding general of operations for the XVIII Airborne Corps.

The NHL's Carolina Hurricanes also met with Gold Star Family of the deceased Sgt. Jonathan Hunter, providing his family and the command with autographed hockey sticks in honor of their sacrifice.

After touring the dining facility, the Hurricanes concluded their visit at Fort Bragg's Training Support Center where they learned the basics of combat casualty care and rifle marksmanship.

• Date Taken: 11.13.2018
• Date Posted: 11.26.2018 14:02
• Story ID: 300037
• Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US