Story by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.07.2016
In a ceremony called historic by both active-duty Army and National Guard leadership, Oklahoma National Guardsmen of the 1245th Transportation Company (TC), Special Troops Battalion, 90th Troop Command, removed their Thunderbird patch and replaced them with those of the 1st Cavalry Division out of Ft. Hood on August 7....
Photo by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 06.05.2015
Spc. Keith Baucom (left rear), of Midwest City, Oklahoma, and Pfc. Chris James (right rear), of Moore, along with two other members of Detachment 1, Company B, 45th Brigade Support Troops Battalion (BSTB), load the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) onto a launcher during a mission at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The military uses the Shadow to provide troops on the ground with information......
Photo by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.26.2014
Spc. Raymond Atkins, of Washington, D.C., sits at his work station in Drawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Atkins’ unit, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, has been in Poland since April 23 training with paratroopers from the Polish Army’s 6th Airborne Brigade and Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Atkins is a human resource specialist and has been in the......
Story by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.26.2014
Spc. Raymond Atkins, of Washington D.C., said he didn’t know what was ahead when he joined the U.S. Army in 2010. He just knew that his grades in high school weren’t that great and he didn’t know what he wanted to do with his future....
Photo by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2014
Pvt. Derick Ward, of Lacey, Washington, slices into a cake for the U.S. Army’s 239th birthday June 14 at Ziemsko Airfield, Poland. Ward’s unit, Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, has been in Poland for several weeks training with Canadian and Polish paratrooper units. Soldiers from the three countries have shared knowledge and procedures as well as learned......
Photo by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2014
Master Sgt. Tim Faulkner, from San Antonio, Texas, slices into a cake for the U.S. Army’s 239th birthday June 14 at Ziemsko Airfield, Poland. Faulkner is a member of 12th Combat Aviation Brigade supporting Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade which has been in Poland for several weeks training with Canadian and Polish paratroopers. Faulkner, noncommissioned......
Story by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2014
When Sgt. Ryan Friedrichs, of Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, decided to enlist in the U.S. Army he already had a degree from the University of Michigan, and one from Harvard University. His story, like those of many other military personnel, is one of selfless service, a desire to make things better for others and of taking the road less traveled....
Story by Master Sgt. Claudia Burcham | 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.11.2014
Paratroopers from the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade, Poland’s 6th Airborne Brigade and Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry conducted training here June 11 on airfield seizures....
