Photo by Pfc. Adam Simmler | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 07.17.2013
Soldiers and airmen of the Maine National Guard stand and listen as Robert Hartwig, a historian with the National Park Service, tells the story of the 16th Maine Infantry Regiment's stand on Oak Ridge in Gettysburg, Pa., July 17. During the afternoon of July 1, 1863 the 16th Maine was given the order to hold their position at any cost, eventually there were overrun, but not before defending......
Photo by Pfc. Adam Simmler | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 07.15.2013
A fresh Maine balsam wreath adorns the monument to the 5th Maine Battery on cemetery ridge as it stands watch over the Gettysburg battlefield July 15. Similar wreaths lay on every monument to honor fallen Maine soldiers spread across the battlefield, as a symbol of the home they left behind. The wreaths were placed as part of a joint-state staff ride between Maine and Alabama held on the 150......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Weir | NATO Training Mission Afghanistan | 01.20.2013
Spc. Devin Kerstetter, a soldier from the 1/176 Infantry Unit (4th Alabama), fires a rocket propelled grenade while on the range at Camp Morehead, Jan. 20....
