Photo by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 09.01.2022
Dr. Sam Williams – professor of counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina – shares his views about suicide prevention during Fort Lee’s Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month Kickoff Breakfast Sept. 1 in the Family Life Center. He made it clear up front that suicide is not an anomaly. “It’s not rare. It’s not uncommon. It’s typical.......
Photo by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 09.01.2022
Maj. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, CASCOM and Fort Lee commanding general, provides opening remarks during a Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month Kickoff Breakfast Sept. 1 in the Fort Lee Family Life Center. Speaking to the numerous installation leaders in attendance, Simerly said, “Let’s promote that sense of belonging; that sense of connectedness that says we’re in this together, and we can......
Photo by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 08.27.2022
Maj. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee commanding general, welcomes visitors to the inaugural Meet Your Army Event Aug. 27 at Fort Lee, Virginia. “Today is all about helping you understand who we are, what we do and what the Army means to our nation,” Simerly explained to the crowd. “Everybody wearing a uniform or associated with the military has a......
Photo by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 08.27.2022
Staff Sgt. Kylin Davis from F Company, 16th Ordnance Battalion, helps a youngster try on a crew helmet before fully boarding an Infantry Carrier Vehicle that was part of the equipment on display during a Meet Your Army open house Aug. 27 at Fort Lee, Virginia. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Buffett)...
Photo by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 08.27.2022
Young community members try their hand at operating Explosive Ordnance Disposal robots during the Meet Your Army open house Aug. 27 at Fort Lee, Virginia. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Buffett)...
Photo by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 08.27.2022
Fort Lee family member Kaylyn Hoffman checks out the flight controls of a Chinook helicopter as they are explained by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Alex Atkins, a pilot from the 5-159th General Support Aviation Battalion, based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. The equipment display was part of the Meet Your Army open house Aug. 27 at the Sustainment Center of Excellence. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick......
Photo by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 08.27.2022
Performing the Army Combat Fitness Test plank exercise, Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Ricketts, 266th Quartermaster Battalion CSM, competes with Taylor Anne Boyd, a civilian visitor from Chester, Virginia, during the Meet Your Army open house Aug. 27 at Fort Lee, Virginia. The youngster won the event and was presented a battalion coin. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Buffett)...
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 08.02.2022
Maj. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, commanding general for the Combined Arms Support Command, the Sustainment Center of Excellence and Fort Lee, Va., speaks during an assumption of command ceremony Aug. 2 at the U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute on Fort Jackson, S.C. Simerly presided over the ceremony where Col. Jason T. Edwards assumed command of the institute from Col. Cort J. Hunt, acting commander....
