Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 08.28.2017
Matt Hopper, a Telecommunications Specialist for Task Force 51, Army North (Fifth Army), Fort Sam Houston, conducts a vehicle inspection of the sentinel mobile communication platform in preparation to provide support to civil authority in Houston from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The sentinel can push information to customers within 15 to 30 minutes of arrival and fully set up within a......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 08.25.2017
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Mark Graham recently spoke to service members at the Fort Sam Houston Theater about the importance of resiliency and how two tragic deaths changed his family’s lives forever. Mark and his wife Carol, who lost both sons, one son Kevin to suicide as a senior ROTC cadet, and the other son Jeff seven months later was killed in Iraq by an IED while he was leading a foot patrol.......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 08.25.2017
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Mark Graham and his wife Carol answer questions regarding resiliency at the Fort Sam Houston Theater. Recently the two spoke to service members about the importance of resiliency and how two tragic deaths changed his family’s lives forever. The Grahams lost both sons, one son Kevin to suicide as a senior ROTC cadet, and the other son Jeff seven months later was killed in......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 08.25.2017
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Mark Graham recently spoke to service members at the Fort Sam Houston Theater about the importance of resiliency and how two tragic deaths changed his family’s lives forever. Mark and his wife Carol, who lost both sons, one son Kevin to suicide as a senior ROTC cadet, and the other son Jeff seven months later was killed in Iraq by an IED while he was leading a foot patrol.......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 08.10.2017
Leaders from Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) toured the Center for the Intrepid facility learning about the importance of support and care provided to wounded warriors. The facility’s capabilities include state-of-the-art technologies designed to be used for rehabilitation, research, education and training. CFI maintains the military’s readiness by......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 08.10.2017
Leaders from Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) toured the Center for the Intrepid facility learning about the importance of support and care provided to wounded warriors. The facility’s capabilities include state-of-the-art technologies designed to be used for rehabilitation, research, education and training. CFI maintains the military’s readiness by......
Photo by Randy Mitchell | U.S. Army North | 04.06.2017
Clyde Balsley, center, stands next to his Nieuport 11 (nickname bébé). With his personal marking of a white star, it was camouflaged with standard brown and green upper surface and natural under surface. It was capable of flying 97 miles per hour. Armament was one fixed forward firing Lewis machine gun mounted in the top wing to fire over the propeller. (Photo courtesy of Fort Sam Houston Museum)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 03.28.2017
Americans who live along the eastern coastline are no strangers to the devastation caused by hurricanes and tropical storms. In the wake of that disaster, first responders, state and federal agencies pool resources to bring aid to those effected by the natural disaster. Those called to render aid participated in the week-long Exercise Vigilant Guard with Soldiers and civilians assigned to Fort......
