Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 09.11.2020
Clarence and Thelma Suzuki of Fresno, Calif., had wanted to visit “Camp McCoy” for decades to see the place the legendary 100th Infantry Battalion once trained....
Courtesy Story | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 07.24.2020
The decorated 100th Infantry Battalion was one of the first units to train at Camp McCoy when it expanded in 1942.
Story by Staff Sgt. David Overson | 305th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.28.2019
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (April 28, 2019) – American Samoa historically has played a pivotal role in the security of the Pacific. In 1878 the U.S. signed a treaty for the establishment of a naval station in Pago Pago Harbor, United States Naval Station Tutuila. Under the administration of the U.S. Navy (1900–51), American Samoa became a strategic naval base....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Overson | 305th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.27.2019
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (April 27, 2019) – More than 200,000 Soldiers are currently serving in the U.S. Army Reserve. Out of those 200,000, there’s bound to be a few siblings serving together. However, when two brothers serve in the same Army Reserve infantry company on the small Pacific Island of American Samoa, it’s bound to turn a few heads....
Story by Sgt. Russell Toof | 99th Readiness Division | 07.31.2017
Sgt. Ian Rivera-Aponte lies motionless in the tall grass, hidden by face paint and his ghillie suit. He stares down the scope of his M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle and waits to take the shot. This is the life of a sniper....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Chanelcherie DeMello | 303rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade | 06.22.2017
HONOLULU - 100th Infantry ‘Go for Broke’ battalion, 303rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 9th Mission Support Command, held a change of command ceremony, June 22, at Fort Shafter Flats, U.S. Army Reserve Daniel K. Inouye Complex....
Story by Patrick Bray | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 11.15.2016
The National Japanese American Historical Society, the Consul General of Japan in San Francisco, and the commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Col. Phil Deppert, gathered on Crissy Field at the Presidio of San Francisco Nov. 12 to honor Nisei Veterans and mark the 75th anniversary of the Military Intelligence Service, which began there in 1941....
Story by Patrick Bray | The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | 11.12.2016
Nisei celebrate 75 years of military legacy - The National Japanese American Historical Society, the Consul General of Japan in San Francisco, and the commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Col. Phil Deppert, gathered on Crissy Field at the Presidio of San Francisco Nov. 12 to honor Nisei Veterans and mark the 75th anniversary of the Military Intelligence......
