Story by Sgt. Michael Giles | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.18.2017
The 36th Infantry Division celebrates its 100th anniversary July 18, 2017 and soldiers from the division honored their 100-year legacy of service during their July drill, with sweat, reverence and festivities. The celebration began as several hundred soldiers marched along Congress Avenue from across Lady Bird Lake and up to the Texas State Capitol. When they arrived, they stood in......
Story by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.15.2017
On the morning of July 15th, Texas' own 36th Infantry Division held a change of command ceremony on the Texas State Capitol steps as Maj. Gen. Lester Simpson, officially relinquished command to the new commander, Maj. Gen. S. Lee Henry....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Crista Mary Mack | U.S. Army Europe and Africa | 06.06.2016
CARENTON, France (June 6, 2016) – Seventy-two years ago today, 156,000 Allied troops, 9,000 aircraft and nearly 5,000 ships launched the largest amphibious invasion in modern warfare. Now, 72 years later, the world has changed, but the 50 mile stretch of coastline known as Normandy remains in solidarity in welcome to the troops, both the veterans and today’s generation of Soldiers, who in......
Story by Senior Airman Mercedes Taylor | 19th Airlift Wing | 06.06.2016
NORMANDY, France -- In commemoration of the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day, U.S. Airmen from the 48th Airlift Squadron and 62nd Airlift Squadron of the 314thAirlift Wing from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, transported on June 5, 2016, more than 60 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82ndAirborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., and the 173rd Airborne Brigade from Vicenza, Italy, over the “Iron......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Europe and Africa | 06.04.2016
UTAH BEACH, France – A ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of D-Day was held in remembrance of the sacrifices of WWII veterans at the Federal Monument of the United States of America June 4, 2016. D-Day veterans along with U.S., French and German soldiers were in attendance as ceremonial wreaths were laid at the base of the monument....
Story by Sgt. Suzanne Carter | 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (36th ID, TXARNG) | 09.17.2011
Leadership with the 72nd Infantry Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, gathered in the courtyard of the Alamo for a change of command ceremony as heavy clouds cast shadows on the participants, much like the prospect of unemployment has overshadowed many Guardsman's long-awaited return home of late....
Courtesy Story | 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (36th ID, TXARNG) | 03.28.2010
Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead said, "nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation." Designed to support the families of military personnel at home and abroad, Family Readiness Groups tirelessly work to prevent this impossible situation....
Courtesy Story | Joint Area Support Group-Central | 03.07.2010
I want to congratulate our Iraqi partners. Their hard work prior to the March 7 parliamentary elections paid off with a large voter turnout....
