Story by Sgt. 1st Class Suzanne Ringle | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 11.10.2018
EL PASO- In the parking lot of the National Guard armory, a Soldier reaches into his glove box and carefully unfolds a letter safeguarded in the confines of his car for five months. Sitting on the edge of his passenger seat, in the late afternoon sun, he begins to read the pages once again. At first, he reads silently as if wanting to keep the special message private. Then, in little more than......
Story by Staff Sgt. Heather Denby | 25th Division Sustainment Brigade | 09.06.2017
Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Heimstead had only been in Hawaii for a few weeks before he received an email that would change the odds of survival for one special person....
Story by Capt. Martha Nigrelle | Texas Military Department | 11.01.2016
AUSTIN, Texas - One of our Warrior Ethos is “Never Leave a Fallen Soldier.” Over the last few months, I have seen my fellow Texas Guardsmen stand up to this challenge in a way that both humbles me and makes me proud to serve alongside them....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard PADET New York | 05.29.2013
How do you thank somebody who saved your life? After losing his grandfather to cancer in 2001, Brooklyn, N.Y., native Michael Franco, looked for a greater way in which he could help others. Already a contributor to the annual blood drives at the police academy, Franco learned of becoming a bone marrow donor. This relatively effortless decision would lead Franco to save a woman’s life....
