Story by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez | U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command | 11.01.2019
U.S. Marine Sgt. Maxwell Van Diest, 25, an intelligence analyst and Bend Oregon native, was promoted to his current rank while deployed in support of Resolute Support Mission during a ceremony in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, November 1, 2019....
Story by Staff Sgt. Anita Stratton | 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.14.2019
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conducted a multi-faceted training exercise at Yakima Training Center, March 12-17, 2019. Soldiers were familiarized with firing .50-caliber machine guns using the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), urban operations, and infantry maneuvers using live-fire and......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Amanda Gray | Commander, Submarine Group Nine | 04.21.2017
Submarine Squadron 19 (CSS-19) held a change of command ceremony at Bangor Chapel, April 21.
Story by Lance Cpl. Glen Santy | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.06.2012
A true enthusiast for his work, Cpl. Mark A. Boughton, a guitarist with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band, spends countless hours each week playing his instrument....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kristopher Levasseur | Joint Task Force-National Capital Region | 12.05.2012
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Bloom, a Bend, Ore. Native, currently residing in Beckley, W. Va., joined the Joint Task Force - National Capital Region in support of the 57th Presidential Inauguration, which will take place Jan. 21, 2013. The task force is charged with coordinating all military ceremonial support for the inaugural period. As a joint service committee, it......
Story by Spc. Jacqueline Guerrero | 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.22.2012
Most people’s curiosity runs rampant when they see the President’s Hundred tab. The two most common guesses about this rare tab are either the carrier is one of the guards of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or a guard for the President. First Sgt. Mark Bearnson clarifies on this subject revealing the truth behind the most rare of the four tabs available in the Army....
Story by Spc. Jacqueline Guerrero | 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.18.2012
Training in a mock medical evacuation with a helicopter can be dangerous. This is why the medical group at acute care on Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. takes extra precautions to guarantee the safety of its soldiers and patients, July 18, 2012....
Story by Spc. Cory Grogan | Oregon National Guard Yellow Ribbon | 11.29.2011
When Staff Sgt. Dale Beshara was growing up in a small town outside Klamath Falls Oregon, he saw his neighbor return from military duty and knew he, too, someday wanted to serve....
