Story by Cpl. Jordan Johnson | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.31.2011
For years, improvised explosive devices, roadside bombs and mines have been an adverse fact of war. Add in mountainous terrain and unfavorable driving conditions, and navigating the roads of Afghanistan can be a nightmare....
Story by Staff Sgt. Rauel Tirado | 204th Public Affairs Detachment (Forward) | 08.30.2011
In the middle of the night, in the deep, dark waters of the Persian Gulf, four second class divers of the 7th Engineer Dive Team from Fort Shafter, Hawaii, spent nearly four hours underwater testing their skills to become salvage divers....
Story by Cpl. Christopher Calvert | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.27.2011
Sept. 11. Everyone remembers where they were that fateful day when terrorists hijacked three airplanes destroying the twin towers, part of the Pentagon and so many innocent lives....
Story by Staff Sgt. Regina Machine | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.27.2011
Sept. 11 brings somber thoughts to many Americans as we near its 10th anniversary. For one Third Army soldier, Sept. 11 also marks the death of his 21-year-old nephew, whose American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked that fateful morning....
Story by Spc. Bradley Wancour | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.27.2011
In September 2001, Keenan Miles, from Belfair, Wash., was sitting on his mother’s couch when he turned on the television. The first thing he saw was images of the twin towers on fire, smoke billowing from where commercial jet liners had impacted them. While watching people jumping from the burning towers, Miles could not believe his eyes....
Story by Staff Sgt. Regina Machine | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.27.2011
Sitting at a desk in the corner of a tent is a staff sergeant with a big smile and a bigger heart. This staff sergeant made a commitment to serve this grateful nation 23 years ago and never deterred....
Story by Cpl. Jordan Johnson | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2011
9/11. With nothing else being read or spoken, all types of emotions, feelings and memories are evoked. Few events are strong enough to bring an entire country together, yet the nation bonded as one during that faithful September morning in late 2001....
Story by Staff Sgt. Rauel Tirado | 204th Public Affairs Detachment (Forward) | 08.19.2011
The 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery, Mich. Army National Guard turned over its responsibilities here to the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, Minnesota Army National Guard in a Transfer of Authority ceremony, Aug. 13....
