Story by Staff Sgt. Jes Smith | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.03.2012
When 1st Sgt. Kenneth Gipe came home from Afghanistan this past summer, he found out that the Fort Bliss Child Youth and School Services 8-9 and 10-11 tackle football teams’ fall season had been canceled due to their head coach moving away with no replacement volunteering. This inspired Gipe, who was planning on his son playing for Team Bliss for a third straight year, to help save the......
Story by Staff Sgt. Jes Smith | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 11.21.2012
What could possibly motivate a parent who has never played a sport in her life to go from being a mother-spectator to a mother-coach? For Delia Bell, a military spouse of 12 years, her motivation came from seeing a need for coaches for her daughter’s soccer team. With the help of her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Jason D. Bell, a maintenance supervisor with B Company, 47th Brigade Support......
