Story by Chief Petty Officer Patrick Gordon | Naval Air Station Patuxent River | 07.03.2023
NAS Patuxent River advises all personnel at NAS Pax River and the surrounding community that major impacts to base traffic should be expected on base Thursday, July 6, 2023 from 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. for the funeral procession of Firefighter Brice C. Trossbach. NAS Patuxent River Gates 1 and 2 and will be temporarily closed to inbound and outbound traffic while the funeral procession makes its......
Story by Chief Petty Officer Patrick Gordon | Naval Air Station Patuxent River | 06.28.2023
It is with profound sadness that NAS Patuxent River announces the tragic loss of one of our brave firefighters, Brice C. Trossbach, 25, who died in the line of duty while responding to an emergency on June 27. Trossbach made the ultimate sacrifice while responding to a mutual aid call of a structure fire in Leonardtown, Maryland, dedicating his life to protect and serve our community....
Story by Robert Hammer | Defense Health Agency | 11.22.2022
Despite reduction in numbers in recent years, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Each year, an average of 218,500 people are diagnosed with lung cancer, and about 142,000 people die from the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Story by Maj. Patrick Cordova | New York National Guard | 04.21.2020
NEW YORK--When Command Sgt. Major Morgan Cady and Sgt. Major Nicholas Pardi, members of the New York Army National Guard on duty at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, learned that a veteran had died of COVID 19 at the field hospital there, they knew what they had to do. That veteran deserved military honors, and they resolved to make sure that this former service member......
Story by Gunnery Sgt. Warren Peace | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 03.11.2020
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – One U.S. Marine was killed and two U.S. Marines were injured in an accident involving a single Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement on a road in the United Arab Emirates on March 10, 2020, while participating in exercise Native Fury 20. Cpl. Eloiza Zavala, 20, of Sacramento, California, a motor vehicle operator serving with Combat Logistic......
Story by Benjamin Wocken | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 03.09.2020
The DD Form 93 is one of the most important documents you will complete; if you are unable to speak for yourself, the DD Form 93 becomes your voice. This form is extremely important, as it designates beneficiaries for certain benefits in the event of a Soldier’s death....
Story by Sgt. Tackora Farrington | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 12.10.2019
INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana National Guard soldier with the 384th Military Police Company was found unresponsive at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center on Saturday. He was immediately transferred to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased....
Story by Senior Airman Ryan Brooks | 36th Wing | 10.03.2019
Immobilized with a grave illness, blinded by tears, delirious with pain and overcome by fear, nine-year-old Cynthia could no longer hear her family outside the cave near....
