Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 11.26.2020
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) participated in a holiday video teleconference call (VTC) with President Donald Trump and other deployed units, Nov. 23, 2020....
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 10.05.2020
MENANDS, New York --New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali marked the 191st birthday of President Chester Arthur, the 21st president, during a ceremony at his grave at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York on Monday, October 5, 2020. Natali, the assistant adjutant general, Army for the New York National Guard was joined by State Command Sgt. Major David Piwowarski in......
Story by Eric Pilgrim | Fort Knox | 07.03.2019
When Sean Cook arrived with his cadets to Wood Range at Fort Knox July 3 to conduct a buddy live fire exercise, he discovered he couldn’t have picked a better place for them to be. As executive officer for the ROTC 6th Regiment out of Virginia Military Institute, Cook was told he and his cadets would be meeting Ryan McCarthy, the newly appointed senior official performing the duties of......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) | 12.07.2018
When disaster strikes, whether it’s natural or man-made, local civil authorities need all the resources and support they can access. That support first comes from state level, once those resources are exhausted, then additional support is requested to the Department of Defense. Often the support comes in the form of specialty vehicles, manpower or lifesaving communication platforms....
Story by Joe Lacdan | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 06.14.2018
The curious case of 1st Lt. Garlin Conner, who held a war record so compelling that it rivals the accolades of the more famous veteran Audie Murphy, baffled those who knew him. In all, Conner spent more than 800 days on the front lines in World War II. He suffered seven combat wounds while earning four Silver Stars, three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, the French military decoration Croix de......
