Story by Staff Sgt. DAKOTA JORDAN | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.24.2019
During an XCTC rotation at Camp Ripley Training Center in Minnesota, Spc. Garrett Radintz, a motor transport operator for the Iowa National Guard, talks about his experience being a truck driver in both the military and his civilian occupation....
Story by Capt. Phil Fountain | Missouri National Guard Public Affairs Office | 04.22.2019
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – More than three centuries ago, American farmers set aside their plows to defend their homes and communities. Today, a Missouri farmer continues the National Guard’s oldest tradition while protecting his state and nation from 21st century threats. Spc. Taylen Winchell of Lamar, an intelligence analyst with 35th Infantry Division at Jefferson Barracks, in St. Louis,......
Story by Maj. Alexandra Weiskopf | 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) | 04.25.2018
Republic of Korea – Soldiers from the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Republic of Korea Special Forces responded to a farming accident while conducting partnered training in the Republic of Korea on April 25, saving the civilian’s life....
Story by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Wildes | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.24.2017
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Gunnery Sgt. Todd Groves started out as a pig farmer in Fulton, Missouri. He performed a variety of manual labor before joining the Marine Corps at age 27. At one point, he drove trucks packed with groceries from coast to coast. He saw mountains, rivers, and everything in between, never imagining that the small island of Okinawa would eventually be a place......
Story by Maj. Adam Collett | 75th US Army Reserve Innovation Command | 05.10.2014
The job of commander for the senior-ranking military unit for the Greater Houston area and beyond – that of a major general – changed hands in Houston on Saturday, May 10....
Story by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.12.2014
Infantrymen waited patiently inside CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53E Super Sea Stallion helicopters as they were transported to a landing zone near their first objective. Each Marine sitting side-by-side with full combat loads knew what to expect for the next three days....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon | 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade | 06.20.2012
Aside from the day he enlisted, June 13, 2012, was the most important day of Sgt. Marcus Calderon’s three-year, nine-month Army career....
Story by Sgt. John Crosby | 120th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2011
“There’s 168 hours in a week, and I use all of them,” Capt. Robert Cline said from behind a cluttered desk of books, papers and sticky notes....
