Story by Sgt. David Vermilyea | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 10.28.2017
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – October skies filled with grey clouds hover over skyscraping trees abandoning their red, orange, yellow and purple leaves as the untouched ground below is lightly trod upon by unidentifiable specters carrying heavily camouflaged cold steel. They continue along silently, steadily, motivated. They are armed. They are alert. The specters are ready. They are the Sky Soldiers....
Story by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.12.2017
Cpl. Daniel A. Reyes, a joint fires observer with 3rd Brigade, 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, has traveled to places like New Zealand and South Korea for annual training exercises and now Wainwright, Alberta, Canada for Exercise Maple Resolve 17....
Story by Cpl. Stephen Himes | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 10.08.2014
The thumping in the air grows louder as the small dots in the sky begin to take form. As the aircraft approach the mountainous terrain ahead, the roar of their engines reminds anyone in their way to seek cover. Suddenly, the radio crackles as the pilot says, “On target!” Without hesitation the observer responds, “Cleared hot!” The scream of the rockets shatter the early morning......
Courtesy Story | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 07.14.2014
If American paratroopers in Estonia need to call for mortar, artillery or close-air support, they may rest easy knowing one of the Army’s finest fire support specialists resides in their ranks....
Story by Sgt. Marc Loi | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.28.2012
When she saw the soldiers in her unit get sent home early with injuries from IED blasts, Spc. Adrianne Snyder knew she needed to do something to help them. She eventually encouraged other service members to use the arms and legs they were lucky enough to still have to raise money for those who no longer had theirs....
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Winstead | United States Army Alaska | 01.25.2012
The setting couldn’t be more bleak; averaging negative 20 degrees before the wind chill is factored in, the frozen and lifeless landscape spans in almost all directions....
Courtesy Story | Combined Joint Task Force 1 - Afghanistan | 10.29.2011
It isn’t often that a group of soldiers in Afghanistan are afforded the opportunity to talk to a major celebrity. The odds are even less that the same group of soldiers would get a second chance to do just that....
Story by Maj. Travis Dettmer | 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 10.29.2011
It isn’t often that a group of soldiers in Afghanistan are afforded the opportunity to talk to a major celebrity. The odds are even less that the same group of soldiers would get a second chance to do just that....
