Story by Maj. Jonathon Daniell | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 01.21.2024
Warrant Officer Ashley Fortson has something to say to young Americans contemplating military service: “The U.S. Army is full of opportunities and a place to find belonging for those willing to join.”...
Story by Sgt. Hannah Clifton | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 11.30.2023
In the entryway, tiny shoes sit beside two pairs of combat boots while wooden puzzles, children’s books and matchbox cars lie scattered throughout a living room decorated with Army awards and challenge coins. As a dual-military couple in the Indiana National Guard, Staff Sgt. Ashley Cook and Sgt. Kelsea Cook have dedicated years of service and training to answer whatever call their state......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka | Nevada Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs | 08.02.2023
The shared characteristics of supportive parents and successful Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen – reliability, stability, understanding, flexibility, and patience – are a major reason foster care agencies across the state are encouraging National Guard families and individuals to consider opening their homes to foster care children this summer and help ease the state’s shortage of......
Story by Marcy Sanchez | Landstuhl Regional Medical Center | 08.14.2020
LANDSTUHL, Germany - In 2010, Stephanie Hergesheimer enlisted in the Army as a combat medic; 10 years later, she’s serving as an Army nurse. Statistically, she shouldn’t be....
Story by Master Sgt. Ryan Matson | 652nd Regional Support Group | 04.28.2020
The story of Chris and Carla Mancilla, an Olympia, Washington, couple who have served as foster parents for more than 60 children over the past six years, including two - Rocky and Mila - who they have adopted. The story chronicles the ups and downs associated with bringing a loving home to children in the foster care system....
Story by Chad Menegay | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 11.27.2019
Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ken Keller, an Avenger Air Defense System crewmember and squad leader with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, and Chelsea Keller, a social worker for The Bair Foundation Child & Family Ministries, have adopted all six of their children from foster care, enduring the challenges associated with raising such a family, including Ken......
Story by Kaitlin Kelly and Monique Randolph | Marine Corps Systems Command | 12.21.2018
In 2002, Nelson Mandela told a special session of the United Nations, “History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.” Whether spreading joy during the holidays or throughout the year, these Marine Corps Systems Command employees are making history in the lives of their own children and those in their communities. Meet MCSC’s 2018 “Holiday Heroes.”...
Story by Airman 1st Class Allison payne | Joint Base Charleston | 10.18.2017
What most people don’t know about Yvette Morhee, 14th Airlift Squadron unit program coordinator, is taking care of people doesn’t stop at the end of her work day. As a civilian, Morhee plays a critical role in Joint Base Charleston’s mission through her job at the 14th AS, as well as her extraordinary involvement with the foster care program....
