Story by Amy Perry | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 05.24.2018
The practice of decorating soldier’s graves hearkens back to the times of ancient Greece and Rome. The first reported instance of a similar memorial tribute in America was during the early days of the Civil War – June 3, 1861 – in Warrenton, near the nation’s capital. In 1862, Confederate soldiers’ graves were decorated in Savannah, Ga., and a cemetery dedication was held that......
Story by Terrance Bell | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 07.27.2017
FORT LEE, Va. (July 27, 2017) -- Staff Sgt. Cindy Rozo and Sgt. 1st Class Rodney Gibson are Quartermaster School instructors responsible for providing advanced individual training students with the know-how to perform their real-world missions....
Story by Patrick Buffett | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 03.16.2017
FORT LEE, Va. (March 16, 2017) -- Encountering obstacles like “helium hoop” and “traffic jam” – labels that gave no indication of their degrees of difficulty – headquarters CASCOM staffers shook hands with the latest resilience training concepts Friday on the Ordnance Campus....
Story by William Prokopyk | North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs | 12.06.2014
The North Dakota National Guard's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, was awarded the U.S. Army Engineer Association's "Silver Order of the de Fleury Medal" at the Guard's Raymond J. Bohn Armory Dec. 5, 2014. This prestigious engineer award was in recognition for Sprynczynatyk's exceptionally meritorious service to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Army National Guard......
Story by Staff Sgt. Jecca Geffre | Colorado National Guard | 07.03.2013
The Colorado National Guard’s Space Cowboys found themselves on a different type of deployment in June.
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon | 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade | 07.16.2012
They’re the crew no one wants to see take off.
Story by Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 06.04.2012
The Talkeetna Theater was brim full as airmen drifted in for the Commanders Call, a summons to hear a message from the base commander. Camera crews and news anchors floated around two distinct figures outside. An Airman in full service dress, his uniform deep blue, stood firm against the wave of media as he allows them to attach microphones to his uniform. Anchored next to him, a woman, with......
Courtesy Story | Combined Joint Task Force 101 | 01.05.2011
To help keep residents of Maidan Shahr in the Nerkh district of Wardak province safe from Taliban attacks, U.S. soldiers assisted with constructing an Afghan National Police checkpoint Jan. 5....
