Story by Chief Petty Officer Shannon Smith | U.S. Indo-Pacific Command | 02.22.2025
MANILA, Philippines - Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited the Philippines from Feb. 20-22, 2025, deepening the U.S.-Philippines relationship as both countries commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Manila....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Shannon Smith | U.S. Indo-Pacific Command | 07.22.2024
Tumon, GUAM — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Guam July 18-20, where he met with senior government officials and U.S. service members to reiterate USINDOPACOM’s priority of defending the homeland and to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the island....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Shannon Smith | U.S. Indo-Pacific Command | 04.23.2024
HONOLULU — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command service members and Pearl Harbor National Park Service employees attended the memorial ceremony in honor of the last survivor from USS Arizona, Louis Al. (Lou) Conter, on April 23, 2024. The ceremony was held at the same time as his burial service in Green Valley, California, where he was laid to rest next to his late wife of 45 years, Valerie. He passed......
Story by Maj. Valerie Palacios | 84th Training Command | 06.06.2022
Today marks the 78th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied Forces launched the largest military invasion by land, air and sea in history to retake northwest Europe from Nazi forces. More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily-fortified French coastline in what Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called a crusade in which, "we will accept nothing less than full victory." The......
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 11.10.2020
On Veterans Day, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command honors not only those heroes who served on active duty but also those who continue to serve as Department of the Army civilians....
Story by Eric Pilgrim | Fort Knox | 07.13.2020
A line formed inside the Fort Knox Military Clothing Sales store July 8 as several recruiting students anticipated being the first to be issued the Army’s newest uniform — the Army Green Service Uniform. Considered a nostalgic nod to the greatest generation — who fought in World War II — the green and beige uniform has caused strong reactions civilians and Soldiers alike....
Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 05.21.2020
Clemson University faculty, staff and alumni gathered at the university's Scroll of Honor directly across from the 81,000-seat Memorial Stadium to place American flags around the monument for Memorial Day, May 21, 2020. This year it was a small number of people, wearing masks and working in groups of four or less, but every flag was still placed in less than an hour. Clemson legend and WWII......
Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 11.11.2019
U.S. Army Captain William Cline was a lot of things: husband, father, proud Clemson Tiger, war hero and — thankfully for future generations of Clemson students and researchers — a meticulous cataloger and avid photographer. Two albums of his photographs and letters taken and written during WWII are being donated by his son, Bill Cline Jr., to Clemson University's Special Collections and Archives....
