Story by Spc. Seth Cohen | 444th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.20.2023
Nutley, NJ— U.S. Army Private Anthony Del Tufo stands alongside esteemed members of the Nutley School Board of Education, honored with a state award for recent acts of bravery. Visibly relieved, Del Tufo attributes the safety of his community following a potentially devastating house fire not only to himself but also to the military principles of civil service he embodied early in......
Courtesy Story | Fort Carson Public Affairs Office | 06.10.2021
Pfc. Jumaris Maduro knew aiding a father and his teenage son, who were in their home when it caught on fire, was the right thing to do. And that’s what she did when she saw a house on fire June 10, 2021, around 10:30 p.m. in Fountain....
Courtesy Story | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 09.11.2020
We Are The Home of Heroes MP’s quick thinking averts catastrophe FORT POLK, La. — Editor’s note: This is a first hand account by Sgt. Christopher Stallings, 91st Military Police Detachment, 519th Military Police Battalion. “On Sept. 7, at about 2:30 a.m., I was asleep downstairs when someone began beating on my door and screaming for help. Upon opening the door, I realized it was......
Story by Senior Airman Curt Beach | 2nd Bomb Wing | 11.10.2016
Most people will never have to watch helplessly as roaring flames and black smoke reduce their home and possessions to a heap of ashes. When tragedy struck the family of Senior Airman Kitana Grable, 2nd Security Force Squadron installation access controller, her mother and three siblings were left without a place to call home....
Story by Sgt. Alexandra Shea | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division | 07.16.2014
It was a typical Tuesday night for Maryella Haynes, an in-home daycare provider and resident of Hinesville. She had just finished preparing dinner for her family and started cooking a fresh batch of Tater Tots, a request by her granddaughter....
Story by Staff Sgt. Melisa Washington | Tennessee National Guard Joint Family Programs | 06.20.2014
When a fire destroyed Sgt. David Adams' home in Johnson City, Tenn., this past Wednesday, he was grateful to have his National Guard family at the ready for support. The house caught fire while he was conducting annual training in Alcoa, Tenn. with his unit, Detachment 1, G Troop, 1/230th Air Cavalry. All of Adams’ belongings were destroyed, but luckily his brother, who was staying in the......
Story by Cpl. Chelsea Anderson | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 11.02.2012
Editor’s Note: On Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy ripped through the city of New York. Among the chaos of floodwaters and winds close to 80 mph, a transformer in the Queens neighborhood of Rockaway Beach burst and started a house fire that quickly spread to nearby homes. With the floodwaters so high, emergency personnel were unable to rescue residents and contain the blazes. So, New York Police......
