Story by Staff Sgt. Richard Andrade | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs | 04.08.2013
The “Mass Casualty,” alarm could be heard over loud speakers throughout Forward Operating Base Gamberi. Health care specialists at the troop medical clinic rushed to prepare for an influx of patients during a mass casualty exercise here, April 8....
Courtesy Story | Joint Task Force-National Capital Region | 01.15.2013
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeanna Nelson, a member of the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” has been selected to participate in the 57th presidential inaugural parade, which is scheduled to take place, Jan. 21, 2013....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Karen Blankenship | Amphibious Squadron 11 | 09.16.2012
Culinary Specialist Seaman Kendell Blount, a Long Island, N.Y., native, is currently serving aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while on deployment in the Western Pacific....
Story by Spc. Kathryn Summerhill | 200th Military Police Command | 08.23.2012
Moving onto bigger and better things typically comes with mixed emotions. At Hofstra University’s Practice Field dome, those mixed emotions were put in the spotlight for Brig. Gen. Michael Smith....
Story by Cpl. Mark Stroud | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 06.20.2012
“When you have a [mechanically inclined] mind and you are familiar with how an engine works and how a vehicle works, you can solve a lot of the problems and issues that come up on convoys, that you otherwise wouldn’t have been able to [fix],” said Cpl. Jason K. Fricke....
Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.23.2011
Operation Eagle Hunt tested both the minds and bodies of the Marines and sailors supporting their Afghan brothers as they worked together to search southern Helmand for insurgents....
Story by Christopher Gardner | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 09.29.2011
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded a contract for $414,590 to North America Landscaping, Construction, and Dredge Company of Ellicott City, Md., for the maintenance dredging of the entrance to Lake Montauk Harbor with the beneficial reuse of the dredged sand on nearby west jetty beach....
Story by Cpl. Lisa Tourtelot | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 07.14.2011
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 played host to 86 U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen here July 13.
