Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 03.01.2019
FORT BENNING, Ga. – A new training battalion that will help the Maneuver Center of Excellence prepare trainees for service in the Infantry under the Army’s new, longer training period, was established here March 1 with a formal ceremony inside the Santiago Fitness Center....
Story by Sgt. Christina Dion | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.09.2019
FORT JACKSON, S.C. – The 81st Readiness Division Soldiers, known as the Wildcats, celebrated the unit’s 100th year of service to the U.S. Army and the nation during the 81st RD Centennial Ball, here, Feb 9 at the Officers Club....
Story by Col. Richard Goldenberg | New York National Guard | 10.02.2018
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – “Nobody wants to talk very much about the recent battle,” New York National Guard Chaplain Father Francis Duffy wrote in his diary entry in October 1918. “It was a nightmare that one does not care to recall. Individual acts do not stand out in actions of this kind. It is a case of everybody going ahead and taking the punishment,” Duffy recalled....
Story by Col. Richard Goldenberg | New York National Guard | 09.10.2018
The days from August 8 to Nov. 11, 1918 have gone down in World War I military history as “The 100 days”. This period was marked by a series of attacks launched by the French, British and American armies; which defeated the German Army, resulting in massed surrenders retreat; and the end of the fighting. New York National Guard Soldiers played a key role in this fighting: breaking......
Story by Master Sgt. Vin Stevens | 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division | 06.06.2018
A small group of Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division ROK-U.S. Combined Division traveled from the Republic of Korea to France for the WWI Centennial Commemoration week May 23....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Emily Anderson | 80th Training Command (Reserve) | 09.16.2017
Evolving in more than just its name, the 80th Training Command (The Army School System) continues to be a lethal, capable and combat ready Army Reserve unit that stands on the foundation of 100 years of dedication and service, starting with World War I....
Story by Sgt. Michael Giles | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.18.2017
The 36th Infantry Division celebrates its 100th anniversary July 18, 2017 and soldiers from the division honored their 100-year legacy of service during their July drill, with sweat, reverence and festivities. The celebration began as several hundred soldiers marched along Congress Avenue from across Lady Bird Lake and up to the Texas State Capitol. When they arrived, they stood in......
Story by Spc. Christina Clardy | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 07.15.2017
On the morning of July 15th, Texas' own 36th Infantry Division held a change of command ceremony on the Texas State Capitol steps as Maj. Gen. Lester Simpson, officially relinquished command to the new commander, Maj. Gen. S. Lee Henry....
