Story by Brian Lamar | 21st Theater Sustainment Command | 09.21.2024
On the 80th anniversary of the fateful airborne operation of World War II known as Operation Market Garden, nearly two dozen 21st Theater Sustainment Command Soldiers assigned to the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company provided sustainment support during a Dutch-led two-week Airborne Exercise known as Falcon Leap 2024 and Operation Market Garden 80....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 09.13.2024
On 17 September 1944, the Allies launched a combined operation using airborne (Operation MARKET) and armor (Operation GARDEN) forces to capture a series of bridges over Dutch canals and rivers. The enemy response to MARKET-GARDEN was surprisingly swift and formidable. While commonly decried as an intelligence failure, the shortcomings of MARKET-GARDEN were not a result of poor intelligence......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Michael Brown | 141st Air Refueling Wing | 10.14.2022
After almost eight decades and many phone calls Linda Chauvin, (who spells her name the original French spelling before it was altered by a nun at St. Patrick School where her father graduated) breathed a sigh of relief. Her father’s remains were identified and were returning home. Linda was only three years old when her father left to serve in World War II. His mission was to fly 11......
Story by Pfc. Michael Ybarra | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.23.2019
2019 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, a pivotal operation that liberated many towns and villages in the Netherlands....
Story by Bryan Gatchell | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 08.16.2019
FORT BENNING, Ga. – Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning commemorated the 2019 National Airborne Day Aug. 16 at Fryar Drop Zone at Fort Benning....
Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 08.12.2019
FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning, birthplace of the Army’s Airborne, will observe National Airborne Day Aug. 16 with a series of parachute jumps, followed by a graduation ceremony of the nation’s newest paratroopers....
Story by Eric Durr and Master Sgt. Lillique Ford | New York National Guard | 01.05.2018
SYRACUSE, N.Y.--A New York Army National Guard Honor Guard joined Dutch officials and the Dutch Air Force in providing funeral honors for a 98-year old Syracuse man who was a knight of the Netherlands-- one of the last four living holders of the Netherlands’ highest military honor-- here on Friday, Jan. 5. Former United States Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Edward Fulmer was recognized by......
Story by Airman 1st Class Codie Collins | 19th Airlift Wing | 09.22.2017
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