Story by Sgt. Jessica DuVernay | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 07.02.2018
FORT HOOD, TX – 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, recently completed their weeklong exercise where the company demonstrated their ability for a rapid deployment in support of the Army’s Global Reaction Force (GRF) mission....
Story by Lance Cpl. Isabelo Tabanguil | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 06.27.2018
U.S. Marines with 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conducted Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) and patrol training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, June 27, 2018....
Story by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur | 124th Fighter Wing | 06.14.2018
Hidden beneath twigs and weeds, three snipers’ stomachs are flat on the ground, dirt and grime on their faces. It’s a 90 degree day. A drip of sweat rolls down into the lead sniper’s eye, stinging and smearing the camouflage paint down his face. All that can be seen in the bundles of cheatgrass is a pair of steady, intense eyes. He does not blink. Complete silence and stillness. “I......
Story by Derrick Crawford | 5th Medical Recruiting Battalion | 05.08.2018
When 1st Lt. Apphia Kim recently helped promote Sgt. 1st Class Shaun Phillips to his current rank, he was on top of the world. Some of it had to do with the ceremony being held 750 feet above the city, but mostly it was because for the second time in a week, Kim helped Phillips mark an important career milestone....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 04.06.2018
More than 30 generals and senior leaders from across the Department of Defense; U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and its subordinate units; Arizona, New Mexico and Texas National Guard along with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol; and Mexico’s Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) met for the annual Border Commanders Conference to discuss current trends taking place along the shared border....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 01.26.2018
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commander, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) hosted a change of command ceremony for Task Force-51 at the historic quadrangle, Friday 26. Maj. Gen. John F. King, assumed command from Maj. Gen. Brian C. Harris, the outgoing commander of TF-51....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 01.05.2018
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Commander for U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) hosted the grand opening ceremony to the new facility, Friday, January 5. The Vogel Resiliency Center is a new facility providing resiliency services to the Joint Base San Antonio community, located on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, designed to focus, synchronize, and integrate the execution of programs that are directly......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 12.22.2017
The Vogel Resiliency Center is a new facility on Fort Sam Houston to support the Joint Base San Antonio community, which brings together eight entities of resiliency services into one location. The VRC houses the Army Wellness Center, Public Health Nursing, Chaplain and Spiritual services, Military Family Readiness, Health Promotion Operations, Army Substance Abuse Program, Nutrition Coaching,......
