Courtesy Story | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2016
Five members of the Danish 3rd Battalion Engineer Corps participated in the 32nd Golden Coyote training exercise by building a foot bridge in the Spearfish Canyon, near Spearfish, S.D., June 14....
Story by Sgt. Gene Arnold | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 01.17.2013
“Attention to orders: The Combat Action Streamer is presented to Alpha Company for having more than 75 percent of their soldiers receive the combat action award during Operation Enduring Freedom 12-13,” read the adjutant....
Story by Sgt. Gene Arnold | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 01.10.2013
“There are a lot of things people don’t know about me, like my name probably,” Reyadh Alhachamy said.
Story by Sgt. Gene Arnold | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 01.08.2013
What would you consider a defining moment in your life? Would it be the moment something good or bad happens? Well, just imagine this: you are on a foot patrol, carefully scanning with your head on swivel, and your soldiers are following behind you. Then "BOOM!" everything is changed in an instant....
Story by Sgt. Gene Arnold | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 01.07.2013
On Jan. 6, senators Carl Levin and Jack Reed, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sat down with the key leaders of the U.S. Army’s Task Force 4-1, the provincial government and Afghan National Security Forces of Paktika province, to discuss concerns and capabilities that could possibly affect the redeployment of troops by the end of 2014....
Story by Sgt. Gene Arnold | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 12.11.2012
U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Laskoskie is a forward observer assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. His display of discipline, accuracy and composure under fire helped suppress enemy small arms fire, ultimately saving the lives of the soldiers around him....
Courtesy Story | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 11.11.2012
The twin howitzers of Alpha Battery’s 1st platoon had been silent for weeks. The usually tempestuous valleys surrounding Foward Operating Base Orgun-E had become still as the days grew shorter and the cold set in. It seemed that most of the area’s “rowdier inhabitants” had left for winter, leaving only a token garrison to carry out their particular brand of mischief. Regardless of......
Story by Sgt. Gene Arnold | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 09.14.2012
Most of the young men and women serving in today’s armed forces were children or teenagers on 9/11, watching the attacks on the World Trade Center on the news. The majority of their adult lives have since been forged by the nation’s need for great men and women in uniform. These men and women, the Army’s newest generation of Soldiers, continue to answer the call to arms. Cpl. Teneka......
