Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 03.23.2013
Convoy escort teams provide security, help lead the way for retrograde, redeployment operations
Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 02.28.2013
While soldiers his age were closing in on retirement after serving 20 years in the military, a 36-year-old accountant from Jacksonville, Fla., was enduring the terror of drill sergeants and the rigorous and demanding schedule of Army basic combat training....
Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 02.14.2013
Service members at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan are volunteering the little downtime they have at the Cat in the Hat Language Arts Center to teach local Afghan children basic elementary subjects. The Center gives the children an educational atmosphere once a week and after nine months, the students graduate from the program....
Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 02.06.2013
He trains in the rain and mud, maintains a functioning weapon, rucks while wearing up to 70 pounds of gear and wears a multicam uniform that blends into the mountains of Afghanistan. He is a U.S. Army soldier but what sets him apart from the rest? He is the only one who bears the weight of protecting himself as well as his chaplain. Next to God, the chaplain's assistant is the only thing......
Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 02.05.2013
There are several different reasons why military members enlist to serve their country. One reason often given by soldiers is to generally better their lives. For Spc. Eric Argento, signal systems support specialist, 267th Signal Company, 1034th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Task Force Durable, however, there was nothing general about his reason for joining the Army. It was all part of......
Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 02.05.2013
"I had six days after I graduated high school to say goodbye and have my party," said Pfc. Dominick Gongwer, signal support systems specialist, 267th Signal Company, 1034th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Task Force Durable....
Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 01.25.2013
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan--Task Force Durable honored a fallen Soldier in a memorial ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2013....
Story by Sgt. V. Michelle Woods | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 01.08.2013
Soldiers have a wide array of reasons for joining the Army from wanting to travel the world to earning money for college. Once they have seen exotic, foreign lands and earned their money for school however, what drives a soldier to want to continue waking up at 4:30 a.m., conduct physical training five days a week, give up their weekends to pull 24-hour guard, and put on the same green,......
