Story by Cpl. Mary Jenni | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 02.19.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – The Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Armed Services YMCA hosted the grand reopening of the Pendleton Pantry on Feb. 12, following a temporary closure for expansion. The pantry, now in a larger space within the ASYMCA, aims to better serve the growing needs of military families by providing increased access to nutritious food and essential resources....
Story by Otis Toussaint | U.S. Army Medical Command | 10.25.2024
In Washington, D.C., the Armed Services YMCA hosted the 18th Annual Angels of the Battlefield Award Ceremony, honoring courageous medics, corpsmen, and pararescuemen. Among the awardees, Sgt. 1st Class Tyler Twigg was recognized for his exceptional skill and compassion, highlighted by his recent lifesaving actions during a choking incident at Fort Moore. The event celebrated the unwavering......
Story by Chad Watkins | 55th Wing | 07.29.2024
Members of the 55th Security Forces and Operations Support Squadrons treated children to a demonstration at the YMCA in Glenwood, Iowa on Monday, July 29, 2004....
Courtesy Story | Defense Health Agency | 12.07.2023
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that Tad S. Stines was named this year’s DHA recipient of the Angels of the Battlefield Award for his actions last year when he saved a life from a residence fire....
Story by Robert Hammer | Defense Health Agency | 12.06.2023
Six medical professionals from across the armed services recently earned honors as Angels of the Battlefield, a title bestowed upon them by the Armed Services-YMCA in honor of military medical personnel and first responders for their life-saving medical treatment and trauma care of service members, partner forces, and civilians at home and abroad....
Story by Pfc. Maxwell Bass | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 10.26.2022
The Armed Forces Young Men’s Christian Association, has partnered up with the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Association to create a food drive to distribute food for those in need in El Paso....
Story by Staff Sgt. Dalton Williams | 375th Air Mobility Wing | 06.15.2022
On May 12, 2007, the Schlachter family lost their son in a drowning accident. He was found within minutes but doctors were unable to revive him. In order to carry on his name, they started the Christopher Jr. Legacy for Drowning Prevention program in 2016 in partnership with the YMCA in O’Fallon, Illinois. “Continuing to say his name and keep him alive was extremely important to our......
Story by Staff Sgt. Timothy Gray | 5th Armored Brigade | 01.21.2022
Task Force Boomer Soldiers attached to 5th Armored Brigade attended a $100,000 grant presentation at the Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) Friday. The Soldiers have a combined total of 159 volunteers hours with the ASYMCA, a local non-profit designed to fight food insecurities within the El Paso community. “Soldiers helped with everything including the setup, distribution, passing out forms to......
