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U.S. military vows to find missing servicemembers

U.S. military vows to find missing servicemembers

Sept. 19 is MIA/POW Recognition Day and Defense Department officials said the military never stops searching for servicemembers reported as captured or missing during the global war on terrorism or those missing from past wars. View Article

Texas National Guardsmen distribute basic necessities to Gulf Coast area

Texas National Guardsmen distribute basic necessities to Gulf Coast area

For National Guard Soldiers here, shouts, thumps, beeps and the growl of hundreds of idling engines combined to produce a steady soundtrack for emergency point-of-distribution operations in a grocery store parking lot. View Article

Army activating its second Maneuver Enhancement Brigade

Army activating its second Maneuver Enhancement Brigade

A new type of deployable brigade is activating at Fort Leonard Wood in October -- the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. View Article

Apaches train at Fort Hood

Apaches train at Fort Hood

Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, fires 2.75 inch rockets at a target during Iron Horse Rampage, a lane training exercise for 1st Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 16. These air and ground integration-training exercises help build trust and establish valuable relationships between Soldiers in the air and on the ground. View Image

MPs train Afghan counterparts

MPs train Afghan counterparts

avour through at Forward Operating Base Thunder, Paktya province. View Article

servicemembers

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– Servicemembers of Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan met with Secretary of the Army, the Honorable Pete Geren, during his tour of Afghanistan and the Middle East, Sept. 15, 2008. View Article

Army Spotlight

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Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Army
Hispanic-Americans have a proud record of military service, dating all the way back to the Revolutionary War. We celebrate their "Call to Duty" during Hispanic Heritage Month, from Sept. 15 - Oct. 15.

Army Quote

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On this day we underscore our commitment and pledge to those who are still missing in action and to their families that we will not rest until we have achieved the fullest possible accounting for every member of our Armed Forces missing in the line of duty.

President George W. Bush

Related Link: National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2008

Related Link: 2008 National POW/MIA Recognition Day senior Army leader message


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