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Parachute competition builds international camaraderie
Story by Sgt. Stephen Wright | National Guard Marksmanship Training Center | Date: 08.07.2012The winds were calm as paratroopers from across the world jumped from helicopters during an international parachute competition known as Leapfest. Read More
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Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa train with elite Djiboutian forces
Story by 1st Lt. Dominic Pitrone | Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12 | Date: 09.06.2012Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force Africa began a four-week training evolution with Djibouti’s Group d’Intervention de la Genarmerie Nationale, Aug. 25. Read More
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Barkley hydropower rehabilitation gets a 270-ton lift
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | Date: 08.16.2012Work crews here at Barkley Power Plant removed a 270-ton rotor assembly today from a crippled hydropower unit damaged 18 months ago by an electrical fire. The heavy lift enables the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers... Read More
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Point Defender 2012 puts Army ammo port to the test
Story by Mark Diamond | Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command | Date: 08.30.2012According to the U.S. Army antiterrorism regulation, AR 525-13, [Antiterrorism] training will be afforded the same emphasis as combat task training and executed with the intent to identify shortfalls affecting... Read More
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Local Montford Point Marine receives Congressional Gold Medal
Story by Staff Sgt. Lynn Kinney | Headquarters Marine Corps | Date: 08.28.2012Seventy years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 allowing African Americans to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, 85 year- old Southern Nixon Jr., an African American Private First... Read More
