Jul 29, 2012

Army Olympian Staff Sgt. John Nunn showed Americans how to race walk Monday morning on NBC's Today Show.

Jul 29, 2012

Despite having a difficult Olympic debut, Navy Reserve Petty Officer 1st Class Sandra Uptagrafft's experience in London, July 29, 2012, featured enough goose bumps and memories to last a lifetime.

Jul 29, 2012

In front of an enthusiastic crowd eager to witness presentation of the first medals of the London Olympic Games, Jamie Gray, wife of a U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Soldier, competed in women's 10-meter air rifle June 28 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

Jul 27, 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama and a plethora of former and current U.S. Olympic stars helped musical performers entertain children July 27, 2012, during "Let's Move! London Tic-Toc."

Jul 26, 2012

When President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit in 1956 he did so to raise the standards of marksmanship in the U.S. Army. But unit lore says that he really wanted to beat the Soviets in the Olympics and needed the best the military had to offer all fall under one command and train with each other.

Jul 26, 2012

More than 20 ROTC Cadets from colleges across the U.S. traveled to Spain in May as part of the U.S. Army ROTC's Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency program. Their mission was to teach Spanish soldiers conversational English. The additional plus for the Cadets was being able to jump with the Spanish airborne and earn their foreign jump wings.

Jul 26, 2012

U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program pistol shooter Sgt. 1st Class Daryl Szarenski is taking a business-like approach to his fourth Olympic Games.

Jul 26, 2012

After leading the U.S. boxing team in warm-ups Thursday, Marine Corps Sgt. Jamel Herring demonstrated the unique style and speed that may earn him an Olympic medal.

Jul 25, 2012

A dive school in Seattle says the commercial diving industry is "begging for vets."

Jul 25, 2012

Sgt. 1st Class Eric Uptagrafft, with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, was an Olympian at the 1996 Atlanta games. Navy Reserve Petty Officer 1st Class Sandra Uptagrafft competed in four Olympic trials in Women's air and sport pistol, and left each one without a position on the Olympic team.

Jul 25, 2012

For the second year in a row the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine is hosting the Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science program at Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts.

Jul 24, 2012

One was labeled a prodigy after winning the world championship at the age of 16. The other was already a two-time Olympian and had won every match except for the big one.

Jul 24, 2012

They are knights who wear flight suits instead of armor; Airborne Soldiers who jump into crowds instead of combat zones; whose mission is for entertainment -- not war.

Jul 23, 2012

A young researcher from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine has received top honors for scientific excellence.

Jul 19, 2012

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., is looking for a few good Soldiers. Soldier admissions officer Maj. Ryan Liebhaber has 85 slots for active duty Soldiers and 85 slots for reserve-component Soldiers in every class.

Jul 19, 2012

While a lesson in polymers was under way Fort Rucker, Ala., youth mixed glue and food-coloring in order to create a Silly Putty-like concoction at the Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science laboratory, July 12, 2012.

Jul 19, 2012

John Krajeski says he is finally at peace. "I think I sleep better at night, now," he said, chuckling. "I wanted at least this recognition. It was something I needed to do before I went to my grave."

Jul 18, 2012

Braintree, Mass., became the 28th Massachusetts community and among more than 500 nationally to sign an Armed Forces Community Covenant in a July 18, 2012, ceremony at its 100-year-old town hall.

Jul 17, 2012

Nearly every time a medevac crew serving on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan climbs into a Black Hawk and fasten their seat belts, they launch knowing someone is in pain, and may be dying.

Jul 17, 2012

This year marked the fourth time a team of Soldiers, civilians and family members from the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade competed in Wiesbaden's dragon boat races at the Schiersteiner Hafen Fest, and the fifth time a U.S. military community team joined the dragon boat competition.

Jul 17, 2012

As he perched eagerly in a chair at the Fort Campbell flight simulator July 17, it would be easy to mistake 9-year-old Adam Crider for any other boy his age. His slightly shaggy blond hair and baby-blue eyes that light up as quickly as his infectious smile spreads across his face belie the 18-month battle Adam and his family have endured.

Jul 16, 2012

Willie Kucera, 106 years old, is living history. The World War II and the Korean War veteran is believed to be the oldest beneficiary in the William Beaumont Army Medical Center's region of care.

Jul 16, 2012

The Army Reserve vessel USAV Robert T. Kuroda, responded to a U.S. Coast Guard request for assistance in the rescue of a civilian on a disabled sailboat, near San Nicholas Island, Calif., July 9, 2012.

Jul 16, 2012

The Army created the World Class Athlete Program in 1997 with the explicit goal of competing, and winning medals, in the Olympic Games. Since its founding, 40 WCAP Soldiers have brought home gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals.

Jul 12, 2012

Christopher Doona of the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, uses the tools of science to do battle against disease-causing microorganisms.

Jul 12, 2012

Fort Jackson's Gabe will represent all armed forces dogs at the annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards banquet in Los Angeles later this year.

Jul 12, 2012

Nearly seven decades have passed since the U.S. Army's famed 10th Mountain Division received its initial baptism by fire in the rugged Apennine Mountains of northern Italy during World War II.

Jul 12, 2012

U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center data show the third quarter of fiscal year 2012 has been the deadliest yet this year regarding accidents, with 42 Soldiers lost between April 1 and June 30.

Jul 11, 2012

Students competing in the U.S. Army's eCYBERMISSION science competition come from all over the United States. This year, for the first time, one team came from China. Flying almost 7,500 miles, the RADIANS team traveled to the National Judging & Education Event, held June 18-22, 2012.

Jul 11, 2012

Torii Station in Okinawa, Japan, will hold its first ever farmers market, July 13, 2012, offering fresh produce grown on the installation by local farmers.

Jul 11, 2012

Nine years after losing his leg in a rocket-propelled grenade attack while on patrol in Iraq, Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson has reinvented his Army career. Going from an Infantry squad leader to a wounded warrior, he is now a Paralympic shooter.

Jul 10, 2012

The "Kenyan Connection" made a lot of noise for the U.S. Army during the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Jul 10, 2012

The U.S. Army Blues collaborated with a Broadway great during Independence Day week, and the results were massive rhythms, blues and rhythm and blues.

Jul 9, 2012

More than 400 volunteers from children to adults descended on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 9, 2012, for the 16th annual Renewal and Remembrance, to honor the nation's veterans and fallen service members.

Jul 9, 2012

The 7th Dive Detachment, 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, had the opportunity to dive at the USS Arizona Memorial, June 28, 2012.

Jul 6, 2012

Division West hosted rodeo announcer Charlie Throckmorton and a few other Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association personalities and Belton Chamber of Commerce members for a "rodeo appreciation day" at Fort Hood, Texas, July 5, 2012.

Jul 5, 2012

Before his scheduled appearance at Freedom Fest actor Gary Sinise made a few unexpected visits to Soldiers and family members, July 2, 2012.

Jul 5, 2012

Mark Preisser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center coastal and hydraulics lab engineering tech, helped save three people from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean near Duck, N.C.

Jul 5, 2012

More than 500 participants tested their tolerance for 'dirty water' in the annual Mud Run series, June 30, 2012, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Jul 3, 2012

It happens to the best of them. Ask John Elway. Or Lebron James. Being at the top of their profession doesn't mean a championship comes right away. It takes perseverance and hard work.

Jul 3, 2012

U.S. Army World Class Athlete Capt. John Mickowski came up 400 meters short in his bid for a berth in the London Olympic Games.

Jul 2, 2012

The Third Infantry Division hosted "Marne Week" for the first time since 2006, bringing together units from across the Marne Division to compete in various athletic events.

Jul 1, 2012

The chief scientist at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, received a Presidential Rank Award, along with three other U.S. Army Materiel Command awardees.

Jun 29, 2012

Thirteen students from the Research Science Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology visited Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, June 26, 2012, to learn a little bit about what goes on there.

Jun 28, 2012

The opportunity to travel abroad and experience foreign cultures such as Australia may only be a dream for some, but not for Maj. Trent Upton, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's liaison officer to the Australian Army's Forces Command Headquarters -- where he has spent the last eight months at a place called Paddington.

Jun 28, 2012

The "Kenyan Connection" struck twice for the U.S. Army June 25 at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials as Spc. Augustus Maiyo qualified for the 3,000-meter steeplechase final and Spc. Robert Cheseret qualified for the 5,000-meter final which runs this evening.

Jun 27, 2012

The Eighth Army commanding general presented the Department of Defense's highest civilian award to a South Korean train engineer who gave his life trying to save stranded American Soldiers during the Korean War.

Jun 27, 2012

They've pictured themselves there, in Olympic Stadium, walking through the tunnel out into the open air in front of thousands in the stands and millions watching on television.

Jun 27, 2012

A new smartphone app, due out this fall, will be able to provide a virtual tour of Arlington National Cemetery, list events there and help visitors locate gravesites.

Jun 26, 2012

Chipyong-ni was a little known mountain village in South Korea until a battle there changed the momentum of the Korean War and made an indelible mark in military history.

Jun 26, 2012

The U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program will send its strongest contingent of athletes and coaches to the 2012 Olympic Games in London since the program's inception in 1997.

Jun 26, 2012

Master Sgt. Jim Monroe, a recent Naval Postgraduate School Defense Analysis graduate, became the first-ever noncommissioned officer to receive the university's top Army student award.

Jun 25, 2012

Downpour conditions perfectly suited for Oregon Ducks did not fare well for U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program runner Spc. Joseph Chirlee, a naturalized citizen from Marakwet, Kenya.

Jun 25, 2012

Sgt. Audie Murphy Club members from across the country gathered at the grave of America's most-decorated World War II Soldier, June 20, 2012, for a wreath-laying ceremony on what would have been the Medal of Honor recipient's 88th birthday.

Jun 22, 2012

Spouses at Fort Bragg, N.C., took part in Soldier for a Day, June 14, 2012, which was coordinated by Army Community Service to give spouses access to some of the activities that their Soldiers encounter daily.

Jun 21, 2012

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Kinzie's instincts kicked into action as he noticed something wrong along a Virginia highway, which helped save the life of Virginia Senior Trooper Mike Hamer.

Jun 20, 2012

Retired Staff Sgt. Joseph Trainor's personal journey as an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran inspired him to create a nonprofit organization to reach out to other veterans while saving the lives of animals.

Jun 19, 2012

Exhausted but enriched by the experience, the second and final group of rising high school seniors departed West Point June 15, 2012, after completing the week-long Summer Leaders Seminar.

Jun 18, 2012

In less than seven years Staff Sgt. Sharalis Canales has transformed herself from a homeless New York City resident to a well-respected noncommissioned officer at the Natick Soldier Systems Center.

Jun 18, 2012

At an Armed Forces Day Welcome Home Parade in Richmond. Va., Chief Warrant Officer 5 Candis R. Martin was one of several people who joined the procession carrying large banners displaying an image -- hers showing a smiling, Stetson-wearing son, 1st Lt. Thomas M. Martin.

Jun 18, 2012

Police officers from the Aberdeen Proving Ground Directorate of Emergency Services continued their support of the Special Olympics of Maryland Summer Games with their participation in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Relay, June 5, 2012.

Jun 15, 2012

Linda Patterson was awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Award by Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno during a Twilight Tattoo, May 23, 2012, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va.

Jun 14, 2012

Before the American colonies even made their declaration of independence, the Second Continental Congress gathered together in Philadelphia 237 years ago to create a standing Army and select a commander in chief.

Jun 14, 2012

Thanks to his father, Master Sgt. Edward O'Neil believes in hard work. After having his leg amputated due to an improvised explosive device in Iraq, that hard work helped him become a member of the Army World Class Athlete Program.

Jun 14, 2012

He spent 30 years in the Army and fought in two wars. This weekend, Melvin Bryant, 90, will attend his first Army Ball.

Jun 14, 2012

When the Miles family to Fort Jackson, S.C., with 8-year-old Chad, who is autistic, they did not know what to expect.

Jun 13, 2012

When Congress established the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, the original 10 Rifle Companies were composed heavily of frontiersmen and some leaders of the militia already fighting were veterans of a unit known as Roger's Rangers.

Jun 13, 2012

After more than 65 years of service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge William A. Thompson began it's final trip down the Mississippi River, headed from Fountain City, Wis., to its final destination in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

Jun 13, 2012

Military Police are known for enforcing military law and regulating traffic, but a small fraction of them do something very different: guard the military's prisons.

Jun 12, 2012

When the American Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, the original 13 colonies did not have a shared army, but instead, a collection of independent colonial militias.

Jun 12, 2012

Along the causeway to Utah Beach stands a new monument to combat leadership, dedicated June 6, 2012, in memory of Maj. Richard Winters, who led paratroopers from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during the D-Day landings.

Jun 12, 2012

A U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Soldier locked down the final spot on the U.S. Olympic shooting team June 11, 2012, with a dominating performance at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Pool International Range Complex.

Jun 12, 2012

More than 60 Americans took part in a three-day ride that began June 1, 2012, passing through many towns and villages that withstood the horrors of World War II during the summer of 1944.

Jun 12, 2012

Several Soldiers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program recently posted strong performances in preparation for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials, scheduled for June 22 through July 1, 2012, in Eugene, Ore.

Jun 12, 2012

Therapeutic Riding Program uses Soldiers and horses from the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), to provide equine assisted therapy for Wounded Warriors and military veterans.

Jun 11, 2012

A U.S. Army Soldier recently helped his battalion's partnership program by handing out care packages to Afghan National Army soldiers at Camp Miawon.

Jun 11, 2012

Even though cancer survivor Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Kelly possesses only a fraction of the physical abilities he once had, he complete a four-day, 100-mile road march June 4, 2012, in support of cancer research.

Jun 8, 2012

Senior military officials dedicated a monument June 8, 2012, to the American troops and Korean Augmentees to the U.S. Army who have died defending freedom in South Korea since the Korean War Armistice was signed.

Jun 7, 2012

On one blustery Sunday morning, Spc. Helen Jeschow is enfolded in a bright blue wave of burqas the minute she walks through the gate, as women enveloped head-to-toe in the traditional garb of the region rush to greet her.

Jun 7, 2012

Close to three thousand visitors to the Nation's Capital joined the Under Secretary of the Army in saluting World War II veterans on the 68th anniversary of D-Day during a "Twilight Tattoo" at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall's Summerall Field, in Arlington Va.

Jun 7, 2012

Staff Sgt. Maria Rodriguez focused intently on the ceramic basketball bank in front of her. The 1st Battalion, Warrior Transition Brigade Soldier was careful to keep the black lines straight as she painted.

Jun 6, 2012

When Eugene Cook jumped into Normandy during the predawn hours of June 6, 1944, he landed several miles from his intended drop zone.

Jun 5, 2012

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal visited the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Museum Support Center Facility to gain situational awareness and view the impressive collection of over 16,000 pieces of American history housed in the state-of-the-art facility.

Jun 5, 2012

At Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, the 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, formally transferred authority of eastern Paktika Province to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, June 5.

Jun 5, 2012

This close to Boston, green is a popular color -- especially with the Celtics making an unexpectedly strong run in the NBA playoffs. When people talk "green" at the Natick Soldier Systems Center these days, however, they could just as easily be discussing the environment as basketball.

Jun 5, 2012

Staff Sgt. Michael McPhail is joining some of his battle buddies in London this summer after winning the U.S. Olympic Team Trial match for Men's Rifle Prone, June 5, 2012, at Pool Range Complex at Fort Benning, Ga.

Jun 5, 2012

In 1975, while under enemy fire on an ammunition barge fortified on two sides with layers of sandbags piled 10 feet high, 9-year-old Manh Nguyen fled Vietnam.

Jun 4, 2012

The Korean Tourism Organization president encouraged U.S. troops in South Korea to get off base and explore the country.

Jun 4, 2012

When U.S. paratroopers jumped onto French soil during World War II, they were greeted with gunfire and bombs. Today, 68 years later, they were met with cheers and handshakes.

Jun 1, 2012

With a simple "Letter to the Editor" to the Fort Campbell Courier from the Philippines, two Vietnam veterans were able to catch up after more than four decades apart.

May 31, 2012

The Army's Chief Legislative Liaison joined thousands of visitors to the Nation's Capital to watch Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) perform to the sounds of The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" during the "Twilight Tattoo" at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va.

May 30, 2012

Community members gathered at Veterans Park on Wiesbaden Army Airfield in Germany to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in the service of their nation.

May 30, 2012

The U.S. Army Military District of Washington's production of Twilight Tattoo combines the precision and discipline of the Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) with the orchestral sounds of The U.S. Army Band "Pershings Own" and has a history reaching back hundreds of years.

May 29, 2012

Twenty-one Veterans from WWII and the Korean Conflict came together May 18, 2012, at the 165th Airlift Wing, part of the Air National Guard in Savannah, Ga., to travel to Washington, D.C., to view the monuments that were created on behalf of their heroic actions.

May 29, 2012

In New England, Red Sox Nation is a way of life. For an Army specialist, who grew up in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as the daughter of a church organist, and a huge Red Sox fan, Memorial Day 2012 is something Erin Jones will never forget.

May 28, 2012

Donna Engeman, Installation Management Command program manager of Survivor Outreach Services, rode from San Antonio to Washington, D.C., with about 1,200 other riders who came from as far away as California to ride with the Rolling Thunder, May 27, 2012.

May 28, 2012

Former undercover police officer Bob Delaney was honored May 23, 2012, with an Outstanding Civilian Service Award by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, for helping Soldiers cope with post-traumatic stress.

May 25, 2012

Soldiers assigned to the 44th Military Police Detachment came together to make Cobey Pretz' dream of becoming a criminal investigator a reality, May 19, 2012, at Join Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

May 24, 2012

Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, presented an Outstanding Civilian Service Award May 23, 2012, to a woman responsible for a new Sesame Street initiative for the children of deployed parents.

May 23, 2012

Some know Hartmut Hausser simply as the charming security officer at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center who befriends passersby -- a welcoming fixture for staff, wounded Soldiers and visiting family members. Others call him "Bob the Bugler."