Apr 14, 2010

The Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program takes a holistic approach to fitness by optimizing five dimensions of strength: Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual and Family.

Apr 14, 2010

Sgt. Siobhan Eastman headed to Camp Liberty April 8, where she linked up with Shakir, a liaison officer for 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. Eastman, the supply sergeant for Company B, 37th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, 18th Airborne Division in Joint Air Base Balad, received a supply mission to Camp Liberty. While there, she made good on a tradition the two of them have maintained for years: father-daughter date night.

Apr 12, 2010

Army Under Secretary Dr. Joseph W. Westphal got a firsthand look at the four main headquarters here that facilitate force generation, sourcing, training, command and control of the majority of Active and Reserve component Soldiers Army-wide today. Visiting U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC), U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) and First Army, the Army's second highest ranking civilian leader received in-depth briefings about current operations, said Lt. Col. Richard K. Bond, one of FORSCOM's action officers for Under Secretary's Westphal's visit.

Apr 12, 2010

U.S. Army Spc. Alexander Moore's mother and step-father didn't get a chance to see him enlist in the Army two years ago. However, they more than made up for it when they watched him re-enlist April 10, in an unlikely place, in eastern Afghanistan's Paktya province.

Apr 9, 2010

In mid-2005, word came with the recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission that U.S. Army Forces Command headquarters would relocate to Fort Bragg, N.C. Nearly five years later, more than 650 U.S. Army Forces Command headquarters Army civilian employees received formal Transfer of Function notices March 1 that their jobs were relocating between 2010 and 2011.

Apr 8, 2010

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz.--Why is Fort Huachuca a good fit for All-Army Boxing' That's probably a question on a lot of people's minds these days, since the All-Army Boxing Team candidates arrived on post.

Apr 7, 2010

Spc. Erik Casarez of 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), provides his buddies on isolated COP's the basic necessities from home.

Apr 5, 2010

LabTV: Engineers at an Army research lab in Natick, Mass., design shelters that are energy-efficient - with LED lighting and solar panels - and easy-to-assemble - with inflatable tubes called air beams. These shelters are invisible at night.

Apr 4, 2010

U.S. Soldiers, Airmen, and civilians gather around the flagpole at the crack of dawn on Forward Operating Base Lightning in Afghanistan's Paktya province, to celebrate Easter in a non-denominational service, April 4.

Apr 2, 2010

Whitney Duncan, an up-and-coming country music singer, performed for U.S. Army troops stationed at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, March 23. Her show provided stress relief in the wake of the U.S. and Iraqi focus on the March 7 Iraqi national elections.

Apr 2, 2010

The training for 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, at the Joint Readiness Training Center has become the first "production model" for the advise-and-assist brigade concept, and the practical application of that training in a deployed environment partnered with Iraqi security forces.

Apr 1, 2010

Paratroopers enjoyed a sunny afternoon with their Families during an Easter egg hunt at Pope Air Force Base, March 20. The purpose of the event was to build cohesiveness between the Families of the paratroopers of 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and provided the children with an opportunity to spend time with their parents while having fun.

Apr 1, 2010

On Saturday, children dressed in camouflage lined up in the troop readiness center to take passport pictures before "deploying" to Afghanistan. No, the Army isn't recruiting children; the little recruits prepared to go on a fun-filled journey to explore the country where their military parent is currently deployed. Families United hosted Camp Desert Kids at the Corregidor Courts/Bougainville Neighborhood Center on Fort Bragg with the help of volunteers from Company B, 327th Field Artillery Regiment.

Apr 1, 2010

On March 17, the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion hosted a Panther Steel Stampede Run for the Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team since many Soldiers will be taking out their bikes for the first time since the brigade's return from Iraq in November. The 82nd thought this would be a good chance to get back to the basics of riding.

Apr 1, 2010

Four extraordinary women of different calibers took the stage for the Women's History Observance March 29, a collaborative effort of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe and Joint Base Langley-Eustis.

Apr 1, 2010

Aerial photo of new FORSCOM/USARC Headquarters at Ft. Bragg, NC.

Apr 1, 2010

Mar 31, 2010

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. - Who would have thought that joining the Army has the potential to get you into the Olympic games' That's the ultimate goal of the 32 boxers attending the All-Army Boxing training sessions at Fort Huachuca's Barnes Field House. These Soldiers were selected to be a part of the All-Army Boxing Championship, to be held April 9, with the goal of furthering their boxing careers.

Mar 31, 2010

The summer season is fast approaching and the Army is continuing its commitment to safeguarding Soldiers, Army Civilians and their Families with the launch of the 2010 Safe Summer campaign.

Mar 31, 2010

Mar 31, 2010

Photos from the 911th Airlift Wing Honorary Commander's Association's tour of Patrick Air Force Base and Fort Lauderdale, including demonstrations by pararescuemen with the 308th Rescue Squadron.

Mar 30, 2010

FORT MCPHERSON, GA., (March 29, 2010)-U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Well-Being officials were recently Beta testers for a new software application that is expected to standardize the way quality-of-life issues are submitted Army-wide for review through the Army Family Action Plan (AFAP) process. During FORSCOM's 2010 AFAP conference March 24-26; Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command (FMWRC) Project Liaison Michelle Reilly and Defense Web Technologies Project Manager Michele Ruditis facilitated Beta testing of the AFAP Issue Management System (IMS) for FORSCOM Well-Being staff and conference attendees. The AFAP IMS will allow for review, submission, escalation and tracking of issues throughout the issue-resolution process, according to Ruditis.

Mar 30, 2010

Sometimes, as 2nd Lt. Andrew Berreth discovered during a recent visit to an Iraqi police checkpoint, it's the subtle shifts, the casual comments, what fringe has grown from the new fabric of Iraqi life that let on where they are as a people and a nation. Just as cattails growing along a water's margin best describe a relative tranquility - the germination of a new way can be both subtle and dramatic.

Mar 30, 2010

The senior enlisted Soldier in the Army, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, visited Soldiers on the U.S. -led NATO mission in Kosovo March 27-28.

Mar 29, 2010

Personal tragedy has led one Department of the Army civilian on a path of healing that is changing lives for wounded warriors and garnering national recognition.

Mar 29, 2010

The President of the United States Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Bagram Airfield, March 28. Obama thanked the troops for their service and dedication to the United States. Earlier in the evening the Commander-in-Chief flew to Kabul to meet with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai.

Mar 29, 2010

FORT MCPHERSON, Ga., (March 29, 2010)-It's that time again in the United States, the time when we count the nation's population. Known as the Census, this once-per-decade effort begins April 1, but many people have already started receiving the forms in the mail. U.S. Department of Commerce officials said accurate census reporting among Soldiers and their Families is important. In fact, they emphasize that it's just as important to the military population as it is for their civilian counterparts. The Census results determine the distribution of about $400 billion per year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. This money is what funds community services nationwide, services that also benefit Soldiers and their Families.

Mar 26, 2010

ATLANTA, Ga., (March 26, 2010) - Votes were cast and the top five quality-of-life issues were announced today as the annual, week-long U.S. Army Forces Command Army Family Action Plan (AFAP) conference concluded at the Crown Plaza Hotel-Atlanta Airport. Planned and facilitated by Well-Being Division personnel from FORSCOM G-1, 56 delegates from Army installations nationwide assembled here this week to review 72 quality-of-life issues identified during last year's installation-level AFAP conferences. First the delegates were assigned to five workgroups, and then the 72 issues were organized into five categories - Benefits and Entitlements; Child, Youth and School Services; Family Support/Civilian Issues; Force Support; and Medical and Dental.

Mar 26, 2010

Mar 26, 2010

Twelve of the best from the 82nd Airborne Division faced off for the title of noncommissioned officer and Soldier of the year the week of March 15 to 18. The winners were Staff Sgt. Lance Noell, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade and Spc. Jordan Dahl, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

Mar 25, 2010

The situation was out of the ordinary when SGT Gary Turmelle placed the blue Infantry cord on PFC Daniel Enos during the Turning Blue ceremony March 18. While on leave from his third deployment to Iraq, the 24-year-old Turmelle did the honors of welcoming Enos, his 41-year-old stepfather, to the Infantry brotherhood.

Mar 25, 2010

U.S. Army Airborne School students jumped with the T-11 parachute for the first time March 16. Three hundred sixty-one students in C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment exited the aircraft at Fort Benning.

Mar 25, 2010

ATLANTA, Ga. (March 25, 2010)-Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command (FMWRC) official Lynn McCullum kicked-off the 2010 U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Army Family Action Plan (AFAP) conference, here, Wednesday morning as the keynote speaker during the opening session. McCullum, FMWRC director of family programs, sought to inspire conference delegates to continue doing good work, such as with their promotion of Army Family programs and also in their participation during the week-long conference. "Ordinary people like us...can accomplish awesome and extraordinary things," she said. "That is really what you're here about today-and during the next couple of days-is that you will accomplish extraordinary things."

Mar 25, 2010

LabTV: Michelle Richardson and other food scientists at an Army research lab in Natick, Mass., ensure that the vitamins, minerals and calories in each ration meet the required levels in MREs for Soldiers.

Mar 24, 2010

ATLANTA, Ga. (March 24, 2010) - Human Resources officials of the Army's largest command welcomed 56 delegates from Army installations nationwide to Atlanta Tuesday for the first day of the 2010 U.S. Army Forces Command Army Family Action Plan Conference. The delegates represent the voices of installation-level Army communities as they prioritize FORSCOM's top 10 quality-of-life issues that will be forwarded for resolution through the ongoing Department of the Army national AFAP process.

Mar 23, 2010

Mar 22, 2010

It was quiet for about a week after the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, took over responsibility for the Pech River valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province in June 2009.

Mar 22, 2010

The Army celebrates its history and traditions and many families help carry on that tradition. The Hookers are one such family. R.D. Hooker Sr., graduated from parachute jump school in 1956, served three tours in Vietnam and retired in 1986 as a full colonel. U.S. Army Col. R.D. Hooker Jr., a Paratrooper since 1976, leads the communications action group at Combined Joint Task Force - 82, at Bagram Airfield. U.S. Army Pvt. Chris Hooker graduated jump school in 2009 and is currently serving at a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan.

Mar 19, 2010

Sergeant Delbert Grush was assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion in January 2008 after being medically evacuated from Afghanistan. Grush said that he had been serving with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division when he first developed neurological symptoms that were later diagnosed as multiple sclerosis. Grush decided to take information technology classes at the Transition Training Academy. Grush and about 36 other Soldiers and retirees received their graduation certificates at a 2 p.m. ceremony in the Soldier Support Center March 8. It was TTA's first graduation.

Mar 19, 2010

Nearly 150 82nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade Soldiers arrived to a sea of cheering Family members and friends at Pope Air Force Base's Green Ramp Tuesday, marking the beginning of the unit's return from its one-year deployment to Afghanistan.

Mar 19, 2010

During a visit to Haiti March 18, Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal visited with troops in Joint Task Force-Haiti.

Mar 18, 2010

With one week of Airborne instruction behind them, students in C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, moved on to training week two, better known as Tower Week.

Mar 17, 2010

For the past two weeks, more than 700 U.S. Army Forces Command headquarters Army civilian employees have been considering their options ahead of an April 1st deadline to respond to their individual Transfer of Function Notices.

Mar 17, 2010

Deep in a large research facility tucked away in a secure corner of the base, scientists and engineers are working to see in the dark. The magic is made possible by technology and a team of smart individuals.

Mar 17, 2010

Airborne School students on Fort Benning, Ga., completed the first jump March 16 using the Army's new T-11 parachute, which is replacing the decades old T-10.

Mar 17, 2010

It's not uncommon to see Sgt. Benjamin Kirk Rudy walking around with an elaborate pirate-style coffee mug while spouting off some random pirate fact. What many don't know about this quirky, charismatic paratrooper is that there's more to his pirate obsession than meets the eye. He uses the pirate character as a way to bond with his two children during deployments.

Mar 16, 2010

Soldiers are eating better with help from new technologies. That was the message Army scientists delivered to the Army's civilian leader during a visit to research and development facilities here March 15.

Mar 16, 2010

Well-Being officials at U.S. Army Forces Command G-1 are now accelerating their preparation for the command's 2010 Army Family Action Plan conference scheduled for March 23-26, in Atlanta, Ga.

Mar 15, 2010

Mar 12, 2010

Troy E. "Gil" Gilleland Jr. retired March 12, 2010, after more than 38 years of dedicated federal service that ranged from enlisted Soldier to non-commissioned officer to Army officer to Department of the Army civilian to a member of the Senior Executive Service. As a Soldier he went from E-1 to E-6 and from O-1 to 0-6. His retirement ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Army's largest command, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), where he had served as the deputy chief of staff G-1 since June 2005.

Mar 12, 2010

For an item weighing only three ounces, the Army's Light Weight Performance Hood (LPH) is a key piece of gear. It can save Soldiers from severe, disfiguring, even life-threatening burns to the face, ears, and neck.

Mar 12, 2010

Two pilots serving with the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, earned the Silver Star, the nation's third highest war-time medal for valor.

Mar 12, 2010

Sgt. Scott D. Brooks, 82nd Engineer Support Company, 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, was awarded the Silver Star medal for his actions on June 25, 2007 where his bravery resulted in saving the lives of five Iraqi policemen and untold American Soldiers following a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device that struck the walls of Forward Operating Base Summerall in Iraq.

Mar 11, 2010

The students in C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, exited the 34-foot training tower twice as many times as normal, March 3, on Fort Benning, Ga. The change is one of several resulting from the integration of the new T-11 parachute.

Mar 9, 2010

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's tank and automotive center is set to unveil its newest technology to assist Soldiers in finding and disarming improvised explosive devices during a Florida conference later this month.

Mar 8, 2010

Edwards and his men had been up since 5 a.m., on this historic day for Iraq and the world. The mix of international interests in this one convoy alone was proof of just how historic, and it was only one convoy traveling to one polling center. There were more than 8,600 polling centers throughout Iraq.

Mar 8, 2010

Despite an early morning attempt by terrorists to disrupt the elections, the Iraqi people resolved themselves to get out and vote at the March 7 general elections. American leaders watched as well trained and determined Iraqi Security Forces stopped terrorists at every turn from scaring voters away from polling sites - a force that they had been involved in training and assisting; a force they were still involved with assisting.

Mar 5, 2010

Edwin S. Persons, a former paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, isn't able to boast about the hundreds of jumps that many of today's paratroopers have. He doesn't have to. His two combat jumps speak for themselves - Normandy, France on D-Day and Holland during Operation Market Garden.

Mar 5, 2010

No two days in the Army are ever the same, but Soldiers, who serve in positions of leadership, must show consistency over the long haul. It's one of the messages delivered by Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, to about 200 Soldiers of the 82nd Sustainment Brigade at its leadership seminar Feb. 24.

Mar 4, 2010

FORT BENNING, Ga. - It was a bittersweet moment Friday when SPC Aaron Perkins received his Airborne wings. Standing beside his classmates with A Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Perkins completed a goal he set years before - to follow in the footsteps of his paratrooper brother, SGT Andrew Perkins, and live the legacy Andrew began.

Mar 4, 2010

For over 40 years Ken Costich, a former Army colonel, has dealt with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.

Mar 2, 2010

A recent find in our social media communities has been the use of military support Facebook groups as the construction site for houses of adversary propaganda through violent, anti-American posts, videos and photos. What makes it scarier is friends and families have welcomed the invitation without looking at the pictures hanging on the walls or the violent movies playing on the television.

Mar 1, 2010

412th TEC Soldiers volunteer to judge Vicksburg, Miss. School District annual Science fair

Mar 1, 2010

Private 1st Class Matthew Fram did not expect to make his first jump after airborne school with 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq. The chemical specialist with Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), made his first jump since graduating from the U.S. Army Airborne School at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 16.

Feb 26, 2010

The 259th Field Service Company, part of the 189th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, is providing Joint Task Force - Haiti with shower facilities and laundry services.

Feb 25, 2010

Grace Spears celebrated the end of World War II in 1945 by walking around her block in Vicksburg, Miss., beating on an old metal pan with a wooden spoon.

Feb 25, 2010

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. Aca,!" The language institute here has created a Web site that provides self-instruction materials for learning useful words and phrases in two languages that are widely spoken in Afghanistan. The institute is best known for its resident training in foreign languages for all branches of the U.S. military services. Currently 23 languages are taught at its Presidio of Monterey campus.

Feb 25, 2010

Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston urged Army safety professionals to do the hard work needed to get the force to "the left of the bang" Feb. 23 during the Army Senior Safety Symposium at Fort Rucker, Ala.

Feb 25, 2010

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2010) - Key influencers in U.S. Army Forces Command's relocation to Fort Bragg, N.C., as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure legislation attended a luncheon today hosted by the All American Defense Business Association at the Fort Bragg Officer's Club. (Left to Right) Col. Stephen J. Sicinski, Fort Bragg Garrison Commander; Mr. Tommy Bolton, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for North Carolina; Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg; Mr. Troy E. (Gil) Gilleland, Senior Executive Service (SES) member/Deputy G1 for U.S. Army Forces Command; and Brig. Gen. Eric Porter, Deputy Chief of Staff-G1, U.S. Army Forces Command. The purpose of the association is to build the Defense and Homeland Security related industry clusters at Fort Bragg and in the region. U.S. Army photo by Jim Hinnant, FORSCOM Public Affairs.

Feb 23, 2010

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Feb. 23, 2010) - U.S. Army Forces Command's "First Lady" stressed the importance and the unique role of Family Readiness Support Assistants (FRSA) here today during her remarks to the 300 attendees of the Family Readiness training session hosted by the XVIII Airborne Corps. Mrs. Diane Campbell, wife of FORSCOM's commander Gen. Charles C. Campbell, expressed her and Gen. Campbell's appreciation to the attendees for what they do to help support Soldiers' Families. "We share your vision, encourage you, and (we) thank you for what you do," she said.

Feb 23, 2010

HILTON HEAD, S.C. (Feb. 23, 2010) -- The Army Strong Bonds retreat is a no brainer, you are being paid to attend, you are staying at a beautiful resort, and you are receiving world class instruction on communication, intimacy, and conflict management skills, that's according to Chaplain Col. Steven Dyess the 81st Regional Support Command Chaplain.

Feb 23, 2010

Advise-and-assist paratroopers partnered with Iraqi Army troops Feb. 3 to search for smugglers and caches in western Al Anbar province. Infantrymen assigned to 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), worked side-by-side with 2nd Battalion, 28th Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, based out of Camp Khalid, to conduct security reconnaissance near Watah, Iraq.

Feb 22, 2010

Maj. Brad Baumann, 2nd Brigade Combat Team chaplain, was invited to preach at the Prophecy Church of God of Charadeux, Haiti on Feb. 21. His chaplain's assistant, Spc. Midine Beauvais, translated the sermon for him. The locals were thrilled to have the chaplain at their church, as well as a group of 2BCT Paratroopers in attendance. However, Maj. Baumann hasn't lost sight of his primary mission in Haiti, preaching for his troops.

Feb 19, 2010

Sea Port operations in Haiti

Feb 19, 2010

Leaders and supporters of the 82nd Airborne Division braved a record-setting snowstorm to put on a pre-Super Bowl party for its wounded warriors Feb. 6 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center near the nation's capital.

Feb 19, 2010

More than 100 Soldiers and Family members with 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (HIMARS), 18th Fires Brigade attended the Charlotte Bobcats game against the New Orleans Hornets Feb. 6, in Charlotte, N.C.

Feb 19, 2010

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For 25 million square feet and a couple thousand buildings in its real estate portfolio, Fort Bragg spends nearly $60 million each year on energy.

Feb 19, 2010

About 65 military spouses and children laughed at a juggler's antics, shouted at imaginary attackers and learned different how to keep themselves safe at the Heart Camouflage Safe Spouse seminar Feb. 6, at the Honeycutt Recreation Center in Fayetteville.

Feb 19, 2010

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Weight tends to have a bad connotation, unless, of course it refers to recycling. The more weight, the better a person or organization has done at reducing the amount of goods headed to local landfills.

Feb 19, 2010

Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures set the stage for the Soldiers of the 5th Quartermaster Company, 21st Special Troops Battalion, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, as they prepared for a full-scale airborne operation outside Marnheim, Germany.

Feb 18, 2010

Paratroopers with 2nd Brigade Combat Team have partnered with Italian soldiers and the Center of National Equipment to clear rubble from the streets of Port-au-Prince. The troopers are pulling security on the site and assisting with the removal, but the Italians have much better assets for the job. Troopers are trying to show the Italians how to work with the Haitian government and local police to secure the areas of rubble removal so the Italians can take control of the mission.

Feb 18, 2010

Current and former Army Rangers gathered Wednesday at the Ranger Memorial on Fort Benning to commemorate Medal of Honor recipient COL(R) Robert L. Howard.

Feb 18, 2010

The STTC Combat Medical Card Game has been deployed to joint service medical units operating in Haiti. The game is used for "hip pocket training" by combat medics during after duty hours and mission lulls. The game is used to "refresh" critical combat life saving skills by providing a lost-cost training aid that is easily distributed and transported into remote combat areas and austere operating areas in support of Army humanitarian missions.

Feb 18, 2010

The 80th Training Command, the Army's third largest Army Reserve unit, became the first Reserve unit to receive the Army Safety Excellence streamer during a ceremony Jan. 30 in Virginia Beach, Va.

Feb 17, 2010

When Operation Moshtarak kicked off Feb. 13, Army helicopter crews from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade inserted nearly 300 Marines and Afghan security forces into Marja, Afghanistan, under cover of darkness.

Feb 14, 2010

Medical doctors with 1st Iraqi Division set up a temporary clinic Feb. 11 in Al Uwesat, Iraq, and treated 312 villagers for a variety of common maladies in a partnered operation with U.S. Army medics. The two Iraqi physicians, with support from the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), brigade surgeon and medics, treated 144 males and 168 females during the clinic's five hours of operation at a primary school in an east-Anbar village to provide medical service and win the goodwill of locals.

Feb 12, 2010

With a baby due any day, Vicky Brautigam helped prepare Super Bowl care packages Wednesday to be sent to troops serving in Joint Task Force-Haiti. An Army wife, Brautigam said that her husband, Capt. Christopher Brautigam has been in Haiti nearly three weeks, making him one of the likely recipients of the care packages.

Feb 12, 2010

After spending more than three weeks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake, Col. Chris Gibson relinquished command of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division to Col. Tim McAteer during a change of command ceremony on Tuesday at Falcon Brigade Headquarters on the grounds of Aristide University.

Feb 12, 2010

Two acts of bravery saved the life of a Soldier, whom others said, most definitely would have died had it not been for a heroic action. On May 17, 2009, in the Rusafa district of Baghdad, 1st Lt. Luis Reyes twice entered a burning vehicle to rescue his injured gunner, Spc. Robert Mayes. The two men were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.

Feb 11, 2010

The 249th Quartermaster Company has been added to the 2nd Battalion, 402 Army Field Support Brigade, increasing property drawdown capability.

Feb 11, 2010

Feb 8, 2010

Tyre Smith dropped out of high school following the summer of his sophomore year. The 16-year-old turned to TarHeel ChalleNGe Academy to help get his life back on track. TCA is a partnership between North Carolina and the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau. It is a 22-week program that gives high-school dropouts the opportunity to get a General Education Development diploma.

Feb 8, 2010

When Sgt. Julius Toney was stationed in Afghanistan for 15 months, he said he discovered a talent that he did not know he had. As a member of the 82nd Airborne Division Chorus, Toney would try to write songs in his down time. However, instead of writing songs, he found that he could write poetry.

Feb 8, 2010

After a year-long deployment in Iraq, paratroopers finally received a chance to parachute from the sky and get some critical airborne training at the Sicily drop zone Jan. 28. For many of the paratroopers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division the jumps were the first they have been on in about 14 months.

Feb 8, 2010

Wrecked Presidential Palace just one sign of devastation witnessed by Army Sustainment Command team in Haiti.

Feb 7, 2010

The Paratroopers of the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, provide precision logistical support for the humanitarian aid effort in Haiti.

Feb 7, 2010

Sharp gunfire cracked the mid-morning silence at Camp Hamza Jan. 21 as U.S. paratroopers from 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, tested their skills at a new firing range. Next to them, Iraqi officers from 28th Brigade, 7th Division of the Iraqi Army, shouted instructions to their soldiers as they too tested their skills, signifying the official opening of Freedom Range. The range was a gift from the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment "Red Devils" to 28th Bde.

Feb 7, 2010

Paratroopers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division have been working with Jordanian United Nations soldiers to secure a World Food Prgram distribution point. The troopers allowed the Jordanians to begin taking more control of the site. The U.N. soldiers pulled security, directed volunteers and assisted locals with receiving their rations. U.S. forces feel confident in the U.N.'s ability to continue helping the people in Haiti when the troopers leave.

Feb 5, 2010

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Those who serve in the military choose different paths throughout their careers.

Feb 5, 2010

Joint Task Force - Haiti is beginning to transition to the next phase of its involvement in Operation Unified Response, following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked the island nation of Haiti about two weeks ago, said Col. Gregory Kane, the JTF-H and XVIII Airborne Corps operations officer, Monday.Aca,!A..