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Jumpers out! The US Army parachute team performs during 2012 Amigo Airsho

Story by Sgt. Richard Andrade | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 10.21.2012

A trail of red smoke falls from the sky, suddenly a black and yellow parachute deploys as a crowd of nearly 40,000 begin to cheer. The parachutist is a member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, Golden Knights. The... Read More

Medics on the move: NIE soldiers receive healthcare in the field

Story by Sgt. Edward Garibay | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 10.19.2012

During the American Civil War, Maj. Jonathan Letterman, the father of battlefield medicine, developed the first mobile field hospitals, which revolutionized the treatment of troops in combat. Read More

Unit armorer course prepares service members to maintain an arms room

Story by Sgt. Richard Andrade | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 10.19.2012

Absolute silence. Soldiers stand frozen behind their desks with an M2 machine gun resting on the table. The second the unit armorer course instructor, holding a stopwatch in his hand, says begin, the silence is... Read More

Chaplains provide Task Force-51 with religious support

Story by Sgt. Richard Andrade | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 08.12.2012

Through the years, U.S. Army chaplains have provided soldiers with spiritual support in the battlefield and back home. In that tradition, chaplains and chaplain’s assistants assigned to U.S. Army North, based... Read More

Vibrant Responders train with a full stomach

Story by Sgt. Richard Andrade | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 08.10.2012

It is 4 o'clock in the morning as thunder lights up the black Indiana sky. Even though rain is falling on them, food service specialists are heating up the stove, cutting up fresh fruit and setting up tables... Read More