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Why we serve: Staff Sgt. John Tune; Newbern, N.C. serves for his soldiers

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon | 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade | Date: 06.26.2012

Staff Sgt. John Tune, of Newbern, N.C., joined the Army long before 9/11 changed our world, creating a generation of young Americans joining the military for entirely new reasons. Read More

Noncommissioned officer inductions reinforce Army traditions in Afghanistan

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon | 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade | Date: 06.20.2012

Aside from the day he enlisted, June 13, 2012, was the most important day of Sgt. Marcus Calderon’s three-year, nine-month Army career. Read More

Hazing not Corps tradition

Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific | Date: 04.20.2012

By 1st Sgt. Jacob J. Whitley Hazing includes any conduct where a military member, regardless of service or rank, without proper authority causes another military member to suffer or be exposed to any activity... Read More

At the helm of history: Two generations of Marine aviators share pilot perspective

Story by Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 04.05.2012

Over the trenches of World War I, 2nd Lt. Ralph Talbot and his observer, Gunnery Sgt. Robert G. Robinson, fell behind a group of fighters heading into enemy territory for a raid. Talbot and one other Allied... Read More

Marines let off steam with mess night shenanigans

Story by Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing & Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | Date: 03.23.2012

The Marines marched in the dining room somberly and took places behind their seats, awaiting the order to sit. When the order was given, one found it hard to sit in his “specially designed” chair; and others... Read More