Former Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha, pictured here in Afghanistan in 2009, said being a scout was "right up his alley." He enjoyed being light and fast and observing, unseen. On Oct. 3, 2009, Romesha led the U.S. effort to retake Combat Outpost Keating after about 300 enemy fighters surrounded and partially breached the small, isolated outpost, actions for which he will be awarded the Medal of Honor. (Photo courtesy of 1st Lt. Brad Larson)
6 February 2013

Romesha leads charge to retake COP Keating

Part two in the three-part series about former Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha's heroism at the battle of Combat Outpost Keating, for which he will receive the Medal of Honor, focuses on the retaking of the football field-sized outpost on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. "We weren't even close to being done with the fight ..."

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Before former Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha and his fellow Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment Soldiers arrived at Combat Outpost Keating, nestled in the Hindu Kush mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, they were warned that it was dangerous, and to expect a lot of enemy engagement. Once there, they frequently received reports that insurgents planned to overrun the outpost, and on Oct. 3, 2009, those reports became reality. (Photo courtesy of Clinton L. Romesha)
5 February 2013

COP Keating: The battle begins

Former Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha will receive the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony, Feb. 11, 2013, for his heroic actions at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan. This story, the first in a three-part series, sets the scene for the 12-hour battle that Romesha and his fellow Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment Soldiers fought, Oct. 3, 2009.

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Veronica R. Quezada, a parole clerk at the Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, gives a command to Lago, a golden retriever-black Labrador mix on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 17, 2013. The facility is partnering with a nonprofit organization, called Canine Companions for Independence, that provides puppies to both correctional facilities and the civilian community for training to become service dogs for individuals with physical or mental disabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Adam Keith, 19th Public Affairs Detachment)
29 January 2013

Military inmates ‘paws’ for a cause

Lago and Laredo aren’t the typical residents of a military correctional facility, but their time spent "behind bars" will eventually help them serve individuals with disabilities.

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Designated the Paul Cerjan Memorial Highway, northern New York's new I-781 connector road between I-81 and Fort Drum's north gate opened to traffic, Dec. 6, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Steve Ghiringhelli)
15 January 2013

Highway to the Mountain

How the insights of one man left a timeless mark on Fort Drum, the 10th Mountain Division and northern New York’s “North Country.”

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A U.S. Army gun crew runs through drills on the M777 howitzer at Forward Operating Base Hadrian. The Soldiers of 1st Section, Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Stewart, Ga., have been conducting intensive training and fire missions to support operations in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Capt. Jesse Platz, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Task Group)
8 January 2013

Fire missions with 1-9 Field Artillery

Soldiers of 1st Section, Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Stewart, Ga., have been conducting intensive training and fire missions to support operations in Afghanistan.

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Soldiers sing the "This is the Army" title song, "This is the Army, Mr. Jones,"€ in a publicity still from the 1943 movie version of the all-Soldier variety show produced by Irving Berlin, starring 1st Lt. Ronald Regan. During World War II, the show toured first the U.S. and then troop camps worldwide in support of Army Emergency Relief and to raise servicemembers' morale. Cpl. Seymour Greene, the last known living veteran of the unit, is the second trombone player from the right in the orchestra pit. (Photo courtesy of Seymour Greene)
3 January 2013

‘This is the Army,’ Mr. Greene

It's been more than 70 years since "This is the Army," opened on Broadway, but 93-year-old Seymour Greene remembers the day he took up his trombone in his country's service like it was yesterday.

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