Archives: January 2013

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)

Military inmates ‘paws’ for a cause

 29 January 2013

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.

Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, evacuate a simulated casualty during the best SFAAT (Security Force Advise and Assist Team) competition held at Fort Drum, N.Y., Dec. 11-12, 2012. Soldiers from the 1st and 2nd brigade combat teams went head to head for best times, execution and scores of a series of events during the competition. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Peterson)

10th Mountain Division tests advise, assist teams

 25 January 2013

The 10th Mountain Division spent 2012 training its brigade combat teams to advise and assist Afghan forces as they conduct security operations. The SFAAT competition at Fort Drum put that training to the test.

Staff Sgt. James Haque, a musician with the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, plays during final rehearsal for the 2013 presidential inauguration. (DOD photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper)

The thrill of the inaugural march

 18 January 2013

Go behind the scenes with the Soldier-musicians of the U.S. Army Fife and Drum Corps as they prepare for the presidential inaugural parade.

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)

Highway to the Mountain

 15 January 2013

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

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)

Fire missions with 1-9 Field Artillery

 8 January 2013

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.

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)

‘This is the Army,’ Mr. Greene

 3 January 2013

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.

Former Cpl. Seymour Greene, the last known surviving veteran of the all-Soldier variety show "This is the Army,"€ plays the show's title song, "€œThis is the Army, Mr. Jones."€ Greene toured the world with the show and its producer, famous songwriter Irving Berlin, during World War II to increase morale and raise money for Army Emergency Relief. (Photo by Sgt. Wally Reeves, 55th Signal Company-Combat Camera)

‘This is the Army,’ Mr. Greene

 3 January 2013

Former U.S. Army Cpl. Seymour Greene is a trombone player, and the last known surviving veteran of the all-Soldier, Irving Berlin-produced World War II variety show known as "This is the Army."