April 17, 2012 White House Office of Communications WASHINGTON, DC - On May 16, President Barack Obama will award Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Specialist Sabo will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in combat on May 10, 1970, while serving as a rifleman in Company D, 3d Battalion, 506th … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
RDECOM Senior NCO Discusses Support for Soldiers
April 16, 2012 By Mr. Dan Lafontaine (RDECOM) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Command Sgt. Maj. Lebert Beharie assumed duties as the leader of U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's enlisted Soldiers March 16. He took over for Command Sgt. Maj. Hector Marin, who served as RDECOM's senior noncommissioned officer since 2007. In an interview with RDECOM … [Read more...]
Official Dismisses Comparison of Kabul Attacks, Tet Offensive
April 16, 2012 By Jim Garamone WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service) – A few terrorist attacks does not make yesterday’s combat in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul the “Taliban Tet Offensive,” the Pentagon’s top public affairs official said here today. The Tet Offensive in 1968 involved tens of thousands of North Vietnamese regulars and … [Read more...]
Marines Provide African Lion with Logistical Support
April 16, 2012 By Lance Cpl. Kris Daberkoe, Marine Forces Africa AGADIR, Morocco — The silhouette of KC-130 Hercules aircrafts could be seen against the Moroccan sun as pilots and crew members took to the skies to provide U.S. and Moroccan servicemembers with logistical support during Exercise African Lion 12, April 12. Exercise African Lion is an U.S. African Command … [Read more...]
AF Standardizes Uniform Wear across Space Command
April 16, 2012 Air Force Space Command officials announced April 13 that Airmen assigned to the command will cease wearing flight suits, the green flight jacket and the A-2 Leather Jacket by the end of the fiscal year. Directed by Gen. William L. Shelton, the AFSPC commander, the move is designed to standardize uniform wear across Space Command in a resource-constrained … [Read more...]