New Website Honors Service Members’ Valor By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 – The Defense Department unveiled a new website today that honors service members’ highest acts of valor. The site -- at http://valor.defense.gov -- is designed to raise awareness of service members’ heroism and to help deter those who … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Officials Condemn Hotel Attack in Afghanistan
June 25, 2012 By Cheryl Pellerin WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service) – Defense Department and International Security Assistance Force officials have condemned the brutal attack in Afghanistan on the lakeside Spozhmai Hotel west of Kabul in which terrorists killed civilians and took hostages. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, ISAF commander and commander of U.S. … [Read more...]
Identical Twins, Identical Uniform
June 25, 2012 By Mark Rickert, Baltimore Battalion FORT MEADE, Md. -- The U.S. Army drew a deuce when brothers Zachary and Matthew Murphy, both 17, seniors at Winters Mill High School, took the oath of enlistment at the Fort Meade Military Entrance Processing Station just like countless young Americans before them. What makes their story unique is a matter of DNA. As … [Read more...]
Training Beyond the Basics
June 25, 2012 By Cathy Pauley, Sacramento Battalion Station commanders, NCOs and officers from Sacramento Battalion Capitol Company's seven stations teamed up with 10 Army Reserve drill sergeants Feb. 11 to make a Future Soldier Training Program (FSTP) event much more than just a basic training readiness event. The Future Soldiers were put into teams by ship date instead … [Read more...]
Fort Bragg Spouses Experience Being a ‘Soldier for a Day’
June 23, 2012 By Tina Ray, Paraglide FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Army spouses were gasping for breath at this year's "Soldier for a Day," held June 14, while one spouse was gasping for something more. "I'm asking for more (exercise)," said Emily Damboise, wife of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dan Damboise, who is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat … [Read more...]