Archives for 2024

JUNE 5, 2024 - D-Day. The Invasion of Normandy. Operation Overlord. It goes by various names, but we've all heard about it through history class, grandparents, the news or shows like "Band of Brothers." June 6, 1944, is the day when more than 160,000 Allied forces landed in Nazi-occupied France as part of the biggest air, land and sea invasion ever executed. It ended with … [Read more...]

JUNE 5, 2024 - D-Day medics and physicians worked heroically to save as many wounded as they could on June 6, 1944, as the Allies began taking back Europe from the Nazis in World War II. Called “band-aid bandits” by some, but more often known simply as “Doc” to their fellow soldiers, they cared for the wounded and the dying during Operation OVERLORD. When they heard “Medic, … [Read more...]

JUNE 5, 2024 - Stressful station-to-station moves due to poor quality service and broken or delayed household goods could soon be a thing of the past. This summer, U.S. Transportation Command kicked off implementation of its new Global Household Goods contract, or GHC, which aims to make the movement of household goods a better experience all around for service members and … [Read more...]

JUNE 5, 2024 - "Why did I join the Army Nurse Corps? Because I believed in what this country stands for and could not sit idly by when I had something to offer,” said U.S. Army Nurse Corps First Lt. Edna Statman, one of thousands of nurses who served during World War II caring for soldiers wounded in combat. According to the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, fewer than 1,000 U.S. Army … [Read more...]

JUNE 5, 2024 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is marking its role of 75 years of peace and how it will position itself for the future at the Washington summit next month, said Julianne Smith, the U.S. permanent representative to NATO. Smith stressed the alliance's resilience, agility and resolve in a wide-ranging discussion with the Defense Writers' Group yesterday. … [Read more...]