AUGUST 28, 2024 — "Save the life of a fellow American, whether in uniform or not!" This simple yet powerful message was the driving force as more than 4,000 U.S. Army Soldiers volunteered and registered into the Department of Defense's bone marrow donor program Salute to Life during a two-week bone marrow drive held across multiple locations and units located at Fort Bliss, … [Read more...]

AUGUST 28, 2024 - The United States recently began planning to significantly expand its presence at the NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command here, a move intended to improve the alliance’s ability to rapidly deploy forces. Currently a NATO force structure organization, JSEC is set to become a full-fledged NATO command structure organization following the Washington Summit … [Read more...]

AUGUST 27, 2024 — When Sgt. 1st Class Elena Bryan graduated from her Oxford, Ohio, high school more than a decade ago, she was not sure what she would do next. “I came to graduation and didn't know what I wanted in life, didn't know where I wanted to be, didn't really like school.” The chance to enlist in the Army was attractive. When she met a recruiter, she was … [Read more...]

AUGUST 26, 2024 – Advise, assist, and enable, a key component of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve’s mission to enhance partner capacity in Iraq, was on full display this past month at the Task Force Redleg Artillery Course in western Iraq, July 14 - Aug. 1. During this time, the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery … [Read more...]

AUGUST 26, 2024 – With the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, women were granted the right to vote, though it was a selective equality because most Black women remained disenfranchised under Jim Crow laws until nearly five decades later. “We must understand the past and know where we are today to forge our future path,” said Maj. Gen. Hope Rampy, … [Read more...]