JANUARY 5, 2021 - The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is celebrating the first anniversary of welcoming home 4.1 million service-connected disabled Veterans to their lifelong, in-store shopping benefit. The new privilege, which launched Jan. 1, 2020, was specified in the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018, included in the John S. McCain National … [Read more...]
Football Coach Recounts Lessons Learned in Army
JANUARY 5, 2021 - Sports Heroes Who Served is a series that highlights the accomplishments of athletes who served in the U.S. military. Louis "Lou" Leo Holtz has spent much of his life on the gridiron. From 1956 to 1957, he played football as a linebacker at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. While at Kent State, he was also enrolled in Army ROTC and was commissioned in … [Read more...]
Despite Wounds, Courageous Soldier Led His Platoon Through Battle
JANUARY 4, 2021 - Army Capt. Eli Whiteley was an academic interested in agriculture when World War II consumed the world, but he volunteered for the Army to do his part. In 1944, he led his platoon through a fierce battle in France that killed several Germans and captured dozens more. His leadership and courage despite intense wounds led him to earn the Medal of … [Read more...]
ARNORTH to Oversee California COVID-19 Response Operation
DECEMBER 29, 2020 - At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 75 U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force military medical personnel deployed to California as part of a Department of Defense COVID-19 response operation. U.S. Army North (ARNORTH), the Joint Force Land Component Command of U.S. Northern Command, will oversee the military operation in support of … [Read more...]
Army Officer Interns with SpaceX
DECEMBER 28, 2020 - The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s space operations officers support warfighters with Army space capabilities, but one officer had the opportunity to expand his space knowledge during an internship with a commercial space company. Cpt. Cole Cupit, space superiority capability developer, Army Capability Manager for Space and High Altitude, … [Read more...]