GUNPOWER RANGE, Md. (Aug. 17, 2015) -- U.S. Soldiers discover enemy troops planting improvised explosive devices on the road to a weapons of mass destruction site. Muzzle flashes pierce the summer air as artillery rounds whistle into the hillside. When the smoke clears, two enemy troops are down and a third is taken captive. The U.S. troops check the area for explosive … [Read more...]

BAUMHOLDER, Germany (Aug. 14, 2015) -- Heavy equipment transporters, or HETs, from the 51st Transportation Company, 39th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, are providing heavy vehicle lift support to U.S. and NATO operations in the Baltics. Based in Baumholder, the 51st Transportation Company transported … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 17, 2015) -- Continued freedom in America requires a continued commitment to maintaining strong, equipped, well-led and well-trained ground forces, said the Army's 39th Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley. "There are many who think wars only can be won from great distances - from space, the air, the sea. Unfortunately, those views are very, … [Read more...]

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Aug. 14, 2015) -- For one Army Reserve paratrooper, raising awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and suicides took to new heights recently at the Saint Mere Eglise drop zone, or DZ. Sgt. Kristen Bell, a communication specialist from Oxnard, California, had a small payload tucked in her pockets of her Army combat uniform during an airborne … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 14, 2015) -- While many people are spending their summer on vacation, this is a busy time of year for interns working beside Soldiers and Army civilians. As a result of their experiences, some of the interns will go on to other jobs and some will decide to become Soldiers or Army civilians, said Anna Miller, chief of the Employment Policy … [Read more...]