April 18, 2012 By ARNEWS WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- President Barack Obama has announced that Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division, will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor May 16 for his actions during the Vietnam War. Sabo is credited with saving the lives of several of his comrades in Company B, 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry … [Read more...]
Men Arrive by Sea, Attack on Land, Extract by Air
4/18/2012 By Cpl. Tyler Main , Marine Forces Africa CAP DRAA, Morocco — Marine mortar men from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in support of African Lion 2012, executed a quick-strike, indirect-fire mission on a simulated enemy fuel convoy at Cap Draa, Morocco, April 9. Marines of 81 mm mortar platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, … [Read more...]
Space Command Officials Eliminate Flight Suit, Jackets
April 17, 2012 PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- Air Force Space Command officials announced April 13 that Airmen assigned to the command will cease wearing flight suits, the green flight jacket and the A-2 Leather Jacket by the end of the fiscal year. Directed by Gen. William L. Shelton, the AFSPC commander, the move is designed to standardize uniform wear across … [Read more...]
Academy Trains Logistics Soldiers Retrograde Skills
April 16, 2012 CAMP SHELBY, Miss. -- The critical role of Redistribution Property Assistance Team, or RPAT, skills to the timely execution of retrograde operations in last year's Operation New Dawn, coupled with the scarcity of the skill set across the Army brought a team of Soldiers from the 541st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, from … [Read more...]
RDECOM Senior NCO Discusses Support for Soldiers
April 16, 2012 By Mr. Dan Lafontaine (RDECOM) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Command Sgt. Maj. Lebert Beharie assumed duties as the leader of U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's enlisted Soldiers March 16. He took over for Command Sgt. Maj. Hector Marin, who served as RDECOM's senior noncommissioned officer since 2007. In an interview with RDECOM … [Read more...]