Mar 29, 2013

March 14 marked Faith Middle School's annual Partner in Education Day. The Directorate of Emergency Services and 209th Military Police Company, which worked with DES during PIE Day, spent the entire school day with the students. "PIE Day offers a fun way for our faculty and staff to interact with the people that provide so much support throughout the year," said Kristy Griffin, PIE coordinator at Faith.

Mar 29, 2013

Throughout their careers, military food service professionals strive to learn new skills and develop their abilities. The Quartermaster School, part of the Combined Arms Support Command, is in the process of assessing its Soldiers skills to enhance developmental opportunities and help ease the transition from a military to civilian career through professional credentialing programs.

Mar 29, 2013

Last year, there were 324 suicides in the Army -- active, Reserve component and National Guard. That's 41 more than the year before. This year, there were 68 suicides as of March 18, 19 more than last year, Maj. Gen. Michael Tucker, assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, told Fort Benning's brigade commanders and command sergeants major during a briefing in McGinnis-Wickam Hall.

Mar 29, 2013

On the night before he read the name of his deceased son at the 50th anniversary celebration of the 173rd Airborne Brigade at the National Infantry Museum, Martin Madden went to the brigade's memorial alone with his guitar, and played for several hours. It was the night before the birthday of his son, Russell, who would have been 32, had he not been killed in Afghanistan on June 23, 2010.

Mar 28, 2013

Paratroopers who were declared by their brigades to be the best of the 82nd Airborne Division sat outside the All-American Conference Room, March 22, 2013, quietly concentrating their calloused, exhausted minds on hundreds of Army regulations, Soldier tasks and their respective units' histories.

Mar 28, 2013

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Fort Drum Culinary Team members tested their skills against some of the best chefs in the military March 3-15 at Fort Lee, Va., bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals for their efforts.

Mar 28, 2013

Soldiers with 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Spartans," 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), wrapped up eight days of high-intensity, round-the-clock combat training, March 26, 2013, at Fort Drum, N.Y., as exercise "Spartan Peak" came to a close.

Mar 28, 2013

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Fort Drum personnel conducted emergency response training on post Tuesday morning at a scene that simulated an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter crash landing with two pilots on board.

Mar 28, 2013

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Members of the Business Executives for National Security visited Fort Drum on March 19-20 to experience a day in a Soldier's life.

Mar 28, 2013

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Although civilian employees have not received their official furlough notices, it is important to be prepared to weather a potential financial storm.

Mar 28, 2013

From March 12-17, three line platoons from the 576th Eng. completed mounted and dismounted route-clearance missions and collected intelligence as part of an evolutionary training concept dubbed "assured mobility."

Mar 28, 2013

Clean water is essential to human survival and a precious resource, especially in times of drought. Many residents and visitors to Fort Carson may not know a part of that resource is the water going into the storm drains in the streets and parking lots.

Mar 28, 2013

A 10-year-old girl helped save her mother who was unable to breathe after having an allergic reaction to a dose of aspirin. The hospital command rewarded her at her school with a hat and backpack.

Mar 28, 2013

Fort Huachuca, AZ. - The U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, or USAICoE, and Fort Huachuca hosted a ceremony on March 22 at the Seifert School Age Services Center in remembrance of Capt. Christopher Seifert, and to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Mar 28, 2013

Fort Huachuca, AZ. - In August 2011, Fort Huachuca began implementing the Integrated Disability Evaluation System, or IDES, to create a simpler and time-efficient disability evaluation process.

Mar 28, 2013

Fort Huachuca, AZ. - Thunderbird cooks compete for Connelly Field Competition honors.

Mar 28, 2013

PAKTIYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan (March 21, 2013) - Family is and has always been considered one of the most important subjects within the Army. The Pagan twins are one example. U.S. Army Spc. Janice Pagan, an automated logistical specialist assigned to Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), was granted a 3-day pass to reunite with her twin sister at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. "I am very excited to see my sister," said Janice. "After telling my family what is going to happen they are very happy as well." The twins have not been able to come together in more than two years due to being in different units within the Army.

Mar 28, 2013

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal, Ph.D., met with Team CBRNE's experienced Soldiers, scientists, engineers, and technicians to see firsthand how they develop and refine technologies to support service members, interagency partners, through coordination with private industry and academia.

Mar 28, 2013

The U.S. Army Installation Management Command recently implemented a program to ensure Family members of Fallen Soldiers have easier access to Army installations. On March 14, Army installations began issuing a standardized Gold Star Installation Access Card to parents and siblings of deceased active duty Soldiers to allow unescorted access to the installation, so they are able to receive services and support.

Mar 27, 2013

In the surge of modern war, success is not often reached by a force of warfighters alone, it is also dependent upon items concealed in the legions of shipping containers that reinforce the fight. As the war in Iraq came to an end and troops returned home, many of the containers filled with equipment once used to sustain troops at war are now mountains of war relics shadowing several U.S. military bases in Kuwait. To ensure the containers and their contents didn't waste away in the desert, Operation Steel Purge sought to give them a new mission--saving money.

Mar 27, 2013

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- More than 50 Soldiers from various units from Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, participated in a mud run obstacle course, March 24. The two-mile course featured 15 different obstacles that challenged the Soldiers physically and mentally, while adding the elements of water and mud to help make the course even more difficult. The top three teams with the fastest times received Apple iPods that were donated from the FOB Salerno Army Air Force Exchange Service office.

Mar 27, 2013

U.S. Army Forces Command hosted 17 Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctorate students and military fellows for an academic discussion and command overview--connecting students' academic focus areas with U.S. Army programs and initiatives--during a visit March 25 at the command's headquarters on Fort Bragg, N.C.

Mar 27, 2013

Soldiers with A Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, went through a course to certify as Company Level Evacuation and Recovery team members, March 18-20. The primary task of the CLEAR team is to search for and recover human remains from the battlefield.

Mar 27, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Rachel Stovall doesn't get mad -- she gets organized. When Stovall met Josh Wells in November 2010, the damage from his time with Alpha Company, 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, in Iraq from January 2004 to March 2005 had already been done, his brain forever changed by multiple IED blasts he sustained throughout his deployment. As she's fallen in love with the wounded warrior, rather than getting upset when Wells forgets something, a symptom of his traumatic brain injury, the flight test engineer for Redstone Test Center has learned to be understanding of the challenges Wells will face his entire life.

Mar 27, 2013

The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) took first place honors in two categories of the 2012 Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Competition, and secured second place in another honoring excellence in Army public affairs.

Mar 27, 2013

McGREGOR RANGE, N.M. -- Division West's 5th Armored Brigade conducted combat live fire exercises here recently for Soldiers of the Louisiana Army National Guard's 922nd Horizontal Engineer Company from Gonzales. The engineers are training for a deployment to Afghanistan. (Photos by Staff Sgt. Seth Detavenier, 1st Battalion, 361st Engineer Regiment, Task Force Redhawk, 5th Armored Brigade)

Mar 27, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Deployments to a wartime environment are life-changing experiences for both servicemembers and civilians.

Mar 27, 2013

Senior leaders at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., learned about the Army's Ready and Resilient campaign, and Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program, during a briefing, March 20, 2013.

Mar 27, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Moving around with the Army can make a Soldier feel they are living a nomadic life -- without any personal attachments that can help keep them grounded to their career and their fellow Soldiers.

Mar 27, 2013

What makes a good military career? Many career Soldiers might tell you they would be satisfied just doing 20 years and then retiring. Less than one percent of Americans serve in the military. Only a small percentage of those serve 20 years. When a Soldier comes along and serves for over 40 years and is still going strong, it's really something unique.

Mar 27, 2013

More than 150 New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen and state and federal civilian employees exercised their ability to take their work elsewhere if the state's headquarters building is destroyed or unusable during a day-long Continuity of Operations exercise conducted on Wednesday, March 27. It's the third time the Division of Military and Naval Affairs has conducted an exercise in which almost half the work force in each military and civilian directorate practices working elsewhere.

Mar 27, 2013

FORT LEE, Va. (March 27, 2013) -- The old sports adage, "There's no shame in his game," is totally appropriate when describing Sgt. 1st Joseph Stevenson's efforts to qualify for the All-Army Bowling Team.

Mar 27, 2013

Fort Huachuca, Az. -The business of solving codes and ciphers had been an active field in the U.S. government since World War I when Ralph Van Deman realized he needed a cipher bureau as part of his newly organized Military Intelligence Division.

Mar 26, 2013

Soldiers from the 11th Signal Brigade, who participated in the 2013 Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 17, 2013, marched to remember Soldiers who survived or died in the Philippine Islands at the hands of the Japanese during World War II.

Mar 26, 2013

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- Braving blistering heat and blisters on their feet, a group of 402nd Field Artillery Brigade Soldiers and civilians took on the challenge of the 24th Annual Bataan Death March held here March 17.

Mar 26, 2013

Army Medicine is in the process of realigning its medical readiness divisions to better support the Army Force Generation cycle, and to assist active and Reserve components in improving medical readiness.

Mar 26, 2013

In the 27 years Lt. Col. Kerry E. Norman has been in uniform, more career fields and educational opportunities have become available to women. Recently, as part of a Women's History Month commemoration, Norman took an opportunity to share some of those opportunities as well as words of encouragement with the boys and girls of Central Middle School in Columbus, Ind. "After WWII there was only one female colonel in the military," said Norman, commander of the 1-411th Logistic Support Battalion, 205th Infantry Brigade, at Fort Knox, Ky. That one female colonel, Mary Agnes Hallaren, became the director of the Women's Army Corps in 1946.

Mar 26, 2013

Fraternal twins, SPC Janice and Janet Pagan, enjoy spending a couple days at Bagram Airfield reuniting for the first time in more than two years.

Mar 26, 2013

Brig. Gen. Kristin K. French, the commanding general of the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), threw the first pitch at a Fort Knox High School softball game on March 23.

Mar 26, 2013

Dallas native Spc. Wayne Byers, a Soldier with the 1st Cav. Headquarters, pulled over behind the pickup and began throwing burning bales of hay out of the back March 22 near Van Alstyne, Texas.

Mar 26, 2013

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- The Bataan Memorial Death March takes place here every year in mid-March. The competition is a challenging 26.2-mile trek through arid desert terrain that boasts a daunting 400 meter increase in elevation.

Mar 26, 2013

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. -- Your Humvee breaks down, you're out of MREs, who you gonna call? Not Ghostbusters! For this kind of help, you will need the hard work and many hats of the 3-356th Logistics Support Battalion, 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, Division West. This Army Reserve unit has played an integral role in the success of Division West's 189th Infantry Brigade during its mobilization to Fort Hunter Liggett in support of the 91st Training Division's Warrior and Combat Support Training Exercises.

Mar 26, 2013

Staff Sgt. Catherine Long works hard, there is no doubt about that. As the only geospatial intelligence analyst Soldier in Headquarters Support Company, 7th Infantry Division, she is charged with establishing and leading the geospatial intelligence curriculum for the new 7th Inf. Div. Intelligence Academy. Long also provides mentorship and guidance to Soldiers in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, 2nd Infantry Division; manages information requests from numerous redeploying units; and is helping to build the 7th Inf. Div. Security Management (G2) internal collaborative webpage.

Mar 26, 2013

Thirteen soldiers and airmen from I Corps, 7th Infantry Division and its subordinate units and other unit entities from Joint Base Lewis-McChord were formally recognized for their hard work, dedication and demonstrated professionalism in improving the readiness of I Corps and the JBLM community, March 22, at the Cascade Club.

Mar 25, 2013

Saturday was my day for making repairs on my car, and I'd been having problems with my old, rusty brake rotors. Every time I'd hit the brakes, the steering wheel would vibrate. I wanted to put an end to that, so I bought some good slotted and drilled replacement rotors. I gathered all the tools I needed - including a jack, wrenches, sockets and screwdrivers - and went to my garage to get started. I'd changed rotors on several cars in the past, so I basically knew how to do it.

Mar 25, 2013

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. -- During a major training exercise here, Reserve Component Soldiers of Division West's 189th Infantry Brigade learned what to do in case of a Humvee rollover during training in a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Egress Assistance Trainer.

Mar 25, 2013

Army training experts will answer questions at weekly Twitter chats, starting March 26. This virtual chat will be every Tuesday at 2 p.m. Central Standard Time until 3 p.m. CST. The questions will be fielded by experts of the Training Management Directorate @ArmyTrainingNet and trending #ArmyTrainChat.

Mar 22, 2013

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan (March 15, 2013) -- Shaneika L. Jackson was pursuing a degree in criminal justice at Oklahoma State University when she was approached by a U.S. Army recruiter.

Mar 22, 2013

The Army Reserve's 200th Military Police Command's 222nd Broadcast Operations Detachment based in Bell, Calif., recently stood up a temporary, small radio station for the purposes of training and entertainment.

Mar 22, 2013

Fort Bragg risk reduction program, headed by the Army Substance Abuse Program, is a three-part process to pinpoint what types of problems Soldiers are having before, during and after deployment. The program was first developed in 1994, at Fort Campbell, Ky. The Army Center for Substance Abuse expanded the program as a tool to prevent, reduce, and manage high risk Soldier behaviors.

Mar 22, 2013

A Community Resilience Fair was stood up by the XVIII Airborne Corps Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness Program March 12, to offer resilience resources for servicemembers, Families and civilians.

Mar 22, 2013

As part of Brain Injury Awareness Month, Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., provided an opportunity to learn and gain further knowledge of traumatic brain injuries and concussions by hosting a discussion panel, March 7, 2013, at Weaver Auditorium.

Mar 21, 2013

To better understand how carrying heavy loads affects Soldiers, Tyler Brown, Ph.D., looks at them as if they were athletes.

Mar 21, 2013

As soldiers of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4-2 (4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division) reached the halfway point in their deployment, they realized they had equipment on their base that they were not using and could turn in.

Mar 21, 2013

When Spc. Michelle Delgadillo was younger, she went through a phase where she drew horses everywhere, she said. Now, the signal support systems specialist with Combined Task 4-2 (4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division) draws infantrymen and Strykers.

Mar 21, 2013

The Army's largest organization closed another chapter today as Gen. David M. Rodriguez relinquished command of U.S. Army Forces Command as he departs for Germany and command of U.S. Africa Command. The ceremony, hosted by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, recognized FORSCOM's overall mission, Rodriguez's efforts throughout his tenure and what is yet to come for the organization .

Mar 21, 2013

In an effort to alleviate some of that weight approximately to 4,000 Soldiers and Family members with the 4th Brigade Combat Team "Currahee", 101st Airborne Division, attended the Currahee Deployment Fair at the Family Resource Center on Mar. 19, 2013 at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Mar 21, 2013

Soldiers from 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, conducted 200-hour phase maintenance on its aircraft at Fort Carson, Colo.

Mar 20, 2013

The 2nd Brigade, 1st Kandak, 205th Medical Corps of the Afghan National Army, held a Medical Civic Action Program by offering medical treatment to the local community around Mushan, March 14, 2013, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Mar 20, 2013

Eight soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division were recognized for their lifesaving efforts in Thailand during Cobra Gold 2013 at ceremony on Camp Casey, Korea, March 20, 2013.

Mar 20, 2013

Four National Guardsmen learned troubleshooting and repair procedures for a mission critical system to increase their readiness and improve their repair capabilities prior to deployment.

Mar 20, 2013

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- When the commanding general at Fort Rucker, Ala., saw Soldiers conducting physical training in shorts last month, he knew the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade had arrived. With temperatures in the 40s, the cool Alabama mornings were a respite for the Soldiers from the North Country. Although the unit enjoyed being able to conduct PT without having to worry about frigid temperatures, wind chill and ice, it was an important weeklong aviation tactical operations exercise that brought the 10th CAB to the southern post.

Mar 20, 2013

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Aviators of 10th Combat Aviation Brigade have earned more than 80 Air Medals for Valor for distinguished achievements during the unit's 2010-2011 deployment to eastern Afghanistan. Six more Soldiers received Air Medals for Valor during a ceremony Monday at Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. In addition, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief received the French Cross for Military Valor.

Mar 20, 2013

The military uses the word 'Purple' to indicate combined forces for a joint effort. Recently, a group of Purple forces integrated to prepare for overseas deployment. Under the watchful eyes of First Army Division East trainer mentors, Navy, Air Force and Army personnel conducted entry control point security, convoy operations, and foot patrols during pre-mobilization training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

Mar 20, 2013

NEW YORK -- Gen. Frank Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited lower Manhattan here March 15 to learn about a growing partnership between the 9/11 Tribute Center and the National Guard

Mar 20, 2013

The Cobras of Charlie Company, 51st Signal Battalion (Expeditionary), 35th Signal Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, participated in the National Training Center Rotation 13-03 at Fort Irwin, Calif., from Jan. 7 to Feb. 8 to improve their skill set and provide tactical and upper tier communications in a combat environment.

Mar 19, 2013

Michigan recruiter credits values, faith and Army suicide prevention training for helping him avert teen's suicide attempt.

Mar 19, 2013

Across the 82nd Airborne Division, Paratroopers who have been chosen by their sergeants major, are preparing to face off in the division's annual Noncommissioned Officer and Trooper of the Year competition, today at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Mar 19, 2013

Soldiers of 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division certified their basic marksmanship skills during M4 carbine and M16 rifle qualifications at Udairi Range, Kuwait, March 12-14.

Mar 19, 2013

The U.S. Army Forces Command held a relinquishment of command ceremony March 15 on Fort Bragg, N.C., where Gen. David M. Rodriguez relinquished command to Lt. Gen. William B. Garrett III, the FORSCOM Deputy Commanding General and acting commander until Rodriguez' successor is named.

Mar 19, 2013

Spc. Robert Fay Jr., an infantryman with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), is the third Soldier to be part of the Rakkasans in his family; following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps.

Mar 19, 2013

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan --U.S. Army Lt. Col. Donald Evans, squadron commander for 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conducted a quarterly discussion with his squadron pertaining to their mission accomplishments during their deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom while at Camp Clark, Afghanistan, March 4 . 2013.

Mar 19, 2013

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Soldiers assigned to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conducted a dismounted patrol in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in order to disrupt possible insurgent activity in Musa Khel District, Afghanistan, March 6.

Mar 19, 2013

"We now ask our NCOs to be managers, leader developers and, at the same time culturally astute. These same demands have been placed on our junior soldiers as well. We must take a hard look at ourselves to truly understand the meaning of these changes and how this affects our role in the Army profession," wrote to Sgt. Major of the Army Raymond Chandler, in a 2011 Army Live blog posting.

Mar 19, 2013

Soldiers from the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in paintball activities March 11 at Paintball Asylum in Louisville, Ky.

Mar 19, 2013

McGREGOR RANGE, N.M. --The 50 Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 364th Engineer Regiment, Task Force Rampant, 5th Armored Brigade, Division West, have the unique mission of providing route clearance-specific training for every Army National Guard or Army Reserve route clearance company preparing to deploy to Afghanistan.

Mar 19, 2013

The Combined Arms Support Command hosted the Global Logistics 2020 Rehearsal of Concept Drill at the Army Logistics University March 11-14, to gather feedback on adapting the sustainment community to support the Army of 2020 and beyond. CASCOM, a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, is responsible for training over 185,000 students annually through more than 500 courses taught by the Ordnance, Quartermaster and Transportation schools, Soldier Support Institute and the Army Logistics University.

Mar 19, 2013

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. -- They provide the kind of help you hope you never need. Mercy Air, an air ambulance company, supports both military personnel and their Families stationed here and military personnel participating in training exercises. When needed, Mercy Air "races the reaper" to airlift trauma patients from the installation to medical facilities.

Mar 18, 2013

While the 38th Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event may be over, the experiences of the more than 200 service members will have a lasting impact on culinary programs across the military. With 500 judged entries, this event is a primary training opportunity for military chefs.

Mar 18, 2013

Maj. Fermin Gonzales Jr., a logistics officer, explains the importance of property accountability to an Afghan National Army company commander Jan. 22 on Forward Operating Base Zangabad in the Panjwa'i District of Afghanistan. Gonzales is an ANA mentor assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4-2 (4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division) Security Force Assistance Team. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jose Martinez-Velez)

Mar 18, 2013

Staff Sgt. Walter C. Hickman instructs Afghan Soldiers on equipment from their ambulance Jan. 10 on Forward Operating Base Zangabad in the Panjwa'i District of Afghanistan. Hickman is a Medic Mentor Noncommissioned Officer assigned the Security Force Assistance Team of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4-2 (4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division). (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jose Martinez-Velez)

Mar 18, 2013

The warrior mentality on the battlefield is genderless, and the desire to fight for freedom and one's country are not distinguished by biological differences. Women have been serving in the United States Army from the beginning, and as the world highlights women's achievements during the month of March, one Fort Bragg, N.C., unit has taken the lead in developing and supporting strong women leaders.

Mar 18, 2013

Safety is such a constant part of a Soldier's life they sometimes get complacent. After a while, one of two things usually happens: Soldiers forget about the measures that kept them safe because there have been no accidents, or they become focused on the outcome of a mission instead of their well-being. Often, the prime time for this to happen is when a unit is in the process of redeploying.

Mar 18, 2013

Watervliet Arsenal announced this week that it has completed its first shipment of 19 M20A1 Breech Block Kits, as part of a $22.6 million contract for the U.S. Army to upgrade the M119A2 105mm howitzer.

Mar 18, 2013

On a snowy winter day at Fort Deven's South Post in Massachusetts, 10 Soldiers from the 368th Engineer Battalion, 302nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, competed for the Best Warrior competition title March 8-10, 2013.

Mar 18, 2013

Soldiers, civilians and Family members gathered for the signing of the 2013 Army Emergency Relief Campaign Proclamation at III Corps Headquarters, March 5.

Mar 16, 2013

Two "Raider" Brigade battalions enhanced their warrior skills during weapons systems training at Udairi Range, Kuwait, March 4-7.

Mar 16, 2013

The Raider Brigade officially opened "Raider University" during a ceremony March 8 at the Gateway Theater on Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Mar 16, 2013

Fort Huachuca, AZ. - On April 20, 2012, Purgatory Vodka, an alcoholic beverage containing hemp byproducts, became available for purchase throughout the United States, including at retailers on select military installations -- until recently.

Mar 15, 2013

In Afghanistan, Afghan customs and courtesies take precedent at all times, even when peace feels like a distant prospect.

Mar 15, 2013

Nineteen teams competed at the inaugural Gainey Cup competition, but only one came away the victor. 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, was given the top prize at the awards ceremony March 5, the final day of the competition. Hailing from Fort Richardson, Alaska, the team included Staff Sgt. Justin Miller, Sgt. Zachary Adkins, Spc. Alexander Berlin, Spc. Mitchell Sanderson and Pfc. Joseph Calderon.

Mar 15, 2013

Lt. Gen. William B. Garrett III official photo

Mar 15, 2013

The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) hosted their first of nine Armed Services Blood Program Blood Drives [ASBP], Mar. 11, at the community center on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va.

Mar 15, 2013

Nearly 130 Soldiers in the 63rd Engineer Company (Horizontal), 11th Engineer Battalion, returned from Afghanistan March 4. Their arrival was hailed in a welcome home ceremony with hundreds of guests -- fellow Soldiers, community volunteers and Family members.

Mar 15, 2013

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Fort Carson welcomed a new commander Thursday; a 28-year combat veteran, who has served in ranger, airborne, and infantry units around the world prior to coming to the mountain post.

Mar 15, 2013

The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team landed at Fort Benning Thursday following a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. More than 150 Soldiers came home on the flight, the final one in a series of eight that brought home about 2,000 warriors.

Mar 15, 2013

Day zero of redeployment was a happy day for Soldiers of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, as they reunited with Family and friends following a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. After the returning Soldiers went on a 48-hour pass to enjoy being back at home, they began Army-mandated reintegration training, part of the Deployment Cycle Support Process -- 10 days designed to successfully transition Soldiers from the front lines to the home front.

Mar 15, 2013

Senior Airman Steven Soto is shy and quiet. But make no mistake -- if something comes up, he'll probably be the first to volunteer. That, one of his superiors said, is the attitude that recently earned him the honor of 2012 Military Firefighter of the Year for the Army's Installation Management Command.

Mar 15, 2013

Units around Fort Bragg have been holding town hall meetings since last month to ensure the civilian workforce is informed about the impact and effects of sequestration.

Mar 15, 2013

Dignitaries from local and higher commands cut the ribbon to open the Sensors and Lasers Distribution Center (SLDC) at Rock Island Arsenal Wednesday. The SLDC became operational in Sept. 1, 2012, allowing RIA-JMTC to fulfill the PM SSL logistics mission by providing products to support the Total Package Fielding (TPF) missions to the war fighter.