May 15, 2012

Fourteen delegates, assisted by facilitation teams, discussed Army quality of life issues and heard from subject matter experts in many fields during the Army Family Action Plan conference May 9-11 in downtown San Antonio. The conference is a three-day workshop designed for open discussions and solution-seeking to issues concerning Soldiers, retirees, Department of the Army civilians and Army Families.

Apr 30, 2012

Service members, civilians and community members from U.S. Army North and other units and organizations from throughout Joint Base San Antonio and the area celebrated Fiesta Flambeau April 28.

Apr 30, 2012

Apr 30, 2012

Military and civilian community members spent the day April 22 celebrating Fiesta at Fort Sam Houston with carnival rides, live bands and performances, booths and unit displays, a military ceremony honoring Fiesta, an evening dinner and entertainment in the grounds of Army North's historic Quadrangle and a fireworks show.

Apr 30, 2012

Soon-to-be-commissioned cadets from the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy and Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs from various universities across the country attended the Mission Command Conference XV held at West Point, April 23-26, 2012.

Apr 30, 2012

San Antonio area school principals and district officials met with volunteers from partner units on Fort Sam Houston April 18 to share their insight on how the Fort Sam Houston Adopt-a-School has made a difference in the lives of area school children.

Apr 30, 2012

Local, state and federal emergency planners and logisticians met in San Antonio for a three-day conference hosted by U.S. Army North to promote mutual understanding and foster greater preparedness for disasters in the United States.

Apr 30, 2012

The concept of "Service" can mean many things for many people. For some, it may merely be an act of helpful activity -- to do something for another person -- to provide a service. For one family in particular however, service means serving the nation. And they need to look no further than their father for guidance.

Apr 6, 2012

Army North/Joint Force Land Component Command conducted an nteragency Hurricane rehearsal at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, April 3-5, 2012, to unite and evolve various organizations' plans and practices to prepare for the upcoming 2012 hurricane season.

Apr 6, 2012

Second-graders from John J. Pershing Elementary School took a field trip April 5 to U.S. Army North's historic Quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. During the field trip, students went on an egg hunt, competed for prizes, ate lunch in the grounds and then went on a tour to feed the ducks, geese, chickens and deer that roam the grounds.

Apr 6, 2012

Fort Sam Houston officially welcomed the opening of its newest Wounded Warrior barracks during a ribbon cutting ceremony here April 2.

Apr 5, 2012

The 73rd Civil Support Team, Weapons of Mass Destruction, visited Fort Leavenworth, Kan., March 27-29, 2012, to conduct a training exercise in preparation of an annual evaluation by U.S. Army North.

Apr 5, 2012

On the second day of U.S. Army North's interagency hurricane response drill, emergency response leaders went step-by-step through response scenarios in a war-gaming process meant to weed-out ineffective and inefficient processes.

Mar 27, 2012

U.S. Army North leaders from across the United States met in Marble Falls, Texas, March 19-21 to discuss the future of homeland defense, civil support and theater security cooperation.

Mar 27, 2012

For most in disaster response work, opportunities to experience preparedness efforts through service in multiple agencies are rare. U.S. Army Col. Bill Stevenson, Maryland National Guard, is getting that chance while working at Joint Task Force -- Civil Support.

Mar 27, 2012

Active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood and Fort Bliss deployed in mid-February to southern New Mexico and southern Arizona to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection border security efforts.

Mar 23, 2012

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- The commanding general of U.S. Army North served as the guest speaker during a luncheon March 23 hosted by the local Alamo Chapter of the Association of the United States Army at Fort Sam Houston's John J. McCarthy Golf Clubhouse.

Mar 6, 2012

U.S. Army North is gearing up for hurricane season by preparing for a large-scale hurricane exercise at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.

Feb 29, 2012

Sharing a stage at the 2012 Domestic Preparedness Workshop, the commander of U. S. Army North's parent command, U.S. Northern Command, along with the chief of the National Guard Bureau, emphasized partnerships Feb. 22 as he discussed the importance of a whole-of-government, whole-of-community approach when providing civil support while responding to disasters.

Feb 29, 2012

Thirty-four young men and women committed to support and defend the U.S. Constitution from all enemies in front of thousands of witnesses from the San Antonio community at a sold-out AT&T Center Feb. 17.

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Feb 10, 2012

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Imagine a category 4 hurricane approaching the southern coast of Florida: Where will it go? What damage will it do? A program, used by U.S. Army North, will help plan, train and operate for those types of scenarios.

Feb 7, 2012

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, commanding general, U.S. Army North and Fort Sam Houston, stands with Steve Bridges, chairman of the board, San Antonio Livestock and Rodeo, Alex Pena, operations director, San Antonio Stock and Rodeo Western Heritage Parade and Fred Petmecky, president, San Antonio Livestock and Rodeo Feb. 4 during the Western Heritage Parade. The parade hosted an array of participants to include clowns, longhorns, 332nd Fort Sam's Own, Army Band and the Fort Sam Houston Honors platoon.

Feb 7, 2012

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Maj. Gen. Charles Gailes, the commanding general of U.S. Army North's Task Force 51, discusses the value and the role of dual-status commanders Feb. 7 and the importance of their relationships with Army North during the Dual Status Commanders Orientation at Army North's Main Conference Room at the historic Quadrangle. Gailes hosted the briefing and provided the opening remarks. The one-day stop at Army North was part of a larger series of conferences conducted by U.S. Northern Command for commanders who serve in a combined federal-state position.

Feb 3, 2012

Army accident investigators from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center at Fort Rucker had a point to make to 50-60 members of the science club Feb. 1 at Dauphin Junior High School in Enterprise, Ala.

Feb 3, 2012

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- A child sleds down a snow ramp Jan. 30 at the Warrior and Family Support Center's Winter Wonderland. Wounded Warriors and their Families threw snowballs, sledded down the snow ramp, danced in the snow and feasted on tamales.

Feb 3, 2012

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, commanding general, U.S. Army North and Fort Sam Houston, presents the Purple Heart to Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, during a ceremony Jan. 31 at the Warrior and Family Support Center.

Jan 31, 2012

Motorcycling is a lifelong learning process. Far too often riders think after a few years and a few thousand miles that they know it all. That concept can be fatal.

Jan 30, 2012

Technology originally created for use in tracking improvised explosive device networks in Afghanistan and Iraq is finding new purpose in supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection by providing mission overwatch during border patrol missions.

Jan 30, 2012

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- U.S. Army North facilitated the Department of Homeland Security/Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2013 Requirements Conference here Jan. 10-11.

Jan 30, 2012

Army and Navy leaders signed a memorandum of understanding at Fort Sam Houston Jan. 18 designed to help wounded service members find jobs as they transition out of the military.

Jan 25, 2012

During the first week of January, members of state and local civilian and military emergency response agencies within Texas met with the United States Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force to develop a deeper understanding of capabilities and limits inherent to each group.

Jan 17, 2012

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV (right), commanding general, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Fort Sam Houston, places identification tags on a newly planted Live Oak tree in the Quadrangle Jan. 11 to dedicate the tree to his father, retired Lt. Gen. William Caldwell III, who commanded Fifth Army in San Antonio from 1978-1980.

Jan 17, 2012

Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV assumed command of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Fort Sam Houston before a gathering of fellow senior leaders, state and local government officials, Family, service members and civilian partners Jan. 12 at Fort Sam Houston's historic Quadrangle.

Jan 13, 2012

Going from green to gold is a familiar transformation in the Army. But switching from being an officer to an enlisted man while changing service branches is far less common. Yet that's exactly what Joe Newsom did, choosing to continue serving the best way he knew how.

Jan 9, 2012

In August 2011, the U.S. Army North Vibrant Response 12 Developmental Assignment, a U.S. Northern Command field training assignment, rehearsed the nation's tiered response capabilities for any chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident.

Jan 9, 2012

FORT RUCKER, ALA. -- The U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center recently compiled accident fatality data for the first quarter of fiscal 2012. From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2011, 37 Soldiers were lost as the result of accidents: 26 off duty and 11 on duty. Overall, accidental fatalities increased 6 percent from the previous year's first quarter.

Jan 3, 2012

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Dec 12, 2011

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Retired Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III, the former commanding general of U.S. Army North and Fort Sam Houston, presents a flag to William Haines, the son of retired Gen. Ralph Haines Jr., at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Dec. 3. Soldiers from Fort Sam Houston and Fort Hood joined with community members to pay their respects for Haines, who was 98 years old at the time of his death and was the oldest living 4-star general and senior retired officer. Haines served as the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army from 1967 to 1968. He also served as the commanding general of 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas, and as the commanding general of III Corps, also at Fort Hood.

Dec 12, 2011

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Leaders of Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North, signed a covenant Nov. 8 with school officials at John J. Pershing Elementary School, and unveiled a new sign at the school commemorating the military and community partnership.

Aug 23, 2011

The Vibrant Response 12 exercise, conducted by U.S. Army North, focuses on the Department of Defense mission to support civil authorities after a disaster.

Aug 23, 2011

CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. " The military's Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Force assumed the exercise mission from state response forces here Aug. 18 while rehearsing the nation's tiered response capabilities during Vibrant Response 12, a U.S. Northern Command field training exercise conducted by U.S. Army North.

Aug 23, 2011

MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING COMPLEX, Ind. " Soldiers from the 501st Area Support Medical Company, 86th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Campbell, Ky., evacuate "patients" from a nursing home Aug. 19 here during Vibrant Response 12, a U.S. Northern Command field training exercise conducted by U.S. Army North.

Aug 22, 2011

More than 7,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Department of Defense civilians are descending upon the Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex at Camp Atterbury, Ind., and various surrounding areas in Indiana, to execute DoD support to civil authorities in a consequence management role during the Vibrant Response 12 exercise.

Aug 22, 2011

The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly known as Army CID, is actively seeking qualified Soldiers who are interested in pursuing a career as CID special agents.

Aug 19, 2011

The West Virginia CERFP rescued casualties from the collapsed garage as part of Vibrant Response 12, a U.S. Northern Command field training exercise conducted by U.S. Army North here, at Camp Atterbury and various surrounding areas in Indiana.

Aug 19, 2011

During the Vibrant Response 12 exercise, conducted by U.S. Army North, service members and local first responders participated in a subway rescue scenario Aug. 17, 2011, for the first time here.

Aug 15, 2011

BAMBERG, Germany -- The Oslo bombing and Utoya island massacre in Norway are a stark reminder of acts of terrorism.

Aug 10, 2011

As part of an Army program that dates back more than half a century, seven senior Mexican Army officers, chosen by the Mexican equivalent of the Secretary of Defense, spent a week at U.S. Army North to continue to build cooperation and foster closer relationships between the two militaries.

Aug 9, 2011

Ennis White, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., who serves as a telecommunications officer with Army North, that is exactly what he did with his bare hands and brute strength during the USA Powerlifting Master Nationals Competition held earlier this year in Atlanta, earning him a bronze medal during the competition.

Aug 7, 2011

New York National Guard Soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters left their armories from across the state to converge at an empty field Aug. 5, 2011, in an exercise meant to mimic the Guard's hurricane response efforts.

Aug 4, 2011

The Army announced today it will reduce the size of its civilian employee workforce by more than 8,700 people by Sept. 30, 2012.

Aug 4, 2011

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Jul 21, 2011

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas " Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III and his wife, Jeanne, visited service members, Wounded Warriors and new recruits July 8-9 at Fort Sam Houston and U.S. Army North.

Jul 19, 2011

Ryan Newman has been the driver of the U.S. Army Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing for almost three seasons on the Sprint Cup circuit. On Sunday, Newman took the Army to Victory Lane for the first time since 2004.

Jul 15, 2011

Spc. Nicholas C. Johnson, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, has been working with the Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications.

Jul 15, 2011

Soldiers may soon see a reduction in the weight of the Squad Automatic Weapon and small-arms ammunition with a potential replacement for the SAW that weighs a whopping 8.3 pounds less than the current M249.

Jul 13, 2011

The "Thank you Foundation," and the Cincinnati Reds, honor a wounded warrior.

Jul 12, 2011

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas " U.S. Army North’s largest disaster response exercise is one step closer to reality as the final Vibrant Response 12 and 12A planning conference wrapped up June 23 at Camp Atterbury, Ind.

Jul 12, 2011

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas " Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III, commanding general, U.S. Army North and Fort Sam Houston, presents the Purple Heart Medal to retired U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ray Johnson Jr. June 2 on behalf of his father, Tech. Sgt. Ray Johnson, who died during WWII. Johnson Jr. was seven years old when his father Ray died in the Japanese prison camp Cabanatuan in 1942. Swan told attendees to the Purple Heart ceremony about Ray’s courage surviving the infamous Bataan Death March before he arrived at the camp. “If you fell behind, or fell out of the ranks or resisted in any way, you were either beaten with clubs or rifle butts, bayoneted, or shot,” Swan said. Johnson Jr. said that survivors of Cabanatuan eventually visited his family, and told him how his father died. “My father died of dysentery, malaria and starvation,” he said. Leaders at Army North and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Alamo Chapter 1836, worked to ensure Johnson received the honor he deserved. “It’s been fantastic; I’ve had a lot of help,” Johnson Jr. said. “It’s been 69 years, but we got it done.”

Jul 12, 2011

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas " Staff Sgt. Charles Ridgeway, and his son, Joshua, listen as Lt. Col. Shannon Miller, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North, welcomes Families to a battalion Family Readiness Group event at the Fort Sam Houston Aquatic Center June 21. Ridgeway is a new arrival to Army North, and is in the Contingency Command Post 1.

Jul 12, 2011

Jul 8, 2011

Research shows that the millennial generation can text, surf the internet, chat with friends, watch television and listen to music all while doing their school work. This has prompted the Army’s implementation of new training pilot programs that capitalize on the unique learning styles and multi-tasking ability of today’s Soldier.

Jul 6, 2011

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2011 -- Americans continue to express high confidence in the armed forces, with more than three-quarters of those surveyed in a recent Gallup poll reporting higher confidence in the military than in other national institutions for the 14th consecutive year.

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Apr 8, 2011

While emphasizing that servicemembers eventually will receive the pay they would earn during a government shutdown, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates acknowledged that if the government shuts down for a week starting tomorrow, their mid-month paychecks would include only the pay they earned for the first week of the month.

Apr 8, 2011

Service members interested in transferring their post 9/11 G.I. Bill benefits to qualifying dependent children must do so before retirement and before children reach age 26. Confusion and not paying attention to detail have caused consternation and erroneous Congressional inquiries.

Feb 1, 2011

CAMP BULLIS, Texas - During the Revolutionary War, "Baron" Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a former Prussian officer, was brought in to teach marksmanship training to Continental Army Soldiers, and he clearly demonstrated the importance and the effectiveness of properly placing volleys of fire against enemy forces. A little more than 223 years later, Soldiers from U.S. Army North's Headquarters Support Company concentrated on modern principles of advanced rifle marksmanship during live-fire weapons training Jan. 27 at the Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation in San Antonio; the training, however, was not with muskets but rather with current weapons: the M-16A2 Rifle and the M-9 Berretta Pistol.

Jan 28, 2011

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Soldiers sit back and enjoy a breakfast taco treat during the Warrior and Family Support Center's 2nd Annual Cowboy Breakfast Jan. 27 at the WFSC. The Cowboy Breakfast, with the support of its sponsors, donated 3,000 breakfast tacos for the event as a way to say thank you for the sacrifices of the Soldiers, their Family members and the caregivers.

Jan 27, 2011

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Actor D.B. Sweeney - who has starred and appeared in movies, mini-series and television shows such as Lonesome Dove, Memphis Belle, House, Criminal Minds and The Cutting Edge - toured Joint Base San Antonio on Jan. 26 to recognize Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen stationed there. Sweeney also visited with wounded warriors at the Center for the Intrepid, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility, as well as inpatients at Brooke Army Medical Center. Following lunch with troops at the Department of Defense's largest dining facility, he observed the 232nd Medical Battalion's Combat Medic training. He ended his visit by meeting with wounded troops and their families at the Warrior and Family Support Center. Sweeney, who also toured Iraq 2008, started the organization "Letters From Hollywood" in 2010 to encourage other actors, actresses and celebrities to write letters of thanks and support to servicemembers. The letters are posted to www.lettersfromhollywood.army.mil

Jan 21, 2011

Caissons keep rolling along with help from the U.S. Army Ordnance School. Some of the oldest equipment in the Army is being updated with new hardware, thanks to state-of-the-art technology currently being fielded here. For almost 100 years, Caisson Wagons have served our military. They've carried the flag draped caskets of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson along with Army General Douglas MacArthur and countless other military heroes over the years.

Jan 19, 2011

Since 2006, MPFU has conducted investigations resulting in more than 236 indictments and 299 convictions, 266 suspensions of contractors and 126 debarments of contractors.

Jan 14, 2011

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- As one of the longest serving public affairs officers in the Army, Bill Congo is known for his work in preparing Soldiers and civilians for the media spotlight.

Jan 14, 2011

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Nearly four years ago, Tiffany Little lost her Soldier husband. A lot has happened since then - she's given birth to their daughter Kylee, moved to Alabama to be close to her dad and other family members, learned how to live as a single mom and joined a support group known as My Soldier, My Fallen Hero, first located at Bicentennial Chapel and now a part of the Survivor Outreach Services program. Along the way, she has found ways to manage the emotions that come with the sudden loss of a beloved husband.

Jan 14, 2011

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- On a sunny, crisp winter day, Redstone Arsenal's newest three-star general reached out to families who daily live the meaning behind the Army's values of courage, selfless service and sacrifice.

Jan 12, 2011

Sheet metal from the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala Ryan Newman drove in the Nov. 14 NASCAR race featuring the faces of more than 500 military veterans will be auctioned online to raise money for the Fisher House Foundation and Army Emergency Relief.

Jan 12, 2011

Jan 8, 2011

Education, technology and football collided Jan. 8 during the All-American Bowl with the U.S. Army Materiel Command flexing its technology muscle through the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, a major subordinate command of AMC.

Dec 22, 2010

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Lt. Col. Shannon Miller (left), commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North, leads her battalion on a three-mile holiday run around Army North's historic Quadrangle and Stanley Road in the early morning hours Dec. 17. Maj. Gen. Perry Wiggins (far right), deputy commanding general, Army North, runs alongside the formation to cheer on Soldiers.

Dec 22, 2010

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III (center), commanding general, U.S. Army North and Fort Sam Houston, discusses the mission and role of Army North in disaster response with National Guard commanders from 15 states during a Contingency Dual Status Commanders' Conference at the Quadrangle Dec. 7. The one-day stop at Army North was part of a larger five-day series of conferences at U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Army North, U.S. Air Force North and Washington, D.C., for commanders nominated for a new, combined federal-state position.

Dec 17, 2010

Army Civilian Service baby boomers will be retiring en masse over the next 10 years. To attract the "best and brightest" next generation workforce of Army civilians, a focused enterprise-wide recruitment strategy required the development of a dot com website to promote the Army as an employer of choice.

Dec 16, 2010

SAN ANTONIO -- Staff Sgt. Joshua Hermann will certainly remember the Alamo for a long time to come, as two major events in his life occurred there Dec. 10.

Dec 16, 2010

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili talks with wounded warriors receiving treatment and therapy at the Center for the Intrepid at Fort Sam Houston Dec. 7.

Dec 16, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Dec. 7 - Pearl Harbor Day - will now be known in Huntsville for a milestone that brings Madison County's veterans closer to a place of honor within the community.

Dec 13, 2010

U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center Leadership thanks Soldliers, Families and Civilians for everything they do for our nation and our Army.

Dec 9, 2010

San Antonio - Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III, commanding general, U.S. Army North and Fort Sam Houston, meets with young recruits and speaks with them about today's Army. He told them they were about to enter the best equipped and best trained Army in the world. Swan enlisted 32 new Soldiers into the Army during a ceremony Dec. 8 at the ATT Center in downtown San Antonio. The event was sponsored by the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion San Antonio. Afterward, the new recruits and their Families were invited to stay and watch the Antonio Spurs basketball game against the Golden State Warriors.

Dec 6, 2010

USACR/Safety Center Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Eyer shares holiday safety information, tips and good wishes.

Nov 26, 2010

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Who knew sharing thoughts about a book with complete strangers would lead to a trip to the Brooke Army Medical Center Fisher House' That's what happened to seven women who connected through Facebook and met to volunteer at the BAMC Fisher House Nov. 1.

Nov 24, 2010

Every day we are faced with images and stories about violent crime. Victims are held hostage, shootings happen in supermarkets, schools and even on secure military installations. In an effort to improve and sustain 502nd ABW emergency management policies and procedures, a massive Active Shooter Exercise was held on post Nov. 17.

Nov 22, 2010

POMONA, NY (11/20/2010) - React to and contain a structure fire at a suspected drug lab, or worse, a suspected terrorist attack involving chemical weapons. That was the mission of the Soldiers, Airman, and New York Guard members assigned to the New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team for Weapons of Mass Destruction andthe CERFP (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package), were given at an exercise held at the Rockland County Fire Training Center here. More than 400 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the volunteer New York Guard (A state defense force) , and participating Rockland County-based law enforcement and emergency response took part in the Defense Support to Civil Authorities exercise.

Nov 8, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Soldiers and Civilians from the U.S. Army North's Army 10-miler team, in blue t-shirts, begin their long trek weaving in and around an estimated 35,000 participants during the Army's annual 10-mile run in the nation's Capital Oct. 24. The San Antonio-based team competed against other military units from around the world for the commander's cup. Army North runners did well, finishing in the top 22 percent of total runners.

Nov 6, 2010

Cross-fit competition held in honor of the victims of the Fort Hood shooting.

Nov 5, 2010

Members of the 410th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, voluntarily deployed to a neighborhood in southwest San Antonio to support a local humanitarian assistance project. The 12 Soldiers and civilians met in the Palo Alto area in support of a Habitat for Humanity project, lending a helping hand in constructing affordable housing for a deserving family. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit housing organization working in partnership with volunteers to build simple, decent and affordable houses without interest or profit, for people in need. By the end of 2009, HFHSA built houses for 628 families in need.

Nov 5, 2010

One year after a tragic shooting spree left 13 people dead and 32 more injured at Fort Hood, Texas, the military is working at every level to apply lessons learned to protect the force against an increasingly complex threat.

Nov 4, 2010

SAN ANTONIO -- David Robinson (center), a former NBA basketball star with the San Antonio Spurs, meets Sgt. Evan Dow (right) and Spc. Kevin Ryland, Training Support Company, 32nd Medical Brigade, during the Celebrate America's Military kick-off luncheon at the Exposition Hall on the grounds of the Freeman Coliseum Nov 1. TSC displayed the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected or MRAP ambulance in the military exhibit area. The Soldiers used the MRAP to showcase Army medical evacuation capabilities used in Iraq and Afghanistan. See page 17 for a schedule of CAM activities.