Tag: army – active duty
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Nuggets GM has more he must do
FORT RILEY, Kan. — A top Army general said Friday that the military remains focused on meeting the physical and mental health needs of soldiers and families, including providing additional behavioral health programs. After touring Fort Riley in northeast Kansas, Gen. Lloyd Austin said leaders were focused on putting services and support structures in place…
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Sky Sox now with bells, whistles
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The military’s only burn center has moved into a new, state-of-the-art home. The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center is now housed on the fourth floor of a seven-story, 760,000-square-foot tower that was added to the San Antonio Military Medical Center here. The move from…
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AGAINST ALL ODDS
Among the numerous caking cuttings, Army runs and birthday balls, there is a unique Army Birthday tradition that has its beginning over 300 years ago – the Twilight Tattoo. “Twilight Tattoo” is a time-honored tradition that blends the precision and discipline of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) with the orchestral sounds of…
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GIANT STEPS
WASHINGTON — Uncle Sam may not want you after all. In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. And soldiers already serving on active duty…
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Ardoin gets nod for opener
CLEMSON, S.C. — Daniel Rodriguez is about to fulfill a dream, and more importantly to him, keep a promise to a brother-in-arms. Rodriguez found out this week he had been cleared by the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference to join Clemson’s football team as a walk-on receiver. Once Rodriguez trots onto the practice field…
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Questions linger as CC tries to regroup
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Congress and the Army are working on a plan to allocate $25 million a year starting in fiscal 2014 to field the service’s networked communications packages to brigade combat teams, according to a top Army modernization official. The packages, dubbed capability sets, will be deployed for the first time…
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Rockies take advantage of shoddy play
Spc. Michael Courtney wrapped his left arm around his wife, Amanda, and kissed her forehead. “Come here, baby,” he said. She shook and sobbed, tears of relief dripping off her chin. In the specialist’s other arm was his 6-month-old son, Logan, whom he’d just met for the first time. Logan gazed up at his dad…
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Barr Trail Race Results
At 12:55 a.m. Feb. 3, 1943 — 70 years ago — a German torpedo detonated against the hull of the USS Dorchester. The ship was steaming through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, headed to an American military base in Greenland, then on to Europe. Aboard the ship were 902 troops and civilians. As the…
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Cook continues to recover with Sky Sox
When retired Air Force Col. William Roche returned to Assigny, France, on vacation in 1998, local residents fêted him with wine, cheese and gifts. To the residents of Assigny, Roche — a B-17 waist gunner who crash-landed in the town after being shot down in February 1945 — was a hero and celebrity. A couple…
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George wins spot for worlds
Harmone’e Elam appeared fine the day before she died, prosecutors say. The first sign that the infant might be sick came two hours after dinner on Dec. 14, 2011 — a moment when her father was alone with the girl, prosecutors say. “Harmone’e threw up something crazy,” Roderick Elam Jr. later told his wife, prosecutors…