Tag: army – active duty
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Falcons will stay at home
BROOKLYN, Mich. — The Army National Guard is staying on as a sponsor of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 NASCAR Sprint Cup team. The National Guard has extended its relationship with Hendrick Motorsports through the 2013 season. The contract was scheduled to expire at the end of 2012. Hendrick Motorsports announced the extension Friday, a…
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Playoff opener a walk in clouds
The Pentagon has launched a new study to figure out how much soldiers and Marines should carry, and the tradeoff between the gear they carry versus speed and mobility. Officials awarded a grant through the Navy Health Research Center to a Massachusetts research professor to determine the consequences of load and armor on a combat…
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An altitude adjustment
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Back at Fort Benning after competing in the 2012 Olympics, three soldiers from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit returned to the firing ranges Thursday to teach junior shooters from across the country and soldiers honing their skills. “It’s always good to be home,” said Sgt. 1st Class Eric Uptagrafft. “No matter…
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Party like it’s 2003
WASHINGTON — Suicides among active-duty soldiers in July more than doubled from June, accelerating a trend throughout the military this year that has prompted Pentagon leaders to redouble efforts to solve a puzzling problem. The Army, which is the only branch of the military that issues monthly press statements on suicides, said 26 active-duty soldiers…
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Fond farewell
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage was expected to plead not guilty to the charges Wednesday, less than a week before his murder trial starts, some military law experts said. A military judge ordered a hearing Wednesday for Maj. Nidal Hasan, where he must plead…
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Panthers happy, not ecstatic
An Austin, Texas-based construction company will build a hangar for Fort Carson’s new combat aviation brigade, the latest of several new construction projects for the post. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. was awarded the$44.8 million contract, which calls for the aviation support battalion hangar to be finished by February 2014, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Fort…
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Swoons spell doom for AFA
LIVONIA, Mich. — A stolen urn containing cremated remains of an Army combat medic from Michigan who was killed in Afghanistan last year has been recovered in suburban Detroit. The urn containing remains of Army Pfc. Brian Backus was reported stolen July 18 from a car parked in a driveway in Livonia. Electronics and an…
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Agents, union reps to meet
LONDON, Aug. 13, 2012 – Spc. Dennis Bowsher of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program finished 32nd here Aug. 11 in the Olympic men’s modern pentathlon, a five-sport event. Bowsher tallied 5,324 points in the daylong competition that featured epee one-touch fencing, 200-meter freestyle swimming, horseback show jumping and cross-country running combined with laser-pistol…
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Skita, hardly knew ya
DENVER — Blowing up defective chemical weapons inside a closed chamber in Colorado would cause no significant environmental impacts, the Army said Monday. The finding, which was expected, brings the Army one step closer to destroying an estimated 780,000 shells containing 2,600 tons of mustard agent stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern Colorado.…
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NYC2012 holding Olympic wild card
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2012 – Army Sgt. 1st Class Mica Snell and his brother, Army Staff Sgt. Justin Snell were born and grew up in Derby, Kan. Less than two years apart in age, they went to the same schools at the same time and more often than not, had the…