Tag: army – active duty
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Unlikely sources help CC rebound
A suicide attack struck at the heart of Fort Carson’s 4th Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan, killing the brigade’s top enlisted soldier and one of the brigade’s majors. An airman assigned to Fort Carson was also killed in the attack. Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin, a 23-year veteran of the Army and the right-hand…
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Phoenix players show their skills, dominate All-Star Saturday night
WACO, Texas (AP) – An AWOL soldier remained defiant Friday as a judge sentenced him to life in federal prison for collecting bomb-making materials to carry out what he told authorities would be a massive attack on a Texas restaurant full of Fort Hoodtroops. Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, a Muslim, was planning a religious…
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Anthony beats buzzer, Hawks
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told the airmen and soldiers based at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station today their service is critical to the defense strategy. Panetta said New York was the cradle of the United States military, and that its critical role for the armed forces continues…
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Broncos looking to deal Pryce
WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Michigan Army National Guard member helped rescue a motorist from a burning vehicle following a Lansing-area freeway crash that killed one and injured several others. The crash happened Monday on Interstate 69 in Eaton County’s Windsor Township when a semi-truck plowed into stopped traffic. Staff Sgt. Samantha Mayne told WILX-TV…
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Doherty’s Branch overcomes all obstacles
LONDON, Aug. 8, 2012 – Team USA coaches did not recognize their wrestler as Army Spc. Justin Lester — or Harry Lester, as some know him — as he finished eighth in the Olympic men’s Greco-Roman 66-kilogram tournament yesterday at ExCel North Arena 2 here. “He was lacking the normal Harry Lester zip that he…
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Up All Night
MOUNT WHITNEY, Calif., Aug. 7, 2012 – Standing at 5 feet 4 inches and weighing in at 130 pounds, Army Master Sgt. Mike Morton is a giant in the ultramarathon community. Morton, a U.S. Army Special Operations Command liaison officer, recently won the Badwater Ultramarathon �- a 135-mile race from Death Valley to Mount Whitney…
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Tigers continue to walk on air
VANCOUVER, Wash. — T. Scott Woll isn’t what you might expect of a newly commissioned officer in the Army. For starters, he’s an orthopedic surgeon who has spent the last couple of decades repairing limbs at Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery in Vancouver. And then there’s his prior weapons experience — or lack thereof. Before deciding…
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Delight in Denver
A Fort Carson sergeant accused of stabbing another soldier dozens of times is slated to face a court-martial in connection with the killing. Sgt. Vincinte Jackson, with the 576th Engineer Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday, said Maj. Earl Brown, a post spokesman. Jackson’s tentative trial date is set…
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Different folks find strokes
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military judge has again held the Fort Hood shooting suspect in contempt of court for showing up to a pretrial hearing with a beard he had been told to shave. Maj. Nidal Hasan was fined another $1,000 Friday. The judge, Col. Gregory Gross, said Hasan would watch the rest…
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Curry’s too hot, Chicago wins again
LONDON – Deborah Mango was preparing to bury her husband when Spenser, her 6-year-old son, wrapped his arms around her. They were at the funeral home a few days after Thomas Mango, Spenser’s father, had died in a never-solved shooting in St. Louis. “Mom,” Spenser said, “everything is going to be all right.” Nearly 20…