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The Sun
February 19, 2018
"The key to survival is knowing what to eat," said Thai Sergeant Major Chaiwat Ladsin, who led the drill that also saw the marines take bites of a raw gecko. "Definitely my first time drinking snake blood... It's not something we do too often in America," US Sergeant Christopher Fiffie said after the training.
Military Times
February 19, 2018
26, 2018, photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Kaylin Jones, 25, stands at a guard tower on the perimeter of a small coalition outpost on the western edge of Iraq. A few hundred American ... It was a bitter sign of the mixed legacy from the United States' intervention in Iraq to help defeat the militants. American-backedÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 18, 2018
Jogging quickly at a crouch, Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black motioned to the black S.U.V. beside him to keep moving. At the ... Cornered, Sergeant Wright and Sergeant Johnson finally took off, sprinting through the desert under a hail of fire. .... Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
azcentral
February 6, 2018
An Army sergeant from Mesa was found dead Sunday near a train station in Germany, close to a military training center in Bavaria, according to a statement from the U.S. Army. The body of 1st Sgt. Nicholas S. Amsberry, 34, was found in the German town of Parsberg, the Army said in a statement Tuesday.
Chron.com
February 1, 2018
He has held a variety of leadership positions in the Texas National Guard, including spending more than three years as Command Sergeant Major for the 36th Infantry Division just prior to his job as the senior non-commissioned officer for both Army and Air National Guard units in Texas. During his threeÃÂ ...
Department of Defense
January 4, 2018
Staff Sgt. Brian P. Spittler, a team chief with 4th Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, plays his bugle at St. John the ... “They needed a Marine for the detail, and I just so happened to have my dress blue uniform on hand, so my sergeant told me: 'Hey Marine, get ready, youÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
January 3, 2018
A U.S. military truck then barreled into the crashed vehicles. Trujillo reportedly took an ill-fated step over the center line and was struck by a car driven by a 28-year-old Marine staff sergeant. He suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs, a bruised lung and was knocked unconscious. “Master Sgt. Trujillo stoppedÃÂ ...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
January 2, 2018
A couple years passed and we both progressed. I was studying for my first crack at the Staff Sergeant promotion test. I ran into my old pal and he was WEARING Army staff sergeant. Yes, I was about to test for E-5 for the first time and he was already wearing E-6. The conversation was short and I cried a littleÃÂ ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
January 2, 2018
SHELBYVILLE — Army Sgt. Thomas Revolt recently joined the U.S. Army Indianapolis Recruiting Battalion's Metro South Company as a detailed recruiter for the Shelbyville Recruiting Center in Shelbyville. Revolt comes to the Shelbyville Recruiting Center, from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, andÃÂ ...
DoD Live
January 2, 2018
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell (center) and the senior enlisted advisors for the U.S. Combatant Commands brief the media in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room in Washington, D.C., Nov. 28, 2017. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt.
NJ.com
January 2, 2018
A sergeant who was stationed in Fort Lee was killed Monday while serving in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army said. Sergeant First Class Mihail Golin, 34, died of injuries sustained from small arms fire while on dismounted patrol in the Nangarhar Province in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Army officialsÃÂ ...
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
January 1, 2018
US Army Sgt. Jonathon Hunter, 23, was killed in an attack on a NATO convoy on August 2. He was just a few days into his first overseas deployment. But, Colts representative Quinn Adams explained to Mark that he--and the entire Hunter family-- would be honored before Sunday's game for their grief,ÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
December 18, 2017
WASHINGTON — Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson died in a hail of gunfire, hit as many as 18 times as he took cover in thick brush, fighting to the end after fleeing ... Myeshia Johnson (R), widow of U.S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson, who was among four special forces soldiers killed in Niger, sits with herÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
December 13, 2017
9, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Dan Dailey sported the prototype duds at the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. ... Pinks & Greens gave us good fortune at the #ArmyVsNavy snow game! ... If adopted, the pink and greens would replace the existing blue Army service uniform for all but official events.
CNN
December 11, 2017
Jenkins and his children followed her two years later and were reunited in Indonesia, which doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US. Jenkins had been initially reluctant to join Soga for fear of being extradited to the United States to face a military court-martial. However, on his return to the US in theÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A mountain peak in Alaska has been named Gold Star Peak to honor families who lost members in the Iraq War. The effort to name the Chugach Mountains peak was led by retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Kirk Alkire, who spotted the peak while climbing Mount POW/MIA, KTUU-TVÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1999
Army Sgt. Emily Sweeney's injury cast a pall over this race, a reminder of what can happen on an ice track when going 80 miles per hour downhill. Halfway through the course, near the ninth turn, she skidded and lost control. Her body ping-ponged through several more turns. She flew off her sled and fellÃÂ ...
History
December 31, 1999
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Reckless preparing to go to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California after serving in the Korean War with the 5th Marine Regiment. (Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps Archive). A calming presence amid the chaos erupting around Outpost Vegas, the mightyÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
December 24, 2017
U.S. Marine recruits can't make calls or send emails from boot camp, but they can write letters. While some might bemoan the difficulty in ... Smith teamed up with Sam Meek, a Marine Corps sergeant who left the military in 2007 to work for a Wall Street hedge fund. The two met in 2011 and discussed aÃÂ ...
DoD Live
December 24, 2017
Today, we pause to recognize Medal of Honor recipient Army Staff Sgt. Macario Garcia, who became the first Mexican immigrant to earn this distinction. Garcia was born in Castanos, Mexico, in 1920. At the age of three, his family came to the United States in search of a better life and eventually settled inÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 21, 2017
Marine Norway US Marines with Marine Rotational Force Europe 17.1 during Exercise Joint Viking in Norway, March 9, 2017.Sgt. Patricia Claypool-Morris/US ... US forces have moved around Europe in recent months to bolster allies there, and a Marine rotational force has been in Norway since January.
Task & Purpose
December 13, 2017
9, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Dan Dailey sported the prototype duds at the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. ... Pinks & Greens gave us good fortune at the #ArmyVsNavy snow game! ... If adopted, the pink and greens would replace the existing blue Army service uniform for all but official events.
CNN
December 11, 2017
Jenkins and his children followed her two years later and were reunited in Indonesia, which doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US. Jenkins had been initially reluctant to join Soga for fear of being extradited to the United States to face a military court-martial. However, on his return to the US in theÃÂ ...
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
December 9, 2017
For Alaska Army National Guard Sgt. Cody Foster, attending Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was his first time to the South, or anywhere outside of Alaska for that matter. To fight the unfamiliarly stifling heat and humidity, the Kenai native did what the drill sergeants told him to do: heÃÂ ...
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
December 9, 2017
Siegerdt, who is stationed at Fort Eustis, will lead the initiative. (Courtesy photo/Williamsburg Youth Orchestra). Sergeant 1st Class Darren Siegerdt has played clarinet around the world. From Germany to Hawaii, he and his horn have been there — with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band.
Stars and Stripes
November 27, 2017
BELGRADE LAKES, Maine — The U.S. Army has named a 28-year-old Maine resident its Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. Staff Sgt. Ryan McCarthy, of Belgrade Lakes, took part in the Army's Best Warrior competition this October after a career in the military beginning in 2008. The Portland PressÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
November 21, 2017
Four weeks after his funeral, more remains of slain U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson have been identified, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday. The remains were retrieved from the spot near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, where Johnson and three other American soldiers were ambushed and killed onÃÂ ...
Austin American-Statesman
November 20, 2017
U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Castille and his family were surprised at the University of Texas football game on Veterans Day with the news they are receiving a custom-built, mortgage-free home in Elgin in 2018. Pictured is the Castille Family with University of Texas Chancellor William McRaven and U.S. SenatorÃÂ ...
The Breeze
November 14, 2017
The role of women in the military is not frequently talked about, according to Ilene Henderson, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. Henderson spoke about her experiences on Monday ... Military history is well-documented and appreciated in the United States. Veterans day, a day to honor those who've servedÃÂ ...
MLive.com
November 10, 2017
FILE - In this Oct., 31, 2017 file photo, U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Felix, his wife, and his lawyers exit a courtroom after testimony at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Closing arguments could begin soon for a former Felix, a Marine Corps drill instructor facing court-martial on charges including cruelty andÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 10, 2017
A military jury handed out the punishment to Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix one day after convicting him of abusing more than a dozen trainees at the Marine boot camp at Parris Island, S.C.. Among other things, he taunted the Muslims as “terrorists” or “ISIS” and ordered two of them to climb into an industrialÃÂ ...
HuffPost
November 10, 2017
He was one of four U.S. soldiers and five Niger servicemen killed in an October incident, but Johnson wasn't found for two days after he went missing. His body was located outside the village of Tongo Tongo, a mile from the site of the Oct. 4 attack on a U.S. Army Special Forces team and Niger troops byÃÂ ...
CBS Miami
October 21, 2017
Myeshia Johnson, the wife of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, is presented a ... The retired Marine general asserted that the congresswoman had ...
Business Insider
October 21, 2017
A US Army Special Forces weapons sergeant observes a Niger army soldier during marksmanship ... US Army/Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Klutts.
PEOPLE.com
October 21, 2017
Grieving Army Widow Shares Call from Donald Trump: 'It Was a ... allegedly telling the widow of slain U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson that the ...
The Atlantic
October 21, 2017
A U.S. Army carry team carried the coffin of Army Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright. ... Another, Sergeant La David Johnson, was missing and his body would not be recovered ... The United States has quietly prepared troops there to handle ... But there's a reason we have U.S. Army soldiers there and not the Peace ...
Deadline
October 20, 2017
Days after U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty to ... seriously injured during the missions, including Army National Guard Sgt. 1st ...
CNN International
October 20, 2017
Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar had been brought back to the United States from ... They said an Army casualty assistance officer would be sent to her house shortly. ... who understood, and that is what he gave to us," De Alencar said. ... fabricated" his response to the wife of Army Sgt. La David Johnson.
Local 10
October 20, 2017
Family and friends of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, and even some who ... The Delta flight carrying the 25-year-old Army sergeant's body ...
WILX-TV
October 19, 2017
(WILX) - Flags will be at half-staff Thursday in honor of Sgt. Michael S. Yachanin. Governor Rick Snyder has ordered all U.S. and Michigan flags ...
Local 10
October 19, 2017
DOD launches formal investigation into Sgt. La David Johnson's death ... The attack also killed Nigerien troops and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryan ...
CNN
October 18, 2017
(CNN) Sgt. La David Johnson married his childhood sweetheart and ... Johnson studied mechanical engineering and enlisted in the Army in 2014. ... Black enlisted in 2009 and served as a special forces medical sergeant.
TIME
October 18, 2017
Myeshia Johnson, the widow of U.S. Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson, has found herself unexpectedly thrust into the national spotlight following ...
Local 10
October 17, 2017
MIAMI - The body of Sgt. La David Johnson, the soldier from Miami Gardens who was working with an elite U.S. Army Special Forces unit when ...
CNBC
October 17, 2017
U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Bowdrie 'Bowe' Bergdahl, (L) 29 of Hailey, Idaho, is escorted to the Ft. Bragg military courthouse following a lunch recess ...
Department of Defense
October 11, 2017
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with his senior enlisted advisor, Army Command Sgt. Maj.
We Are The Mighty (blog)
October 11, 2017
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the Army must continue to improve and ... the annual meeting and exposition of the Association of the United States Army, ... The former Marine Corps general said the Army could look to the past when preparing for the future. ... US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Hewitt.
The Morning Journal
October 11, 2017
Amherst artist Mike Sekletar spotlights a final military mural Oct. 10, 2017, on Park Avenue in Amherst showing portraits of 10 Lorain County ...
North State Journal
October 10, 2017
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl leaves the ... WINSTON-SALEM — U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 31, who was held captive ...
CBS News
October 9, 2017
The American soldier is 25-year-old Sgt. La David T. Johnson of Miami Gardens, Florida. Johnson ... U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
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