With nearly half the soldiers of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team back on the ground in Alaska, it was Col. Michael Shields that led another group of more than 300 soldiers in front of waiting family and friends on Fort Wainwright on Monday.
After more than a year in Iraq, Sgt. Maj. Thomas Kimball’s reprieve from all things Army or deployment related didn’t last long. Less than 24 hours after his own homecoming, Kimball was back at Fort Wainwright’s alert holding area Sunday.
It was 32 below zero on Fort Wainwright on Saturday morning, a 102-degree difference from Baghdad, where hundreds of soldiers with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team had been stationed just a couple of days ago.
Jennifer Thomas scrawled her sentiments about the upcoming week in white paint across the windows of her car Friday morning. “It’s about time,” the letters read. “Welcome home. Finally.”
A commissioned officer in the Air Force Reserve has slapped her Jefferson City parents with a federal lawsuit over alleged sexual abuse she contends she suffered some two decades ago.
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) - President Bush called 10 members of the armed forces Thursday, including a Marine from Illinois, to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their service.
CAMP DAVID, Md. -- President Bush called 10 members of the armed forces Thursday -- including a Marine from Arlington Heights -- to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their service.
President Bush called 10 members of the armed forces from California to Iraq Thursday to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their service.
The president spoke with two members each from the Army, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Navy, said White House spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo. He asked them to send greetings to their parents.
