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Photo: U.S. Army Maj. Bill Meredith, brigade operations officer with 2nd Armored Combat Brigade Team, 3rd Infantry Division, holds up a photo of his daughters, June 13, 2013. Meredith is currently serving with Combined Team Uruzgan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at Multinational Base, Tarin Kot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jessi Ann McCormick.

Worth A Thousand Words: Sending Love From Afghanistan

Posted on June 16, 2013 by kfinley

U.S. Army Maj. Bill Meredith, brigade operations officer assigned to 2nd Armored Combat Brigade Team, 3rd Infantry Division, holds up a photo of his daughters on Multinational Base, Tarin Kot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, June 13, 2013.
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Photo: From left, Army Col. Arthur Wittich, the oldest soldier serving in the Military District of Washington; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno; Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Army Secretary John M. McHugh; Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III and Pfc. Andrew Segla, the youngest soldier serving in the Military District of Washington, cut the cake during a Pentagon ceremony marking the Army’s 238th birthday, June 13, 2013. (Defense Department photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/Released)

Hagel Salutes Army at 238th Birthday Celebration

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel helped the Army celebrate its 238th birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony.
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Photo: U.S. Army Cpl. Johnny Hurst, assigned to A Company 3rd Battalion (Airborne) 509th Infantry Regiment, yells a shift-fire command to his fire team during a live-fire and movement-to-contact operation on the Infantry Squad Battle Course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 31, 2013. The soldiers focused on core infantry skills such as fire team movement, communication, shifting fire, and once on the objective identifying and eliminating weapons caches and treating and evacuating casualties. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher,

Worth A Thousand Words: Shift Fire!

Posted on June 12, 2013 by kfinley

Army Cpl. Johnny Hurst yells a shift-fire command to his fire team during a live-fire and movement-to-contact operation on the Infantry Squad Battle Course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 31, 2013.
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Photo: Reggie Salisbury, an 87-year-old Army veteran and member of the American Ex-Prisoners of War – Lowcountry Chapter, reflects on his military experience at his home in Ridgeville, S.C., Sept. 14, 2012. Salisbury was a scout for a Native American Comanche code talker named Charlie Wall and is a veteran of the Invasion of Normandy and Ex-POW. (U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tom Brading/Released)

Never Forget: D-Day Survivor, POW Shares Story

Posted on June 6, 2013 by bniegel

Reggie Salisbury, an 87-year old Army vet and ex-POW, talks about his experience during the D-Day invasion.
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The Way Forward in Afghanistan

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, U.S. European Commander and Supreme Allied Commander – Europe, recently traveled to Afghanistan to assess the current situation there.
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