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Team USA I four-man bobsled Olympic gold medalists Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program driver Steven Holcomb salute their gold-medal performance during the medal ceremony during the 2012 Winter Olympic Games at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, B.C., Canada. Olsen has since joined the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and is in position to accompany Holcomb and Langton as Team USA bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps

Soldiers Compete for Team USA on Road to Winter Olympics

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Soldiers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program are training and competing for spots on the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games U.S. Team.
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U.S. Army Spc. Amanda Wilson, 24, enlisted in the Army in 2010 as a signal support specialist and is serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in eastern Afghanistan. A native of Orchard Park, N.Y., she currently serves outside her job as a member of the 173rd’s Female Engagement Team, talking to local women in Afghan villages. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Sword

Why We Serve: Army Spc. Amanda Wilson

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

A simple turn of events led Army Spc. Amanda Wilson to a life-long calling she never knew she had: as a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team’s Female Engagement Team.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator, Wednesday Warfighter | Tagged 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Afghanistan, Army, Eastern Afghanistan, Female Engagement Team, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Signal Support Specialist, U.S.. Army, United States Army | Leave a comment

U.S. soldiers and sailors assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah are joined by leadership from the Farah province directorate of agriculture, irrigation and livestock as they file onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after a key leader engagement in Lash-e Juwayn, Afghanistan, Jan. 24, 2013. PRT Farah team members met with key leaders in to discuss an ongoing irrigation project. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives

Worth A Thousand Words: Single File

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

U.S. soldiers and sailors assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah are joined by leadership from the Farah province directorate of agriculture, irrigation and livestock as they file onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after a key leader engagement in Lash-e Juwayn, …
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Posted in Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged Afghanistan, Army, CH-47 Chinook, CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives, directorate of agriculture, Farah province., Lash-e Juwayn, Navy, Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, sailors, soldiers, U.S. Navy, U.S. Sailors, U.S. Soldiers, U.S.. Army, United States Army, United States Navy, United States Sailors, United States Soldiers | Leave a comment

Army Maj. Aaron Crombie, Ph.D., and Holly McClung, a research dietitian, are studying the nutritional needs of special operators in garrison as members of a team from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., Jan. 24, 2013. U.S. Army photo by David Kamm

Army Studies Special Operators’ Nutritional Needs

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine want to find out just how much fuel special operations forces need.
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday, Rotator | Tagged Army, Army Maj. Aaron Crombie, Basic Daily Food Allowance, Bob Reinert, Combat Diver Qualification Course, dining facilities, Florida, Fort Bliss, Fort Bragg, Key West, Military Nutrition Division, Natick Soldier Systems Center, North Carolina, nutritional requirements, Ph.D., soldiers, special forces soldiers, special forces unit, Texas, U.S. Army Garrison Natick, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, U.S. Soldiers, U.S.. Army, United States Army, United States Soldiers | Leave a comment

Photo: Spc. Uzziah Bussie assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, teaches a medic how to administer an intravenous needle during medic training at Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan Hallgarth

Worth A Thousand Words: It’s Ok, Puppy

Posted on February 4, 2013 by bniegel

Spc. Uzziah Bussie teaches a medic how to administer an intravenous needle during medic training at Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.
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Posted in Medical Monday, Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Afghanistan, Army, Bravo Company, Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, military, military working dogs, Nangarhar province, U.S.. Army, USA, working dogs | Leave a comment