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Thursday, October 23, 2008

County volunteer auxiliary police wanted

As the Fairfax County Police Department Auxiliary Police Officer Program celebrates 25 years of service, police encourage residents to consider joining this team of volunteers.

Saving a slice of history

A crew of eight 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Soldiers and one of their sons helped to scrape, preserve and paint the 19th century Victorian courting gazebo on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Saturday.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Belvoir hero risks her life to save best friend

Ilga Walsh and Lucia Giordano share a love of life and new adventures by nature.

New life given to road grader - with a big savings to boot

The Directorate of Logistics met and conquered a most daunting challenge recently, when members of its heavy mobile maintenance branch restored a road grader used at Davison Army Airfield for an estimated $62,000 - approximately half of what is was originally slated to cost

Traffic Advisory

Clearing, electrical, barrier and retaining wall work cause single-lane closures on I-95 today and tomorrow from Exit 166 at Route 7100, Fairfax County Parkway, to Exit 160 at Route 123, Gordon Boulevard

Former POWs now eligible for posthumous Purple Heart

A policy change to expand eligibility for the Purple Heart award to prisoners of war who died in captivity represents the right decision that recognizes their sacrifice, a senior defense official told American Forces Press Service.

Normalized tours, wartime control transfer to enhance U.S.-Korean alliance

Efforts to lengthen U.S. military tours in South Korea to three years and to turn wartime operational control of South Korea forces to their own military are on track and moving full-speed ahead, the top U.S. commander there told Pentagon reporters Oct. 8

Group helps deployed troops enjoy movies

Microwavable popcorn, theater-style candy, sweetened powdered drink mix, a letter of support and a DVD are what deployed troops find when they open a “movie box” from Operation: Take a Soldier to the Movies.

Organization celebrates 100 scholarships

Operation Life Transformed honored six scholarship recipients, including the recipient of the 100th “Caregivers of War Wounded Training Scholarship,“ during its “Celebrate 100” reception in Washington, D.C. recently

Group helps deployed troops enjoy movies

Microwavable popcorn, theater-style candy, sweetened powdered drink mix, a letter of support and a DVD are what deployed troops find when they open a “movie box” from Operation: Take a Soldier to the Movies

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