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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Tree lighting

Stand alone photo

Deployed Soldier shares holiday heirloom in Afghanistan

A deployed Soldier at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, is getting a taste of home for the holidays, just as his father did 40 years earlier.

Belvoir Cub Scouts help those in need

On the first two Saturdays in November, the quiet of the early morning was broken by sounds of energetic chatter and running feet as thousands of boys canvassed neighborhoods with bags to collect food to distribute to the needy in and around our nation’s capital.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Directorate of Information Management garners award for improving methods, reducing costs

Fort Belvoir’s Directorate of Information Management was recently rewarded for its hard work and dedication when Lt. Col. Anthony Evans and Army Knowledge Online each received DoD Chief Information Officer awards

DoD, VA join to resolve Gulf War veterans’ health issues

The Defense Department continues to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to resolve veterans’ health issues, including maladies associated with the Gulf War, a senior DoD official said in Washington, D.C., Nov. 26

Deployed Soldier runs gamut from infantry to personnel office

Spc. Anthony Calhoun has discovered that sometimes the things we don’t plan, work out the best.

Nominations open for Guardsmen, Reservists’ outstanding employer

The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve has opened nominations for its 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.

Tensions absent as Iraq elections near

Coalition forces officials in Iraq’s Babil and Karbala provinces have not seen tensions rise among political groups vying for power as elections approach next month, a senior U.S. military officer posted in Iraq said Monday.

Supply center feeds troops Thanksgiving

U.S. troops serving in the Middle East dined on a traditional Thanksgiving Day meal, thanks to the efforts of Defense Supply Center Philadelphia employees.

Corpsman recalls firefight that earned Navy Cross

As the Marines in 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion advanced to secure the northern bridge in Nasiriyah, Iraq, March 23, 2003, it seemed to then-Seaman Apprentice Luis Fonseca, a Navy hospital corpsman, that all hell had broken loose.

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