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From left, U.S. Army soldiers Lt. General Charles T. Cleveland and Command Sgt. Maj. George A. Bequer salute the United States Special Operations Command (USASOC) wreathe being laid at memorial of fallen special operations soldiers, USASOC Headquaters, Ft. Bragg, NC May 21, 2015. USASOC holds a memorial service each year for special operations soldiers who have died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or In Service to the Nation. \
Gilbert Baez, a former Fort Bragg officer and local journalist, speaks to Albritton Middle School students as guest speaker during its Black History Month program, Feb. 10, in the school gym. Baez encouraged students to listen to their teachers and parents and to prepare their body and minds in order to create their own history.
Lindsey Foster, left, at Paul Mitchell The School, gives a manicure to Spc Aurielle Polynce 227 1st Air Cav, Air Combat Div Fort Hood. Specialist Polynce with the U.S. Army Soldiers show is pampered before the Soldiers show appeared in Fort Bragg July 19 – 20. Hannah Lucas, admissions leader for Paul Mitchell The School, organized the students to each take one member of the solders show through a hair cuts and treatments, pedicure, manicure, and relaxing face massage.
Kimberly Barth, a volunteer with Gordon Elementary School PTA, receives an award during the Iron Mike Award for Volunteer Service ceremony, Jan. 27, at Fort Bragg. She is joined, from left to right, by Col. Brett T. Funck, Fort Bragg Garrison commander, Melissa Townsend, wife of Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, and by Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Jones, command sergeant major, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg. The awards are given quarterly to those who go above and beyond their volunteer duties.
After spending an hour picking up trash along the streets and in the parks of Linden Oaks, a military housing community, Aug. 31, the den leaders and parents help the children count hundreds of pieces of trash per boy to see which Scout collected the most trash. Scout Hayden Smith won for the Weblos with 240 pieces of trash from cigarette butts to old newspapers.
The Fort Bragg Swingers Club faced off against the Frisbros during the semifinal game of the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. Swingers defeated the Frisbros 14-3 to move on the play Soto in the championship game. Soto deafeated the Swingers 7-2, winning the tournament.
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'Iron Mike' is a name for several different monuments commemorating American soldiers. This one can be find at La Fière. This is actually a copy - the original can be found at the home of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, sculpted by Leah Heibert in 1960-61. This French monument commemorates members of 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment and 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, both elements of the 82nd Airborne Division who fought Germans here after D-Day in 1944.
La Fière Memorial Park
Staff Sgt. Lance Fogle, a parachute rigger assigned to the 11th Quartermaster Company, assists a teen from the Cary, North Carolina Police Department’s Camp Confidence, in adjusting his parachute. The teens were part of a group that visited Fort Bragg, July 9.
Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg deputy commander,
speaks to Gold Star Families during the Gold Star Parents Day Remembrance
Ceremony at Pope Family Readiness Group Center, Sunday.
The Airborne Special Ops Museum tells the story of Army airborne and special operations units from their 1940 origin and movement to the Fayetteville area in March of 1942, through the present. The 59,000 square-foot, 22.5 million dollar museum houses many rare and impressive artifacts, including a C-47 “Skytrain” airplane suspended from the ceiling, complete with a paratrooper in the door. A fully restored CG-4A glider, one of only a handful that remain from WWII, is on display, along with two helicopters, a Sheridan tank, and a complete collection of uniforms, equipment and weapons spanning the sixty-year history of this exciting segment of the armed forces.
Members of the Company C, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, conduct M777 howitzer emplacement drills on Monday as part of their training for special certification. They train once every six months for certification purposes.
Command Sergeant Major Kenneth (Retired) Rock Merritt was with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment when he jumped into Normandy June 6, 1944. He earned the Silver Star for actions July 4, 1944. Merritt is seen here holding a Ruger Blackhawk .357 magnum that was the personal carry weapon of Lt. Gen. Henry (Hank) “Gunfighter” Emerson. Emerson presented the revolver to Merritt, at Emerson’s final change of command ceremony, saying that Merritt was his right hand.
A Paratrooper from the British Army’s 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, fires an M4 carbine during weapons familiarization training on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 23. The training was held to prepare both units for the Falcon Brigade’s field training exercise in early August and set the stage for future interoperability. Interoperability is the division’s effort to integrate U.S. and allied forces' communication and intelligence systems, combat tactics, and sustainment functions to meet future, complex threats throughout the world. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios)
Participants at the Pre-Race Party at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville, NC on May 3, 2014. Guest speaker Meb Keflezighi. (Photo by Lily Marrero/Fort Bragg Family & MWR Marketing Services Branch).
Maj. Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, passes the 82nd Abn. Div. Sustainment Brigade colors to Col. Gavin J. Gardner during a change of command ceremony on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 27, 2015. During the ceremony Col. Mark D. Collins relinquished command of the brigade to Col. Gavin J. Gardner.
Spc. Christopher Walton from the Army Ground Forces Band participates
in a POW/MIA missing man table and honors ceremony during the ninth
annual Warriors on the Water Military Appreciation Bass Fishing Tournament
ice breaker on April 30, at the Sports USA, Fort Bragg. The POW/MIA
missing man ceremony is to acknowledge the inability of missing servicemembers
to be with us and to honor their sacrifice for this country. The
ceremony’s table is round – to show everlasting concern for the missing
men and women. The tablecloth is white – symbolizing the purity of their
motives when answering the call to duty. The single red rose, displayed
in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing and the loved ones
and friends of these Americans who keep the faith, awaiting answers. The
vase is tied with a yellow ribbon, symbol of our continued determination to
account for our missing. A slice of lemon on the bread plate is to remind us
of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land. A pinch of
salt symbolized the tears endured by those missing and their Families who
seek answers. The glass is inverted – to symbolize their inability to share
the evening’s toast. The chair is empty – they are missing. Warriors on the
Water hosted 150 servicemen and women at the event to show appreciation
for servicemembers.
Firefighters prepare to conduct a live burn at the burn training facility at Pope Field, June 20. The simulation allowed firefighters to fight a live fire in a three-story building in order to remain proficient in their fire fighting skills. The Fort Bragg Fire and Emergency Services Department won Army Fire Department of the Year awards in the large department category for fiscal year 2013.
Task Force Ranger and the Battle of
Mogadishu exhibit is now on display at
the Airborne and Special Operations Museum
(photo by Lewis Perkins/paraglide)
Spc. Kari Peviani “Batgirl” and Pfc. Taylor Roden “Wonder Woman,” of Headquarters and Headquarters Team, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, pause for a brief moment to take a photograph with one of their young fans, June 20 during the 525th BfSB’s organizational day at Pope Air Force Base.
A Paratrooper assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division runs through smoke on the John S. Thompson Bridge in Grave, Netherlands, Sept. 17, 2014, during a historical reenactment of the bridge assault undertaken by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II during Operation Market Garden.
Spc. Delorean L. Graham and Pfc. Joshua J. Wertz, mortarmen with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, brace themselves as a round leaves their mortar tube, Aug. 9, 2013, at Fort Bragg. The mortarmen fired more than 30 rounds as part of a professional development training session for leaders in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
Cynthia Rivera-Kelley, an 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade volunteer and an Army spouse, receives a Gold Star pin during the Iron Mike Award for Volunteer Service ceremony, Jan. 27, at Fort Bragg. Rivera-Kelley has contributed a minimum of 1,000 volunteer hours through leadership and mentoring work with the brigade. She is joined, from left to right, by Col. Brett T. Funck, Fort Bragg Garrison commander, Melissa Townsend, wife of Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, and by Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Jones, command sergeant major, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg. The awards are given quarterly to those who go above and beyond their volunteer duties.
In preparation for possible deployment to Africa to
fight Ebola, some Fort Bragg Soldiers trained Oct. 30,
as part of Operation United Assistance.
During the training, Soldiers learned decontamination
procedures and how to properly don protective gear.
Thirty-two OH-58D Kiowa Warriors with the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct a formation flyover during farewell flight, Fort Bragg, N.C., April 15. The flyover serves as a final “thank you” and farewell to the residents of the Fort Bragg and the Fayetteville community. (DOD photo by Kenneth Kassens)
It's been below freezing overnight with fog, frost, snow, wet ice, black ice... The elusive sun's a warm, welcoming sight o^_^o
An event staff member, wearing a suicide prevention shirt, explains the benefits of suicide prevention programs to a paraplegic veteran during the “Suicide Prevention 2K Walk” at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sept. 9.
XVIII Airborne Corps
Retreat Ceremony
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, XVIII Airborne
Corps deputy commander, second left, and his
wife Nancy, share a moment during a retreat
ceremony Wednesday, at Fort Bragg Main Post
Parade Field. Command Sgt. Maj. Isaia Vimoto,
corps’ sergant major, far left, and Lt. Gen.
Joseph Anderson, XVIII Abn. Corps’ commanding
general, look on. Colt served as the corps
deputy commander for two and a half years
and recently redeployed from Afghanistan. Colt
moves on to command 1st Army Division West,
Fort Hood, Texas.
Trash is discarded in the training area at Fort Bragg in mid-March. The trash includes plastic, toys, clothes, motor parts and other items.
Lt. Col. Gerard Castelli prepares to present the Order of the Legion of Honor Medal to retired U.S. Army Col. Myron "Iron Mike" Murley July 25.
Photo by Corey Kerzmann
Longtime Vicenza Military Community member and World War II veteran, U.S. Army Col. Myron Murley (retired) is presented with the French National Order of the Legion of Honor Medal in a ceremony July 25 at his retirement home in northwest Italy. Murley participated in the liberation of France during the Second World War and was a founding member of VFW Post 8862 in Vicenza in the 1990s.
Learn more about U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza.
Mike and Fernando with Iron Mike at the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Show in Orlando last Saturday. We had us some good times!
"Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy." — Mike Ditka
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Lt. General Joseph Anderson handed over the command of XVIII Airborne Corps to Lt. General Stephen Townsend during the change of command ceremony, Main Post Parade Field, Tuesday. Townsend most recently commmanded the 10th Mountain Division from 2012 to 2015.
Navy Capt. Jerald Hennessey, left, of the Naval Special Warfare Center, presents the U.S. Special Operations Command Language Program of the Year award to Army Master Sgt. Robert Castaneda III, center, the 3rd SFG (A) Command Language Program manager; and Command Sgt. Maj. Marc Eckard, 3rd SFG (A), during a ceremony at the Naval Special Warfare Center, Aug. 19.
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Tiffanie Woods, Coach of All American Cheer.
The Soldiers Salute Concert featured Kelsea Ballerini, recording artist with Black River Entertainment sang her single “Love Me Like You Mean It” and other songs before a full house at Sports USA April 2 2015. She was the headliner of a Solders Concert that featured Fort Bragg solders and family members singing for the crowed. Featured acts were Beat your Boots, Patten and Goff, Kaylin Hedges, and Tiffanie Woods, all with Fort Bragg connections.
"Spirit of the American Doughboy" is a statue by E.M. Viquesney to honor the Veterans and Casualties of World War I. This statue was produced and placed in many locations. The interesting features of the statue in Greencastle, IN is the stone base and that it was dedicated on Veterans Day 1927. It is located on the grounds of the Putnam County Courthouse. Learn more about these statues here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_the_American_Doughboy
This statue is listed as 47260029
on the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS).
This photo is uploaded in honor of Veterans Day 2019
Smoke Bomb Hill Chapel, a World War II-era chapel will be decommissioned and demolished later this year, along with Hope and Peace chapels. The chapels will be decommissioned to make way for future construction projects of chapels that can better serve the Fort Bragg community.
Master Sgt. Thomas Case, a tactical air control party Airman with the 18th Air Support Operations Group, received his second Silver Star medal, Nov. 13, 2014, at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Case is the third Airman and first TACP since 9/11 to have two Silver Stars, making him one of the most highly-decorated U.S. service members. Case received the medal for gallantry in action during a 2009 deployment to Afghanistan. The Silver Star medal is the U.S. military’s third highest military decoration for valor. It is presented for gallantry in action against an enemy of the U.S.
Military Police, Harnett Co. Police, Cumberland Co. Police, Spring Lake Police and State Troopers all participated in Operation Enfore Standards on Feb. 19. The operation took place on Hwy. 87 at the Cumberland Co. and Harnett Co. Line, and gave troopers and Soldiers the opportunity to enforce traffic laws and standards.
Will Wright, simulates firing an M-240 machine gun inside the C-130 door gunner simulator at Simmons Army Airfield, Sept. 9. Wright visited Fort Bragg as part of Victory Junction, an organization that provides camping experiences for children with serious illnesses.
First Lt. Kayla Orvik, training offi cer for 716th MP Bn., assigned to
16th MP Bde., Fort Bragg, participates in “Memorial Day Murph”
May 22.
Spc. John Moravec, a medic with 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares a syringe during the Expert Field Medical Badge qualification course hosted by the 44th Medical Brigade on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 27, 2014. The EFMB is awarded to medical personnel that successfully demonstrate proficiency in warrior skills, casualty care and evacuation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation as well as basic tactical skills and physical fitness. Due to the rigorous standards and required to earn the EFMB, less than half of the 190 medics assigned to the 2nd BCT are qualified to wear the prestigious badge.
Participants walk in the 2015 Green Beret Jingle Jog at Fayetteville Technical Community College, Dec. 5, 2015. This year’s race moves to downtown Fayetteville and will include a DJ, awards for best outfit and a visit with the Carolina Panthers cheerleaders.
Staff Sgt. Tayibat
Agbabiaka
of Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion gives instruction as noncommissioned officer in charge before conducting grenade training at Fort Bragg, Aug. 21. NCO’s help guarantee that a Soldier is performing to the highest potential and skillset. The training helps keep Soldiers abreast of the expertise expected of them as America’s guard and as protectors of the United States Constitution.
(Photo by Lewis Perkins/Paraglide)
First Sgt. Peter Strassels, center, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, and fellow servicemembers culminate the Week of the NCO with an induction ceremony, Jan. 14, at Fort Bragg.
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade put their mental and physical agility to the test along with fellow Paratroopers and Soldiers from Fort Bragg as they tackle the obstacle course before going to air assault school January 4, 2017. Air Assault teaches Paratroopers and Soldiers how to use rotary wing assets to accomplish the mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Schroeder, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, Released)
A pro angler
enjoys a tandem
jump with a member
of the U.S.
Army Parachute
Team, the Golden
Knights, May 12
at Laurinburg,
North Carolina.
The pro anglers
visited Fort Bragg
to participate in
the 10th Annual
Warriors on the
Water Fishing
Tournament set for
Friday at Jordan
Lake. Hal Abshire,
a retired Air Force
veteran leads the
organization committee
in planning
the event, with
assistance from
the Fort Bragg
Public Affairs
Offi ce’s Community
Engagement
team, to provide
servicemembers a
fun day of fi shing.
Anglers provide
their boats, while
lunch and trophies
are provided by
the organization
Staff Sgt. Jessy Clark, far right, of the 18th Weather Squadron, Pope Field is set to give the release signal to the 28th Operational Weather Squadron from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, in June. Clark is demonstrating the set up and use of a Tactical Atmospheric Sounding Kit, a small atmospheric instrument package that is taken aloft by balloon. The TASK is a self-contained kit that can be jumped in with the airman then deployed to give real time weather information including dew point, wind speed, air temperature, wind sheer, and atmospheric stability, all information used to guide and inform incoming aircraft of the weather conditions before bringing in paratroopers, ordnance, or other support.
1st Lt. Caleb Manning, left, and 1st Lt. Rebekah Borward, both assigned to Company C, Womack Army Medical
Center, conduct training, June 12, at the Taylor/Sandri Medical Training Center, at Fort Bragg. During the training,
Soldiers learn realistic trauma care and rescue techniques to use during combat missions
The bronze plaque in this photograph reads:
1775 Semper Fidelis 1918
In memory of the officers and men of the 6th Regiment, United States Marines who gave their lives for their country in the World War in 1918.
This view of the "Iron Mike" statue is a tribute to the 6th Regiment during World War I. This memorial is part of the 1 mile walking trail in Semper Fidelis Memorial Park at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia. The National Museum of the Marine Corps is at 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway (U. S. Route 1) in Prince William County.
Courtesy Dwayne & Maryanne Moyers, Realtors