Posts Tagged ‘soldiers’
Warrior Games: Cycling event
http://www.youtube.com/v/SLrC8PJNjDM?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: Participants and spectators talk about the importance of the inaugural Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the cycling event. Source
Obama presents Purple Hearts to Carson soldiers
FORT CARSON, Colo. — The Army says three Fort Carson soldiers wounded in Afghanistan were awarded the Purple Heart during President Obama’s surprise visit to Kabul last weekend. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Friday that Obama gave the soldiers the medals one day after they were attacked March 27 in a roadside bombing. The [...]
Army: Gays Can Be Booted if Speak Up
Reversing course, Army Secretary John McHugh warned Soldiers Thursday that they still can be discharged for admitting they are gay, saying he misspoke earlier this week when he suggested the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy had been temporarily suspended. See the rest here: Army: Gays Can Be Booted if Speak Up
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
http://www.youtube.com/v/IPpeBB7ZxRU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: Medal of Honor recipients laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Sgt. Ashleigh Torres reports. www.army.mil Source
March is Women’s History Month
http://www.youtube.com/v/FzE3BE1TGBc?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: A panel of women in Congress recognized women in the US Military during a Women's History Month observance at the Capitol. Sgt. Ashleigh Torres reports. www.army.mil Source
Border Transition Team
http://www.youtube.com/v/eSRJ6WnKZlM?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: US Soldiers train Iraqi border guards. Source
Pre-election Calm Validates ‘Advise, Assist’ Mission
As Iraq's elections approach, the biggest impression for the commander of the 1st Armored Division's 4th Brigade is pleased that his soldiers are able to stay in the background. The rest is here: Pre-election Calm Validates 'Advise, Assist' Mission
Afghanistan-Pakistan border
http://www.youtube.com/v/WG4F1if2e_U?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: Hard-working US Soldiers in Afghanistan continue their quest to assist in laying solid foundations for the Afghan people. Source
Citizen-Soldiers and their bosses
http://www.youtube.com/v/3GliQ5of4ws?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: Texas National Guardsmen showed their civilian bosses what they do as Soldiers, weeks before deploying to Iraq. Source
Families More Often Meet Fallen at Dover
Greg Reiners, flanked by his daughter-in-law Casey Reiners and his ex-wife Ronna Jackson, waited with the families of two other Soldiers killed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle drove into their patrol in southern Afghanistan on Friday. They listened to the chaplain say a prayer. Then the caskets were rolled down the cargo ramp. Read more [...]