Category Archives: News from the ARMY

74th RCSM Appointed Acting NTC CSM

Brigadier General Robert B. Abrams, USA FORSCOM, has announced that he is appointing CSM Victor Martinez, 74th Regimental Command Sergeant Major, as temporary Command Sergeant Major of Fort Irwin and the National Training Center, replacing CSM Robert A. Moore on the 19th of June, 2009.
BG Abrams stated the appointment could be upwards of 6 months, [...]

WWII Hero Tank’s Identity Confirmed

‘Cobra King’ on Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany, today. During the Battle of the Bulge the tank and its crew led an armor and infantry column that relieved the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. U.S. Army Europe historians and museum curators recently confirmed the tank’s identity and lineage.
U.S. [...]

Warrior Adventure Quest replaces ‘battlefield rush’ with high-intensity outdoor activities

By Adriane C. Foss (USAG Grafenwoehr)

photo by Thomas Rosecrans
Spc. Stephen Buck, Outlaw Troop, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, slides along a “klettersteig” as part of an Installation Management Command-Europe Warrior Adventure Quest outing Jan. 23 in Hirschbachtal, Germany.
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Warrior Adventure Quest provides recreation outlets for combat-tested Soldiers

By Ken White, IMCOM-Europe Public Affairs
HEIDELBERG, Germany – The first of approximately 8,000 Soldiers began cycling through Installation Management Command-Europe’s high-adventure, adrenaline-pumping Warrior Adventure Quest recreation program earlier this month.
All of the U.S. Army Europe troops recently returned from deployments with the 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 1st Armored [...]

New Service for Wounded Warriors

The Military OneSource service established a Wounded Warrior Resource Center telephone number and e-mail address for servicemembers and their families if they have concerns or other difficulties during their recovery process.
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Staff Sgt. Du Hai Tran

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Du Hai Tran, 30, of Reseda, Calif., died Jun. 20 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on patrol during combat operations. He was assigned to the Fires [...]

Oldest Regiment Celebrates 172nd Birthday

May 23, 2008, the oldest continuously serving regiment in the U.S. Army celebrated it’s 172nd birthday.
In Vilseck, Germany, home to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, the Rear Detachment celebrated with childrens games, FRG foods and drinks, a dunking booth, pie throwing (in which Rear Detachment Commander LTC Thomas Rickard was slated as a target), kiddie [...]

Mullen Salutes ‘Soldier’s Soldier’ on his Retirement

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, left, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stand at the retirement ceremony for Gainey, at Fort Myer, Va., April 25, 2008. Gainey retired after 33 years of service. [...]