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Brian Hill Fort Leonard Wood The seat inside the cab of the excavator needs a lot of adjusting so the 4-foot, 11-inch Spc. Zainab Olivo can comfortably operate the equipment. She manipulates a few switches and levers, the diesel engine roars and rumbles, and the boom comes to life. It’s quite a juxtaposition, seeing such a small person operate such a large piece of equipment. She turns the excavator off and removes her oversized, tinted eye protection. She has a youthful face, and with her sm...

7 It was a big day for Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment. Not only were they graduating from Basic Combat Training but many had family members in attendance. “Today marks a great day for the 193rd Brigade, the battalion and the Army Training Center, not only do we get to welcome over 650 new warriors to our ranks, for the first time in over a year we do so in front of a live audience,” said Lt. Col. Terrence Soule, 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment com...

Fort Polk celebrates courthouse dedication ceremony Maj. NORBERTO O. DALUZ OSJA military justice chief On the morning of April 21, the Fort Polk Office of the Staff Judge Advocate named and dedicated the Fort Polk Courthouse after Sgt. Maj. Howard Metcalf. Metcalf served as the 8th Regimental Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from Feb. 17, 1998, until his retirement in 2002. He passed away in November 2019 at the age of 72. The Fort Polk Courthouse Naming and Dedi...

100 Fort Sill trainees volunteered to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning.

Fort Leonard Wood graduations to reopen for in-person visitors in May Press Release Family and friends will soon be able to watch their Soldiers graduate here in person. Officials from the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood said plans to allow in-person visitors are being carried out in a phased approach. Graduations for functional courses, basic officer leadership courses, captains career courses and courses with the NCO Academy will be open to in-person visitors start...

Harbor Beach native supports nations COVID-19 response on American soil Task Force 46 press release April 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Maj. Chad Curtis Conquergood, a native of Harbor Springs, Michigan, served as part of the Department of Defenses whole-of-government COVID-19 response under Task Force 46. (Courtesy Photo) EAST LANSING —Maj. Chad Curtis Conquergood, a native of Harbor Springs, recently returned home after a year-long tour of service as part of the Department of Defense’s re...

Fort Sill sexual assault case stirs up the worst kind of deja vu Despite years of efforts, sexual assault scandals continue to erupt in the Army. (Sgt. Uriah Walker/Army) Multiple cadre members are under investigation at Fort Sill, Okla., in connection with the sexual assault of a trainee, though officials have not confirmed on the record how many of them and what roles they might have played in a crime. This is nothing new for the Army. were charged for assaulting trainees in the past two y...

These Recruits Were Promised Citizenship in Exchange for Military Service. Now They Fear the US Has Forgotten Them A naturalization ceremony at the Army Community Services office on Fort Carson, Colorado, Sep. 20, 2019. (Sidnie Smith/U.S. Army) 13 Mar 2021 For a small group of young immigrants who were pitched a dream of gaining U.S. citizenship through military service, even a call home can jeopardize their status and flag them to the FBI. Thats life for more than 100 would-be Americans who e...

Ever since his cousin was killed in action four years ago, Tyler Rodgers has felt a calling to join the military. A junior at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School (SAS), Tyler was

Sam Campbell FORT LEONARD WOOD Fort Leonard Wood Pvt. Tyrell Hicks, a Soldier assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, had just completed Basic Combat Training when he got the call that his wife, Carr, was going into labor with their first biological child. “It was breaking her down that I wasn’t there,” he said. “I thought, ‘I would never miss this for the world.’” Hicks, whose family lives in Baltimore, Md., said he knew he had to find a way — and the Army...