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3 FORT LEE, Va. – A parachute rigger course instructor is being celebrated as the Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department Employee of the Year. Sgt. 1st Class Shane McGonigle was applauded by peers and leadership during a Feb. 22 ceremony in the ADFSD’s iconic foyer, which features a humongous parachute rigger cap as its centerpiece decoration. McGonigle received the Army Achievement Medal and the Employee of the Year trophy for his accomplishment. While describing wha...

  Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller poses with two members of the Afghan National Army while in Afghanistan. Medal of Honor Monday: Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller By KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, a Green Beret, was only 24 when he saved the lives of nearly two-dozen coalition force members pinned down during an intense 2008 firefight in Afghanistan. He sacrificed his own life for theirs, and that bravery and valor earned him the Medal of Honor.  Miller was born in...

Tim Miller (he, his), West Point Graduate, Army Veteran, Grassroots Organizer, and Political Activist, is joining the Shepard for Senate. Miller joins as a Senior Policy Advisor to Timothy Shepard for Veterans Affairs and Director of Student Outreach. Miller brings a deep reservoir of leadership to Shepard for the U.S. Senate. During his Army career, he deployed once as Aide-de-Camp to the Deputy Commanding General of Ground Forces in Iraq, and again as Detachment Commander & Communications Dir...

Share This: File Photo of Malian troops and Czech soldiers from Takuba Special Operations Task Force In an extensive joint operation, Mali’s armed forces, working with the French military, killed 100 jihadist terrorists and captured 20 more according to a statement released by the Malian military. “One hundred terrorists were neutralized, about 20 captured and several motorbikes and war equipment were seized” during the joint operation with France’s troops, which aims to root out Islam...

Share This: Photos of John Stryker Meyer, SOG team: Wikipedia On this day 57 years ago, the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), activated the “Studies and Observation Group” which became known simply as SOG.  MACV headquarters in Saigon issued General Order 6, which created a highly secret new organization, Joint Special Operations Task Force to execute clandestine operations. SOG, was approved by President Lyndon Johnson three years after President Kennedy had called for covert ac...

Capitol siege was not the first tight spot for these battle-tested members of Congress Mica Soellner © Provided by Washington Examiner After the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, Washington, D.C., is beefing up security measures ahead of the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Up to 20,000 armed National Guard troops are set to be deployed to the Washington area to prevent further violence. Images on Wednesday showed troops resting with their guns on th...

Share This: Photos of Takuba Special Operations Task Force, and troops killed in IED explosion: French Ministry of Defense Three French soldiers were killed after their armored vehicle hit an IED during counterterrorist operations in the Hombori area of Mali’s central Mopti province. The soldiers on a convoy escort mission between the towns of Hombori and Gossi, near the border with Niger and Burkina Faso, when their vehicle was struck by the explosive device. They were participating in Opera...

County courts told to delay jury trials 12/16/20 6:21 AM HANCOCK COUNTY — The county’s courts have once again been asked by state officials to delay jury trials due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. While the local courts will continue to operate as fully as possible, — conducting other tasks such as bench trials, hearings and sentencings — the mandate will affect the caseload of the county’s three courts for weeks. The Indiana Supreme Court handed down an order suspending all jury trials...

Russia is Pushing Swedish and NATO Special Forces Closer Together The bilateral exercise with the Scandinavian nation was just the latest push by SOCEUR into the Baltic Sea region, where coastal nations including NATO partners have been concerned by Russian aggression. Heres What You Need to Remember: The Swedish Armed Forces regularly conduct qualified exercises together with partners to strengthen its defense capabilities across multiple domains. These recent exercises integrated both partne...