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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 small stature, it’s difficult to imagine what she’s experienced. As a horizontal construction engi...

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 commander. This is the second graduation to allow guests since the installation switched to virtual gra...

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 Dedication ceremony was held in conjunction with Fort Polk’s 80th Anniversary and in the spirit of rec...

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 starting May 1; One Station Unit Training and Advanced Individual Training, May 20; and Basic Combat Trai...