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Harbor Beach native supports nation's 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 Defense's 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 response to COVID-19 and preparation for any other concurrent natural or man-made incident in the ho...

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 years alone, those cases don’t often make headlines until a larger scandal explodes into the public...

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. That's life for more than 100 would-be Americans who enlisted under the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest program. Started as a way to woo t...

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 helped to make that happen. Capt. Ryan Bair, Hicks’ company commander, granted him the emergency ...