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contributed photo GRUNDY, Va. — The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will open to the public Thursday at Poplar Gap Park in Grundy. It will remain on display in Buchanan County through Sunday, May 9. Opening ceremonies for the four-day event will be held Thursday morning at 10 a.m. Admission is free throughout the event. Since its debut in 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund exhibit has been on display in nearly 700 U.S. communities, according to a press release from The Wall that Heals committee. In...

Soldiers compete for title of Best Leader 5/6/21, 10:21 AM Pat Young Photo by Pat Young Winn Army Community Hospital Commander, Col. Julie Freeman (left) and RHC-A Command Sgt. Maj. Rebecca Booker (right) stand with members of the Dwight D. Eisenhower AMC team, who won first place in the Team category for the RHC-A Best Leaders Competition held on Fort Stewart April 26-30. Soldiers compete for title of Best Leader Regional Health Command-Atlantic hosted the 2021 Best Leaders Competition at Fort Stewart, April 26-30, with more than 60 Soldiers from 17 teams vying to represent the region i...

46 REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- More than 52 years ago, the U.S. entered a war that continues to reverberate through society, and in the lives of the veterans who survived it. Two of those veterans – Burnie Coats and David Lewis – were recognized April 28 in an emotional Vietnam Veterans Commemoration program hosted by Army Materiel Command at its Redstone Arsenal headquarters. AMC is a commemorative partner of the U.S. Vietnam War Commemoration program, which honors all U.S. veterans who served on active duty between Nov. 1, 1955, and May 15, 1975, regardless of whether th...

Deployed more than a year because of the COVID-19, some National Guard members see many more months ahead Approximately 5,600 Ohio National Guard and State of Ohio Defense Force members who’ve deployed since March 2020. Currently, about 900 remain deployed with approximately 340 members working at 14 food banks and warehouses across the state, according a Ohio National Guard public affairs. and last updated 2021-04-19 20:55:57-04 While the peak of the pandemic has passed and vaccines are rolling out across the country, some of your neighbors remain deployed more than a year since the sta...

Former Army Spc. Amber Davila during her time in the service. Photo provided Apr 05, 2021 — When Amber Davila joined the Army in 2011, she planned to stay in for "the full 20" - or until retirement. The San Antonio native, then 26 years old, took pride in her communications security job. It made her feel like part of a team and a greater good. "I used to joke that I was going to eventually become the first female Command Sergeant Major of the Army," she said. "The goal was to shoot for the stars and hopefully end up on the moon." That all changed when a fellow soldier sexually assaulted Da...