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FORT LEE, Va. – The 217th Military Police Detachment welcomed a new commander here Thursday afternoon. Capt. John J. Doran II took possession of the unit’s guidon that was relinquished by Capt. Daniel S. Nagle who has served in the position for just over a year and a half. Col. Karin L. Watson, Fort Lee garrison commander, presided over the indoor ceremony. “Capt. Nagle has done extremely well during his tenure,” Watson confirmed – then acknowledging how he expertly balanced training requirements with daily law enforcement duties while also accounting for challenges...

Deputy Public Affairs Officer FORT LEE, Va. – As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase in Virginia and across the country, Fort Lee saw a sign of hope Monday when Kenner Army Health Clinic began administering its first round of vaccinations against the disease. Neal Hudgins, a captain with the Fort Lee Fire Department, was the first to receive the Moderna-provided inoculation. Darcel Spragley, a registered nurse at KAHC, gave him the shot. “I’m happy to get it,” Hudgins said, adding he hopes to convince others to get vaccinated as well. “The shot didn’t hurt at all. ...

Deputy Public Affairs Officer FORT LEE, Va. – Thanks to a volunteer’s keen eye and passion for historical restoration, there is a new exhibit at the Army Quartermaster Museum. The items were discovered in a Museum workshop by Lee Holland, a long-time post employee who is now retired. “I dropped something that rolled underneath a piece of furniture, and I looked up and saw the ‘U.S.’ stamped on it,” he said of the M-1903 mess hall table built by Tammany Industries, Ind., in Oct. 1948. Holland said the piece was in terrible condition, having been neglected since it was removed in 19...

By CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 6, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. WASHINGTON — An active-duty soldier in Virginia is the 15th service member to die from the coronavirus, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, almost a month after another soldier in Germany died from the disease. Sgt. 1st Class Lisa Maria Soto, 38, died Saturday at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, ...

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