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By Janet A. Aker, MHS Communications / Published May 18, 2021 U.S. Army General Gustave Perna credited “the true unsung heroes” of the COVID-19 pandemic, “the over 100,000 Americans who supported clinical trials, who made delivering hundreds of millions of vaccines possible.” Perna made his remarks virtually to the Henry Jackson Foundation “Heroes of Military Medicine” awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., where he was honored for his senior leadership of the COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutics effort, May 6, 2021. (Courtesy of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the...

4 After a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command Soldiers vied for top spots in the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Alabama, May 10-14. Two specialists and a staff sergeant were among the 11 competitors in the typically annual event: Staff Sgt. Daron Ashcraft from AMCOM’s Aviation Center Logistics Command at Fort Rucker, Spc. Christian Kerkado-Colon from Corpus Christi Army Depot and Spc. Jaycob Vellon-Colon from Letterkenny Army Depot. There were also two noncommissioned officers competing ...

4 Herlong, Calif. – (May 12, 2021) When Babe Fain arrived to Sierra Army Depot as a newly-hired employee 32 years ago, she had little idea of what the future had in store for her career as an Army civilian. “I was hired to go to supply,” Fain said. “But they put me in the director’s office. So, I came on as a clerk-typist. We were just getting computers. We had typewriters back then.” These days, Fain – now 75-years old -- serves as a training assistant, managing training records for the depot’s 1,500 Department of the Army civilian employees through the Total ...

APS-2 equipment, vehicles issued to units in Estonia for DEFENDER-Europe 21 APS-2 equipment, vehicles issued to units in Estonia for DEFENDER-Europe 21 TAPA, Estonia – A Dutch maintainer assigned to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade ground guides a vehicle into the Equipment Configuration Handling Area’s issue grid at Tapa Barracks, Estonia, during DEFENDER-Europe 21. The 405th AFSB’s Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux was responsible for the ECHA site and APS-2 issue at Tapa Barracks during the exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Rob Vankan, APS-2 Eygelshoven) APS-2 equipment, vehicles ...

1 CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Boston’s Berklee College of Music is one of the world’s preeminent music study institutes. Many graduates go on to become industry professionals while others become mega music stars. But only one graduate of Berklee now serves with the U.S. Army in the Horn of Africa. Army Capt. Kai Callwood, who holds a degree in music production and engineering and another in music business management, is a Logistics Civil Augmentation Program professional assigned to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Army Field Support Battalion-Africa. Currently ...