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Clarksville Now CLARKSVILLE, TN – Republican Neil Stauffer, the current Assistant City Attorney for the City of Clarksville, has announced his candidacy for District Attorney of the 19th Judicial District, which includes Montgomery and Robertson Counties. Stauffer has dedicated his life to protecting and serving our communities. As a soldier, Stauffer served on active duty for eight years in the US Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) where he prosecuted criminal cases and advised commanders on a variety of legal issues. As the senior prosecutor for the 101st Airborne Division, Stauf...

Today marks the 46 th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which signified the true end of the Vietnam War. Who could forget that famous picture of people queued up on a Saigon building (mistakenly thought to have been the US Embassy), getting on a UH-1 helicopter leaving Vietnam, as shown in this video: There were some other great pictures in that video, too. However, the real last helicopter flight out was that of a CH-46 (Callsign “Swift 22”). The video describes the helicopter evacuation operations that were part of Operation Frequent Wind, the largest such operation in history, which c...

By Sarah Bean James Mellick pulls life out of maple, walnut and cedar, telling stories of dogs with bright eyes and attentive tails — and battle scars. James Mellick In 2015, Mellick created the Wounded Warrior Dogs collection. Eight sculptures tell the stories of military dogs with various injuries, each one representing an injury their veteran counterparts have suffered from. The eighth is a plain box with a flag draped over it. Mellick’s initial aspiration was to raise awareness about veterans, but it soon became a means of healing injuries that go unseen. Approximately 10-20% of war v...

Lloyd Austin Fast Facts Personal Birth place: Mobile, Alabama Father: Lloyd James Austin Jr., postal worker Mother: Aletia Taylor Austin, homemaker Marriage: Charlene Denise (Banner) Austin (early 1980s-present) Children: Reginald Hill (stepson); Christopher Hill (stepson) Education: United States Military Academy, B.S., 1975; Auburn University, M.E., counselor education, 1986; Webster University, M.A., management and leadership, 1989; War Army College (1996-1997 attended) Military service: US Army, 1975-2016, four-star general Other Facts The first African American to serve as vice chief of...