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Valor remembered: three U.S. Soldiers to receive military’s top honor
December 16, 2021 — The President of the United States will present Medals of Honor to two Soldiers who gave their lives for their comrades and another who fearlessly defended a forward-operating base during actions in Iraq and Afghanistan... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz and Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee will receive the Medal of Honor on Dec. 16, 2021 in a White House ceremony.

People First Task Force Building More Cohesive Teams
December 16, 2021 — One year ago, the Army created the People First Task Force to help address harmful behaviors and build cohesion across the Army... MORE

Sgt. Maj. Julie A.M Guerra, deputy chief of staff, G-2, listens to junior enlisted Soldiers brief at the U.S. Army People First Task Force Solarium at West Point, NY, March 19, 2021. The Solarium was held to help junior service members to communicate with the Army’s senior leaders about finding solutions to important issues occurring in the Army. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elizabeth Rundell)

1st TSC Career Counselors Retain The Force
December 6, 2021 — The Army wants to keep well-trained, disciplined Soldiers to lead its next generation of recruits, and today’s specialists are the drill sergeants and noncommissioned officers of tomorrow. Career counselors serving in the 1st Theater Sustainment Command are here to facilitate the process and help Soldiers explore all available programs and options for reenlistment... MORE

From wiring houses to air defender to teacher, now readiness and training specialist uses skills to benefit 1st TSC
December 6, 2021 — He had a knack for electronics back in junior high. People even asked the young man to fix lights in their house, and during his last two years of high school, he was wiring entire homes with his vocational electronics school classmates... MORE

Preston Mingo in front of the Blackjack statue

3rd Medical Command Soldiers reflect on Hanukkah
December 6, 2021 — Soldiers deployed with the 3rd Medical Command, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, celebrated the second day of Hanukkah here, Nov. 29, 2021, by saying a prayer, lighting candles on hanukkiahs, singing traditional Yiddish songs, and spending time in fellowship with members of the community... MORE

‘You never know who’s looking at you, when’
December 2, 2021 — If you’ve eaten at the Zone 2 dining facility here, chances are you’ve received a fist bump from Sgt. 1st Class Patrick W. Gowan. The culinary specialist, a Reserve Soldier attached to the 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, deployed here in March with the Los Angeles, California, based 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command... MORE

Why I serve: ‘The most rewarding part of the job has been the job of an NCO’
November 30, 2021 — “I always said I want to marry somebody in the military — because both of my parents were in the military and I liked the lifestyle of just always having that family feeling — and my dad was like, ‘you don’t have to marry somebody in the military, you can be in the military,’” the Merritt, North Carolina native said. “I was like ‘oh, I didn’t know that was possible,’ you know, as a little five year old, and so it was kind of always just a plan of mine.” ... MORE

Sgt. Catherine E. Spruill, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to the Fort Bragg, N.C., based 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, poses with her parents, Woody and Sarah, in August before deploying to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. “My parents, I love them to death, they’re such wonderful people,” she said. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Catherine E. Spruill)

Nebraska National Guard NCO Volunteers to Deploy When Her Soldier Asked
November 30, 2021 — The University of Nebraska students – part of the Nebraska National Guard’s Kearney-based 734th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion – are now at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, as part of Task Force Liberty, to assist thousands of at-risk Afghans reach safe haven... MORE

Sgt. Mariah Robinson, left, and Spc. Morgan Miller, pose for a picture with an American flag after a nighttime ruck march in commemoration of Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021, at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.

Robinson and Miller are University of Nebraska students and members of the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 734th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, currently deployed to assist with the Afghan Evacuations Mission Support Element.

Grateful: Now-Settled Afghan Evacuee, Former Interpreter, Gives Thanks to Soldiers
November 30, 2021 — The man, Muhammed, a former interpreter who worked alongside U.S. forces for 16 years, was one of the thousands evacuated from Afghanistan by the Department of State, with assistance from the United States military. In the six-minute video, the former Kabul resident recounted his family’s journey from Kabul to Qatar, to Philadelphia and New Jersey, and eventually to Texas, where the family now resides... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Edgington, the Task Force Liberty Civil Affairs Noncommissioned-Officer-in-Charge, shares a moment with one of Muhammed's daughters during the family's stay at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, before they flew to America. Now settled, the family sent Edgington a video recently, in which Muhammed thanked Task Force Liberty Soldiers and civilians for the work they put in to assist his, along with thousands of other families, reach safety. (Courtesy photo)

The NCO Strategy Continues to Develop as the Army Moves Forward
November 30, 2021 — In 2015, the Army determined it needed to create a specific strategy to set the standards of right and wrong within the noncommissioned officers corps. With this need, the NCO Corps created the NCO Strategy. Six years after the first NCO Strategy was released, the NCO Corps revised the document to make it a better aligned, enduring, and adaptable strategy that will guide the Army into the future... MORE

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