DECEMBER 31, 2024 - In a historic first, I Corps successfully conducted a U.S. Army Warfighter Exercise (WFX) concurrently with Exercise Yama Sakura 87 in Japan this December, marking a significant milestone in strengthening joint and multinational capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. The combined exercises brought together more than 7,000 military personnel from the United … [Read more...]
Army Leads Professional Military Exchange in Africa
DECEMBER 31, 2024 – U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) recently conducted a professional military exchange with the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic (FACA) from Dec. 3-7. This engagement, co-led by U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) Inspector General (IG) Col. Valentin Maldonado and SETAF-AF’s IG Lt. Col. Benjamin Barrett, aimed to strengthen … [Read more...]
Corps Hosts 2025 Best Career Counselor Competition
DECEMBER 30, 2024 — Career counselors and retention NCOs representing units from across the XVIII Airborne Corps participated in the 2025 Career Counselor of the Year and Retention NCO of the Year competitions hosted by XVIII Airborne Corps on Fort Liberty, N.C., Dec. 9-13, 2024. Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 101st … [Read more...]
AIT Students First to See ‘Six Triple Eight’
DECEMBER 27, 2024 — Tears were shed and cheers erupted from Advanced Individual Training students in attendance during the screening of the film “Six Triple Eight” Dec. 10, 2024, at the Beaty Theater. The film, directed by Tyler Perry and distributed by Netflix, tells the story of a World War II unit, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, led and commanded by Lt. … [Read more...]
Soliders Visit Polish School, Share Holiday Traditions
DECEMBER 26, 2024 – There are several towns in Poland with the name Wysoka, which roughly translates to high or noble. In one of those towns, roughly 50 minutes away from the nearest U.S. Forward Operating Site, lies a small public primary school named after Władysław Stanisław Reymont, a Polish novelist and Nobel Prize winner in literature. Chaplain (Capt.) Aaron Means, the … [Read more...]