May 20, 2011 By Jacqueline M. Hames COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Army News Service) -- Two Army athletes took home silver medals Thursday in the 2011 Warrior Games Archery Finals at the Olympic Training Center, here. Travis Akin finished second in the recurve-bow shooting and Kenneth Harker took second place in the compound-bow competition, after equally intense rounds of … [Read more...]
‘Tents for Troops’ Organization Provides Free Camping to Active Military
May 19, 2011 'Tents for Troops' is a non-profit organization that provides FREE RV and camping sites to all active military and their families. The organization was started by Charlie Curry about 3 years ago in Castle Rock, WA. Curry soon realized that the program had become so popular and appreciated that he decided, with the help from a few volunteers, to take this program … [Read more...]
Operation Shear Love: Troops Donate Long Locks to Children
May 18, 2011 By Sgt. Joseph A. Vine, USF-I PAO AMP VICTORY, Iraq, May 18, 2011 -- Troops on Victory Base Complex participated in Operation Shear Love, in which they donated their hair to Locks of Love, May 8, 2011. Locks of Love is a not-for-profit organization that provides hair pieces to children with medical hair loss. This is the first Locks of Love donation drive that … [Read more...]
Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Mother’s Story
By Karen Abeyasekere 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs 5/18/2011 - ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England (AFNS) -- Eva Clark was born during the Holocaust to Jewish parents who were kept as prisoners-of-war in Terezin (called 'Theresienstadt' by the Germans), in the former Czech Republic. Eva visited Royal Air Force Mildenhall in 2008, during Holocaust Remembrance Week, to … [Read more...]
How BUDS (Navy SEAL Training) Changes Your Life Forever!
It's true. I have a guest key here at the famed Hotel Del Coronado. I’m actually a guest here. Yes, the same Hotel Del Coronado made famous by Marilyn Monroe. And the same Silver Strand beach that Navy SEAL wannabes run up and down almost every day or until they drop. At my ripe old age of 50-something, it's admittedly more enjoyable to observe groups of young men running and … [Read more...]