Soldier’s welcome

This was from “Redding.com” By Tim Hearden Tehama Today Sunday, September 28, 2008 A wounded Iraq war veteran stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., Army Sgt. Lalena Heathington-Adams knows what it’s like not to have much of a homecoming. With her family living across the country, the former Red Bluff resident didn’t know anyone when she […]

Corpsman.com Will never forget 9/11.. Where were you?

I was assigned with the Marine Corps with 1/14 in the Bay Area in CA as the BN Med Chief. I went from one minute just wearing Cammies on my way to work and in 30 minutes had full flak, Helmet, Locked and Loaded 9mm, M16 and we were preparing for war. We went from […]

ARMY SGT / SSGT SELECTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2008

Congrats to all! –D/C Sgt., staff sgt. selections: September Promotion point information maintained by Human Resources Command indicates the following active component soldiers are eligible for promotion to sergeant and staff sergeant on Sept. 1. To confirm promotion eligibility, soldiers should contact their battalion S1, personnel services battalion or military person¬nel division. The promotable soldiers […]

Iraq: U.S. Fighters to be Disarmed???

WTF?? If this is what is going to happen, it is time to get our folks out of that god forsaken crap hole ASAP.  I don’t want any of our folks there if they cannot fire back or carry a weapon. From the AP, Read Below: BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government is grateful to U.S.-allied Sunni […]

Tsk tsk tsk.. And they want to be treated as adults….

Military motorcyclists arrested going 140mph BAY MINETTE, Ala. — It appears that a group of motorcycle riders — many of them service members — didn’t get the memo about obeying traffic laws. Alabama state troopers said 12 cyclists were arrested after they were clocked at speeds of over 140 miles per hour on Interstate 10. […]

Army promotion selections coming soon!

NCO, officer selection lists coming soon Selection lists containing the names of noncommissioned officers and officers recommended for appointment to command sergeant major and promotion to sergeant major and major have been prepositioned with senior commanders and will be released before the end of August. Results of the 2008 active-component command sergeant major and sergeant […]

New Retirement System Proposal From Quad Review.. My Head Hurts…

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 660-08 August 05, 2008 Second Volume of Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation Released The Department of Defense released today the second volume of the report of the Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC), which assesses the effectiveness of military pay and benefits in recruiting and retaining a high-quality force. Every […]

US Army Enlisted Cutoff Scores for August 2008.

Congrats on those who are being promoted. Word 1997-2003 File is here: army-august-cutoff-scores Word 2007 file is here: army-august-cutoff-scores Once again Congrats! Tweet

Pte. Colin Wilmot Medic (CANADA) KIA 06 Jul 2008 in Afghanistan

Colin was a Canadian fighting our war.  He volunteered to go to Afghanistan to fight our fight.  The Canadians are fighting with us over there.  We lost a brother Medic who fought to go and serve with his fellow Canadians by our side. Corpsman.com’s  hearts and prayers go out to the Wilmot family, friends and […]

PFC Dwyer loses Battle with PTSD

Soldier in photo dies after PTSD struggle By Kelly Kennedy – Staff writer Posted : Thursday Jul 3, 2008 17:03:09 EDT During the first week of the war in Iraq, a Military Times photographer captured the arresting image of Army Spc. Joseph Patrick Dwyer as he raced through a battle zone clutching a tiny Iraqi […]

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