Serving Those Who Serve and Have Served

Lance Cpl. Riley J. Ellinwood, 20, a vehicle commander with Headquarters and Service Company, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, carries a care package from his family in Houston… Continue

The 2008 Christmas holiday mailing deadlines have been announced. If you want your cards, letters, and packages to arrive to a military member overseas, or deployed on a Navy ship by Christmas, be sure to mail them by the following dates: For military mail addressed to APO/FPO AE zips 090-098 (except 093); AA zips 340; and AP zips 962-966: * Express Mail: Dec. 18 * First-Class Mail (letters/cards and priority mail): Dec. 11 * Parcel Airlift Mail: Dec. 4 * Parcel Post: Nov. 13 For military mai… Continue

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 31, 2008 - One decision turned Chase Clark's life upside-down, but another is helping him realize the dreams he didn't think were possible. While still in high school in rural Blackfoot, Idaho, Clark signed up for the Army National Guard because of the great benefits and the "opportunity to make something" of himself. Immediately following graduation, he took advantage of the educational benefits and enrolled at Idaho State University. "I never expected to get activa… Continue

Sgt. 1st Class Drew C. Kimmey, Capt. Stephen P. Ward and Staff Sgt. Carlo A. Alcazar, members of Civil Affairs Team 745, were recently recognized for their performance during an Afghanistan mission last November. The three soldiers were recognized for t…

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Service members with 1st Maintenance Battalion (Reinforced), 1st Marine Logistics Group, joined together to honor one of their fallen Marines during a memorial service on Oct. 27, 2008. Lance Cpl. Stacy Ann Dryden, 22, from North Canton, Ohio, was serving in… Continue