Many of the physical tolls professional athletes face are mirrored in professional soldiers. Pulled muscles, back pain, and sprains are just a few injuries soldiers face while conducting day-to-day operations in Iraq.
After stringent review by one of the country’s premier charity watchdogs, a Massachusetts-based troop-support group has been added to a list of top-rated charities.
When Army Col. Thomas J. McGrath arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, last year as the commander of the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command, he stopped in on a police checkpoint.
Although deployed over 7,000 miles from their homes in Louisiana, Staff Sgt. Tatsi McKissick of Anacoco, La., and Sgt. 1st Class David Miller of Pineville, La., were nevertheless present at the births of their daughters.
Professional golfer Tiger Woods understands the sacrifices military families make and the importance of acknowledging those sacrifices. Military values have greatly shaped both Woods' view of family and his direction in life.
Duty, courage, camaraderie and sacrifice are on display at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial here. The public can view a collection of photographs that depict U.S. soldiers and Marines.
Two different groups of people in very different environments have been dedicated for years in struggles they believe in. Soldiers were joined by volunteer citizens and the two fought as one for their causes.
“Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free,” but on this Memorial Day, quite the opposite was true, as 44 members of the U.S. military marched forward to become America’s newest citizens.
Before a multitude gathered at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Arlington National Cemetery, President Bush honored the sacrifices of American men and women in uniform who gave their lives in the service of their country.
A chain of about 750,000 motorcycles ridden by Vietnam veterans and military supporters blazed through the nation’s capital today as part of the 21st annual Rolling Thunder rally to raise awareness of our troops.
An entrepreneur who has moved around with her Marine Corps husband and now calls Camp Lejeune, N.C., home is using her small-business success to help other military spouses get started with businesses of their own.
They last donned their uniforms nearly 70 years ago, but the veterans appeared as proud as if they were still wearing them as they set out for their visit to the nation’s capital to see the memorial in their honor.
1,358 Soldiers, Family members, Civilians and local nationals of the Ansbach community came together at Storck barracks to set the unofficial armed-forces record for the largest yellow-ribbon formation.
More than 3,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines officially kicked off the Memorial Day commemoration last evening as they placed 265,000 miniature flags at every grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research here has launched a program aimed at caring for a segment of the military population much more accustomed to administering care than receiving it.
While Americans enjoy the traditional summer kick-off weekend with vacations, the White House Commission on Remembrance is asking them to take a moment on Memorial Day to remember the true meaning of the holiday.
Chad Hennings has been known by many titles in his life: U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, A-10 pilot, Gulf War veteran, Dallas Cowboy. The three-time Super Bowl champion now can go by one more title: small-business advocate.
A wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Tomb of the Unknowns, followed by a remembrance ceremony in the Memorial Amphiteater. The event will commence with a prelude concert by the U.S. Army Band.
To cope with the stress of deployments, soldiers try to find different ways to entertain themselves and their comrades. Some play video games, watch movies or use their computers and the Internet.
Baghdad Soldiers are working with a local headmaster to improve the last standing primary school for girls in a northern Baghdad neighborhood. The Soldiers visited the Al Murooa School for Girls in Ur May 12.
Vikings and Afghanistan don’t have much in common, but all that changed yesterday when five cheerleaders from the National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings pumped up a standing-room-only crowd of servicemembers.
Hundreds of troops deployed from Europe will be able to see their children’s high school graduation ceremonies via live webcasts, Department of Defense Dependents Schools Europe officials announced.
Some 10 U.S. Soldiers from Beyond the Horizon, a joint humanitarian exercise, rolled up their sleeves and donated blood to help save the life of an 8-year-old girl at Mount Hope Hospital here, April 22.
Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducted training with their IA counterparts by working in teams at Patrol Base Red May 15 to prepare the IA Soldiers for joint patrols.
While race car drivers sped around the track trying to bump slower competitors out of next week’s 92nd Indianapolis 500 lineup, 55 military recruits took a step to shift their lives into high gear.
Over 300 former Sons of Iraq members are now Iraqi Policemen after successfully completing eight weeks of training at the Kirkuk Police Academy during a graduation ceremony May 15, in this northeastern province.
Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin speaks about Continuous Process Improvement to servicemembers at the Department of Defense CPI Symposium Tuesday. Photo by Kelly P. Pate
Spc. Roschell Eaton and Spc. Jason Hutchins, mother and son, train at Camp Atterbury, IN. for their upcoming deployment as part of Kosovo Force 10, Multi-National Task Force (East). (Army photo by Spc. Lindsey Frazier)
Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, safeguard a piece of Iraqi religious history while operating from a combat outpost adjacent to a Christian-based seminary in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
Being miles removed from the nearest city, the townspeople care for their animals as best they can, but ticks, fleas, roundworms and other parasites were common among animals that these Soldiers treated.
Many mothers sit at home and hope everything is all right, waiting for the next phone call. Some might see a mother deploying with her son as a great thing, but what onlookers might not think about is what is left back home.
Operation Mountain Highway II began when Soldiers from International Security Assistance Force and the Afghan National Army made a simultaneously night air assault onto three mountains above Gowerdesh Bridge.
In May of 1861, a small unit known as 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry, Company A, was organized in Pittsburg, Pa., during the Civil War – and although much has changed, the unit has always remained ready to fight.
The Air Force pilot who flew the first U.S. relief flight to Burma said today that, while he and his crew were received warmly, it was clear to him that more relief is needed.
The TRADOC Chaplain Service Instructor Development Training serves as a reminder that it takes more than physical training and technical skills to be Army Strong. The character to make ethical decisions is critical to the Army at war.
Since arriving to the Kirkuk Province of Iraq in September, Soldiers have been conducting routine patrols to villages in their area of operations in an effort to establish lasting relationships with the local populace.
Combat Outpost 9’s “Punisher 3” route security team, composed mostly of U.S. military police, conducted classroom training and practical exercises May 2-6 for more than 50 of the Iraqi highway patrol’s noncommissioned officers.
MWR Patrons can register to win a trip for four to sit behind home plate at Yankee Stadium dugin the final home game...including airfare, hotel accommodations and $2,500 in spending money! (Family and MWR Command)
YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea — Jarrod Norris, 9, and Ethan Choi, 5, wolf down hotdogs during the hotdog eating contest at the Dragon Hill Lodge 18th anniversary celebration May 3. Photo by Pvt. Choi Keun-woo
National Guard members in four states were called out by their governors today after tornadoes crossed the southwestern United States on May 10 and flooding on the Delaware coast left communities in need of emergency assistance.
Forces caught 19 suspects in Baghdad. 7 were caught while troops were talking with citizens in Kadhamiyah. 2 others were caught during a search there, and 4 others suspected of planning bombing attacks were caught.
A team of Soldiers from Co. A, 3-187th Inf. Regt., launches a boat that serves for operations on the Euphrates River during a demonstration at PB Kemple May 5. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Jodi Krippel)
Gordon Johndroe, White House press secretary, said the U.S. welcomes Burma's permission for the C-130 to deliver emergency supplies. “We hope this is the beginning of major U.S. assistance to the Burmese people,” he said.
Two wounded warriors leave the dock at Port O'Connor, Texas, on May 3. About 135 local fishermen volunteered their time and boats to take more than 125 Soldiers and Families fishing during Warrior's Weekend. Photo by Elizabeth M. Lorge
Roger Bishop (left) and Vincent Nguyen fabricated a test aid that will help return equipment to the field faster. Both are part of the Command, Control and Computer Systems (C3)/Avionics Directorate. Photo by Tracey Condi
Col. Elspeth C. Ritchie gestures as she speaks to the crowd at the Washington Convention Center May 6 for the 161st American Psychiatric Association annual meeting. Photo by Jacqueline M. Hames
Secretary Mary Peters, Maj. Gen. John A. Macdonald, Catherine Bell, Maj. Gen. James W. Nuttall and Rear Admiral Arthur J. Johnson cut the ribbon to open the day's events at the Motorcycle Safety Event.
30 New York Air National Guard members of the Northeast Air Defense Sector's security forces were formally united with their family, friends and coworkers after a six-month deployment to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan.
The following information was released by the White House May 5 for the upcoming May 9 Military Spouse Day: Military spouses embody the courage, nobility of duty, and love of country that inspire every American.
Despite a rise in conduct waivers offered to recruits last year, the service is not lowering its standards -- explaining that circumstances surrounding each case and the recent behavior of those recruits earned them a second look.
Spc. Christopher Jackson (left), an Eloy, Ariz., native, and Sgt. Joshua Williams, an Alamogordo, N.M., native, dance the Macarena during a talent show on Camp Taji May 4.
The Army has established a virtual institute called the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM). It brings together the top researchers in regenerative medicine to get the most out of collaboration.
Brig. Gen. James Gilman and Col. Thirsa Martinez, director of the Department of Pharmacy at BAMC, cut a ribbon April 14 signifying the opening of the Warrior Pharmacy, which was designed to create more time with the Warrior...
Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses graduating cadets of the United States Military Academy Class of 2008, West Point, N.Y., May 2, 2008. Defense Dept.
At a troop support rally Saturday in Harrisburg, Pa., many local citizens were in attendance to show their respect for service members of the past, present and future.
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office recently published the online version of its previously discontinued print magazine, the Sine Pari.
The new "Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes" are designed to help military Families deal with multiple deployments and parents who returned changed due to injuries.
Lt. Gen. Robert Arter presents Colin L. Powell with the CGSC Foundation Distinguished Leadership Award at a dinner banquet in Kansas City, April 29. (Photo by Bill Kennedy)
Many of the physical tolls professional athletes face are mirrored in professional soldiers. Pulled muscles, back pain, and sprains are just a few injuries soldiers face while conducting day-to-day operations in Iraq.
After stringent review by one of the country’s premier charity watchdogs, a Massachusetts-based troop-support group has been added to a list of top-rated charities.
When Army Col. Thomas J. McGrath arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, last year as the commander of the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command, he stopped in on a police checkpoint.
The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle is the Army’s newest improvised explosive device counter measure for Soldiers conducting logistical patrols throughout Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
Although deployed over 7,000 miles from their homes in Louisiana, Staff Sgt. Tatsi McKissick of Anacoco, La., and Sgt. 1st Class David Miller of Pineville, La., were nevertheless present at the births of their daughters.
Professional golfer Tiger Woods understands the sacrifices military families make and the importance of acknowledging those sacrifices. Military values have greatly shaped both Woods' view of family and his direction in life.
Duty, courage, camaraderie and sacrifice are on display at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial here. The public can view a collection of photographs that depict U.S. soldiers and Marines. 
Two different groups of people in very different environments have been dedicated for years in struggles they believe in. Soldiers were joined by volunteer citizens and the two fought as one for their causes. 
“Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free,” but on this Memorial Day, quite the opposite was true, as 44 members of the U.S. military marched forward to become America’s newest citizens.
Before a multitude gathered at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Arlington National Cemetery, President Bush honored the sacrifices of American men and women in uniform who gave their lives in the service of their country.
A chain of about 750,000 motorcycles ridden by Vietnam veterans and military supporters blazed through the nation’s capital today as part of the 21st annual Rolling Thunder rally to raise awareness of our troops. 
They last donned their uniforms nearly 70 years ago, but the veterans appeared as proud as if they were still wearing them as they set out for their visit to the nation’s capital to see the memorial in their honor.
1,358 Soldiers, Family members, Civilians and local nationals of the Ansbach community came together at Storck barracks to set the unofficial armed-forces record for the largest yellow-ribbon formation.
More than 3,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines officially kicked off the Memorial Day commemoration last evening as they placed 265,000 miniature flags at every grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research here has launched a program aimed at caring for a segment of the military population much more accustomed to administering care than receiving it.
Chad Hennings has been known by many titles in his life: U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, A-10 pilot, Gulf War veteran, Dallas Cowboy. The three-time Super Bowl champion now can go by one more title: small-business advocate.
A wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Tomb of the Unknowns, followed by a remembrance ceremony in the Memorial Amphiteater. The event will commence with a prelude concert by the U.S. Army Band. 
To cope with the stress of deployments, soldiers try to find different ways to entertain themselves and their comrades. Some play video games, watch movies or use their computers and the Internet.
Baghdad Soldiers are working with a local headmaster to improve the last standing primary school for girls in a northern Baghdad neighborhood. The Soldiers visited the Al Murooa School for Girls in Ur May 12.
Vikings and Afghanistan don’t have much in common, but all that changed yesterday when five cheerleaders from the National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings pumped up a standing-room-only crowd of servicemembers.
Some 10 U.S. Soldiers from Beyond the Horizon, a joint humanitarian exercise, rolled up their sleeves and donated blood to help save the life of an 8-year-old girl at Mount Hope Hospital here, April 22.
Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducted training with their IA counterparts by working in teams at Patrol Base Red May 15 to prepare the IA Soldiers for joint patrols.
While race car drivers sped around the track trying to bump slower competitors out of next week’s 92nd Indianapolis 500 lineup, 55 military recruits took a step to shift their lives into high gear.
Over 300 former Sons of Iraq members are now Iraqi Policemen after successfully completing eight weeks of training at the Kirkuk Police Academy during a graduation ceremony May 15, in this northeastern province.
Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin speaks about Continuous Process Improvement to servicemembers at the Department of Defense CPI Symposium Tuesday. Photo by Kelly P. Pate
Spc. Roschell Eaton and Spc. Jason Hutchins, mother and son, train at Camp Atterbury, IN. for their upcoming deployment as part of Kosovo Force 10, Multi-National Task Force (East). (Army photo by Spc. Lindsey Frazier) 
Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, safeguard a piece of Iraqi religious history while operating from a combat outpost adjacent to a Christian-based seminary in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
Being miles removed from the nearest city, the townspeople care for their animals as best they can, but ticks, fleas, roundworms and other parasites were common among animals that these Soldiers treated.
Many mothers sit at home and hope everything is all right, waiting for the next phone call. Some might see a mother deploying with her son as a great thing, but what onlookers might not think about is what is left back home. 
Operation Mountain Highway II began when Soldiers from International Security Assistance Force and the Afghan National Army made a simultaneously night air assault onto three mountains above Gowerdesh Bridge. 
In May of 1861, a small unit known as 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry, Company A, was organized in Pittsburg, Pa., during the Civil War – and although much has changed, the unit has always remained ready to fight.
The Air Force pilot who flew the first U.S. relief flight to Burma said today that, while he and his crew were received warmly, it was clear to him that more relief is needed. 
The TRADOC Chaplain Service Instructor Development Training serves as a reminder that it takes more than physical training and technical skills to be Army Strong. The character to make ethical decisions is critical to the Army at war. 
Since arriving to the Kirkuk Province of Iraq in September, Soldiers have been conducting routine patrols to villages in their area of operations in an effort to establish lasting relationships with the local populace. 
Hailed the “Pied Piper of Saipan,” Guy Gabaldon accomplished the impossible by single-handedly capturing 1500 Japanese prisoners. 
MWR Patrons can register to win a trip for four to sit behind home plate at Yankee Stadium dugin the final home game...including airfare, hotel accommodations and $2,500 in spending money! (Family and MWR Command) 
YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea — Jarrod Norris, 9, and Ethan Choi, 5, wolf down hotdogs during the hotdog eating contest at the Dragon Hill Lodge 18th anniversary celebration May 3. Photo by Pvt. Choi Keun-woo 
National Guard members in four states were called out by their governors today after tornadoes crossed the southwestern United States on May 10 and flooding on the Delaware coast left communities in need of emergency assistance. 
A team of Soldiers from Co. A, 3-187th Inf. Regt., launches a boat that serves for operations on the Euphrates River during a demonstration at PB Kemple May 5. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Jodi Krippel) 
Two wounded warriors leave the dock at Port O'Connor, Texas, on May 3. About 135 local fishermen volunteered their time and boats to take more than 125 Soldiers and Families fishing during Warrior's Weekend. Photo by Elizabeth M. Lorge
Roger Bishop (left) and Vincent Nguyen fabricated a test aid that will help return equipment to the field faster. Both are part of the Command, Control and Computer Systems (C3)/Avionics Directorate. Photo by Tracey Condi 
Col. Elspeth C. Ritchie gestures as she speaks to the crowd at the Washington Convention Center May 6 for the 161st American Psychiatric Association annual meeting. Photo by Jacqueline M. Hames 
Secretary Mary Peters, Maj. Gen. John A. Macdonald, Catherine Bell, Maj. Gen. James W. Nuttall and Rear Admiral Arthur J. Johnson cut the ribbon to open the day's events at the Motorcycle Safety Event. 
30 New York Air National Guard members of the Northeast Air Defense Sector's security forces were formally united with their family, friends and coworkers after a six-month deployment to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. 
The following information was released by the White House May 5 for the upcoming May 9 Military Spouse Day: Military spouses embody the courage, nobility of duty, and love of country that inspire every American.
Despite a rise in conduct waivers offered to recruits last year, the service is not lowering its standards -- explaining that circumstances surrounding each case and the recent behavior of those recruits earned them a second look.
Spc. Christopher Jackson (left), an Eloy, Ariz., native, and Sgt. Joshua Williams, an Alamogordo, N.M., native, dance the Macarena during a talent show on Camp Taji May 4. 
Brig. Gen. James Gilman and Col. Thirsa Martinez, director of the Department of Pharmacy at BAMC, cut a ribbon April 14 signifying the opening of the Warrior Pharmacy, which was designed to create more time with the Warrior... 
Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses graduating cadets of the United States Military Academy Class of 2008, West Point, N.Y., May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. 
At a troop support rally Saturday in Harrisburg, Pa., many local citizens were in attendance to show their respect for service members of the past, present and future. 
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office recently published the online version of its previously discontinued print magazine, the Sine Pari. 
The new "Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes" are designed to help military Families deal with multiple deployments and parents who returned changed due to injuries. 
Lt. Gen. Robert Arter presents Colin L. Powell with the CGSC Foundation Distinguished Leadership Award at a dinner banquet in Kansas City, April 29. (Photo by Bill Kennedy)
