Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 06.20.2023
On 20 June 2006, a patrol from the 3d Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, led by S. Sgt. Jared C. Monti, arrived on Mountain 2610 in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, to collect intelligence ahead of Operation GOWARDESH THRUST. Sergeant Monti’s heroic actions in the ensuing firefight made him the first Medal of Honor recipient for Operation ENDURING......
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 04.11.2023
On 12 April 2006, the 201st MI Battalion became the first interrogation battalion activated specifically to support the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Centers in Iraq and Afghanistan. The formation of this battalion signaled the Army’s desire and willingness to address the inconsistent and vague policies for prisoner interrogations in the Global War on Terror. Eventually the Army would......
Story by Sgt. Raquel Birk | 5th Armored Brigade | 03.31.2023
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – Members of the Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserves, trained for the past year to ultimately team up with 5th Armored Brigade observer, coach, trainers and WSMR firefighters for their final validation, a culminating training exercise here March 17-28. “We’re deploying with the 216th Firefighter Command,” said 1st Lt. Christian Trainor,......
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 03.17.2023
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) officially started 20 years ago on March 19, 2003, as coalition forces that included U.S. Army troops who had trained at Fort McCoy began operations....
Story by Laura Levering | U.S. Army Signal School | 02.07.2023
2nd Lt. Ahmad Rashid Mahmoodi helped U.S. forces as an Afghan interpreter and is now fulfilling his dream of living and working in the United States as a signal officer....
Story by Mark Olsen | New Jersey National Guard | 12.27.2022
The attack had failed before it even began. It was Sept. 30, 2019, at Baledogle Military Airfield in the Federal Republic of Somalia. Prior to the explosion, New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers with Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 102nd Cavalry Regiment, had been preparing a convoy to meet the Somali police chief and other leaders in a town 25 miles from the base. The 102nd was part of the......
Courtesy Story | Idaho Army National Guard | 08.10.2022
More than 600 personnel from the Idaho National Guard’s largest unit deployed August 9 and 10 in support of Operation Spartan Shield in Southwest Asia. The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s Task Force Rattler trained for more than two years in anticipation of this mobilization. Idaho Soldiers will comprise nearly 65 percent of the task force during this rotation, and will include other......
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 06.28.2022
Three officers with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Police Department fly a special U.S. flag over Fort McCoy, Wis., on June 24, 2022....