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Staff Sgt. Ryann Holzapfel, 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs craftsman and her husband, Staff Sgt. Brendan Miller, Armed Forces Network Tokyo broadcaster, stand on the Yokota flight line with their six-month-old son at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 26, 2021. Holzapfel and Miller plan on visiting the U.S. in the near future to introduce their son to their families in person for the first time. (photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Johnson)
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) --
When I was 14 years old, at least once a week I would have dreams about anxiously waiting for my father’s return home from his deployment to Iraq. In the dream, I would be inside our home full of excitement and ready to welcome him with a huge hug.
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ROLLING THUNDER Photo by Pfc. Sarah Pysher
“Currently we are shooting in support of the 23rd Marine Regiment as they execute EABOs against the 9th Mechanized Infantry Brigade,” said 1st Lt. Cordel Frovarp, field artillery officer with 1st Battalion, 10th Regiment. "This training is in line with the Marine Corps Force Design 2030, as we start to prepare for combat in anti-area access denial environments."
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Katelyn and Grant Jr. Dietert, of Evans, pose for a photo at Clarks Hill Lake where the duo house their sailboats. The siblings seized an opportunity to enroll in a summer sailing camp two years ago through the Augusta Sailing Club and have grown to love the sport. Sailing is one of many activities they said they would not have thought to try if it wasn't for being part of the military family. (Laura Levering / Fort Gordon Public Affairs )
Frequent moves, painful “goodbyes,” extended separations from loved ones, and having to adapt to a new school or even culture are just a few of the challenges military children endure.
April is Month of the Military Child. It is a time to honor military youth for their strength and commitment through their sacrifices. While some military children find it difficult to see beyond the challenges, one Fort Gordon family has risen to the challenge – even welcoming them.
Read more: Military siblings find adventure in their journey
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Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rich Adams and 1st Lt. Ernie Carlson flew 1500 hours-worth of combat missions in an AH-64 Apache helicopter during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. Fifteen years later, now Chief Warrant Officer 5 Adams and Maj. Carlson are back in the Middle East serving with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the fight against Daesh, and Operation Spartan Shield. They recently had an opportunity to fly a mission together again, just like old times but this time in a UH-60 Black Hawk. (photo by Chief Warrant Officer 5 Rich Adams)
By Capt. Travis Mueller 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rich Adams and 1st Lt. Ernie Carlson flew 1,500 hours of combat missions in an AH-64 Apache helicopter during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006.
Fifteen years later, now Chief Warrant Officer 5 Adams and Maj. Carlson are back in the Middle East serving with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the fight against Daesh, and Operation Spartan Shield.
They recently flew a mission together again, just like old times but this time in a UH-60 Black Hawk.
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U.S. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment and H Company, 186th Brigade Support Battalion, leave for Fort Bliss, Texas, on March 10, 2021. At Fort Bliss, Soldiers will conduct mobilization training in preparation for their mission in Africa in support of Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa. (Staff Sgt. Katie Grandori)
EAST GRANBY, Conn. – Nearly 600 Soldiers assigned to the Connecticut National Guard’s 1-102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain) departed Bradley Air National Guard Base for Fort Bliss, Texas to begin mobilization training March 10, 2021.
The regiment is deploying in conjunction with other units under the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team umbrella in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.
The 102nd will be trained and equipped to accomplish a wide-range of missions throughout the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility, but its primary objective is to provide security for the various forward operating bases that the Department of Defense maintains to build partnerships with host nations and improve safety and stability in the region.
“The most important mission in any military operation is security and that’s what we’re doing,” said Lt. Col. Frank Tantillo, commander of the 102nd. “We’re going to secure key pieces of terrain in multiple countries on the continent of Africa. With that, we’ll be working with our partner nations, in those countries, to build capacity and relationships.”
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SOT stocks another pallet of requested care goods items at the North Carolina distribution center which supplies deploying units who pickup to stock their deployment CONEXs.
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