Sunday, May 19, 2013
Retiring or leaving the military soon? Come hear about SBA's B2B program that launches here.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills will announce a new nationwide lending initiative for veterans at Fort Bragg, May 21 at 1 p.m. at Memorial Hall in the Soldier Support Center. Mills will be joined by representatives of the SBA lending community from across the country, Department of Defense officials and transitioning service members who have chosen to participle in SBA’s Operation Boots to Business (B2B) program. The Operation Boots to Business program is an initiative to train veterans and transitioning service members in business entrepreneurship. Karen Mills said approximately 250,000 veterans transition from military service to civilian life each year, where some become small business owners, playing…
Use our Moviefone app to find where and when movies are showing.
"Star Trek Into Darkness" is among the movies playing at Carmike Cinemas this weekend. Use the app above to find out what other movies are showing in Fayetteville and the surrounding area, and to find out what your favorite actors are doing. Come back and tell us in comments the movie you saw, what you thought about it and how many stars out of five you would give the film!
Saturday, May 18, 2013
While large cuts are inevitable, no official announcements have been made.
Army News Service by C. Todd Lopez As the Army cuts the number of Soldiers in its ranks, there will be an excess of infrastructure in place that used to support those Soldiers. Maintaining that extra unused infrastructure could mean other critical Army programs will suffer, said a senior official. "A future round of base realignment and closure, or BRAC, in the U.S. is essential to identify and reduce excess Army infrastructure, and prudently align our civilian staffing with reduced uniform force structure," said Katherine Hammack, the assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. She spoke May 15, 2013, before the Senate Appropriations Committee, subcommittee on military construction, veterans affairs and …
An international symbol of remembrance initiated by one of Georgia's very own.
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Nature is utterly defiant. We can burn it, ravage it and rip its insides out until, seemingly, no inkling of life remains. But once the abuse stops, it always returns, bringing hope and promise along with it. And not only for the Earth, but for our own trampled inner landscapes as well. It makes perfect sense, then, that the presence of life during dark times is often more meaningful than during others. If a butterfly lands on your shoulder after hearing of the passing of a loved one, meaning is attached--rebirth, freedom, remembrance--and the butterfly is no longer just an insect. It becomes a symbol larger than life, bringing peace and reason where there was none. The story of Memorial Day’s red poppy is much the same. In early May …
Take some time next week to attend some of these memorable events.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum will provide many special events during All American week. The museum serves to honor the Soldiers and Paratroopers that have served the Division’s proud 95-year history and will be open extended hours from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00p.m. during All American week, May 20-24. A living history detachment will allow visitors to experience 82nd Abn. Div. history up close from Tuesday, May 21 to Friday, May 24. The living history detachment will also host a Normandy Jump Experience on Wednesday, May 23 at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. These events will be held at the museum, registration is required you can call the museum to register. Mr. Joseph S. Covais will be …
Friday, May 17, 2013
3rd Brigade Combat Team loses 1LT. Paul Demeo, investigation in progress.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - 1st Lt. Paul Demeo, an 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper, passed away Tuesday morning at Womack Army Medical Center on Fort Bragg, N.C. Further details surrounding his death are not available from the Public Affairs Office. 1st Lt. Demeo, 23, of Derry, N.H., was a Platoon Leader assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. 1st Lt. Demeo was commissioned into the Army on May 21, 2011 after graduating from United States Army Military Academy at West Point. After completing the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Basic Airborne and Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga., he was assigned as a Plans Officer to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute …
Next week the annual celebration gets underway at Fort Bragg.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – The 82nd Airborne Division’s annual celebration of airborne heritage, unit cohesion and family fun, All American Week 2013, will be held May 20-24. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Forging the Future’. “After more than a decade fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the entirety of the 82nd Abn. Div. is back at home station. This will be a very special All American Week, with more than 19,000 Paratroopers at Fort Bragg to celebrate, in addition to their families and friends and Division veterans from years past,” said Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson, Jr., 82nd Abn. Div. commander. “This year's theme is pertinent as we shift from constant deployments to assumption of the ground component of America’s Global Response …
The female was sent to UNC Hospitals Burn Center for treatment.
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Detectives have charged a St. Pauls man, after he flung hot grease from a frying pan onto his girlfriend. Carlie Jason Tyler, 34, of 3863 Chicken Foot Road, was arrested shortly after the incident, at the home he shared with 39-year old Kimberly Denise Faulkner. Tyler was placed in the Cumberland County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond. He is charged with assault inflicting serious bodily injury and assault on a female. Faulkner has been sent to UNC Hospitals Burn Center in Chapel Hill for treatment. She suffers from 2nd degree burns to her face, chest, arms and hands. Tyler will make a first court appearance this afternoon in the Detention Center courtroom at 2:30 p.m.
Lowe's on Good Midling Drive is hiring part-time cashier help.
Duties Responsible for handling all customer inquiries, sales, returns at the Customer Service/Return Desk, operating the cash register, processing customer payments, bagging customer goods, and processing customer returns, etc. Greets and acknowledges all customers in a friendly, professional manner and provides quick, responsive customer service. Responsible for all other duties as assigned. Work Schedule May require morning, afternoon, and evening availability any day of the week. Essential Knowledge and Skills Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and knowledge of weights and measures. Understands and responds appropriately to basic customer and employee inquiries. Read, write…
It was for a man recently arrested in a Loganville Walmart.
You're out shopping -- wearing some new jeans you bought at another store and forgot to remove the tag from. A store employee gets suspicious, and police ask you to step into the loss-prevention office so they can check out your pants to make sure you're not shoplifting them. You're not shoplifting, so you say no, you can't check out my pants. And out come the handcuffs. The charge for not cooperating, you're warned, is disorderly conduct. What do you do? A Loganville man recently opted for the disorderly conduct charge rather than agree to take his tag-on jeans to the loss-prevention office. A review of security tapes showed he hadn't been shoplifting the pants, but the disorderly conduct charge stuck. Did he commit a crime? Share your …
Rick and Ana Grant
11:34 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the DeMeo family. We are saddened by your loss. Rick and Ana Grant more ›