PHOTOS: Warrior Transition Battalion Complex Unveiled
The new facility is co-located to Womack complete with a new three level parking deck.
Tour the grounds of the 260 barracks room facility that opens near the end of April.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
Two Fort Stewart Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
One soldier's wife learned of his death through a text message -- a violation of notification procedures that remains under investigation, according to a Fort Stewart spokesman.
Two Fort Stewart soldiers were killed in Afghanistan Feb. 23 when their unit came under small arms fire, according to a WSAV report. Sgt. Joshua A. Born, 25, of Niceville, Fla., and Cpl. Timothy J. Conrad Jr., 22, of Roanoke, Va., were killed. Both were assigned to the 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), an XVIII Airborne Corps unit based out of Fort Stewart, the report stated. According to the WSAV report, Born's wife, Megan, who lives in Illinois, found out about her husband's death from a text message before she was contacted through military channels. News of the soldiers' deaths had leaked and spread through Facebook posts, the report stated. Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson told Patch that …
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Warrior Transition Battalion Under Fire at Fort Drum
Survey revealed negative perceptions surround the WTB at other Army installations besides Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg's Warrior Transition Battalion (WTB) has recently been scrutinized for criticism about the care our wounded warriors are receiving, but it seems it is not only an isolated incident that our installation is facing. According to a Fayetteville Observer report by Greg Barnes, Fort Drum's Warrior Transition Battalion is also experiencing complaints about their program after a survey revealed deficiencies. According to the survey report, the battalion's staff indicated that less than 20 percent of Fort Drum units ever contacted wounded soldiers, and usually only when they tried to retrieve or account for equipment. Recent Patch survey comments left from an anonymous soldier from the WTB commented: "There is an abuse of power and …
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Pakistan Receives U.S. Surveillance Aircraft
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani navy took delivery Feb. 21 of two state-of-the-art, U.S.-made surveillance aircraft nine months after Islamist militants destroyed two similar planes, officials said.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Award Recipients Honored with Plaque Containing Historical Piece of Iraq
18th Airborne Corps Headquarters Awards Ceremony
Hundreds filled the Fort Bragg Club at Wednesday afternoon's awards assembly paying tribute to members of the Fort Bragg and Fayetteville community to recognize their support of Operation New Dawn. The Honorable Tony and Mrs. Chavonne from as well as the mayors from Spring Lake and Hope Mills and other leaders both civilian and military to accept their awards from Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick. Upon thanking the crowd for their attendance a seven-minute video in chronological order of the events leading up to Operation New Dawn was featured, followed by the awards presentation. "When a unit is selected to deploy, a lot of things happen and they get all kinds of things thrown on them. The spotlight, the amount of training, they get resources, and …
Budget proposal requests smaller, more modern, agile force
WASHINGTON -- The military will reduce its end strength by 5.5 percent over five years, while preserving military pay and benefits for current members and investing in technology and systems to counter future threats, according to Pentagon budget document
Love was in the air at Fort Bragg
Army Community Service's Advocacy Program takes the burden off planning a special Valentine's Day date.
Fort Bragg’s Army Community Service Family Advocacy Program hosted the very first Valentine’s Day Field Training Exercise (FTX) from 11am-1pm at the Fort Bragg Club. Taking place in the Lafayette Room, the Valentine’s Day FTX provided a fun way for soldiers and family members, couples and singles to connect and socialize during lunch. While melodic love songs played in the background, attendees were able to participate in competitions, have pictures taken, snack on candy, eat lunch, and mingle. The Family Advocacy Program had a number of prizes to give away for competition winners and gift bags for each guest. Esther Berrios, The Family Advocacy Program’s Prevention Education Specialist, saw the need to implement an event like this to …
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Video: Sapper Athlete Warrior Competition
See which Sapper company took home the coveted Atlas statue
Soldiers from the 307th Engineer Bn proved their mettle at the competition designed around the four pillars of resiliency to test mental toughness, mental agility, physical fitness and nutritional wellness making up the complete soldier package.
Flower shop at Womack delivers hundreds of orders
Well wishes delivered for Valentine's Day for patients and employees
The small walk-in flower and gift shop within Womack Army Hospital is overflowing with buckets of colorful flowers. The cooler full of meticulously arranged flower arrangements have small envelopes attached to them and helium balloons cover the ceiling bearing sweet sentiments wait to be delivered. Over 100 hundred orders will be sent to loved ones throughout the day. Between Sunday night and Monday morning 11 new babies were born at Womack, and even more will be Valentine babies today. The manager, Marcella Swinbee has worked at Fort Bragg several years and has been at the Womack location for two years and she also oversees the South Post flower shop. "Seeing people happy makes this job fun," she said. "Flowers do that for people."
Monday, February 13, 2012
503rd MP Bn. Commences Mission Rehearsal Exercise
Training and readiness will be tested during the week long event
The 503rd MP Bn., a battalion in the 16th MP Brigade, headquartered at Fort Bragg, kicked off their week long mission rehearsal exercises (MRX) Monday simulating mission scenarios at the Mission Training Complex (MTC) on Fort Bragg. Members of the 503rd MP Bn. are ramping up in preparation for a late spring deployment to Afghanistan. They must meet the objectives in the MRX to validate for the deployment and prove to the command team that they are mission ready. The 503rd MP Bn. is a subordinate battalion at Fort Bragg, but the majority of the 16th MP Brigade are not located here alongside the brigade headquarters. The brigade has Training and Readiness Authority (TRA) over the 91st MP Bn. at Fort Drum, N.Y.; the 716th MP Bn. at Fort …
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