Botswanan Defense Force Chaplain, Lt. Col. Nigel Mokubung gives a benediction during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Airbase in Botswana on July 11, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey traveled to Botswana to participate in Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa […]
Local Huehuetenango Support for Beyond the Horizon Surgeries
Chaplain Lt. Col. Andrew Werner, Delaware Army National Guard, met with Parrish Priest Selvin Giovani Alva Mérida, July 10 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala to discuss free medical services for Guatemalan citizens provided by Beyond the Horizon 2019, a joint training exercise between the U.S. and Guatemalan militaries. On July 15, plastic surgeons will perform surgeries to […]
Record number of youth attend Hunter’s Vacation Bible School
Nearly 100 children from the Hunter Army Airfield military community spent a fun-filled program at Hunter’s chapel complex during this summer’s Vacation Bible School.
The Hidden Gem of U.S. – Australian History
U.S. Army Maj. Edward Harris speaks with Lance Watson at St. Christopher’s Chapel, Nerimbera, Queensland, Australia, July 7, 2019. St. Christopher’s Chapel was built by American troops during World War II, it stands today as a monument to the century long partnership between the U.S. and Australia. Harris is a chaplain for the 10th Support […]
Devil Brigade welcomes incoming commander in Poland
Maj. Donald Bickel, chaplain, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, delivers the opening invocation, during a change of command ceremony at Ducal Palace Zagan, Poland, July 7, 2019. The Devil Brigade is part of more than 6,000 U.S. regionally-allocated Soldiers in Germany, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania, on a nine-month […]
Fallen Soldier Memorial
Chaplain Justin Shannon, U.S. Army retired Chaplain (Capt.), speaks at the Brooke Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Battalion Fallen Soldier Memorial Ceremony at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, July 3, 2019. The ceremony was held to dedicate a memorial honoring 74 fallen soldiers who have passed away while patients of the WTB since March 2006. (U.S. […]
39th Strategic Signal Battalion Change of Responsibility
U.S. Army Chaplain Capt. Michael Beck, assigned to 39th Strategic Signal Battalion, performs the invocation for the Change of Responsibility ceremony on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, June 25, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie)
AB201 civil engineers build classrooms for Agadez villages
U.S. Air Force Maj. Hoang Nguyen, 435th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cana Garrison, Civil Affairs Team 204, interact with Nigerien children at a village in Agadez, Niger, June 27, 2019. The civil affairs team helps connect the local community with the military community, which strengthens their partnership. (U.S. Air Force […]
USNS COMFORT ECUADOR
190629-A-ZB549-0019 MANTA, Ecuador (June 29, 2019) Lt. Cmdr. Devon Foster (left), a chaplain, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), Emily Hennell a foreign service officer, and Mauro Rezabal a Manta City Council representative discuss ties between the two nations. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, […]
Fort McCoy celebrates Army’s 244th birthday
Fort McCoy celebrated the Army’s 244th birthday June 14 with several special events throughout the day.
