Friendly Visit
May 6th, 2012 | From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
Sgt. Joshua Smith, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, chats with an Afghan boy during an Afghan-led clearing operation April 28, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The soldier studied the Pashtun language prior to his deployment to southern Ghazni. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
Rainy Day Patrol in Afghanistan
April 25th, 2012 | Afghanistan From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Staff Sgt. Joshua Devoe and other paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team return from a patrol in the rain, April 20, 2012, in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province. This platoon is part of the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, based on Forward Operating Base Arian. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
Liftoff
April 12th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler and International Security Assistance Force Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter depart from Combat Outpost Bari Alai north-east of Jalalabad April 3. The 14th Sergeant Major of the Army presented combat infantryman badges and combat action badges to members of 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division for their successful suppression of an insurgent attack on their outpost just days after arriving in Afghanistan. Chandler and Capel spent several days traveling around Afghanistan, meeting and talking with Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Christopher Harper)
Wounded Warriors Play at Nats Park
April 4th, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 03: Greg Reynolds, who served in the U.S. Army in Iraq, runs in to the bench between innings during the Wounded Warrior Amputee Celebrity Softball Classic at Nationals Park April 3, 2012 in Washington, DC. With a team comprised of veterans and active duty service members from across the United States who lost limbs while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, members of the Washington Nationals Wounded Warrior softball team travel the country competing against able-bodied opponents. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Smile!
March 30th, 2012 | From the Ranks Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
A smiley face adorns a Humvee during the 558th Military Police Company, 728th MP Battalion, 8th MP Brigade from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, during the units field exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, March 23, 2012. (Spc. Marcus Fichtl/Army)
Family Hug
March 29th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
The sweet embrace of loved-ones awaited the more than 170 members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team that returned to Oklahoma, March 29, 2012, after spending more than eight months in Afghanistan. (Maj. Geoff Legler/Army)
Southbound Trooper
March 5th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
FORT PICKETT, Va. – Two Canadian Army soldiers from the 36th Canadian Brigade Group out of Nova Scotia, Canada, jump off the side of a rappelling tower with the encouragement of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew T. Woyansky, an infantry air assault instructor from Colonial Heights, Va., assigned to 1st Battalion, 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute, at Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 21, 2012. The Canadian troops were participating in the joint-annual exercise Southbound Trooper. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Burrell)
Snow Patrol
March 4th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Members of the Minnesota National Guard along with Norwegian instructors are seen ski marching to their next training location. Minnesota National Guard personnel were in Norway from February 9, 2012 to February 23, 2012 participating in the 39th Annual United States/Norwegian Troop Reciprocal Exchange. (National Guard photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Ralph J. Kapustka)
Funeral for Army Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner
March 1st, 2012 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
A riderless horse, left, leads a caisson carrying the remains of Army Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner, during a burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Hildner died of apparent natural causes Feb. 3 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hildner, 49, took command of 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
HALO Exercise
February 25th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
A U.S. Air Force jumpmaster practicing a high-altitude, low-opening jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft lands on the ground during a joint operational access exercise (JOAX) at Pope Field, N.C., Feb. 9, 2012. A JOAX is a joint airdrop exercise designed to enhance service cohesiveness between U.S. Army and Air Force personnel, allowing both services an opportunity to properly execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melissa Goslin)