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  • Dempsey lauds honorees at Military Child of the Year gala

    Compassion, faith and patriotism earned five youths, each representing a service branch, acclaim from senior leaders during the 5th Annual Military Child of the Year Awards Gala April 12, 2013, at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Pentagon City here.Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint

  • Army lifesavers prepare Sailors for combat

    Sailors grunted, shouted commands and worked together as a team to carry 200-pound dummies under the barbed wire and dirt. Through the cloud of yellow smoke, horizontal figures emerge, helmets close to the ground, sweaty faces determined to get their "casualties" to safety. "It's very realistic,"

  • ROTC cadets tackle real-world training

    Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets from several area universities participated in a joint field training exercise (JFTX) April 4-7, 2013, here.The JFTX was primarily designed to prepare third-year cadets for their upcoming capstone event this summer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash."We have