Hero Stories for April 2009

Staff Sgt. Leroy O. Webster, 28, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died April 25, 2009, near Kirkuk, Iraq, after being shot while on a dismounted patrol. Staff Sgt. Webster was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. </d

Command Sgt. Major Benjamin Moore, Jr., 43, of Waycross, Georgia, died April 24, 2009, at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. Command Sgt. Major Moore was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. </d

Sunlight is fading in Sadr City as Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, along with Iraqi Soldiers move down streets lined with houses in an effort to keep the city saf

Earlier this month, when Balsam, an Army private, graduated from Basic Combat Training with his fellow Soldiers of Fort Jackson'a 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, it was the third time he had completed military trainin

Staff Sgt. Kevin P. Sanders believes that he was born to be an infantryman. Having completed five deployments, he understands the sacrifice and bravery that accompanies combat, so when he witnessed an Afghan boy near death, his instincts immediately came into pl

COMBAT OUTPOST DEYSIE, Afghanistan - Military support 'enablers' are Regional Command East's most important need in Afghanistan, said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Sta

A limited amount of 2009 Rally for Troops Patches are still available at Harley Davidson Sales Company of Cleveland located at 14550 Lorain Road for $10 each. Additionally there are also some 2008 and 2007 Rally for Troops patches for sale. Cleveland Harley Davidson Sales Company was the proud supporter of the post Rally food and entertainment as they have been for the past several years. This year thanks to their generous support of the Rally we raised in excess of $5000 from the sale of 2...

Soldiers with the 225 Engineer Brigade, Multi-National Division - Baghdad help train Iraqi Army Engineer Regiment Soldier

BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Soldiers of the Commando Battalion, 17th Iraqi Army Brigade, conducted Operation Al-Sakar, a combined counter insurgency operation in support of the Security Agreement, in the Owesat area southwest of Baghdad April 1

BAGHDAD - In a neighborhood in northern Adhamiyah here, a 3-foot wide pipe juts out of murky water connecting two steep banks. The north side of the canal has lush, green fields of varying crops. On the south side, there are disheveled residences with children peeking out from behind doorways. From the fields to their homes, children work with their parents transporting crops on their backs across the pipe that intersects the canal. But crops aren't the only things that can be transported acr...