Army North: Americans helping
Americans
Two U.S. Army North leaders peered intently at the overall response effort Nov. 7 as members of their command’s Civil Support Training Activity met with leaders of the Ohio National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, near Butlerville, Ind.
Although Lt. Gen. Thomas Turner, commanding general of Army North, and Command Sgt. Maj. George Nieves, his senior enlisted leader, have visited numerous training exercises during their time as the command’s senior leaders, the Vibrant Response Field Training Exercise was perhaps more foreboding than most as federal response teams melded together to combat the affects of a simulated terrorist’s 10-kiloton nuclear blast in downtown Indianapolis.
Year of the NCO
Community honors Veterans with ceremony, wreath laying
About 2,000 members of San Antonio community, civic leaders and veterans gathered at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Nov. 11 to honor military veterans, past and present.
Once called “Armistice Day” to reflect the end of World War I, in 1954 after World War II, the 83rd Congress created an amendment striking the word “Armistice” and replacing it with “Veterans” to honor veterans of all wars.
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