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Sgt. George Kovacs was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in January 2008. He served for the Michigan Army National Guard in Iraq for 12 months. He worked as a recovery specialist in Iraq for one year, He has also spent time in Kuwait and Latvia as a soldier for the Michigan Army National Guard.
SAN ANGELO, Texas —Programs give aid during holidaysGOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE — Do you want to lend a helping hand during the holidays? Operation Warm Heart gives that opportunity to all who are interested.The program distributes food and gifts to help the community of Team Goodfellow. Funds are used throughout the year to assist those in need of emergency financial assistance. Warm Heart is ...
Florida League of Cities Honored by Department of Defense for significant achievement in support of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Mission.
Here is our weekly list of upcoming club activities (beginning Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009). To be included in the calendar the week prior to the event, send time, date, place and phone number to: Naples Daily News, Neapolitan Section, 1100 Immokalee Road, Naples, FL 34110; e-mail to features@naplesnews.com; or fax: 403-6138. Deadline for Upcoming Activities is noon Tuesday ...
CALDWELL – James Caldwell Auxiliary Unit 185 of the American Legion will meet at 7 p.m. today, Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Post Home, 303 Bloomfield Ave.
LONG HILL TWP. – Retiring Post Commander Richard Q. Hofacker Jr. read the presidential proclamation from President Barack Obama recognizing all veterans and gave his own remarks at the Long Hill Veterans Day Ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the American Legion Post 484, Union Street, Stirling.
The official responsible for the problem-plagued disability compensation system at the Department of Veterans Affairs will resign early next year, the department announced Friday.
FORT LUPTON - The National Guard facility in Fort Lupton is coming along nicely, said Tom Parko, the planning director for Fort Lupton. The National Guard is proposing a Dec. 2 groundbreaking ceremony for the armory. No major changes to the budget or building plans have been made to the project since April, when the state's contribution to the project was temporarily withdrawn. The project was ...
Many readers may recall that the Veterans Administration (VA) mistakenly sent a letter to thousands of veterans earlier this year informing them that they had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
MADISON, Wis. -- Soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard's 951st "Sapper" Engineer Company are returning from Afghanistan. About 100 soldiers from the Tomahawk and Rhinelander-based unit left Wisconsin last November and landed in Afghanistan this past February.
Security company Northrop Grumman Corp. said Friday it received a training contract with the U.S. National Guard valued at $50 million over five years.
MIDDLETOWN – Members of the Middletown High School ROTC program Friday packaged boxes with everything from personal hygiene products to snacks and books, all to be shipped to American troops stationed overseas.
On Thanksgiving morning, while many of us will be preparing big family meals or watching football, members of the Sons of the American Legion will be setting up for their Second Annual Christmas Tree Sale. The sale, which will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Black Friday through Christmas, will benefit both activities in Yardley Borough and the veterans of the Knowles-Doyle ...
HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- AgustaWestland North America announced that it was recently awarded a $17.3 million U.S. Navy contract to provide depot level maintenance on three Egyptian Mk-2 variant H-3 helicopters.
The Delaware National Guard is providing support to civilian emergency relief agencies in Kent and Sussex counties.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood became a pretrial detainee Saturday after a hospital bedside hearing, his lawyer said.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. Air Force nurse was acquitted Saturday in a court martial of killing three elderly patients by injecting them with overdoses of painkillers.
MEXICO CITY -- To avenge the arrest of their leader, Mexican drug cartel commandos went on a rampage this summer across the lawless state of Michoacan, seizing 12 Mexican police officers and dumping their bound and stripped corpses in a pile beside a busy highway.
WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.
For many, Afghanistan war seen as a background war, less understood than the conflict in Iraq.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered a series of investigations in every military branch this week to examine the process used to identify potentially violent troops. Military officials are still puzzled over the shooting at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and dozens more injured. They're trying to figure out how alleged shooter Nidal Hasan might have slipped through the cracks, and whether ...
