Civil War re-enactor gives hands-on presentation

Edit NJ dot com 06 Jun 2016
For NJ.com  ... Sonnon, dressed in his wool, Confederate uniform, portrayed a cavalryman from the 2nd Maryland Cavalry CSA, Gilmor's Partisan Rangers ... He also brought many weapons, from rifles to bayonets and more, to show the students what life was like in the cavalry ... ....

Soldiers from 101st receive Combat Action Badges

Edit The Leaf Chronicle 06 Jun 2016
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's Troop A, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, received Combat Action Badges last week in Mahkmour, Iraq, after taking hostile indirect fire during a fight in May.        ... ....

Quick going would help Morning

Edit Sporting Life 06 Jun 2016
The five-year-old won on his seasonal reappearance at Lingfield to tee up a bid for the annual cavalry charge ... Early Morning is a 33/1 chance with Sky Bet for the Hunt Cup. ....

Jersey City loses soldier in Texas flooding accident

Edit NJ dot com 06 Jun 2016
A Jersey City native has been identified as one of nine soldiers killed during a training accident at a Texas army base ... Pvt. Tysheena Lynette James, 21, was killed Thursday when a light medium tactical vehicle overturned at Owl Creek ... Army ... She was assigned April to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood ... James." ... ....

Fort Hood releases names of 8 Soldiers who died in training incident, 1 unnamed

Edit The Examiner 06 Jun 2016
Late last night, Fort Hood officials named eight of the nine Soldiers who died during a deadly training incident Thursday, June 2. The Army is withholding the name of one Soldier whose next-of-kin has not been located and notified ... The Soldiers were from the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team-1st Cavalry Division ... ....

N.J. soldier who died at Ft. Hood was 'determined to serve'

Edit NJ dot com 06 Jun 2016
Pvt. Tysheena Lynette James, 21, was killed on June 2 when a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle overturned at Owl Creek. JERSEY CITY -- At a young age, Tysheena James knew she wanted to serve her country.  ... Army last September. . At 2.25 a.m ... "It was her passion."  ... James was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division ... "She loved it."  ...  ....

Deaths of nine soldiers rock Killeen, Texas, a town buffeted by tragedy

Edit Stars and Stripes 06 Jun 2016
The Army had recovered the bodies of four missing 1st Cavalry Division soldiers the day before, bringing the death toll to nine in an incident where a wall of water Thursday morning swept them out of their tactical vehicle while they were training and into a raging, rain-swollen creek ... 3rd Cavalry Regiment, are headed to the war zone this summer....

National flag raised outside Parliament in Kossuth tér (Government of the Republic of Hungary)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
(Source. Government of the Republic of Hungary). The national flag was raised amidst a military parade, in the presence of President of the Republic János Áder, outside the Parliament Building in Kossuth tér on the Day of National Unity commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Trianon on Saturday morning ... The Central Military Orchestra and the National Ceremonial Cavalry Unit were also present at the event ... (noodl. 33965990) ....

Anakonda 16 exercise opens with ceremony in Warsaw

Edit Stars and Stripes 06 Jun 2016
WARSAW, Poland — Thousands of NATO troops spread out across much of Poland as alliance commanders gathered Monday at Warsaw’s National Defense University to mark the official start of the multinational training exercise Anakonda 16 ... Army Chief of Staff General Mark A. Milley and U.S. Army Europe commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges ... Milley said the U.S ... Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment to pass through the Drawsko Pomorskie training area ...  .  . ....

How the Guardian and Observer covered the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918

Edit The Guardian 06 Jun 2016
To mark 100 years since the Arab Revolt we look at how the Guardian and Observer covered events. Whilst the first world war is often associated with trench warfare and the mud sodden battlefields of Europe a very different conflict was unfolding at the outposts of the crumbling Ottoman Empire ... Twitter ... ‘At the head of the cavalry forces which he formed among the Bedouins and Druzes, Colonel Lawrence cut the railway line at Dera’a.’ ... ....

Household Cavalry soldier arrested over 'home made bomb' video

Edit The Daily Telegraph 05 Jun 2016
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San Angelo soldier among nine killed at Fort Hood

Edit Austin American Statesman 05 Jun 2016
Deleon entered the Army in November as a motor transport operator and had been assigned to 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, since April ... to 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, since May 2011....

Statement from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the Tragedy at Fort Hood (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Jun 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense). During my trip to Asia, I have been constantly updated on the situation at Fort Hood ... This tragedy has touched the 1st Cavalry Division, the Fort Hood community, and the entire Department of Defense ... U.S ... Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/00FA2D08A217D0E971474A1645CC4C7720A4D590. (noodl. 33951198) ....
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