99th Infantry Division (United States)

The 99th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II. It played a strategic role in the Battle of the Bulge when its inexperienced troops held fast on the northern shoulder of the German advance, refusing them access to the vital northern road network that led into Belgium.

The 99th Regional Support Command, which is the successor unit of the 99th Infantry Division, is a major general command under the US Army Reserve Command. The command provides base operations support to all Army Reserve Soldiers, units, facilities and equipment for the entire Northeast Region of the Army Reserve, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Base operations includes personnel administration, finance, facilities management, logistics management, maintenance, public affairs and legal support. The 99th Regional Support Command is headquartered at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. The current commander is Major General Margaret W. Boor, who assumed command Oct. 1, 2013, replacing MG William D. Razz Waff, who was then reassigned as the Headquarters, Department of the Army Deputy G-1, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1.

Ferrari Sheppard

Ferrari Sheppard (born March 3) is an American journalist and cultural critic based in Chicago. His notable work includes an exposé for Huffington Post, in which he states "there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict; there is only oppression." Sheppard's article went viral on the internet and sparked controversy.

Life and career

Early life

Ferrari Sheppard was born Ferrari Elite Sheppard in Chicago and raised in Chicago. Sheppard spent his first year of high school in Greenwood, Mississippi with his grandmother.

Career

Aside from being a journalist, Sheppard is a visual artist, web-designer and briefly attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Sheppard has conducted interviews with stars such as M.I.A., Erykah Badu, Saul Williams and Little Dragon for Stop Being Famous, a website he founded in 2009.

November 2014, Sheppard appeared on Anthony Bourdain's travel show The Getaway alongside Yasiin Bey. The pair traveled to Marrakesh, Morocco.

Social and political activism

2010–11: Haiti Earthquake