Fort Benning News
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Marvin ?Brad? Woolfork, Sr. (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
Marvin "Brad" Woolfork, Sr., 75, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, August 20, 2008, following a long illness, from his home. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky, coming to Elyria in 1949. Marvin was a graduate of Rosenwald High School in Barbourville, Kentucky. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army, serving [...]
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Army officer's funeral set for Saturday in Oxford (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
OXFORD - Funeral services for a U.S. Army infantry officer killed Aug. 15 in Afghanistan are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at North Oxford Baptist Church.
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Tribal Social Services higher new CPS worker (Apache Moccasin)
Mr. Ronnie Eddings is a new CPS worker for the tribe's Social Services. He is very committed to his new job and hails from Fayetteville, N.C. The state where he was born.
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Dixon grad died doing what he loved (Jacksonville Daily News)
This spring, Christopher Roulund got his parents, brothers and sister together and took them skydiving. Initially, not every family member was sold on the idea, but Roulund wanted them all to experience the activity he loved, said his sister, Jennifer Roulund.
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Martin pledges to serve entire city (Eufaula Tribune)
Jim Martin doesn?t only want to represent the citizens of District 1.
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Eatonton native wins Olympic gold medal (Macon Telegraph)
Eatonton native, Vincent Hancock, 19, won a gold medal in the Olympics in Beijing on Saturday morning, snagging his first-ever Olympics medal in skeet shooting.
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More Fort Benning News
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Eatonton's Hancock reflects on gold, ready for Friday celebration (Macon Telegraph)
Stepping into history, Vincent Hancock's long march around a Beijing track earlier this month marked one of his life's most unforgettable moments.
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Fund Invests $44M in Texas, Ohio Student Housing (Commercial Property News)
The Place/BV Student Housing Fund L.L.C. continues to make investments in student housing facilities across the United States, with two more announced today. The properties will be developed in Texas and Ohio for $44 million with completion set for next summer.
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Uchee Creek open house (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
Head down to the Uchee Creek Activity Center this evening and join in on their hunting, fishing and recreation open house.
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Grand Funk Railroad, Bowling for Soup coming to Benning (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
The Army Concert Tour is sweeping through Fort Benning in September.
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Katy?s Eller Realizes Dream at Olympics (The Katy Sun)
Katy?s Glenn Eller caught the attention of the world this week when he won the Olympic gold medal for the United States in double trap shooting at the Beijing Shooting Range on Tuesday.
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Military basic training graduates have local roots (Fort Bend Sun)
Foster High School graduate Air Force Airman 1st Class Clinton T. Hill has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
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Maxwell completes infantry training (The Times and Democrat)
COLUMBUS, Ga. ? Army Pvt. Christopher W. Maxwell has been graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning in Columbus.
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WWII hero donates $2.5 M to infantry museum (Georgia Public Broadcasting News)
The retired chairman and CEO of United Technologies has pledged $2.5 million towards the National Infantry Museum, now under construction at Fort Benning near Columbus.
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A hero's farewell in Mashpee for Pfc. Conlon, killed in action (Somerville Journal)
Conlon began his tour of duty in Afghanistan in April. He was injured in June and received a Purple Heart and leave to go home but he declined and continued serving.
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Post adding more firing ranges (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
Residents along Chattsworth Road in the panhandle area of Midland may see more traffic as Fort Benning officials construct more firing ranges.
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Army Times
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Army: SF soldier died in rescue attempt - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
A Special Forces soldier died heroically in a June vehicle accident in Afghanistan when he gave his life to save a fellow soldier from drowning, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command announced in a news release.
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Schofield burn set to resume - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
HONOLULU ? The Army says it will try again today to conduct a prescribed burn of 1,200 acres at Schofield Barracks. The effort began Friday. But Army fire and safety specialists curtailed the attempt because of increasing wind speeds. Fewer than 100 acres were burned.
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Iraq veterans make noise at convention - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
DENVER ? Iraq war veterans are playing an active role at the Democratic convention, where they?ve marched, staged mock foot patrols on downtown sidewalks and met with a former first lady to discuss veterans? health care.
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Soldier dies in Baghdad bombing - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
BAGHDAD ? The U.S. military says a soldier has died of wounds suffered in a roadside bombing in northeast Baghdad. A U.S. statement says the soldier?s vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb Tuesday. The soldier was rushed to a military hospital in Baghdad but died today.
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Your new blues - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
The good old days of the green Class A?s and B?s are over. The Army?s plan to make dress blues the only Army Service Uniform is approved, and soldiers who own the uniform are encouraged to begin wearing it now.
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Report: Soldiers admit killing four Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad (USA Today)
The New York Times is quoting from two sworn confessions that say three U.S. soldiers "killed four Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots to the head as the men stood handcuffed and blindfolded beside a Baghdad canal." The incident is said...
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US soldier dies in Baghdad - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
BAGHDAD ? The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of wounds suffered in a roadside bombing in northeast Baghdad. A U.S. statement says the soldier?s vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb Tuesday. The soldier was rushed to a military hospital in Baghdad but died today.
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Mashpee soldier was generous, fun-loving - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
MASHPEE, Mass. ? A 21-year-old Mashpee soldier killed in Afghanistan is remembered as a fun-loving poet and musician who was generous to others.
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Ex-soldier?s indictment dispute rejected - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? A federal judge has turned away a challenge to the indictment of a former 101st Airborne soldier charged with premeditated murder and aggravated sexual assault.
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Minn. soldier killed in Afghanistan - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
MINNEAPOLIS ? A soldier from Minnesota was killed while trying to disarm an explosive device in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says 28-year-old Staff Sgt. Brian E. Studer of Ramsey died August 22 in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
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