Hero Stories for November 2008

I appreciate the OEF Bracelets you've created very much. I gave one to my sister and she's thrilled. Max Rochebaun

Remembering the 3rd ANGELversary of the death of our beloved son, LCpl Tyler John Troyer on 11-19-2008. Tyler, we still miss youso very much. There is never a day that goes by that we don't think about you. Everyday we come accross something in our lives that makes us think about what you would be doing now if you were here. I finally have a website up for you son, I hope you enjoy it. Love, Your Mom and Dad Michael and Terri Thorpe www.tylerjohntroyer.com<

Someone asked about scorpions in the desert... YES we have them They go well with horseradish sauce or Taco Bell hot sauce!   LOL v/r, Jon Burrow, LTJG, LDO, USN MNSTC-I J3 Operations Force Protection Offi

SSG Jason Russell Arnette, US Army, 10th MTN 2-14 IN Co. C  ESAD Naming the bridge on Patrick Henry Highway over Goodes Bridge Road in Amelia County, Virginia the?Staff Sergeant Jason R. Arnette Memorial Bridge WHEREAS, Jason R. Arnette graduated from Amelia County High School in 200land throughout his years in Amelia County, actively participated in church, school, recreation and community events and activities; and WHEREAS, In 2004 Jason married Shenandoah Skye Hughes and retained a home a...

This is CW3 Don Clark....his callsign was Crazyhorse and I knew him as 6-8 due to an inside joke involving his 6.8mm AR-15 rifle.  He was an awesome pilot and an instantly admirable American. I will miss him. Tyler Fr

Our son, ET1 Ronald J. Hemenway was born 7-25-1964 in Cordova, Alaska.  (Ronald was born one year after we lost our son, Dale.  Dale died on July 29, 1963)   We lived in Alaska for over 20 years.  When Ronald was school age we moved to Wasilla, Alaska.  Ronald graduated from Wasilla High School in 1982 and Sarah (Heath) Palin was in the same class!  (at that time no one knew she would later be picked to run as Vice-President)  He then attended University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska where h...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2008 – Dealing with the greater Middle East, avoiding the militarization of U.S. foreign policy, resetting the forces and speeding up the Joint Staff are among the priorities the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has set for the coming year. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen issued his guidance for the coming year yesterday. Some of the guidance has not changed since last year, when Mullen first took office, some has been fine-tuned after the experiences of the past year, and som...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2008 – No one has to tell Dawn Halfaker the value of hiring veterans, especially those disabled in combat. She is one. A U.S. Military Academy at West Point graduate and former Army military police officer, Halfaker was serving in Iraq in 2004 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck her convoy. Critically injured, Halfaker was evacuated from combat to recover at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here. Her right arm was amputated. Two years later, medically retired from the s...

By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg Special to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2008 – With the Defense Department’s observance of Warrior Care Month as a backdrop, the Army’s top medical officer reflected on some of the warriors he has met and the lessons of courage and strength he has gained from them while serving as commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and later as Army surgeon general and commander of Army Medical Command. “I always remember some of the soldiers tha...

Joanne Chavonne saw pregnant women everywhere in town, shopping at Target for diapers or dining at a Mexican restaurant. Then she heard that so many families were calling the medical clinic at nearby Fort Bragg for the results of pregnancy tests that the U.S. Army had to install an extra telephone line. And finally, over the summer, an administrator told her that the hospital on base was overrun with women in labor and was delivering nearly 300 babies a month. "I was shocked," said Chavonne, ...