Drew Brooks
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Fayetteville, NC, United States
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The 2nd SFAB Is Gearing Up For Its New Advise-And-Assist Mission In Afghanistan
The 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade is deploying to Afghanistan in spring 2019 to train, advise, and assist the Afghan security forces → Read More
Retired soldier educating South about Islam
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - When Jason Criss Howk's Army career came to an end in 2015, he thought he'd spend his days teaching and fishing. → Read More
2nd SFAB builds advisor teams ahead of 2019 deployment
For most of the past year, officials have been building a new unit at Fort Bragg.They’ve welcomed new soldiers to post, moved into repurposed buildings and received new equipment.But the most important building blocks for the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade were laid out amid Fort Bragg’s sprawling training areas. That’s when the soldiers of the 2nd SFAB came together for the first time as… → Read More
Retired soldier educating South about Islam
When Jason Criss Howk's Army career came to an end in 2015, he thought he’d spend his days teaching and fishing.But a wake-up call at a Pinehurst → Read More
Bazemore is new interim head of Fayetteville VA
The Fayetteville VA has a new director for the third time in less than a year.Dr. W. Carl Bazemore now leads care for one of the nation’s fastest-growing veteran populations.As interim director of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, he will lead a network that provides care in 19 counties in North Carolina for the foreseeable future.The Fayetteville VA oversees health care for more… → Read More
Bazemore is new interim head of Fayetteville VA
The Fayetteville VA has a new director for the third time in less than a year.Dr. W. Carl Bazemore now leads care for one of the nation’s fastest-growing veteran populations.As interim director of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, he will lead a network that provides care in 19 counties in North Carolina for the foreseeable future.The Fayetteville VA oversees health care for more… → Read More
Bazemore is new interim head of Fayetteville VA
The Fayetteville VA has a new director for the third time in less than a year.Dr. W. Carl Bazemore now leads care for one of the nation’s fastest-growing veteran populations.As interim director of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, he will lead a network that provides care in 19 counties in North Carolina for the foreseeable future.The Fayetteville VA oversees health care for more… → Read More
Bazemore is new interim head of Fayetteville VA
The Fayetteville VA has a new director for the third time in less than a year.Dr. W. Carl Bazemore now leads care for one of the nation’s fastest-growing veteran populations.As interim director of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, he will lead a network that provides care in 19 counties in North Carolina for the foreseeable future.The Fayetteville VA oversees health care for more… → Read More
US Army Special Warfare Center And School Is Getting A Major Upgrade
The Army is building new facilities and updating others across Fort Bragg and nearby Camp Mackall and at SWCS facilities in Florida, and Arizona. → Read More
Holiday concert way to 'give back to the community'
Wreaths, lights, candy canes and maroon berets.The 82nd Airborne Division Band is continuing a holiday tradition of bringing cheer to the families of Fort → Read More
'Centerpiece' campus
Maj. Gen. Kurt Sonntag has watched and listened to the construction work outside his Fort Bragg office for as long as he has been in command of the John F. → Read More
Bragg school that trains special operations troops gets upgrade
Maj. Gen. Kurt Sonntag has watched and listened to the construction work outside his Fort Bragg office for as long as he has been in command of the John F. → Read More
Fort Bragg's Christmas tree marks start to holiday season on post
A 24-foot Fraser fir has appeared on Fort Bragg’s Main Post Parade Field, signaling the start of the holiday season.This year’s Fort Bragg Christmas tree was not delivered by elves, but by a tow truck and a team of post workers who trimmed the tree and set it upright.In the coming weeks, the tree — decorated with lights and Bragg-specific ornaments — will be the centerpiece of holiday… → Read More
'We're family'
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Honrine approached this year’s Thanksgiving dinner like he would any other.“It’s all about tradition,” → Read More
Trees for Troops, tree lighting mark beginning of holidays at Fort Bragg
The holiday season will soon be in full swing on Fort Bragg.The annual Trees for Troops giveaway and the Fort Bragg Tree Lighting Ceremony are scheduled → Read More
Drew Brooks: Goodbye
I grew up a little more than an hour from Fort Bragg, just across the South Carolina line.My grandfather even hosted soldiers from time to time, training → Read More
Registration open for All American Marathon
Registration for next year’s All American Marathon, Mike-to-Mike Half Marathon and All American 5k has opened.The races, hosted by Fayetteville and Fort Bragg, are scheduled for March 24.The marathon and half marathon each start in downtown Fayetteville and end in the historic center of Fort Bragg. The 5k takes place completely within the military installation.Last year, more than 3,600 runners… → Read More
WWII uniform set for U.S. Army return
The Army turned to its past to find its uniform of the future.Officials announced the return of the iconic “Army Greens” — also known as “Pinks and Greens” — on Veterans Day.The uniforms are based on those worn by soldiers in World War II and will eventually become the Army’s “everyday business-wear uniform.”“The current Army Blues uniform will return to being a formal dress uniform,” officials… → Read More
Veterans, chaplains partner to provide meals for paratroopers
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bill Bauer knows all too well the plight of a young enlisted soldier.“We used to sell our plasma or work side jobs,” he said, thinking back to harder days as a fresh soldier in the Army. “It was all we could do for money to do anything extra.”Bauer, now the executive director of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, remembers those tough times.So, for the past three… → Read More
Butterball donates 1,000 birds to Fort Bragg troops, civilians
The weeks before Thanksgiving are among the busiest of the year for Butterball, a North Carolina-based poultry giant.But Ron Tomaszewski said there was no → Read More