Sgt. William J. Woitowicz, a former native of Groton, Mass., was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s third highest honor for combat valor, during a ceremony on Saturday, April 28th, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in front of family, friends and fellow Marines. I just wanted to take a moment and …
American-Italian Partners Improve Power Projection Capabilities at USAG Italy By Laura Kreider U.S. and Italian partners at U.S. Army Garrison Italy improved their skills in readying deployable units, specifically the 173rd Airborne Brigade for rapid deployment from south of the Alps during a recent Installation Staging Area Proof of Principle exercise. The exercise took place …
Sec Pompeo Release: The United States stands with interim President Juan Guaido, the democratically elected National Assembly, and the people of Venezuela as they peacefully restore constitutional order to their country. We stand ready to support interim President Guaido as he establishes a transitional government and carries out his constitutional duties as interim President, including …
Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor deployed to Iraq in April 2006 with Naval Special Warfare Task Group Arabian Peninsula as a communicator and heavy weapons machine gunner, protecting his platoon from attacks in Ramadi. The town was one of the most violent areas of Iraq at that time. Conditions were so bad that …
Ret. 1st Sgt. John Lord was awarded the Navy Cross fifty years after leading his platoon through an ambush in Vietnam. The medal was an upgrade from the Bronze Star he was awarded in 1975. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Annika Moody). Ret. 1st Sgt John Lord served with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th …
From the Silverside Museum: After shakedown off the California coast, Silversides set course for Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 4 April 1942. Departing Pearl Harbor on 30 April, Silversides headed for the Japanese home islands, in the area of Kii Suido, for the first of her many successful war patrols. On 10 May, just after 8:00 local time, the submarine used her 3-inch (76 mm) …
Still Rolling: The T-34 Tank A train with T-34 tanks transferred by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the Russian Federation continues traveling along the Trans-Siberian railway. The T-34 tanks have a special place in hearts of Irkutsk residents. At the beginning of World War II, young Irkutsk Komsomol members initiated a movement to raise funds for …
