Girl Scouts make, send cards to overseas soldiers

Members of Cadette Girl Scout Troop 30022 spend the evening recently making Christmas cards for military troops deployed overseas.

Ceremony welcomes 200 returning 3rd ID soldiers

About 200 soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armor Brigade Combat Team were welcomed home from Afghanistan on Tuesday in a ceremony on Fort Stewart's Cottrell Field.

Fiscal cliff offer hints at more defense cuts

200 troops expected home today

A group of Army soldiers from Fort Stewart is returning home from Afghanistan in time to spend the holiday season with their families.

Aviation museum preserves Air Force heritage, history

The U.S. Air Force has a rich history, and Georgia has played a big role in it. That history - along with 100 aircraft, artifacts and exhibits - can be found at the Museum of Aviation on Robins Air Force Base near Warner Robins.

Brownfield completes basic

Navy Seaman Recruit Andrew R. Brownfield, son of Angela R. Brownfield of Savannah and Clifford J. Brownfield of Richmond Hill, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Club honors young Rotarians

Richmond Hill High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets and seniors Forrest P. Corbin, left, and Andrew Beauchamp, third from left, stand with RHHS principal Helen Herndon and local Rotary President Brice Ladson after being awarded Young Rotarian of the Month by the Rotary Club of Richmond Hill.

More troops ready for mission

The 3rd Sustainment Brigade cased its unit colors Monday afternoon during a formal ceremony on Cottrell Field. About 250 Providers are deploying to Kandahar Province in Afghanistan.

New garrison commander discusses deployments

Col. Kevin Gregory, U.S. Army Garrison commander for Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, spoke Nov. 13 at the Hinesville Rotary Club's weekly luncheon at the La Quinta Inn.

Military graduates

Navy: Navy Seaman Recruit Joseph A. Webb, a 2012 graduate of Bryan County High School of Pembroke, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

BCHS assembly honors veterans

Bryan County High School held an assembly Friday in honor of American veterans, hosted by the Redskin Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Coastal Bank launches Operation Phone Home

The Coastal Bank has launched a its third annual community-wide initiative to raise money for the USO's Operation Phone Home, which provides pre-paid phone cards to deployed military personnel, enabling them to call loved ones while away from their families this holiday season. The fundraising campaign runs through Nov. 30.

New garrison commander discusses deployments

Col. Kevin Gregory, U.S. Army Garrison commander for Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, spoke Tuesday at the Hinesville Rotary Club's weekly luncheon at the La Quinta Inn.

Soldiers get different pain management

AUGUSTA - A new approach to pain management at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center is setting the tone for the rest of the Army.

Deficit cutters looking at Pentagon budget

WASHINGTON (AP) - One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality - fewer dollars.

Raider Brigade soldiers return early

About 130 soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team arrived home from Afghanistan late Thursday afternoon. Many of them were coming home a few months before the end of the scheduled nine-month combat tour.

'Maintainers' re-open Wounded Warrior Center

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Soldiers from the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, hosted the re-opening of the Task Force Vanguard Wounded Warrior Center on May 4 at Bagram Air Field.

State moves to help military, vets

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday that the management of the Georgia Military Affairs Coordinating Committee will return to the state as part of the strategic Defense Initiative that got under way late last year.

New 3rd ID commander coming from D.C.

Maj. Gen. John M. Murray will take command of the 3rd Infantry Division later this summer, according to a Monday release by the chief of staff of the Army.

New garrison commander on Hunter

A new garrison commander takes over on Hunter Army Airfield Wednesday.

New 3rd ID commander named

The Pentagon today announced that Maj. Gen. John M. Murray will replace Maj. Gen. Robert "Abe" Abrams as commander of hte 3rd Infantry Division on Fort Stewart.