
Despite her hard work and determination, McMahon didn’t expect to beat out three other Soldiers’ and go this far in the Soldier of the Year. Her original intention for attending the Soldier of the Month boards was to practice for promotion boards.
If she wins the “Iron Brigade” Soldier of the Year competition, she’ll continue on the 1st Armored Division Soldier of the Year in Wiesbaden, Germany and then the United States Army Europe competition in Heidelberg, Germany.
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Tags: 1st Armored Division, Iron Brigade, Soldier of the Year competition, Spc. Amanda San Nicolas, Spc. Janet McMahon
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Other amenities constructed on the orphanage site include a playground, swimming pool, soccer field, guard house, administration building, garden lot, exterior water tanks and parking lot.
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Tags: ADA in Iraq, Irbil Iraq, Irbil Orphanage and Senior Center, Kurdistan Regional Government, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Zeezna Company
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Here is a list of places to see the results from today’s Tea Parties, and to follow up on those activities.
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Tags: economic stimulus plan, government pork, obama, tax revolt, taxpayer revolt, tea party, tea party video, unpaid mortages
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Here is a list of online resources for the growing revolt against the stimulus package, the proposed government fix for those not paying their mortgages, pork busting, and other government waste issues.
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Surprise! The AP seems to have gotten its story about Army Emergency Relief a little wrong.
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The clinic provides nearly 500 residents from six surrounding village’s access to a medical facility and the medical services of a staff of three full-time doctors. The location of the clinic also increases the chances of survivability by providing people in a community, where vehicular transportation is scarce, access because of the clinic’s central location. Access results in more immediate care, so patients can be stabilized before they are moved to another medical facility, if more specialized care is necessary.
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Tags: Halabja, Iraq, Kani Karweshkan foothills, Kurdish autonomous region, Kurdish Regional Government, medical care in Iraq, medical care in Kurdistan, Tovo Medical Clinic
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Some of the Soldiers that she initially trained were staff sergeants by the time she crossed paths with them again.
“I’m proud that they have been so successful.”
Her Soldiers aren’t the only ones who’ve been successful in their Army careers, on January 29, Estrada, a two time Iraq veteran, completed her sixty-fourth jump and achieved the highest level of success that a Paratrooper can reach, Master Parachutist.
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Tags: 82nd airborne division, jumpmaster, Master Parachutist, Sgt. 1st Class Maria Estrada
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