Mar 16th, 2010
“You must show confidence in yourself at all times,” said Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Meineke, the SARC. “Walk with your head high and you will not be looked at as a victim.”
The junior-enlisted Soldiers that participated in the program were also given a very lethal weapon that would scare off any attacker, according the Lucas.
Nov 12th, 2009
The alleged gunman remains under guard at Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Authorities say the gunman, armed with two handguns, fired at least 100 rounds indiscriminately into the crowd of Soldiers gathered for pre-deployment medical screenings.
The violence spilled outside as Soldiers fled, some trying to break windows to escape the carnage. Witnesses say the shooter continued his rampage at an adjacent building, shooting several others before police confronted him.
Nov 7th, 2009
“She was small in stature, but very large in heart and determination. She would not be denied the opportunity to work in law enforcement. No matter the task – driving, defense tactics, building searches, firearms or the 30 other areas of study she was up to the task,” Simpson said.
Nov 6th, 2009
Cone said the officer and her partner responded “very quickly” to the scene of the shootings — reportedly in around three minutes.
Sep 18th, 2009
As the last detainee boarded a plane destined for another theater detention center today – September 17 2009, the detainee operations mission at Camp Bucca, Iraq, officially ended.
An Air Force C-17 carrying the last group of 180 detainees lifted off from the Basra airport headed to Camp Cropper at 3:22 a.m., officials said.
Sep 3rd, 2009
Coast Guard law-enforcement crews interdicted a go-fast vessel carrying 2,300 pounds of cocaine about 20 miles off the coast of Panama Tuesday morning [September 1 2009].
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear spotted a loaded go-fast vessel Tuesday around 5 a.m. while on a routine law-enforcement patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
Aug 31st, 2009
Task Force 134 is in the process of transferring the Bucca Theater Internment Facility detainee population prior to the facility’s closing, which is scheduled for September. Detainees currently held at Camp Bucca will be transferred to either Camp Cropper or Camp Taji.
Aug 27th, 2009
Somali pirates aboard a hijacked ship fired at a U.S. Navy helicopter yesterday, Navy officials said.
Jul 15th, 2009
Soldiers serving with 266th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade in Basra, Iraq have been charged with misconduct during the unit’s pre-deployment training at Fort Dix in the fall of 2008.
Charges were preferred against Sgt. Gilbert Parker and Spc. Matthew Delia, July 3 and July 7, respectively. Both Soldiers are National Guardsmen activated with the 266th Military Police Company out of Manassas, Va.