America's North Shore Journal

Forty years ago on a barebones basketball court in the small village of Debeljak, Croatia, a 7-year-old boy named Ivica could always be found.

He honed his hook shot, strengthened his spin move, and became well known with the local population for being an up-and-coming basketball star.

Today that same outdoor basketball court is the focal point [...]

The lease of 4,000 NEV’s is projected to save the Army the purchase of 11.5 million gallons of fuel over the six years of the lease. Each NEV will cost about $400 per year to keep charged. The Army anticipates a cost of about $200 per vehicle to create charging stations for the vehicles. The Secretary pointed out that an ordinary three pronged outlet is all that is required to charge an NEV so a charging station will not be necessary in many circumstances.

The vehicle more than dwarfs her short frame, but she makes climbing to the top look easy.

“It’s like I am at Discovery Zone,” she said, while checking the maintenance systems on her vehicle and spouting off parts of her Stryker as fluidly as a folk singer croons a melody. She attributes her proficiency with vehicles to her father, a former mechanic. She laughed as she recounted stories of Soldiers who struggle with something as simple as checking the oil on their vehicles but added that she is always willing to give them a helping hand and teach the right way to do things.

DVIDS
By Sgt. Brandon Little
Task Force XII PAO, MND-B

A little more than two years ago, Juliana Rizzo was a real estate agent living in Long Island, N.Y., with her two children, Angelo and Amanda, when she decided it was time to fulfill her childhood dream.

That dream was to join the United States Army.

“As a little girl, [...]