By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – According to U.S. Representative Howard Coble’s office, Captain Rudy Stevens, a Fort Bragg chaplain, led the U.S. House of Representatives in prayer last Wednesday, February 15th. “Congressman Coble welcomed an Army chaplain from Moore County to Capitol Hill last week as the guest…
By Dan Robinson, Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The White House faced additional questions last Thursday on U.S. and NATO discussions about potentially ending combat operations in Afghanistan by the middle of 2013 as foreign forces transition to an Afghan security lead. Several times…
By Brent Lancaster, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – On Christmas Day in 1944, North Carolina native George Preddy was in the skies over Belgium, chasing German planes in his P-51 Mustang, when his luck ran out. He lost his life when an American anti-aircraft team on the ground missed the…
By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee conducted the promotion ceremony last week for Congressional Military Fellow Kristin McCann. Kristin, who works in Hagan’s DC office, was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine…
By Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – A U.S. military operation has freed two aid workers: an American woman and a Danish man, who were kidnapped by gunmen three months ago in central Somalia. In a statement Wednesday, President Barack Obama praised U.S. special operations…
By Dave Chase, Special Warfare Center & School, US Army, Special To The Raleigh Telegram FORT BRAGG, NC – In 1997, eight Special Forces Soldiers traveled to Bolivia to train and advise a battalion of Bolivian Army rangers. Beyond running the battalion’s light infantry certification training, the Special Forces team…
By US Navy, Submitted To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Yeoman First Class Brandon Anderson has recently been named the Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Raleigh Sailor of the Year and in doing so, the North Carolina native serves as a shining example of the Navy’s growing group of dedicated professional…
By The NC Department of Cultural Resources RALEIGH – This year marks the 150th anniversary of when the Civil War came home to North Carolina in 1862. Union General Ambrose Burnside captured Roanoke Island in February, New Bern in March and Fort Macon in April. Takeover of North Carolina’s coast was…
By Sgt. Miko M. Booth, Special To The Raleigh Telegram CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The North Carolina Army National Guard’s Greensboro-based 113th Sustainment Brigade officially accepted the critical mission of supporting American forces in Southwest Asia from the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 230th Sustainment Brigade during a change of authority…
By Sgt. Miko Booth, Special To The Raleigh Telegram KUWAIT – In the early morning hours of December 18th, while most service members stationed here were sleeping, a small group of soldiers from the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 1452nd Transportation Company, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina were busy making history.…
World War II fighter pilot Hal Shook (above and below) flew P-47’s in World War II and later flew the F-86 Sabre jets in the Korean War. He later served in the Vietnam War before retiring. Photos provided to The Raleigh Telegram by Hal Shook. By Bryan LeClaire, The Raleigh…
