Posts Tagged ‘soldiers’

RAMADI, Iraq – Spc. George Graham spends most nights driving the dangerous streets of northern Iraq, riding in an armored vehicle as his 81st Brigade Combat Team unit escorts supply trucks between military bases. The Tacoma native knew a deployment to Iraq was likely ... Full story

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Army Pvt. Brandon Neely was scared when he took Guantanamo's first shackled detainees off a bus. Told to expect vicious terrorists, he grabbed a trembling, elderly detainee and ground his face into the cement — the ... Full story

CANCUN, Mexico - The general didn't get much time. After a long, controversial career, Brig. Gen. Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñones retired from active duty last month and moved to this Caribbean playground to work for the Cancun mayor and fight the ... Full story