Fayetteville nurse uncovers father’s WWII hero medals tale
Teresa Johnson recalls her father Henry Klisiewicz a medic in the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion. He earned a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts for bravery in Operation Dragoon near southern France on Aug 23 1944, treating wounded and evacuating comrades under heavy fire. He served in Korea and Greece before retiring in her second-grade year and died in 2009 at age 86.
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Teresa Johnson
Johnson
Henry Klisiewicz
509Th Parachute
Fayetteville
Apex
Klisiewicz
Korea
Greece
France
Cannes
Air Force Academy honors 23-year falcon mascot Aurora
Aurora the white phase gyrfalcon served as the Air Force Academy mascot for 23 years, inspiring cadets and Falconry Team staff. Trained by cadets, she appeared at sports events and traveled with teams, surviving a prank capture at West Point last November and returning to flight.
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Air Force Academy
Aurora
Colorado Springs
Colo
Academy
West Point
Air Force
Airmen stand ready for hurricane relief missions
Airmen from Pope Army Airfield and the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepared for hurricane relief after Dorian, with 12-15 crew rushing to Raleigh-Durham then arriving at MacDill Air Force Base within five hours. They remained on standby Sept 5–11, training twice monthly and ready to evacuate 25 to 50 patients if deployed.
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Dorian
Bahamas
U.S
Pope Army Airfield
Pope
43Rd
Andrea Ibarra
Alan Villegas
Benjamin Allen
Ibarra
Raleigh-Durham International
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Villegas
Allen
Army pilots new ASK-EM system to match NCO talents
The U.S. Army Human Resources Command advances talent management with Assignment Satisfaction Key Enlisted Marketplace. It lets noncommissioned officers from Staff Sergeant to First Sergeant prioritize preferences for worldwide assignments, aided by tools that assess strengths and qualifications across more than 300,000 personnel.
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U.S. Army Human Resources Command
Army
Col
Michael McGregor
Enlisted Personnel Management Directorate
U.S. Army
Steven Lewis
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