Merritt named honorary sergeant major of the Army
Kenneth Rock Merritt, a World War II veteran who fought on D-Day Market Garden and the Bulge, was named honorary sergeant major of the Army at the Association of the Army's Annual Meeting. He served 35 years in the Army including roles with the 82nd Airborne and Fort Bragg. Other honorees and Best Warrior winners were also announced.
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Merritt
Army
Kenneth “Rock” Merritt
Michael Grinston
Association of the U.S. Army
Washington, D.C
AUSA
82Nd Airborne Division
18Th Airborne Corps
Fort Bragg
Gordon Sullivan
David Grange Jr
Fredrick Kroesen Jr
Elaine Rogers
Best of the Best tests 82nd Airborne Artillery crews
Soldiers from three battalions of the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment competed under Col. Eric Johnson and CSM George Yakop at Fort Bragg in a three day Best of the Best event. Teams were graded on safety, precision, and speed across gun sections observers and radar and fire direction units with champions named in four categories.
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82Nd Airborne Division
Eric Johnson
George Yakop
82Nd
Zachariah Donnelly
319Th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment
Fort Bragg
St. Mere Eglise
Joshua Cicalo
Cicalo
Gorski
Donnelly
Spc
Phoebe Piku
Piku
Pika
Ryan
82Nd Division
Andrew Craft
Fayetteville
Fort Bragg hosts intense Expert Field Medical Badge tests
About 175 soldiers from multiple installations converge on Fort Bragg for the EFMB test hosted by the 18th Airborne Corps. The program, dating from 1965, challenges medical personnel with written and practical lanes, a 12 mile march, and a 60 of 80 written questions, aiming to prove exceptional competence under simulated combat conditions.
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Ryan
Army
Carolina Pines
Lfe
Bryan Basham
Basham
U.S
Fort Bragg
18Th Airborne Corps
Army Medical Center of Excellence
John Ruizo
Ruizo
May Chang
44Th Medical Brigade
Chang
JoAnna Baxter
Baxter
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David Chambers
U.S. Army Forces Command
Dakota Bowen
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Steve DeVane
Shevane
Fayobserver
Cicale
Jeff Gorski
Military
Rachael Riley
Daniel Meade
51St Medical Logistics Company
Meade
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