Defense Department: Fort Campbell’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team to head to Afghanistan in 2010Defense Department: Fort Campbell’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team to deploy to Afghanistan in 2010Joint Chiefs chairman tells troops casualties will rise in “tough fight” in AfghanistanOrdered to curb Afghan deaths, troops get updated training on calling in artillery, airstrikes
Troops hone artillery skills to cut Afghan deaths Army IDS 4 Fort Campbell soldiers killed in Colo. helicopter training accidentFORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The Army on Friday identified four members of an elite special operations unit killed in a helicopter training accident in Colorado. Long delayed welcome home draws hundreds of Vietnam veterans to Fort CampbellFORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Tears filled the eyes of some Vietnam veterans who were warmly greeted with cheers from their family and friends Sunday in an re-enactment of their original return from the war, when they were often met with angry demonstrators and harsh headlines. As new GI Bill swells ranks of vets in college, schools work to ease transition to campus lifeFORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom. |