Face of Defense: Five Generations Graduate From West Point
Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:01 AM
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| FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, June 29, 2010 Service before self is expected in the military, but one family has taken that concept to new heights. Army Col. Mark Armstrong Sr., right, administers the military oath of office to his son, Army 2nd Lt. Mark Armstrong Jr., at as the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., May 22, 2010. Lieutenant Armstrong became the fifth generation of his family to graduate from the academy. Courtesy photo (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Army 2nd Lt. Mark Armstrong Jr. graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., marking the... |
Deployed mom sees child graduate live
Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:01 AM
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| BAGHDAD - As her daughters name was about to be called, Sgt. 1st Class Esther Elliott nervously watched for her on the two 78-inch monitors in Camp Victorys Al Faw Palace here. Sgt. 1st Class Esther Elliott, an intelligence planner with Army III Corps, celebrates from Camp Victorys Al Faw Palace as her daughter, Elizabeth White, walks across the stage to receive her high school diploma in Texas, June 5, 2010. Thanks to a partnership between Fort Hood and the area high schools, deployed parents are able to watch their children graduate live via a video telecast of the event.... |
Mendham Township 16-year-old boy is among youngest to graduate from Rutgers University
Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:01 AM
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| Mendham Township 16-year-old boy is among youngest to graduate from Rutgers UniversityBy Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger May 16, 2010, 7:00PM NEW BRUNSWICK -- At age 3, Kyle Loh shocked his nursery school teachers when he started reading to the class. At 5, he tested off the charts on his kindergarten IQ test. By 12, he was enrolling in college classes. At 14, he was spending his summer doing stem cell research at Harvard. Today, at age 16, he donned a cap and gown and became one of the youngest students to ever graduate from Rutgers University. But Kyle is quick... |
First Afghan Corrections Officers Graduate in Parwan
Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:01 AM
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| CAMP DARULAMAN, KABUL, Afghanistan - The first class of Afghan Corrections Officers to complete training in preparation for duty at the Detention Facility at Parwan graduated May 6 during an official ceremony here. The ceremony marked a significant accomplishment for the more than 200 corrections officers who completed the five-week training at the new Afghan National Army Military Police School, which opened April 5. The soldiers were previously assigned to Basic Warrior Training and the Kabul Military Training Center. They will now be some of the first Afghans to work side-by-side with American soldiers at the Detention Facility in Parwan.... |
Afghan Law Students Graduate in Kabul
Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:01 AM
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|  Story by Staff Sgt. Nestor Cruz ISAF Public Affairs More than 80 Stage program students graduated March 17 during the first annual Stage ceremony held at Kabul University. Stage, which began in May 2009, is a 9-month program conducted at the Independent National Legal Training Center. The purpose of the center is to raise the standards of legal professionalism in Afghanistan and enhance the legal knowledge of attorneys, judges and other law practitioners. Rozbe Jawedan, one of 71 male graduates, said the Stage program was very effective and opened up the opportunity to learn about practical issues. âFor those... |
Afghan National Police Officers Graduate in Panjshir Province
Friday 10th of September 2010 08:41:01 AM
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| PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan Thirty-three members of the Bazarak District Afghan national police force graduated immersion training following a culmination exercise and recognition ceremony at the Bazarak ANP Headquarters in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, March 4. The 28-day training was conducted by members of the 410th Military Police Company from Fort Hood, Texas, and includes classes on handcuffing, vehicle patrolling, self defense and community patrolling, as well as other skills needed to be an effective police force. "We teach American police tactics around the Afghan way of life," said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dustan Johnson, Police Mentor Team leader. "Everyone who... |




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