Cold Weather Training in the Rockies

January 22, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 21, 2010) – The Colorado Rocky Mountains saw Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colo. enhancing their cold weather skills and conducting mountain warfare training Jan. 6-13.

Fallen Rangers honored at Hunter

January 22, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD (USASOC News Service, Jan. 21, 2010) - The names of the three fallen heroes from the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment echoed clearly during roll call as the afternoon sun faded in the Rangers’ memorial courtyard on Hunter Army Airfield Jan. 14.

Dr. David Gray to Speak on National Security, Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum

January 22, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 21, 2010) - The Airborne & Special Operations Museum will host a special presentation by Dr. David Gray, retired Air Force officer, former foreign service/CIA officer and an expert in national and global security, terrorism, and U.S. foreign policy, on Saturday, January 30 at the museum. The presentation, "Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia: Staring into the Abyss?", will begin at 2 pm in the museum's theater.

5th Special Forces Group Soldier named USASOC SF Medic of the Year

January 22, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 21, 2010) - For the second year in a row, a Soldier from 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was named the United States Army Special Operations Command Special Forces Medic of the Year. Sgt. 1st Class Owen Wendelin of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th SFG (A) received the award for actions performed while serving in Afghanistan and at Fort Campbell.

CG visits wounded at Walter Reed

January 22, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER (Courtesy of The Bayonet, Jan. 21, 2010) - When CPL Bryant McNeill was injured in Iraq last month an injury that cost him his left leg his company executive officer stayed by his side until he was transferred from a hospital in Balad to Germany and then on to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he had occasion last week to meet the father of that XO. His name?

Sulu Residents Celebrate New Road and School in Kagay

January 22, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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SULU, Philippines (USASOC News Service, Jan. 21, 2010) – Armed Forces of the Philippines Joint Task Force Comet and Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines turned over an elementary school and the Kagay-Langpas road to local government officials in a ceremony at Barangay (community) Kagay Jan. 14.

PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces exercise ‘Robin Sage’ to begin Jan. 30

January 15, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 15, 2010) — Prospective Green Berets will be the first group of 2010 participating in Robin Sage, the U.S. military’s premiere unconventional warfare exercise, which will serve as the culmination phase of the 250th Special Forces Qualification Course across a 15-county area in central North Carolina.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Soldiers to earn the coveted Green Berets during Jan. 14 graduation ceremony

January 12, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Local and National Media are invited to attend the Regimental First Formation and Graduation of the 249th Special Forces Qualification Course. The RFF will be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 13 at the John F. Kennedy Plaza, Fort Bragg, and the Graduation Ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the Crown Coliseum Jan. 14 in Fayetteville.

Special Operations Soldiers promote SOF at Carolina Hurricanes game

January 11, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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Raleigh, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 11, 2010) - Soldiers from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, as well as other service members from across North Carolina, were honored by the Carolina Hurricanes with their Military Appreciation Night Jan. 10, in Raleigh, N.C.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Three Rangers to be honored

January 11, 2010 by USASOC News Service  
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HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Ga. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 11, 2009) – The 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, will honor the lives of three Rangers killed in action at a ceremony Jan. 14 at 3:30 p.m.

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