IN UNIFORM ROTC GRADUATES: These Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) members graduated from the Leader's Training Course: ...more

November 25, 2009

The University of South Florida Sun Dome opened its doors to returning veterans Saturday for a free "welcome home" celebration that offered job opportunities and overviews of benefits. ...more

March 15, 2009

The 387th Transportation Detachment, an Army Reserve unit stationed in Tampa, have returned from their yearlong deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...more

March 14, 2009

The University of South Florida Sun Dome opened its doors to returning veterans today for a free "welcome home" celebration that offered job opportunities and overviews of benefits. ...more

March 14, 2009

There's nothing like a brisk walk to get invigorate the system, and once again an entire community is invited out for a group stroll to pump up support for the troops overseas and resistance to local street gangs. The second annual Freedom March will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Paul R. Smith Middle School, 1410 Sweetbriar Drive. ...more

February 14, 2009

Marine Corps Pvt. Madeline M. Vonderheide graduated from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C., Dec. 5 after 12 weeks of boot camp. Vonderheide is a 2008 graduate of Wesley Chapel High School. ...more

January 25, 2009

During a recent visit to the veterans hospital in Los Angeles, I ran across a young man fresh out of the Army. He had fought in Afghanistan and was recovering from some of his wounds. He was also homeless and, quite frankly, a little frustrated by what he saw as cumbersome and inefficient layers of bureaucracy between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. ...more

November 27, 2008

A steady breeze blew from the northeast Tuesday morning as the American flag was hoisted into the sun-filled skies outside of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4300 over Sebring in commemoration of Veterans Day. ...more

November 12, 2008

Before Cody Grater fought for his country in the Army, he fought for a skateboard park in Hernando County. ...more

August 3, 2008

AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE — Get ready for the pyrotechnics and the loud booms. The Avon Park Air Force Range will host its semiannual training operation next week. Atlantic Strike VII, a large-scale training exercise where bombers and joint ground forces from all over the South simulate urban warfare missions, will train numerous military personnel for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. The training missions require forces to participate in what amounts to a war game with role-playing guerilla fighters, insurgents, sniper fire, roadside explosives and many of the conditions faced by their counterparts supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. ...more

June 11, 2008