Comrades are kin for many stuck at military post on Thanksgiving
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Friday, Nov. 28, 2008)
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. — Sgt. 1st Class Stevie Junior stirred scrambled eggs into his grits Thursday morning in yet another Army chow hall. » Read story.
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008)
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. — First Lt. Shannon Keener clomped down the metal stairs of the plane with a smile spread across his face and his black cavalry hat clutched in his hands. » Read story.
For returnees, change is the only constant
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008)
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. — The first planeload of Arkansas soldiers returning from Iraq with the 39th Infantry Brigade is arriving later than first planned. » Read story.
Assessing toll of second Iraq stint tops list as GIs fly home
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008)
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. — The first wave of soldiers with Arkansas’ 39th Infantry Brigade arrives Tuesday night at this southern Mississippi post, the last stop on their journey home from Iraq. » Read story.
State PSC chief’s shortened tour runs contrary to Army policy
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008)
Maj. Paul Suskie, chairman of the state Public Service Commission, was allowed to cut short his tour of duty in Iraq as top legal officer for Arkansas’ 39th Infantry Brigade despite orders to deploy for the entire year. » Read story.
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Thursday, July 17, 2008)
FURAT, Iraq — Pfc. Brandon Titsworth stood at the back of a growling humvee and wrestled his body armor onto his shoulders. A cigarette dangled from his grinning lips. Staff Sgt. Curtis Coleman burst out of the house in his usual raucous style and hollered, “Let’s get to work!” to his squad of soldiers from 1st Battalion, Bravo Company, 3rd Platoon of Arkansas’ 39th Infantry Brigade. » Read story.
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Thursday, July 10, 2008)
CAMP ADDER, Iraq — Pictures of Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Woodham flashed across a big screen at the front of the massive tent as the solemn soldiers of Delta Company slowly marched to their seats. » Read story.
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
CAMP ADDER, Iraq — A preliminary investigation of the maintenance tent where an Arkansas soldier died and the humvee he was working on found no indication of electrocution. » Read story.
Policy change has meant safer travel
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Sunday, July 6, 2008)
AL ASAD, Iraq — Shiny new metal signs adorn the back bumpers of humvees here in Anbar province, telling local drivers in both English and red swirls of Arabic to carefully pass the convoy when signaled. » Read story.
Breakdowns, danger part of the job
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Sunday, June 29, 2008)
TREBIL, Iraq — Capt. Bryan Kieffer’s voice echoed through the convoy’s vehicles as the palm trees and buildings of Hit on the Euphrates River cast dark shadows along the road. » Read story.
Rest fleeting for 39th’s Bandito crew
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Monday, June 23, 2008)
Children swarmed the tractor-trailer trucks ambling toward the Camp Anaconda gate. » Read story.
Night trips across desert tense but essential
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Sunday, June 22, 2008)
First of two parts It was late — so late that some would consider it early — when Cpl. John Gonzales held the earpiece of the MP3 player to the humvee’s internal headset wrapped around his Kevlar helmet. » Read story.
Iraq weather hampers Arkansas group’s mission to ferry 22 patients to larger hospitals
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Monday, June 16, 2008)
KUWAIT — The medical team stacked litters for wounded three high in the back of the plane and placed oxygen and heart monitors at the ready. » Read story.
Plane can get in, out where others can’t
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Saturday, June 14, 2008)
The hazy light at dusk blended the runway’s crumbling edge into the surrounding dirt as Capt. Cory Waldroup nosed the C-130 J down to earth. » Read story.
By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Sunday, June 8, 2008)
BAGHDAD — Cigarette smoke and the bitter scent of strong tea tinged the air in the 23rd Airlift Squadron’s headquarters building at al Muthana Air Base, home of the Iraqi air force. » Read story.
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