Soldier presents former school with gift from combat
Lt. Chuck Nadd featured in Budweiser commercial
WESH.com
Feb 21, 2014
WINTER PARK, Fla. —A hometown hero was honored in Winter Park on Friday.
Lt. Chuck Nadd can usually be found flying Blackhawk helicopters.
However, he was at his alma mater Trinity Prep to present a gift to everyone at the school.
Before he handed over that gift, Nadd shared some words of wisdom with 850 students.
"There are so man who have given so much more than me," said Nadd. "Folks who have gone over there and done multiple tours and those who have not come back. They're real heroes."
The Defense Department chose the 25-year-old as its representative for soldiers returning from Afghanistan.
read more here and watch WESH video
This is the full video of the parade.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Death of 21 year old soldier in Afghanistan under investigation
Department of Defense
Release No: NR-078-14
February 11, 2014
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Joshua A. Gray, 21, of Van Lear, Ky., died Feb. 10, in Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related incident currently under investigation.
He was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
UPDATE
Soldier who died remembered as bright, giving
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Budweiser Parade for Soldier Slammed
Missing the point of the Budweiser Super Bowl Ad
Wounded Times
Kathie Costos
February 5, 2014
There are some really crazy things being written all over the country, but this one tops the list. An ex-"deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy" decided to slam the fantastic Super Bowl Budweiser commercial of a soldier back from Afghanistan. Why? Because it was done by Budweiser. I had to leave this comment.
This video by Budweiser has interviews with veterans and how this event made them feel. It wasn't on TV so it must have been easy for Carter to ignore. After all, why bother to look into what was behind this commercial when he must have formed his opinion ahead of time? This video has been seen 826,598 times as of right now.
This is a longer version of the commercial seen during the Super Bowl.
If nothing else, millions of people thought about the men and women risking their lives to retain our freedom. They don't get to decide who they will fight. All they get to decide is if the soldier next to them is worth dying for while the other 99% of the population get to ignore them.
This is where I live. These are my friends. These are the people I spend most of my time with covering over 200 of their events. They are only 7% of the population. I know what they say when news crews show up, shoot some video hoping someone will see what they do all the time. They go home, turn on the TV and flip back and forth for all the news stations that bothered to send someone out. Then their hearts sink when a 2 hour event is reduced to a couple of seconds if they are lucky because most of the time, the video is never seen.
Budweiser has our gratitude for doing something like this for one soldier representing all who serve and for the veterans they took the time to interview for a video they didn't show on TV.
Wounded Times
Kathie Costos
February 5, 2014
There are some really crazy things being written all over the country, but this one tops the list. An ex-"deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy" decided to slam the fantastic Super Bowl Budweiser commercial of a soldier back from Afghanistan. Why? Because it was done by Budweiser. I had to leave this comment.
I was there when was being filmed. As a matter of fact I have a 6 minute video of this parade that lasted a lot longer. No one picked up a bottle/ can of Bud in case you didn't notice. No one said anything about drinking. Nadd didn't get off the escalator with a Bud in his hand. He didn't get into the car with one or hit the liquor store before the parade. They didn't hand out beer when the huge crowd gathered. The same crowd that waited over 2 hours for him to arrive from Fort Drum because weather delayed his flight. It wasn't an ad for Bud but was an ad by Bud for a soldier picked to represent what all soldiers and veterans deserve from us.Here is the video I shot from the crowd. Do you see anyone holding beer cans? Do you see anyone holding up signs that say Budweiser at all? No it was all about them. The spent even more time with veterans but hey, much easier to just ignore all of that then it is to appreciate what this event represented.
Is this Bud for the Army?
Star Telegram
Philip Carter
Feb. 04, 2014
I like beer, and I’d wager that most veterans like beer too.
Budweiser placed a similar bet Sunday night during the Super Bowl with its ad “A Hero’s Welcome,” which showed a Norman Rockwell-esque homecoming for Army 1st Lt. Chuck Nadd in his hometown of Winter Park, Fla.
The ad tugs my heartstrings. Nonetheless, it should have never been aired.
The ad ignores the complicated relationship that veterans have with alcohol, obscuring how much harm booze does to veterans when they come home.
The military’s Joint Ethics Regulation section 3-209 states that “Endorsement of a non-Federal entity, event, product, service, or enterprise may be neither stated nor implied by DoD or DoD employees in their official capacities and titles, positions, or organization names may not be used to suggest official endorsement or preferential treatment of any non-Federal entity except (the services’ official relief societies).”
Under this regulation, the Army cannot legally endorse Budweiser, nor allow its active-duty personnel to participate in their ads (let alone wear their uniforms), any more than the Army can endorse Gatorade or Nike.
An Army spokesman said the ad had been vetted, and Army officials concluded that Ladd’s appearance in uniform while on duty did not constitute “official support to or otherwise partner[ing] with” Budweiser or the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the spot’s production.
Phillip Carter is a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He served in 2009 as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy.
read more here
This video by Budweiser has interviews with veterans and how this event made them feel. It wasn't on TV so it must have been easy for Carter to ignore. After all, why bother to look into what was behind this commercial when he must have formed his opinion ahead of time? This video has been seen 826,598 times as of right now.
This is a longer version of the commercial seen during the Super Bowl.
By the way, this one has been seen 8,464,761 times as of right now.
If nothing else, millions of people thought about the men and women risking their lives to retain our freedom. They don't get to decide who they will fight. All they get to decide is if the soldier next to them is worth dying for while the other 99% of the population get to ignore them.
This is where I live. These are my friends. These are the people I spend most of my time with covering over 200 of their events. They are only 7% of the population. I know what they say when news crews show up, shoot some video hoping someone will see what they do all the time. They go home, turn on the TV and flip back and forth for all the news stations that bothered to send someone out. Then their hearts sink when a 2 hour event is reduced to a couple of seconds if they are lucky because most of the time, the video is never seen.
Budweiser has our gratitude for doing something like this for one soldier representing all who serve and for the veterans they took the time to interview for a video they didn't show on TV.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Winter Park Florida and Budweiser welcomed home Lt. Charles Nadd in style
AP may have finally paid this story attention but you saw it here first.
Jan 9, 2014
Winter Park Florida and Budweiser welcomed home Lt. Charles Nadd in style on January 8, 2014. He flew from Afghanistan to Fort Drum and then flew to Florida arriving late due to the weather. This parade will be part of a documentary and commercial for Budweiser.
Jan 9, 2014
Winter Park Florida and Budweiser welcomed home Lt. Charles Nadd in style on January 8, 2014. He flew from Afghanistan to Fort Drum and then flew to Florida arriving late due to the weather. This parade will be part of a documentary and commercial for Budweiser.
Fla. soldier, his hometown star in Super Bowl ad
By Associated Press
January 31, 2014
WINTER PARK, Fla. — Lt. Chuck Nadd knew something was up when Anheuser-Busch’s private jet flew him from Fort Drum in New York to his hometown in central Florida within hours of his return from a tour in Afghanistan in early January.
The 24-year-old Army helicopter pilot and operations officer had been told he was on a public affairs assignment to give a speech to a Veterans of Foreign Wars group in his hometown. But when he got to downtown Winter Park, hundreds of residents, relatives, teachers and friends greeted him with a surprise parade complete with tickertape and Anheuser-Busch’s Clydesdale horses.
The brewer, which played a central role in putting the parade together, has fashioned an ad around the event. It will run during Sunday’s Super Bowl, and Nadd says he hopes it gets people talking about honoring returning soldiers.
“I hope the visibility it gets starts a conversation about recognizing those who have served and served in a greater capacity than I have,” Nadd said Thursday. “I would hope this commercial helps people look for those heroes in their communities.”
Nadd’s involvement in the ad started when his girlfriend, Shannon Cantwell, nominated him for a VFW contest to honor a soldier with a tickertape parade in the soldier’s hometown.
read more here
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Winter Park Welcomes Home Soldier in Style
UPDATE Here's the video
Just back from a fabulous afternoon in Winter Park and proud to say it is my city after today! This is a report from WESH 2 News. My pictures are below.
These are some of the pictures from today that I took
The video of the parade should be up tomorrow so check back then.
Just back from a fabulous afternoon in Winter Park and proud to say it is my city after today! This is a report from WESH 2 News. My pictures are below.
Winter Park soldier's welcome home ceremony could be in documentary, commercial
Lt. Chuck Nadd served in Afghanistan
WESH
By Michelle Meredith
Jan 08, 2014
WINTER PARK, Fla. —A U.S. Army soldier from Winter Park returned home Wednesday to a hero's welcome.
Lt. Chuck Nadd wrapped up his mission in Afghanistan and flew home to Central Florida.
Nadd was the star of a parade held in his honor in Winter Park. He had no idea the parade was planned.
"It's a surprise then. It's a good thing ... makes him feel good," resident Eugenia Baylor said.
The parade was called "A Hero's Welcome" and was, in essence, a Hollywood production staged by Anheuser-Busch. It included confetti cannons, fancy cameras and the Budweiser Clydesdales.
The turnout for the parade was huge and included his mother, his girlfriend -- and even Orange County Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia.
"He is the best friend of my son, who graduated from Trinity Prep with him," Garavaglia said. "He is a wonderful guy. He is so pro-America."
"Very proud of him, and he deserves that. He represents all the other ones, absolutely," mother Agnes Nadd said.
Nadd is a graduate of West Point and was deployed to Afghanistan in May 2013, where he has used his skills as a Blackhawk pilot.
read more here
These are some of the pictures from today that I took
Lt. Nadd's plane came in late. Uncle Sam waited on stilts for over 45 minutes.
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| Cathy Haynes |
Patriotic lady brought gator
Orlando Honor Flight Always There With Smiles
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| 1Sgt. Daniel Kalagian 812th MPCO back home on December 7, 2013 |
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| Korean War Veteran and Bride |
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| VFW Post 4287 Orlando |
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| Motorcycle Escorts |
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| Budweiser Clydesdales |
OK, I made them do this. Blame me.
Honored Couple
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Fort Drum soldier gets intervention at Massachusetts church
Soldier seeks spiritual guidance at Boxford church
WHDH.com
Reported by: Jonathan Hall
September 19, 2013
BOXFORD, Mass. (WHDH) -- Boxford police say a soldier on his way home to Maine from Fort Drum in New York, got off the highway and approached a church Tuesday morning looking for a bathroom and spiritual support. “He saw a church was having a difficult time and wanted to speak with someone about his problems,” said Lt. Jim Riter, Boxford police dept.
As parents were picking their toddlers up from a preschool at the church, someone let the man in to use the restroom. He then asked to speak with a minister, who was in a different building.
“He was wrestling with both psychological and spiritual issues. He was sick, he needed medical help,” said Rev. Laura Gronberg, 2nd Congregational Church of Boxford.
When the soldier said he had a gun in his car, the minister dialed 911. The man accepted and got into an ambulance for a mental health evaluation.
However, police say the soldier changed his mind, bolted and ended up in a garage where he startled a homeowner and then ran off again. Police say he reemerged on Kendall Road where they found him and took him into custody without a struggle.
read more here
WHDH.com
Reported by: Jonathan Hall
September 19, 2013
BOXFORD, Mass. (WHDH) -- Boxford police say a soldier on his way home to Maine from Fort Drum in New York, got off the highway and approached a church Tuesday morning looking for a bathroom and spiritual support. “He saw a church was having a difficult time and wanted to speak with someone about his problems,” said Lt. Jim Riter, Boxford police dept.
As parents were picking their toddlers up from a preschool at the church, someone let the man in to use the restroom. He then asked to speak with a minister, who was in a different building.
“He was wrestling with both psychological and spiritual issues. He was sick, he needed medical help,” said Rev. Laura Gronberg, 2nd Congregational Church of Boxford.
When the soldier said he had a gun in his car, the minister dialed 911. The man accepted and got into an ambulance for a mental health evaluation.
However, police say the soldier changed his mind, bolted and ended up in a garage where he startled a homeowner and then ran off again. Police say he reemerged on Kendall Road where they found him and took him into custody without a struggle.
read more here
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Vietnam Veteran on vacation in Europe informed son killed in Afghanistan
U.S. Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Was Son Of Vietnam Veteran (Video)
KPBS News
By Beth Ford Roth
August 30, 2013
Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, 24, died August 28, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The young soldier was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with what the Department of Defense reports as "an improvised explosive device, small arms and indirect fire."
Ollis was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) at Fort Drum in New York.
read more here
KPBS News
By Beth Ford Roth
August 30, 2013
Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, 24, died August 28, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The young soldier was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with what the Department of Defense reports as "an improvised explosive device, small arms and indirect fire."
Ollis was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) at Fort Drum in New York.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Death of Fort Drum soldier under investigation
News release
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Anthony R. Maddox, 22, of Port Arthur, Texas, died July 22, in Landstuhl, Germany, of a non-combat related incident that occurred in Andar, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation.
He was assigned to the 10th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
update
Friday: Flags At Half Staff For Fort Drum Soldier
Friday, July 12, 2013
Fort Drum 10th Mountain Division among soldiers heading to Afghanistan
DOD Identifies Units for Upcoming Afghanistan Rotation
The Department of Defense today identified three units to deploy as part of the upcoming rotation of forces operating in Afghanistan. The scheduled rotation involves elements of one infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) with roughly 2,000 personnel; elements of two combat aviation brigades -- one with roughly 1,450 personnel and one with roughly 2,100 personnel to rotate in fall 2013 in support of the combatant commander’s mission requirements. The deploying units include:
3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
1st Cavalry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
1st Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Riley, Kan.
The Department of Defense today identified three units to deploy as part of the upcoming rotation of forces operating in Afghanistan. The scheduled rotation involves elements of one infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) with roughly 2,000 personnel; elements of two combat aviation brigades -- one with roughly 1,450 personnel and one with roughly 2,100 personnel to rotate in fall 2013 in support of the combatant commander’s mission requirements. The deploying units include:
3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
1st Cavalry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
1st Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Riley, Kan.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Gun reports scream of need for both sides to calm down
If everyone is screaming about what has to be done, nothing will get done right. The NRA side does not want "assault weapons" banned and want to go after people with mental illness. Ok, then what does this say about the veterans with PTSD? Veterans/gun owners with PTSD are afraid to go to the VA for help with PTSD because they do not want to give up their guns. Is that helping them to "save their lives" as we were told when all of these suicide prevention bills came out? No, it is keeping them away from help. The logic of the congress was that taking away guns would cut down on suicides but while the typical means of suicides has been guns, no one is talking about the reason the numbers have gone up.
The Democrats have been just as wrong because they ignore the fact bullets kill people and they are easier to get than guns. They want to do background checks, which most people support on both sides but they don't seem to be talking much about the ability to buy bullets with nothing more than the money to pay for them. Criminals get talked about a lot but again, they wouldn't be able to load their guns if they couldn't buy bullets. Does it matter if a gun can hold more bullets if they can't get the bullets anymore?
Veterans are falling into all this mess and it will take everyone talking to each other to find the right answer. Here's an example of what all this is doing. People need to clam down so they can start to listen to the other side.
The Democrats have been just as wrong because they ignore the fact bullets kill people and they are easier to get than guns. They want to do background checks, which most people support on both sides but they don't seem to be talking much about the ability to buy bullets with nothing more than the money to pay for them. Criminals get talked about a lot but again, they wouldn't be able to load their guns if they couldn't buy bullets. Does it matter if a gun can hold more bullets if they can't get the bullets anymore?
Veterans are falling into all this mess and it will take everyone talking to each other to find the right answer. Here's an example of what all this is doing. People need to clam down so they can start to listen to the other side.
Arrest of decorated former Fort Drum soldier raising bloggers' ire
By David C. Shampine
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.
Published: February 10, 2013
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Bloggers are storming Jefferson County with their anger and disbelief over the arrest in January of a former Fort Drum soldier because he had in his car an empty “large capacity ammunition feeding device.”
The shower of criticism, which takes direct aim at the sheriff’s and district attorney’s offices, is fueling a defense fund for Nathan H. Haddad, 32, of 25240 Waddingham Road, town of LeRay, that at the latest report had grown to more than $34,500.
His brother, Michael Haddad, Jamestown, who spearheaded the show of support, has set a $100,000 goal.
Michael Haddad could not be reached Friday for comment, but in a blog he wrote, “The purpose of this fund was to be able to provide a vigorous, tenacious and viable defense for an honorable man who served his country and is now a victim of a government that has taken routine actions and criminalized them.”
Nathan Haddad was arrested on the evening of Jan. 6 on Steinhilber Road in the town of LeRay by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy on five felony counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He did not possess weapons or ammunition in his car, but had five 30-round AR-15 magazines for ammunition. He was not jailed, but awaits grand jury action on charges that, if he is convicted, could bring him a prison sentence.
One of the early bloggers who took up Mr. Haddad’s cause alleged that he was being charged under New York’s recently legislated gun laws, which were passed in reaction to the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, but were not yet in effect.
read more here
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Soldier re-enlists after losing leg in Afghanistan
Wounded Warrior Reenlists After Amputation
Nov 09, 2012
Army.mil/News
by Sgt. Melissa Stewart
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage are the values that the Army expects all Soldiers to exemplify.
Most Soldiers live every day by these values, but one Soldier went above and beyond what was expected of him, despite the hardships he has endured.
Sgt. Shaun Tichenor, a member of 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry (Warrior Transition Unit) and formerly an infantryman with C Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, recently chose to reenlist to continue his military service, despite losing a leg due to injuries sustained in the Arghan-dab River Valley, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, during 3rd Brigade Combat Team's most recent deployment.
While deployed, Tichenor had the dangerous job of clearing dismounted improvised explosive devices from the road so that the rest of the company could pass through safely.
"I was the team leader for the clearance team on our dismounted patrol, and I stepped on a pressure plate IED. It shattered my heel bone and dislocated my ankle," he said.
read more here
Nov 09, 2012
Army.mil/News
by Sgt. Melissa Stewart
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage are the values that the Army expects all Soldiers to exemplify.
Most Soldiers live every day by these values, but one Soldier went above and beyond what was expected of him, despite the hardships he has endured.
Sgt. Shaun Tichenor, a member of 3rd Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry (Warrior Transition Unit) and formerly an infantryman with C Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, recently chose to reenlist to continue his military service, despite losing a leg due to injuries sustained in the Arghan-dab River Valley, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, during 3rd Brigade Combat Team's most recent deployment.
While deployed, Tichenor had the dangerous job of clearing dismounted improvised explosive devices from the road so that the rest of the company could pass through safely.
"I was the team leader for the clearance team on our dismounted patrol, and I stepped on a pressure plate IED. It shattered my heel bone and dislocated my ankle," he said.
read more here
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Operation Homefront Launches Annual Holiday Meals for Military
Operation Homefront Launches Annual Holiday Meals for Military Program
By Operation Homefront
Published: Monday, Oct. 29, 2012
SAN ANTONIO
PRNewswire-USNewswire
Operation Homefront, the national non-profit dedicated to providing emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our nation's military, has announced today that it is launching its annual Holiday Meals for Military program.
The Holiday Meals for Military Program began Thanksgiving 2009 as a result of a chance encounter in a supermarket in Utica, N.Y., near Ft. Drum. A soldier, his wife, and infant had a handful of grocery items they could not afford, so a Beam Inc. employee picked up the $12 cost for the groceries. Since that time, the program has grown from initially providing 500 meals kits to military families in 2009 to providing 5,200 this holiday season.
The 5,200 meal kits, which include all the grocery items necessary for a full holiday meal, will be distributed to lower and mid-grade ranking military families, E-1 thru E-6, at seventeen bases nationwide in December 2012, including Camp Pendleton, Calif.; Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Knox, Ky.; Great Lakes Naval Base, Ill.; and MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
read more here
By Operation Homefront
Published: Monday, Oct. 29, 2012
SAN ANTONIO
PRNewswire-USNewswire
Operation Homefront, the national non-profit dedicated to providing emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our nation's military, has announced today that it is launching its annual Holiday Meals for Military program.
The Holiday Meals for Military Program began Thanksgiving 2009 as a result of a chance encounter in a supermarket in Utica, N.Y., near Ft. Drum. A soldier, his wife, and infant had a handful of grocery items they could not afford, so a Beam Inc. employee picked up the $12 cost for the groceries. Since that time, the program has grown from initially providing 500 meals kits to military families in 2009 to providing 5,200 this holiday season.
The 5,200 meal kits, which include all the grocery items necessary for a full holiday meal, will be distributed to lower and mid-grade ranking military families, E-1 thru E-6, at seventeen bases nationwide in December 2012, including Camp Pendleton, Calif.; Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Knox, Ky.; Great Lakes Naval Base, Ill.; and MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
read more here
Saturday, October 27, 2012
4 Tours, Bronze Star Fort Drum Soldier Armed Standoff
Friday: New Details In Armed Stand-off
Story Published: Oct 26, 2012
A domestic dispute between Fort Drum soldier Jason Love and his wife turned into an armed standoff.
With 30 to 40 police officers surrounding his house during the five-hour standoff, Love, wearing full body armor, allegedly fired a rifle three or four times.
Eventually, police talked Love into surrendering.
He was charged with menacing a police officer, first degree reckless endangerment, second degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawfully wearing a body vest.
Love is a Bronze Star recipient who served four combat tours.
The obvious question is, was post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - a factor? "The situation last night, there was alcohol involvement," said Jefferson County Sheriff John Burns.
"Was there any post-traumatic?" he said. "We're not sure." go here for more and video
Story Published: Oct 26, 2012
A domestic dispute between Fort Drum soldier Jason Love and his wife turned into an armed standoff.
With 30 to 40 police officers surrounding his house during the five-hour standoff, Love, wearing full body armor, allegedly fired a rifle three or four times.
Eventually, police talked Love into surrendering.
He was charged with menacing a police officer, first degree reckless endangerment, second degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawfully wearing a body vest.
Love is a Bronze Star recipient who served four combat tours.
The obvious question is, was post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - a factor? "The situation last night, there was alcohol involvement," said Jefferson County Sheriff John Burns.
"Was there any post-traumatic?" he said. "We're not sure." go here for more and video
Police Identify Man Involved In Armed Standoff
Story Published: Oct 26, 2012
A five-hour armed standoff in the town of LeRay Thursday ended with the arrest of one man, but no injuries.
Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies say 33 year old Jason Love was charged with menacing a police officer, first degree reckless endangerment, second degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawfully wearing a body vest.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
10th Mountain Division Soldier awarded Soldier's Medal
Sgt. Jacob Perkins Named 'Soldier Of The Year' For Saving Passengers From Burning Bus
Huffington Post Posted: 10/12/2012
Though he served on the frontlines in Iraq, Sgt. Jacob Perkins was named “Soldier of the Year” for a valiant act he offered up far away from the battlefield. He saved a number of passengers from a burning bus on the New York State Thruway last summer.
While driving home to Missouri from his Fort Drum, NY base in July 2011, Perkins stopped short when he saw a New York-bound tour bus engulfed in flames, according to ABC. As soon as he heard the words, “they’re still in there,” the 29-year-old raced into the inferno and pulled off as many people as he could, the Fort Drum Public Affairs Office reports.
read more about Sgt. Jacob Perkins here
Huffington Post Posted: 10/12/2012
Though he served on the frontlines in Iraq, Sgt. Jacob Perkins was named “Soldier of the Year” for a valiant act he offered up far away from the battlefield. He saved a number of passengers from a burning bus on the New York State Thruway last summer.
While driving home to Missouri from his Fort Drum, NY base in July 2011, Perkins stopped short when he saw a New York-bound tour bus engulfed in flames, according to ABC. As soon as he heard the words, “they’re still in there,” the 29-year-old raced into the inferno and pulled off as many people as he could, the Fort Drum Public Affairs Office reports.
read more about Sgt. Jacob Perkins here
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Fort Drum works with community on soldier mental health
Fort Drum works with community on soldier mental health
North Country Public Radio
by Joanna Richards
Fort Drum, NY
Oct 11, 2012
For the first time since Fort Drum's expansion after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, all of its three brigade combat teams are back home at the post.
After revolving deployments in two wars, the need for mental health services in the 10th Mountain Division is unprecedented, and complicated.
Suicide rates and substance abuse remain problems throughout the military. Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury are the distinctive injuries of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. At Fort Drum, as in the rest of the military, demand for services is outpacing their availability.
Colonel Mark Thompson is commander of medical services at Fort Drum. He says the post is struggling to fill the gap: "Never has an all-volunteer force fought a 12-year war over a period of time," he says. "We continue to play catch-up because we're experiencing behavioral health care needs that we've never seen before, because we have a population that has not gone through what this population has gone through before."
read more here
North Country Public Radio
by Joanna Richards
Fort Drum, NY
Oct 11, 2012
For the first time since Fort Drum's expansion after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, all of its three brigade combat teams are back home at the post.
After revolving deployments in two wars, the need for mental health services in the 10th Mountain Division is unprecedented, and complicated.
Suicide rates and substance abuse remain problems throughout the military. Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury are the distinctive injuries of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. At Fort Drum, as in the rest of the military, demand for services is outpacing their availability.
Colonel Mark Thompson is commander of medical services at Fort Drum. He says the post is struggling to fill the gap: "Never has an all-volunteer force fought a 12-year war over a period of time," he says. "We continue to play catch-up because we're experiencing behavioral health care needs that we've never seen before, because we have a population that has not gone through what this population has gone through before."
read more here
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Fort Drum "dumping ground for unwanted soldiers" replaced by new complex
Fort Drum Opens New Complex for Wounded Warriors
Story Published: May 14, 2012
The new Warrior Transition Battalion Complex at Fort Drum officially opened Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The facility's job is to make it easier for wounded soldiers to get the care they need.
"One of the things that will improve will be the care of the soldiers and their access, ease of access to a variety of systems that will be available in essentially one spot," said Fort Drum Commander Major General Mark Milley.
The new complex arrives not a moment too soon.
Earlier this year, a report from military's Inspector General's Office showed major problems for the Fort Drum Warrior Transition Battalion, including problems with leadership and soldiers said to be stoned on medication.
The unit was called a "dumping ground" for unwanted soldiers.
read more here
Story Published: May 14, 2012
The new Warrior Transition Battalion Complex at Fort Drum officially opened Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The facility's job is to make it easier for wounded soldiers to get the care they need.
"One of the things that will improve will be the care of the soldiers and their access, ease of access to a variety of systems that will be available in essentially one spot," said Fort Drum Commander Major General Mark Milley.
The new complex arrives not a moment too soon.
Earlier this year, a report from military's Inspector General's Office showed major problems for the Fort Drum Warrior Transition Battalion, including problems with leadership and soldiers said to be stoned on medication.
The unit was called a "dumping ground" for unwanted soldiers.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wounded Fort Drum Soldier Partly Blames Battalion for His Crimes
Wounded Fort Drum Soldier Partly Blames Battalion for His Crimes
Story Published: Feb 28, 2012
Last June, Sergeant Albert Languet III pleaded guilty in connection with two robberies at Kinney Drugs in the Seaway Plaza just outside of Watertown.
He was sentenced to five years probation.
Languet says his Fort Drum's Warrior Transition Battalion is partly to blame for his crimes.
"It was mayhem. My life was mayhem," he said.
A traumatic brain injury suffered during deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan landed Languet in the Warrior Transition Battalion.
Languet says he was with the unit for just a few months before he became addicted to pain killers.
"I couldn't go to the unit and say, 'I have an addiction problem. I need to go to rehab,'" he said.
Languet says he was afraid he would be kicked out of the Army if word got out that he was hooked.
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Fort Drum Official Says 'Wounded Warrior' Problems Have Been Solved
Story Published: Feb 29, 2012
The officer in charge of Fort Drum's medical services says that when local military officials saw a report critical of the post's "wounded warrior" programs, it was like a punch in the gut.
Fort Drum MEDDAC Commander Col. Mark Thompson was live on 7 News This Morning Wednesday. Click on the picture to see the whole interview.
The good news, Thompson said, is that the problems pointed out in the report from the Department of Defense's Inspector General's (IG) office have now been corrected.
The report was critical of the way soldier's were treated in Fort Drum's Warrior Transition Battalion, which is supposed to rehabilitate wounded soldiers so they can return to their regular units.
The official report was released in September, but Fort Drum officials saw a draft in July and "it was a bit of a punch in the gut in terms of what we want to see our unit doing and how we're treating our soldiers," Thompson said.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Complaints about Warrior Transition Battalion also found at Fort Drum
Complaints about Warrior Transition Battalion also found at Fort Drum
Feb 26, 2012
By Greg Barnes
Staff writer
A recent federal review of a program for wounded soldiers at Fort Drum, N.Y., uncovered serious shortcomings that echo allegations made by soldiers in Fort Bragg's Warrior Transition Battalion.
Among the many deficiencies cited in the Sept. 30 report, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Defense found that soldiers and staff in Fort Drum's Warrior Transition Battalion perceived the unit as a "dumping ground" for problem soldiers.
According to the report, the battalion's staff indicated that less than 20 percent of Fort Drum units ever contacted wounded soldiers, and usually only when they tried to retrieve or account for equipment. That reinforced a "fire and forget" mentality among wounded soldiers that eroded morale and stunted desire to return to active service, the report said.
The report also uncovered concerns that the battalion's physically wounded and mentally impaired soldiers were being overmedicated, partly because of a lack of communication and controls. The report quotes one command team member as saying, "half of the warriors are 'stoned' on psychotropic drugs."
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Feb 26, 2012
By Greg Barnes
Staff writer
A recent federal review of a program for wounded soldiers at Fort Drum, N.Y., uncovered serious shortcomings that echo allegations made by soldiers in Fort Bragg's Warrior Transition Battalion.
Among the many deficiencies cited in the Sept. 30 report, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Defense found that soldiers and staff in Fort Drum's Warrior Transition Battalion perceived the unit as a "dumping ground" for problem soldiers.
According to the report, the battalion's staff indicated that less than 20 percent of Fort Drum units ever contacted wounded soldiers, and usually only when they tried to retrieve or account for equipment. That reinforced a "fire and forget" mentality among wounded soldiers that eroded morale and stunted desire to return to active service, the report said.
The report also uncovered concerns that the battalion's physically wounded and mentally impaired soldiers were being overmedicated, partly because of a lack of communication and controls. The report quotes one command team member as saying, "half of the warriors are 'stoned' on psychotropic drugs."
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Fort Drum soldier pulls extra duty delivering his own son
Fort Drum soldier delivers his own son
By GORDON BLOCK
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012
FORT DRUM — He may not be running in and out of phone booths or reporting for the Daily Planet anytime soon, but newborn Kal-El Williams has an origin befitting someone named after the comic book hero Superman: He was delivered by his father, Sgt. 1st Class Antwan M. Williams, on the side of the road in Carthage the night of Feb. 2.
Sgt. Williams had been driving his wife, Andrea A. Williams, to Carthage Area Hospital from their home on Fort Drum.
While Mrs. Williams had felt some contractions previously, she called it a normal day to that point, and even had gone to work at the post’s Education Center, where she is a counselor. However, her contractions began to speed up rapidly around 9:30 p.m., at which point she knew the baby was coming.
As the Williamses hurried down Route 26 toward the hospital in their Ford Expedition, the contractions came even faster. About 3½ miles from the hospital, Mrs. Williams told her husband that her water had broken, and the baby’s head had emerged. At that point, he pulled over, turned on the SUV’s hazard lights and rushed around the vehicle to his wife’s seat on the passenger side.
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By GORDON BLOCK
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012
FORT DRUM — He may not be running in and out of phone booths or reporting for the Daily Planet anytime soon, but newborn Kal-El Williams has an origin befitting someone named after the comic book hero Superman: He was delivered by his father, Sgt. 1st Class Antwan M. Williams, on the side of the road in Carthage the night of Feb. 2.
Sgt. Williams had been driving his wife, Andrea A. Williams, to Carthage Area Hospital from their home on Fort Drum.
While Mrs. Williams had felt some contractions previously, she called it a normal day to that point, and even had gone to work at the post’s Education Center, where she is a counselor. However, her contractions began to speed up rapidly around 9:30 p.m., at which point she knew the baby was coming.
As the Williamses hurried down Route 26 toward the hospital in their Ford Expedition, the contractions came even faster. About 3½ miles from the hospital, Mrs. Williams told her husband that her water had broken, and the baby’s head had emerged. At that point, he pulled over, turned on the SUV’s hazard lights and rushed around the vehicle to his wife’s seat on the passenger side.
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Medal of Honor nominee among 26 vets at Maine "No Boundaries"
Medal of Honor nominee among 26 vets at Maine Adaptive's Veterans/No Boundaries program
By Terry Karkos, Staff Writer
Published on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012
NEWRY — From all outward appearances, Tyler Kurth looked and acted like a Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation volunteer on Friday at Sunday River Ski Resort.
Dressed head to toe in black, Kurth, 28, even wore a bright orange “Guide” vest while helping volunteer Kathy Kroll with her blind skier brother, Carl Kroll.
However, Kurth is one of 26 disabled veterans and active-duty military persons participating with their families in Maine Adaptive's seventh annual Veterans/No Boundaries program this weekend.
A retired captain with the 10th Mountain Division, he now works with the Wounded Warrior Unit at Fort Drum in Watertown, N.Y.
By Terry Karkos, Staff Writer
Published on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012
NEWRY — From all outward appearances, Tyler Kurth looked and acted like a Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation volunteer on Friday at Sunday River Ski Resort.
Dressed head to toe in black, Kurth, 28, even wore a bright orange “Guide” vest while helping volunteer Kathy Kroll with her blind skier brother, Carl Kroll.
However, Kurth is one of 26 disabled veterans and active-duty military persons participating with their families in Maine Adaptive's seventh annual Veterans/No Boundaries program this weekend.
A retired captain with the 10th Mountain Division, he now works with the Wounded Warrior Unit at Fort Drum in Watertown, N.Y.
Like many of the participating veterans, Kurth is dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder and physical limitations.
During a patrol on Oct. 2, 2009, with Afghan police in Afghanistan, Kurth was shot three times — in the right leg, right chest and right shoulder — from 4 feet away by an Afghan officer armed with an AK-47 assault rifle.
Kurth used his body to shield a soldier behind him, then saved the lives of two other soldiers and called for help.
Two soldiers were killed, while Kurth and two other soldiers were severely wounded. It was the first such attack of its kind by previously trusted Afghan nationals they'd trained, he said.
For his actions that day, Kurth has been nominated for the Medal of Honor. But on Friday, he just wanted to enjoy Maine Adaptive's program.
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