Five World War II veterans were among those recognized during the event, which featured remarks by officials, a wreath-laying, and musical tributes by the U.S. Army Brass Quintet and a bugler performing taps.
Five World War II veterans were among those recognized during the event, which featured remarks by officials, a wreath-laying, and musical tributes by the U.S. Army Brass Quintet and a bugler performing taps.
From the Stars and Stripes archives: Smiling U.S. Ninth Army soldiers in Beckum, Germany, hold extra editions of Stars and Stripes announcing news of German’s surrender, May 8, 1945.
From the Stars and Stripes archives: The Honor Guard from Ft. Riley folds the flag that draped a homeless veteran’s casket at his funeral, Wichita, Kansas, Sep. 12, 2012.
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![Hed: Training and learning from Ukrainian forces, 2015
Yavoriv, Ukraine, July 9, 2015: A Ukrainian national guardsman, wearing camouflage, reacts to a simulated attack at a training facility in Yavoriv, Ukraine.
Some 300 members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team are in the Ukraine for a six-month deployment to train Ukrainian forces. But they admit that after more than a decade of counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, they have little experience fighting a professional and technologically advanced foe.
“A Ukrainian platoon sergeant mentioned a time where he came into a direct fight with a BMP [Soviet-era infantry fighting vehicle] from 15 meters away,” he said. “They’ve attacked armor with anti-armor weapons from only 10 to 15 meters away, something we would have taught our soldiers is an absolute impossibility,” Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Hurt said.
Read more about how the U.S. and Ukrainian forces learn from each other here.
https://www.stripes.com/news/2015-07-26/ukrainians-training-with-us-forces-have-their-own-lessons-to-share-1814654.html1
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