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Col. Michail S. Huerter assumed command of the Fort Benning garrison Friday from Col. Jeffrey Fletcher during a ceremony in front of McGinnis-Wickam Hall. Huerter, a native of Topeka, Kan., began his career as an Infantryman at Fort Benning in 1990, and said he was proud to now call the Chattahoochee Valley home.

Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, military historian and author Rick Atkinson visited Marshall Auditorium Thursday to speak as part of the Combat Leader Speaker Program. Atkinson has written six books, including his latest work, "The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945." The book is the final installment of Atkinson's "Liberation Trilogy," a narrative history of the U.S. military's role in the liberation of Europe in World War II.

Lt. Col. Joseph Pierce assumed command of the 197th Infantry Brigade from Col. Michael Rauhut at a change of command ceremony June 13 at Doughboy Stadium.

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Secretary of the Army John McHugh detailed a new directive June 11 that will make the Army the first military branch to require behavioral health screenings for those who counsel sexual assault victims.

"There's a saying that every Marine is a rifleman, so you're trained that no matter what gender, height or weight … every Marine is trained to go into combat." However, the 20-year-old Green Bay, Wis., native said she never expected to become the only female Marine in her unit. As an administrative specialist for the USMC Detachment on Fort Benning, Cpl. Jessica Manning works and lives among more than 350 male counterparts.

What it all comes down to is keeping Soldiers' minds on their missions in Afghanistan, rather than on their feet. That's how Ben Cooper views the development of the Hot Weather Mountain Combat Boot at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, which began in spring 2011.

What it all comes down to is keeping Soldiers' minds on their missions in Afghanistan, rather than on their feet. That's how Ben Cooper views the development of the Hot Weather Mountain Combat Boot at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, which began in spring 2011.

To address those issues, the Installation Family Life Chaplains Office and Army Community Services Family Advocacy conducted familiarization training at Fort Stewart's Victory Chapel, June 13.

The Natick Soldier Systems Center observed the 238th Army Birthday with a June 14 cake-cutting ceremony in the state where it came into being in 1775.

The Natick Soldier Systems Center observed the 238th Army Birthday with a June 14 cake-cutting ceremony in the state where it came into being in 1775.

The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility today shut down its last operating furnace, which was the nation's longest-running cheimcal weapons incinerator.

The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility today shut down its last operating furnace, which was the nation's longest-running cheimcal weapons incinerator.

It's not much to look at. An oblong box of unpainted, unfinished wood, the small structure gives the future airborne Soldiers their first taste of jumping from a moving aircraft. Built to resemble the belly of a C-130 Hercules aircraft, parachuted Soldiers in the Airborne Orientation Course program connect to a static line and proceed, one by one, to leap through the door of the "aircraft."

Are you new to the tricommunity? Haven't had time to check out some of the offerings in the area? I love the downtown area and Saturday I went to both Market Days on Broadway and the Phenix City Amphitheater.

Representatives of Hiring Our Heroes, a nationwide initiative to help transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses find employment, visited the U.S. Army Installation Management Command headquarters to discuss how the organization could improve access to its online resources.