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Summer is bringing more than the heat onto Fort Rucker as softball season gets into full swing.

Soldiers, employees and leaders of the Air Traffic Services community came together on Fort Rucker for the 2012 Air Traffic Services Leaders Conference May 7-12.

Julie Correira's day typically starts out like that of any other stay-at-home mother. She makes breakfast and sends her two children, Sydney, 12, and Isabella, 7, off to school. After that, however, Correira can be found at rifle ranges, obstacle courses and other Fort Jackson training sites.

A pair of Fort Jackson drill sergeants hope to put 100 hikers on a 10K trail this weekend. Sgt. 1st Class James Allred and Staff Sgt. Wayne Whitbeck, drill sergeants with the 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, are staging an event Saturday morning to raise awareness for Ruck for a Cure, a non-profit organization they founded earlier in the year. Ruck for a Cure is designed to raise money and awareness for cancer and related research.

One of the first things any newcomer to Fort Jackson will inevitably learn is how military friendly the Columbia area is. Because of this, it comes as no surprise to me that many service members decide to remain in or relocate to this region after their active duty careers come to an end.

May is nationally recognized as Asian Pacific Heritage Month. The U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School will host Fort Jackson's Asian Pacific Heritage luncheon, scheduled for 11 a.m., Friday at the Solomon Center.

A Fort Jackson Soldier received the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army Individual Award of Excellence in Safety in the noncommissioned officer category Monday.

Jeremy Staat and Wesley Barrientos would like to have your attention, please. The two veterans are biking across the nation, travelling 4,500 miles across 14 states in 100 days, to draw attention to health care challenges in the military. Last Thursday, the pair arrived at Fort Jackson, stopping at Post Headquarters on their way to Florence.

More than 200 U.S. Army public affairs professionals from around the world pause for a group photo during this year's Army Worldwide Public Affairs Symposium, May 16, 2012 at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - For more than 30 years the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center here has been opening its doors annually in May to showcase the diversity of cultures that exist behind the languages they teach.

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - For the third consecutive year great weather conditions and even-better excitement met over 350 Ord Military Community family members who enjoyed the Family Fun Fitness Festival on OMC May 5.

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. - Days of Remembrance of the European Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 was observed by the Presidio of Monterey at the Tin Barn auditorium in an afternoon event May 3.

The students at Fort Rucker Elementary School danced, played games and waved a multi-colored parachute May 11 as they demonstrated some of the many things they had been learning about energy and conservation.

Medical professionals from across the Wiregrass gathered May 15 at The Landing to give the women of Fort Rucker access to the latest information in health care.

Fort Rucker firefighters got back to the basics as they gathered at a house marked for demolition to conduct structural smoke training May 10.