Sept. 12, 2024 San Angelo honors 9/11 The city of San Angelo brought civic leaders, veterans, residents and service members together in unity to honor the lives lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, at the 9/11 Memorial Celebration Bridge, San Angelo, Texas Sept. 11.
Sept. 11, 2024 Final Call The giant voice speakers crackled as the notes of morning reveille signaled the start of the duty day, the firefighters gathered in the vehicle bay at the end of their 48-hour shift. Tired and with stiff shoulders they circled together around a dark brass bell. Today was different; today they
Sept. 11, 2024 Training Pilots for the Post 9/11 World On Sept 11th, 2001, I was 18 and beginning my military career at the New Mexico Military Institute for a year of academic prep before attending the U.S. Air Force Academy. I was studying for my first class of the day when my mother messaged me saying something terrible was happening in New York.
Sept. 13, 2023 Goodfellow | 11th Annual Blood, Sweat and Stairs: Honoring 9/11 First Responders The 312th Training Squadron hosted its 11th Annual Blood, Sweat and Stairs combat challenge, memorial stair climb and 5K run, Sept.9 at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas.
Sept. 8, 2022 Never forget! Holm Center commander reflects on living through 9/11 Pentagon attack Huddled around the television, we all watched events unfold in New York City. After the second plane impacted, someone threw out the idea that the Pentagon would have made a good target.
Sept. 20, 2021 Luke Airmen participate in 9/11 Tower Challenge Over 1,500 participants attended the 9/11 Tower Challenge at Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona including civilians, active-duty and reserve military personnel, veterans, firefighters and first responders. Participants walked up and down stadium stairs representing the 110 flights of stairs climbed
Sept. 16, 2021 Birdwell-Clark Ranch hosts 16th Annual Clay County Dove Salute Emry Birdwell and Deborah Clark, owners of Birdwell-Clark Ranch east of Henrietta, Texas, hosted Airmen from Sheppard Air Force Base for the 16th Annual Clay County Dove Salute.
Sept. 13, 2021 Remembering 9/11: 20 years later A feeling of sorrow and the echo of slow, steady footsteps filled Wings of Freedom Park as two 97th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters and two 97th Security Forces Squadron defenders posted the colors. Shortly after, hundreds of Airmen, civilians, family members, and others somberly hung their
Sept. 10, 2021 JBSA commemorates 20th anniversary of 9/11 To commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Joint Base San Antonio hosted a synchronized flag formation at all three installations (JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Randolph) at 7:46 a.m. Sept. 10.
Sept. 1, 2021 Austin, Milley Honor Courage, Sacrifice of Afghanistan Veterans Leaders of the Defense Department shared their thoughts regarding America's longest war, which recently ended with the last military aircraft evacuation flying out of Kabul, Afghanistan.