/tags/ft-bragg-stories-podcast Ft. Bragg Stories Podcast en-US Copyright Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:29:24 GMT /military/2018-12-28/ft-bragg-stories-time-to-bow-out This year, after more than a decade of service as a linguist and a paratrooper, Jay Huwieler made the decision to leave the military. 鈥淚t was a鈥� Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:29:24 GMT /military/2018-12-28/ft-bragg-stories-time-to-bow-out Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-23/ft-bragg-stories-more-happiness-in-my-life Jeremy Moore was on a night patrol in Afghanistan in 2012 when he fell nearly 60 feet down an open well. He suffered serious injuries to his legs, spine,鈥� Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-23/ft-bragg-stories-more-happiness-in-my-life Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-16/ft-bragg-stories-what-we-were-called-to-do Military service is the thread that weaves Bobby and Alexia Fields鈥� family life together. He鈥檚 on active duty at Fort Bragg, she serves in the Army鈥� Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-16/ft-bragg-stories-what-we-were-called-to-do Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-09/ft-bragg-stories-a-turning-point-in-my-life From 1942 until 1978, women who wanted to join the Army served in the Women鈥檚 Army Corps. Former Specialist Victoria Landes spent six years as a WAC鈥� Sun, 09 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-09/ft-bragg-stories-a-turning-point-in-my-life Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-02/ft-bragg-stories-the-war-was-wrong As a young man in the late 1960s, Hal Noyes faced the prospect of being drafted to fight in Vietnam. He was opposed to the war, but decided to enlist,鈥� Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-02/ft-bragg-stories-the-war-was-wrong Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-25/ft-bragg-stories-from-agriculture-to-airborne Growing up on his family鈥檚 farm in southern Alabama, Private First Class Tyler Dunn thought his future lay in agriculture.鈥淥ur family farm, we鈥檝e got鈥� Sun, 25 Nov 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-11-25/ft-bragg-stories-from-agriculture-to-airborne Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-18/ft-bragg-stories-helping-incarcerated-veterans Lynn and Steve Newsom spent five years as co- directors of Fayetteville鈥檚 Quaker House. During their tenure, they advocated for better mental health care鈥� Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:30:00 GMT /military/2018-11-18/ft-bragg-stories-helping-incarcerated-veterans Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-11/ft-bragg-stories-no-end-in-sight Sergeant First Class Kelly Rodriguez deployed more than five times in the course of her 21-year military career, serving as an Army Combat Medic in鈥� Sun, 11 Nov 2018 13:00:00 GMT /military/2018-11-11/ft-bragg-stories-no-end-in-sight Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-04/ft-bragg-stories-journey-through-darkness Retired Major Ivan Castro鈥檚 life was forever changed September 2, 2006, when a mortar landed near him in Iraq. Two of the men in his unit were killed and鈥� Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:30:00 GMT /military/2018-11-04/ft-bragg-stories-journey-through-darkness Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-10-28/ft-bragg-stories-we-try-to-debunk In 2008, Armando Nunez and a friend decided on a whim to try their hand at ghost-hunting by taking pictures in a local cemetery. His wife Joanna and鈥� Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:30:00 GMT /military/2018-10-28/ft-bragg-stories-we-try-to-debunk Elizabeth Friend