/tags/soldiers soldiers en-US Copyright Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:52:20 GMT /news/2024-01-08/soldiers-to-agriculture-program-fayetteville-north-carolina-cooperative-extension The North Carolina Cooperative Extension is hosting a program in Cumberland County starting Jan.16 aimed at assisting soldiers transitioning out of the military into agricultural careers. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:52:20 GMT /news/2024-01-08/soldiers-to-agriculture-program-fayetteville-north-carolina-cooperative-extension Sharryse Piggott /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Over 80 years ago, Walter Morris created the 555th Airborne Platoon, also known as the “Triple Nickles.” There is an exhibit about them at a museum on Fort Liberty - formerly known as Fort Bragg. There’s another exhibit at a Fayetteville Museum that will soon serve as one of 50 markers on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:09:58 GMT /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Sharryse Piggott /show/the-state-of-things/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Starting in at least the 1920s, the U.S. Army recruited soldiers to test the effects of dangerous and powerful chemicals. In response to a lawsuit… Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:36:17 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /military/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Starting in at least the 1920s, the U.S. Army recruited soldiers to test the effects of dangerous and powerful chemicals. In response to a lawsuit… Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:36:17 GMT /military/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-10-20/the-political-junkie-new-bipartisan-deal-may-halt-skyrocketing-premiums President Donald Trump’s phone call to the widow of a Green Beret killed in Niger has prompted questions about the level of respect the President… Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:32:10 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-10-20/the-political-junkie-new-bipartisan-deal-may-halt-skyrocketing-premiums Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /news/2017-10-20/the-political-junkie-new-bipartisan-deal-may-halt-skyrocketing-premiums President Donald Trump’s phone call to the widow of a Green Beret killed in Niger has prompted questions about the level of respect the President… Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:32:10 GMT /news/2017-10-20/the-political-junkie-new-bipartisan-deal-may-halt-skyrocketing-premiums Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio