Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan holds Press Conference on Charter Revision Plan
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan held a press conference Friday January 24th, 2012 at 11:00am to discuss her plan for addressing the needed revisions to Clarksville Charter.
Some of the topics covered included the need to update and revise the City Charter and the issue of people on boards and commissions who also having dealings with the City as well as appointing a Charter Revision Commission.
Mayor McMillan is sending the Charter Revision back to the Clarksville City Council for another vote.
Fort Campbell Welcome Home Ceremony for 200 Soldiers
Fort Campbell, KY – On November 1st, 2011 around 4:45pm, 200 soldiers from the 584th Ordnance Maintenance Company part of the 101st Sustainment Brigade “Lifeliners” returned home to Fort Campbell KY. They were returning home from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom where their mission was to provide field maintenance within Regional Command-East as part of the 142nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.
Col. Peterman assesses 101st Sustainment Brigade’s Deployment
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Mayes
101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs
Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan – Col. Mike Peterman, commander, 101st Sustainment Brigade, from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan talks to a military reporter about his assessment of the Brigade’s deployment winding down.
Currahee Soldiers
Fort Campbell, KY – A video depicting the Soldiers of 4th Brigade Combat Team (Currahee), 101st Airborne Division during their most recent deployment to Afghanistan.
Currahee Fallen Heros
Video by Staff Sgt. Matthew Graham
4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, KY – A short video highlighting the Fallen Heroes from the Currahee Brigade, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and it’s most recent deployment.
We will never forget. Once a Currahee, always a Currahee.
190 Soldiers with the 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Returned To Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell, KY – Cool temperatures, Wind and Rain could not keep family and friends away Wednesday afternoon as 190 soldiers with the 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returned to Campbell Army Airfield after a year long deployment to Afghanistan on October 19th.
Poetry reading held at Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – On September 15th, at 4:00pm, two Award-winning Poets gave a poetry reading at the APSU’s Gentry Auditorium in the Kimbrough Building.
American Book Award-winning author and poet Rigoberto González, visited APSU to read his work. Afterwards, he introduced Amanda Auchter who read from her prize-winning collection. Her book, “The Glass Crib,” won the 2010 Zone 3 First Book Award for Poetry, an annual contest hosted by Austin Peay State University’s literary journal and the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.
Porter’s Battery at the 2011 Clarksville Riverfest
Clarksville, TN – On September 10th, 2011, Porter’s Battery was at Clarksville’s Riverfest. They had a small encampment approximately where Fort Clark was located at the mouth of the Cumberland and Red Rivers.
The Battery only had one of their Civil War era cannons on display, but they put it to good use firing off blasts every two hours during the day to the delight of the watching crowd. [Read more]
ANA Soldiers Prep for Validation Exercise, New Mission
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Mayes
101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs
Afghanistan – Soldiers with the Afghanistan national army conduct pre-validation training in preparation for future mission with 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade.
Donald Rumsfeld’s Book Signing at the Fort Campbell PX
Fort Campbell, KY – Former Defense Secetary Donald Rumsfeld visited Fort Campbell today to promote his new book “Known and Unknown” in a book signing held at the Fort Campbell Post Exchange.
Mr. Rumsfeld has been visiting military bases nationwide to promote the sale of his book which reached the #1 spot on the New York Times Best Seller List. Proceeds from the sale of the books go to charities supporting those serving in the military and their families.
