Discover Clarksville Tennessee » Videos

Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan holds Press Conference on Charter Revision Plan

Mark Haynes — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:04:51 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Fort Campbell Welcome Home Ceremony for 200 Soldiers

Mark Haynes — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:24:04 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Col. Peterman assesses 101st Sustainment Brigade’s Deployment

News Staff — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:04:08 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Currahee Soldiers

News Staff — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:25:40 +0000

Fort Campbell, KY – A video depicting the Soldiers of 4th Brigade Combat Team (Currahee), 101st Airborne Division during their most recent deployment to Afghanistan.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Currahee Fallen Heros

News Staff — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:20:15 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

190 Soldiers with the 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Returned To Fort Campbell

Mark Haynes — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:18:30 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Poetry reading held at Austin Peay State University

Mark Haynes — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:32 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

“The Glass Crib,” which poet Amy Gerstler said is rendered with “acute beauty, tenderness and measured dignity of expression,” is a continuation of Auchter’s already impressive literary career. She is the founding editor of the Pebble Lake Review, and throughout the years she has received several awards and honors from esteemed journals such as the Bellevue Literary Review, Mid-American Review and the Crab Orchard Review. Her work has also been included in The American Poetry Review, Best New Poets and Poetry Daily.

González is the recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment of the Arts Fellowships, and he is a contributing editor for Poets and Writers Magazine. He serves on the Board of Directors for the National Book Critics’ Circle and is an associate professor of English at Rutgers University. His memoir, “Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa,” won the American Book Award, and he is the author of two award-winning poetry collections, two bilingual children’s books, a story collection and the novel, “Crossing Vines.”

For more information on this reading, contact Susan Wallace, Zone 3 managing editor, at .

Porter’s Battery at the 2011 Clarksville Riverfest

News Staff — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:13:45 +0000

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.

In between canon firings battery members spoke to visitors telling them about the life of soldiers during the Civil War.

For more information on Porter’s Battery, visit their website at www.portersbattery.com

Video

Click here to view the embedded video.

ANA Soldiers Prep for Validation Exercise, New Mission

News Staff — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:00:29 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Donald Rumsfeld’s Book Signing at the Fort Campbell PX

Mark Haynes — Fri, 27 May 2011 21:00:58 +0000

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.

Click here to view the embedded video.