Operation Homefront Tennessee and Kentucky Chapter Prepares for 2011 “Holiday House” at Fort Campbell
November 21, 2011
Fort Campbell, KY – It is that time of year again! Operation Homefront Tennessee and Kentucky Chapter is preparing to help Military Families in need during the upcoming holiday season through their Holiday House. And you can help!
Holiday House is working to raise $10,000 in donations this season. We are 30% there, but need YOU to help us reach our goal and beyond! Your donation can be personal or corporate; in any amount.
Operation Homefront Tennessee and Kentucky Chapter prepared Easter baskets for young military families.
Austin Peay Student Veterans Organization to show ‘Wartorn’ documentary
November 9, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The Student Veterans Organization at Austin Peay State University will sponsor a screening of the HBO documentary “Wartorn: 1861-2010” at 5:00pm, Thursday, November 17th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303.
The event is free and open to the public. [Read more]
New investigative and war reporting class comes to Austin Peay Center at Fort Campbell
October 6, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Early one morning in 2007, journalist Willy Stern arrived at a palace formerly owned by Saddam Hussein to go on a friendly jog with retired Gen. David Petraeus, then-commander of U.S. troops in Iraq.
The general’s public affairs officer referred to it as a social run – three miles at a slow pace. Nothing to worry about, right?
“I can do that,” Stern recalled. “So I’m standing outside the palace at 0600 hours and 17 Olympic athletes walk out. I started to realize, hey, I’m being hazed.”
Journalist Willy Stern
“Serve To Remember” Memorial Concert: “America Sings!”
September 10, 2011
The 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Clarksville, TN – “America Sings!” will be held Sunday, September 11th, 2011 at the Austin Peay University, Clement Auditorium from 12:00pm to 3:30pm.
Many of the performers have served in the military, come from military families, or volunteered their time playing for our troops both nationally and internationally. They are ALL donating their time and talents for this effort, which will be submitted to The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) for their “10th Anniversary Challenge”, allowing Clarksville to qualify for a grant to be used to support future 9/11 events and projects. [Read more]
Soldier organizes charity concert highlighting military performers
July 29, 2010
By Maj. April N. Olsen 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Public Affairs
Fort Campbell, KY – Soldiers deployed overseas typically practice hobbies to deal with the anxiety of being in combat and separated from family for long periods. Some Soldiers work out. Others read, write journals or play video games. And some, like Sgt. 1st Class Josh Romaker, play guitar and write songs.
While he admits to being a novice, Romaker said many other military singer-songwriters are more talented and can offer an opportunity through music for others to understand what Soldiers experience overseas. To showcase some of these talented Soldiers, Romaker is organizing a free concert at Beachaven Vineyard’s “Live on the Lawn” on August 14th in Clarksville, TN.
Sergeant 1st Class Josh Romaker plays guitar to relax during a deployment to Iraq in 2008. Romaker, assigned to 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), is organizing a free concert to be held at Beachaven Vineyard in Clarksville, TN, 4:00pm-9:00pm. on August 14th (Courtesy photo from 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Public Affairs)
Fort Campbell’s Super Saturday Air Show made the Screaming Eagles roar
August 17, 2009
For many people the highlight of the Week of the Eagles has got to be the Super Saturday Air show powered by Tyson Foods. This extravaganza event was expected to draw a crowd of 65,000 people, but most likely far exceeded that. Comprised of a series of simultaneous events including:
A Community Fair featuring local organizations that offer their services to soldiers and their families.
The Community Health Fair gave a people a quick medical checkup, and with the harsh sun and high temperatures the sound advice to keep hydrated.
The Army Aviation Heritage Foundations Sky Soldiers Cobra Demonstration Team
“Band of Brothers” Regiment to honor fallen warriors
June 30, 2009
506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association
Fort Campbell, KY – The U.S. Army unit that includes the famous “Band of Brothers,” the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment, has announced a new monument to honor soldiers of the unit killed in service to their country. The 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association, a nonprofit veterans’ organization dedicated to the active duty soldiers and veterans of the 506th Infantry, is acting on behalf of the regiment to collect contributions in support of the memorial.
The granite monument will be funded totally by private contributions, according to COL John P. “Pete” Johnson, commanding officer of the 101st Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team at Fort Campbell,. A Nashville cement contractor, Glenn Goodwin of Roy Goodwin Contractors, is contributing all the materials and labor needed for the foundation of the monument. COL Johnson made the announcement as part of a ceremony welcoming the regiment home from a combat tour of duty in Afghanistan. [Read more]
