Patriot Profiles: Powering up the troops while wiring up the city
Kajaki hydroelectric dam on the Helmand River. DoD photo by Musadeq Sadeq. (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons In Kandahar City in 2010, insurgency was at increasingly high levels, and life-sustaining electrical power was in scarce supply. The U.S. Agency for...
Patriot Profiles: ‘Nobody gets into my security zone’
On Oct. 12, 2000, two suicide bombers navigated a small motorboat up alongside the USS Cole, which had stopped to refuel in Aden, Yemen, on its way to the Persian Gulf. The bombers exchanged greetings with sailors just before explosives in the motorboat detonated,...
Patriot Profiles: ‘You have to understand the bigger picture on things’
The UH-60 Black Hawk entered the U.S. Army in 1979 as a tactical transport helicopter, and has since moved millions of troops. The UH-60 gained prominence in the Gulf War (in the Army’s largest air assault) and was immortalized in the battle for Mogadishu. Hundreds of...
Patriot Profiles: ‘My dad had me on the range at a very young age’
This column presents “Patriot Profiles” to provide readers insight into the lives of our country’s heroes. A soldier must be ready when the time comes for him to fire his weapon. The U.S. military expertly trains and tests its forces before a weapon is placed in a...
Patriot Profiles: ‘I’m grateful I had an opportunity to give back to Liberia’
This column presents “Patriot Profiles” to provide readers insight into the lives of our country’s heroes. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to...
