A first will take place on Friday, March 13: The observance of K-9 Veterans Day. ...more

March 8, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The roar of the motorcycle engines signaled National Guard Sgt. Jose Pequeno's arrival Friday. ...more

December 20, 2008

Feed the hungry, help wounded soldiers and enjoy an evening of fun during the Ruskin Woman's Club's old-fashioned hoedown and steak dinner, scheduled for Saturday at the Ruskin Elks Lodge. ...more

November 12, 2008

Physician Steven Scott had never seen soldiers with these kinds of wounds. Burns combined with head injuries, shattered limbs and lacerations from flying shrapnel. ...more

October 25, 2008

Wounded soldiers and Veterans Affairs officials gathered at Tampa's VA hospital Friday to see the latest addition to its unit for men and women with traumatic injuries from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The building has apartments for injured troops who no longer need to be hospitalized but aren't ready to live on their own. ...more

October 19, 2008

A soldier was detained in Iraq after he allegedly opened fire on a superior and another unit member, killing them both, the Army said Wednesday. ...more

September 18, 2008

Let's see if we can figure out who this man is and how he got there. ...more

June 18, 2008

Even when everything goes right on Karlo Felix's job, the day is still hairy. If the GPS coordinates are correct, and his 200-mph flight to the scene is safe, and he finds the right spot to land his Black Hawk, and he touches down evenly and without stirring a brownout of dust, and the medics find the wounded soldiers and carry them back, and he lifts off in time to save the fighters' lives - it has gone as well as it can go. ...more

February 22, 2008

Dear President Bush: Early this morning, Tameka Evans boarded a plane, leaving us in Tampa. She is bound for two months of training in preparation for her March deployment to Tikrit, Iraq, as a member of the 345th Combat Support Hospital of the United States Army. To say we'll miss her is a great understatement. ...more

January 9, 2008