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Resolute Warriors show they are fit to fight
October 15, 2012
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, 18th Airborne Corps deputy commanding general, speaks to Soldiers from the 544th Dive Detachment, Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Oct 3. Colt also toured the Atlas forklift, Kalmar, and watercraft simulation centers on base, and met with watercraft Soldiers while visiting 3rd Port. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edwin Junior Rodriguez / Released)
Fire department open house wraps up Fire Prevention Week
October 15, 2012
Residents of Fort Eustis, Va., attend the Fire Departments open house Oct. 13, 2012, as part of Fire Prevention Week. Visitors were able to climb in and on fire trucks and ambulances as well enjoy a variety of other events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth / Released)
TRADOC Band Music Recital Series kicks off
October 15, 2012
The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band’s Chamber Music Recital Series recently began with a performance at the Williamsburg Library for an enthusiastic audience of classical music lovers. Sgt. Luis Rivera (standing) TRADOC Band clarinetist and saxophonist, was a soloist with two of the ensembles. The chamber music recital featured the TRADOC Band’s Clarinet Quartet, the Woodwind Quintet and the Tuba/Euphonium Quartet. On Sunday Oct. 21, the TRADOC Band’s Recital Series continues with a performance by the TRADOC Brass Band, TRADOC Transit Authority, performing at the Smithfield Little Theatre at 7pm. The theater is located at 210 N. Church Street, Smithfield Virginia. For a lunchtime chamber music treat, at noon Oct. 23rd, the TRADOC Band will perform at St. Bede Catholic Church in Williamsburg. Featured ensembles include the Woodwind Octet performing selections from Mozart’s Serenade No. 10, conducted by 2nd Lt. Silas Huff, the Flute and Guitar Duo, the Tuba/Euphonium Quartet and the TRADOC Brass Quintet. As always the TRADOC Band recitals are free and open to the public. (Courtesy photo / Released)
AAFES senior-enlisted advisor visits JBLE
October 15, 2012
(From left) Cheryl Hollis, Army, Air Force Exchange Sservice Clothing Sales store manager, talks about her store and its future with U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Pearson, AAFES senior enlisted advisor, and Wayne Hansen, Joint Base Langley-Eustis AAFES general manager, at the Fort Eustis Exchange, Oct. 16, 2012. Pearson was conducting a site visit of the main exchange and talk about its future with staff and vendors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth / Released)
JBLE hosts annual Fire Prevention Week
October 11, 2012
U.S. Army Spc. Jefrey Jamandre (right), assigned to the 1-222nd Aviation Regiment Hotel Company, receives instruction from Carneal Smith, a Fort Eustis Fire Department inspector, during a fire extinguisher exhibition at the Exchange at Fort Eustis, Va., Oct. 11, 2012. The exhibition was part of the department's Fire Prevention Week activities, designed to raise awareness about fire prevention and safety in the post community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth/Released)
Aquatic Center offering swim classes for children, adults through school year
October 11, 2012
Alexis Cain, Fort Eustis Aquatic Center lifeguard, helps 3-year-old Truly Oliver swim toward a rubber duck during an “Aqua Tots” swimming class at Fort Eustis, Va., Oct. 10, 2012. Swimming classes and private lessons are available to military and civilian members of all ages at the Aquatic Center through the 2012-2013 school year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth/Released)
Fort Eustis' implements new solid-waste collection contract
October 11, 2012
Contractors collect solid waste from a facility on Fort Eustis Oct. 5, 2012. A new solid-waste contract streamlines the installation's collection program, which will save the Army more than $826,000 over the life of the contract, while making collection easier for post customers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth/Released)
Sparky helps kick off Fire Prevention Week for JBLE
October 9, 2012
Sparky the Fire Dog winks at customers entering the Base Exchange during a Fire Prevention Week demonstration at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Oct. 9, 2012. The 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron fire department hosts the annual event to inform personnel and their dependents about the importance of fire safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Hawkins/Released)
Deployed Fort Eustis unit completes more than 3,700 ground and air missions
October 9, 2012
U.S. Army Sgt. Jerimia Fritcher, left, 622nd Movement Control Detachment air operations noncommissioned officer, talks with a helicopter loadmaster while writing down weights for a load plan Oct. 4, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan. The 622nd MCT has completed more than 3,700 ground and air missions during its deployment from Fort Eustis, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gregory Williams / Released)
JBLE first responders bring fire safety, furry friends to Norfolk Children's Festival
October 9, 2012
Keith Boyd, a Fort Eustis Fire Department fire inspector, lets 6-year-old Riley Fesser take the wheel of the department's specialized “brush truck” at the Norfolk Children's Festival at Town Point Park in downtown Norfolk, Va., Oct. 6, 2012. Personnel from the FEFD and the 633rd Security Forces Squadron brought unique capabilities to the festival to entertain and educate guests about their respective missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason J. Brown/Released)