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“It wasn’t just me who joined the military when I signed up. It was my entire family.”
October 25, 2023 — November is the Month of the Military Family. It’s no secret military families are unique and sacrifice more than most families in general. This year, we focus on a younger military family that has lived a life of uncertainty and change... MORE

Courtesy Photo | (Photo courtesy Erin Blakley) Ret. Army Specialist Gerald Blakley with his wife Erin and son Milo at the 2023 Invictus Games in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to stay in the Army; the SRU can and will help you return to duty.
October 20, 2023 — After being in Poland for a year-and-a-half-long rotation with the Army, Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Tanksley reluctantly made a side trip to the Fort Bliss Soldier Recovery Unit (SRU) instead of going home... MORE

Photo By MaryTherese Griffin | (Photo by MaryTherese Griffin) Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Tanksley running track for Team Army at the 2023 Department of Defense Warrior Games Challenge in San Diego, Calif June 2023.

Fort Drum Soldier grateful for his new lease on life from the Soldier Recovery Unit after horrific car accident
October 20, 2023 — Sgt. Chris Long always loved to fish. He had fly fishing as an eventual bucket list thing he wanted to try- “someday.” Little did he know that bucket list wish would help get him on the road to recovery after an accident. “It was phenomenal. I am a decent fisherman, but I have never been fly-fishing. It was a goal for me, and I am grateful I got to do it in the Ft Drum SRU.”... MORE

Courtesy Photo | (Photo courtesy Sgt. Chris Long) Sgt. Chis Long at work maintaining Blackhawk helicopters at Ft Drum, New York.

“This team is ready to help, so reach out and take it.” ~ CW2 Emanuel Delgado
October 12, 2023 — After eleven years in the Army, CW2 Emanuel Delgado says his path in life took a hard and unexpected turn. “I was on a deployment in the Middle East. I woke up in the clinic, and they told me I had a full-body seizure. They had to MEDEVAC me out.”... MORE

Courtesy Photo | (Photo courtesy CW2 Emmanuel Delgado) CW2 Delgado gets to know Batilda at the LETS program on August 23, 2023, in Northern Virginia.

"It will take a major life event to get me out of this Army. I definitely got one." - Maj. Kevin May
October 12, 2023 — "My adult mindset has been the Army. I was in ROTC and contracted with the Army when I was 18. I planned on doing my contract for about ten years and then hoped to enter Federal Law Enforcement. But when I found a Civil Affairs job at Ft Liberty, it made me want to stay doing it because it was perfect for me, so I worked for 12 years in the Army. I said to my wife, it's going to take a major life event to get me out of this Army," said the Special Operations Governance Officer... MORE

Courtesy Photo | (Photo courtesy Maj. Kevin May) Maj. Kevin May with his two sons, Grayson, three, and newborn son Oliver.

Don’t miss out on an opportunity to stay in the Army; the SRU can and will help you return to duty.
October 12, 2023 — After being in Poland for a year-and-a-half-long rotation with the Army, Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Tanksley reluctantly made a side trip to the Fort Bliss Soldier Recovery Unit (SRU) instead of going home... MORE

“If you end up with a choice of going to an SRU, please go.” – Staff Sgt. Santanae Mack
October 12, 2023 — Staff Sgt. Santanae Mack had multiple deployments to Djibouti, Africa, and she knew she had a big job to do every time. “I managed the construction yard on my deployment. Between moving lumber and using power towels, lots of heavy stuff, I did a lot of damage to my body,” said the Maintenance Supply Specialist... MORE

Courtesy Photo | (Photo courtesy Staff Sgt. Santanae Mack) Staff Sgt. Mack worked with heavy equipment in the construction yard on one of her deployments to Djibouti, Africa.

Listen to your body
October 12, 2023 — We’ve all been there. We feel a pain somewhere in our body, and we dismiss it. Perhaps it keeps happening, and we then justify it and keep going. Army Sgt. Kaylin Mc Clendon fit that description when it came to her back pain... MORE

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class George Bell | Sgt. 1st Class Dawn Page, Team SOCOM, and Sgt. Kaylin McClendon, Team Army, celebrate after a track event during the 2023 Department of Defense Warrior Games, June 6, 2023. The DoD Warrior Games Challenge is comprised of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veteran athletes, competing in 11 adaptive sporting events June 2-12, 2023, at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class George M. Bell)

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