Two families, one from Nebraska, last week christened the Army s new M10 Booker combat vehicle, named for two heroic soldiers of different generations who share the same name.
Two families, one from Nebraska, last week christened the Army s new M10 Booker combat vehicle, named for two heroic soldiers of different generations who share the same name.
The M10 Booker honors Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker, who received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for life-saving valor in the 2003 Iraq invasion, and Pvt. Robert D. Booker, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in Tunisia in 1943.
“This grant will help us create the workforce of the future in the Chattahoochee Valley,” said Ben Moser, president and CEO of the local United Way branch in Columbus.
The uniforms the U.S. Military Academy will wear Saturday against Navy has special meaning to a group of old 3rd Infantry Division soldiers. Listen to Bobby Ball a young lieutenant not too far removed from his cadet days at West Point when he found himself in the battle for Baghdad on April 5, 20023. “These numbers mean something," said Ball. "The first thing that I see when I see is the decal. These are number markings that reflect the unit designators. Every brigade, battalion, company, and platoon has a different number, marking on the chevron. You see these numbers. When we crossed from Kuwait into Iraq, you see these numbers. When we fought north, we see these numbers. During Thunder Run into Baghdad, we saw these numbers. For the 3rd Infantry Division these numbers are personal.”