KILLEEN â Taking aim at a new goal, Soldiers with Fort Hoodâs Better Opportunity for Single Soldiers participated in a Personal Firearm Safety Course Tuesday at Mountain Creek Range to receive their concealed carry permit.
âItâs about Soldiers being more aware of firearm safety and getting their concealed carry permit,â Spc. Sandra Pacheco, BOSS vice-president, explained.
Thirteen Soldiers participated in the full-day course, which was led by Dane Weatherstine, manager of Mountain Creek Range. Weatherstine, a former Fort Hood Soldier, found himself back in the greater-Fort Hood area after his Soldier wife was stationed at the Great Place.
His in-depth Personal Firearm Safety Course explains a wide range of topics, as well as hands-on qualification on a pistol.
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WNMU sets Remembrance March
Western New Mexico University Veterans Affairs has organized a march commemorating the Bataan Death March, the forced 65-mile journey 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war embarked on in April 1942.
The event is being held in honor the military men and women, past and present, who give their all in service of their community and nation. Beginning and ending on the WNMU campus, participants can walk or run their choice of distances and routes, either for themselves or in memory of a loved one who served.
The event begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 17, in the WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre parking lot and ends in Ben Altamirano Stadium.
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Credit Senator Martin Heinrich (D) New Mexico
On the anniversary of the start of the Bataan Death March in World War II, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) are announcing the bipartisan Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act to honor the heroic veterans who endured the Bataan Death March.
The Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act would bestow a collective Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest and most distinguished civilian honor, to the troops from the United States and the Philippines who bravely defended Bataan and Corregidor and endured one of the most harrowing prisoners of war experiences in history, in recognition of their personal service and sacrifice.