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Education-focused couple celebrates 62nd wedding anniversary
When P.W. 'Primus' Watson, then 25, came to Camp Shelby on March 8, 1946, in order to be discharged from the U.S. Army, he missed the last bus to his home in Monticello .
RuCo Chamber VP flies with military
Representatives of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve sponsored an Employer Orientation Flight or a oeBossLifta June 17, for 40 Tennessee employers and community leaders who employ guardsmen and reservists, and support them in their military duty.
Family copes as three brothers fight in Afghanistan
Huddling in a dark parking lot outside a budget motel near Camp Shelby, Mississippi, the Callaway family held on to the two things they value most in this world: their faith and each other.
Don't call it false advertising. The same flashing Temple Baptist Church billboard that invited people to its annual patriotic celebration and community picnic also gave its uninviting temperature:103 degrees.
Camp Shelby continues strong training
The Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, the largest state-owned military training facility, is now under new leadership.
A thunderous ovation echoed through the Pocahontas Senior High School gym Monday afternoon as about 45 Army Reserve soldiers marched in, taking their first ceremonial steps toward Afghanistan.
Things don't change in military
As I see in the paper about the deployment of troops from Camp Shelby, it reminds me of my own military experience.
A soldier turned journalist called back to Afghanistan
A couple of years ago Matt Mabe got out of the Army and went to Columbia Journalism School.
Project SOS seeking volunteer help
Submitted photo/SDN Above, local board members and staff with the Oktibbeha County chapter of the American Red Cross met briefly with the command staff of the Mississippi National Guarda s 2nd-114th Strike Battalion following a farewell ceremony at Camp Shelby for the 2nd-114th and the other units within the 155th Brigade Combat Team deploying to ...
The soldiers from Newnan's own Bravo Company have made it to the other side of the world, and neighboring counties of Fayette and Henry are preparing to pay their respects to a soldier who died in Afghanistan.
Workers digging part of a natural gas pipeline discovered about 20 small unexploded white phosphorous bombs dating back to World War II.
La. Troops Leave Receive Spirited Send-Off
Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard's 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group are ready to start their training for a year-long deployment overseas.
Pocahontas Reservists to head for A.....
Military police soldiers from an Army Reserve unit based in Pocahontas are being dispatched to Afghanistan.
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D-Day paratrooper recalls the leap of his life
Adelchi Pilutti sat with his girlfriend on a church pew more than 67 years ago, thinking about the month he had left in the Army that would complete his year of service.
State Guard's strength is 'amazing,' general says
Major Gen. William L. Freeman Jr. said the strength of the state's National Guard 'has never been better' as he spoke to military retirees Monday in Hattiesburg.
Soldier's body found 1 year ago, still few answers
One year after the skeletal remains of a Kentucky soldier were found in the woods on a South Mississippi military base, his death is still a mystery.
A Hinds County grand jury has returned indictments in three high-profile cases, including a Jackson woman accused of abandoning her infant son and a store clerk accused of killing a man for stealing beer.
48th Brigade families cope with deployments
Staff Sgt. Dwayne Watson and other members of the 48th Brigade left Camp Shelby in Mississippi last week to board a plane bound for Afghanistan.
Elm City soldier part of Iraq security detail
While Americans back home spent this Memorial Day remembering those who have given their lives for the cause of freedom, one Elm City man was doing his best to continue that long line of service.
Army Captain Says Indictment Is Wrong
Capt. Ronnie Burton served in Kuwait but now he has been served with an indictment.