Fort Lee News

Will provide training for thousands of soldiers a week. Kristen Gubala Producer July 2, 2009 Ribbon cutting for school that will train thousands of soldiers.

The official opening of the Army Logistics University today marks the beginning of an influx of military and civilian students and personnel at Fort Lee.

FORT LEE, Va. -- After many years of providing care with dignity for fallen military personnel, devotion to duty, sound judgment, professionalism and loyalty, Douglas L. Howard was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal June 2 by Maj.

Chef Emeril Lagasse works with a soldier in his 'Emeril Green' military special.

What does chef Emeril Lagasse do with military rations? "We had a fun chef's challenge with the MREs ," Lagasse said Friday.

The Army wants to expand housing at Fort Lee to accommodate an influx of soldiers who will be training at the new Army Logistics University.

The proposed construction of a large lodging facility at Fort Lee has triggered concern among hotel industry leaders and local government officials in the Tri-Cities. The Army is contemplating building a 1,000-room facility at Fort Lee to support a projected student growth at the installation because of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure ...

Forty years ago this month, police raided a gay bar in Greenwich Village. That wasn't news; that frequently happened to gay people in those days.

A group of middle-age civilians, academics and future soldiers were given the chance earlier this month to fire shotguns and combat pistols, jump out of airplanes and scarf down platefuls of Army chow.

Governor Kaine listens to military children gathered to watch the ceremonial signing of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children which puts Virginia in a multi-state agreement to smooth school transitions when children move with a military parent.

The Planet Green Channel and celebrity chef, Emeril Lagasse, will showcase the Global Strategies Group Inc.

A better view: Steve Phipps, vice president of Beavercreek-based Woolpert Inc., stands beside one of its planes used for overhead imaging.

AS BATTLEFIELDS GO, the stretch of lowland along the Hackensack River isn't much to look at.

Reading Eagle Army Spec. Bradley J. Wegelin took part in the Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee in Petersburg, Va.

With help from landowners, conservation agencies and state and federal officials, Fort A.P. Hill fared well last year in a mission to discourage incompatible development outside its gates.

Due to a declining number of wounded soldiers in specialized treatment units, the Army is closing three units and downsizing others.

Sixty-five years later, they still hear the bullets, see the bodies and feel the paralyzing fear they faced on the beaches and fields of far-off France.

Though Gifford Wenger's Army jacket is a little tighter now than it was 60 years ago, the World War II veteran can still fit into it.

Greene County, Virginia, is one of more than a dozen Greene counties that occupy states in this country.

Soldiers at Fort Campbell Army post in Kentucky are on stand down, meaning instead of their normal duties, they're spending three days focused on suicide prevention.