A new Fisher House was opened at Fort Belvoir, Va., May 22, 2012, for the families of service members who wind up injured and find themselves in a military hospital.

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U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii is preparing for hurricane season by conducting its annual hurricane exercise, Makani Pahili, which is Hawaiian for "strong winds," from May 29 to June 8, 2012.

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U.S. military engineers working with Honduran forces are making headway building two schoolhouses and two medical clinics in rural communities as part of Beyond the Horizon Honduras.

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U.S. Army CERDEC hosted a coalition interoperability experiment May 10-18, 2012, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., to identify performance shortfalls and to evaluate future network architectures that will better enable interoperability for coalition ground forces brigade and below, prevent fratricide and extend continuity of operations.

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Four Chinook helicopters were flown 3,400 miles from Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. to their new home with the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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The assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, in a bloggers roundtable today, said one of the reasons the Army is committed to one gigawatt of renewable energy is security.

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Seoul American Middle School students visited Camp Bonifas and the Joint Security Area on the border of North and South Korea, May 18, 2012, stepping foot into North Korea.

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Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center engineers were recognized for their collaborative efforts with small business to develop a transportable 100 kW generator that is 3,150 pounds lighter than those currently in theater.

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Thirty-five female Soldiers joined the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), as part of the Department of Defense initiative, Women in the Service Review, May 14, 2012, at Fort Campbell, Ky.

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Three-time Olympian Sgt. 1st Class Jason Parker, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, used some of that knowledge and claimed a gold medal at the Italy Rifle and Pistol World Cup May 17, 2012, in Milan.

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