HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A paratrooper from the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment was found unresponsive in his barracks room here Saturday, March 7, and later pronounced dead. Emergency responders transported Spc. Jason Alexander Thomas, an infantryman, to the 673d Medical Group hospital where medical personnel continued life-saving […]
WASHINGTON – A former paratrooper who received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama Monday for acts of valor against the Taliban in 2008 was inducted into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes during a ceremony Tuesday. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, Army Secretary John M. McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno […]
