Fort Bragg

Fayetteville Tech Opens Office At Fort Bragg

Eric Hodge — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Fayetteville Technical Community College opens a new office on Fort Bragg Wednesday morning.

Officials from the school and the Army say the new facility will provide on-post admissions, testing, registration and advising services to soldiers and their families. Bill Buckner, the coordinator for military programs at FTCC, says the school offers about 33 different programs including classes in culinary arts, nursing and criminal justice.

NC Military Bases Brace For Teacher Furloughs

Will Michaels — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:04:23 +0000

Teachers at North Carolina's military bases are preparing for up to five furlough days due to cuts from the sequester.

The Department of Defense says instructors and other nine-month employees can expect mandatory days off after the next school year starts. Marilee Fitzgerald is the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity, which oversees schools at military bases.

Fayetteville Tech To Launch Veterans Center

Catherine Brand — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:57:55 +0000

Veterans who want to go back to school will soon have access to academic counseling and career advice through a new program at Fayetteville Technical Community College. The school has purchased a building on Fort Bragg Road to serve as a veterans center on campus. President Larry Keen says veterans will be given special assessments and mentoring to help them graduate, get work, or start a new business.

Fort Bragg Cancels 4th Of July Celebration

Gurnal Scott — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:01:00 +0000

Fort Bragg has held its annual 4th of July celebration for more than three decades. The event that Parade Magazine placed on its 2011 'bucket list' of essential American experiences has been canceled. Post officials say sequestration cuts that took effect last month forced the move. Spokesman Tom McCollum says the celebration has been a popular tradition.

Fort Bragg To Phase Out Harming Animals In Army Training

Catherine Brand — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:51:15 +0000

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) alleges that at least 300 goats are killed and maimed at Fort Bragg each month for medical training. Now activists are applauding signs the army may be starting to the change the way soldiers are trained for trauma response. According to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress has required the military to lay out a timeline to phase out the use of animals for training purposes.

Bragg Hazing Trial Begins Today

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:02:00 +0000

A sergeant accused of hazing a private who then committed suicide goes on trial today at Fort Bragg. Sergeant Adam Holcomb of Youngstown, Ohio, is one of eight soldiers charged in the death of 19-year-old Private Danny Chen, of New York. Military officials say Chen shot himself last year in Afghanistan after weeks of physical and emotional abuse. He was allegedly targeted because he was Chinese-American.

Hagan Expects Defense Spending to Increase in NC

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:00 +0000

U.S. Senator Kay Hagan says she'll fight to protect North Carolina's military institutions from recently-announced defense cuts. But Hagan told WUNC the Pentagon's plans include certain funding increases as well.

Kay Hagan: The increase will be in areas of cyber-security, special operations forces, and areas like that. And that's gonna be where the increases in the budget are actually going. And in North Carolina, in Fayetteville at Fort Bragg, USASOC is headquartered there, and that's where all our special operations forces are administered from.

500,000th Longleaf Pine Seedling to be Planted

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:50:00 +0000

A partnership that works to protect and restore the longleaf pine in North Carolina will plant its 500,000th seedling today. Debbie Crane of the Nature Conservancy says the tree is an iconic state symbol, but it's been in decline for decades.

Fort Bragg Troops Headed to Afghanistan

Jessica Jones — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:00 +0000

About 58 hundred soldiers from Fort Bragg will be deployed to Afghanistan this spring. They're headed to the southern part of the country to work with NATO and Afghan troops. Captain Allie Scott says the paratroopers are part of a transition plan to gradually hand over that part of Afghanistan to local authorities.

President Obama Praises Bragg Troops

Dave DeWitt — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:55:00 +0000

President Barack Obama made his first trip as commander in chief to Fort Bragg yesterday. He was there to thank all American troops for their service in Iraq.

President Obama spoke in a sunlit airplane hangar before about 3-thousand troops and their families. He told them their service was selfless and historic, and would be remembered.