Soldier gets married in middle of tank training
Army Times
By Kevin Lilley
Staff report
May. 11, 2014
When it appeared a first sergeant and his fiancée would have to call off their wedding because of a change to his unit’s training schedule, love found a way.
Well, love and Delta Company. And some tanks.
First Sgt. Riley Flaherty met the future Kelly Flaherty while they were high schoolers in central Ohio. He joined the Army, she stayed near home and became a firefighter.
They reconnected about two decades later — first came a long-distance romance, then both of them moved to Fort Hood, Texas, in October.
They decided a small wedding would be best, with a deployment looming. They settled on an April 27 ceremony — her family had planned a visit that weekend — outside the 1st Cavalry Division Museum.
Two weeks before the wedding, the couple learned the schedule for gunnery exercises had shifted, overlapping with their big day.
Riley Flaherty would be with his unit well into May. Wedded bliss would have to wait.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Friday, March 9, 2012
Army brass to Congress: We don’t need new tanks
Army brass to Congress: We don’t need new tanks
By Kate Brannen - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Mar 7, 2012 18:56:36 EST
Army officials are once again on Capitol Hill trying to convince lawmakers that they do not need new M1 Abrams tanks.
Not only does the Army not need new tanks, it doesn’t need to upgrade the ones it has for another few years, Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told lawmakers Wednesday during a hearing of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee.
It is one of the most modernized platforms in the Army and has an average age of two-and-a-half-years old, Army Secretary John McHugh said.
The Army plans to finish out its Abrams buy in 2014 and then not begin upgrading its current fleet until 2017.
The Army tried to make the same argument last year, but Congress did not agree. In the 2012 defense appropriations bill, it provided an additional $255 million to buy 42 more tanks. The money was intended to keep the General Dynamics Land Systems’ production line open in Lima, Ohio.
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By Kate Brannen - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Mar 7, 2012 18:56:36 EST
Army officials are once again on Capitol Hill trying to convince lawmakers that they do not need new M1 Abrams tanks.
Not only does the Army not need new tanks, it doesn’t need to upgrade the ones it has for another few years, Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told lawmakers Wednesday during a hearing of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee.
It is one of the most modernized platforms in the Army and has an average age of two-and-a-half-years old, Army Secretary John McHugh said.
The Army plans to finish out its Abrams buy in 2014 and then not begin upgrading its current fleet until 2017.
The Army tried to make the same argument last year, but Congress did not agree. In the 2012 defense appropriations bill, it provided an additional $255 million to buy 42 more tanks. The money was intended to keep the General Dynamics Land Systems’ production line open in Lima, Ohio.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tank vandalized outside Michigan VFW post
Tank vandalized outside Michigan VFW post
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jun 30, 2011 7:03:33 EDT
CORUNNA, Mich. — A Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Corunna, Mich., is offering a $400 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for vandalizing an M-60 Patton tank displayed in front of the post.
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Tank vandalized outside Michigan VFW post
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jun 30, 2011 7:03:33 EDT
CORUNNA, Mich. — A Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Corunna, Mich., is offering a $400 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for vandalizing an M-60 Patton tank displayed in front of the post.
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Tank vandalized outside Michigan VFW post
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