/tags/ft-bragg-stories-podcast Ft. Bragg Stories Podcast en-US Copyright Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:29:24 GMT /military/2018-12-28/ft-bragg-stories-time-to-bow-out This year, after more than a decade of service as a linguist and a paratrooper, Jay Huwieler made the decision to leave the military. “It was a… Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:29:24 GMT /military/2018-12-28/ft-bragg-stories-time-to-bow-out Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-23/ft-bragg-stories-more-happiness-in-my-life Jeremy Moore was on a night patrol in Afghanistan in 2012 when he fell nearly 60 feet down an open well. He suffered serious injuries to his legs, spine,… Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-23/ft-bragg-stories-more-happiness-in-my-life Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-16/ft-bragg-stories-what-we-were-called-to-do Military service is the thread that weaves Bobby and Alexia Fields’ family life together. He’s on active duty at Fort Bragg, she serves in the Army… Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-16/ft-bragg-stories-what-we-were-called-to-do Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-09/ft-bragg-stories-a-turning-point-in-my-life From 1942 until 1978, women who wanted to join the Army served in the Women’s Army Corps. Former Specialist Victoria Landes spent six years as a WAC… Sun, 09 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-09/ft-bragg-stories-a-turning-point-in-my-life Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-12-02/ft-bragg-stories-the-war-was-wrong As a young man in the late 1960s, Hal Noyes faced the prospect of being drafted to fight in Vietnam. He was opposed to the war, but decided to enlist,… Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-12-02/ft-bragg-stories-the-war-was-wrong Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-25/ft-bragg-stories-from-agriculture-to-airborne Growing up on his family’s farm in southern Alabama, Private First Class Tyler Dunn thought his future lay in agriculture.“Our family farm, we’ve got… Sun, 25 Nov 2018 12:00:00 GMT /military/2018-11-25/ft-bragg-stories-from-agriculture-to-airborne Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-18/ft-bragg-stories-helping-incarcerated-veterans Lynn and Steve ¹ÏÉñappom spent five years as co- directors of Fayetteville’s Quaker House. During their tenure, they advocated for better mental health care… Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:30:00 GMT /military/2018-11-18/ft-bragg-stories-helping-incarcerated-veterans Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-11/ft-bragg-stories-no-end-in-sight Sergeant First Class Kelly Rodriguez deployed more than five times in the course of her 21-year military career, serving as an Army Combat Medic in… Sun, 11 Nov 2018 13:00:00 GMT /military/2018-11-11/ft-bragg-stories-no-end-in-sight Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-11-04/ft-bragg-stories-journey-through-darkness Retired Major Ivan Castro’s life was forever changed September 2, 2006, when a mortar landed near him in Iraq. Two of the men in his unit were killed and… Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:30:00 GMT /military/2018-11-04/ft-bragg-stories-journey-through-darkness Elizabeth Friend /military/2018-10-28/ft-bragg-stories-we-try-to-debunk In 2008, Armando Nunez and a friend decided on a whim to try their hand at ghost-hunting by taking pictures in a local cemetery. His wife Joanna and… Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:30:00 GMT /military/2018-10-28/ft-bragg-stories-we-try-to-debunk Elizabeth Friend