Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Rasins grew up playing video games during the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis era. Whether it was shooter games, sports games or card games, Rasins liked them all. By middle school, he was drawn to the…
Author: Fayetteville Observer
Service members killed in Afghanistan ID’d as spec. ops soldiers and airman
The Department of Defense has identified two Fort Bragg soldiers and an Air Force airman who were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. They are Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Lexington, Virginia; Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael…
Trump sending military to border; 82nd Airborne says it has not deployed yet
This morning President Trump said the military will be used to stop people at the border. “I am bringing out the military for this National Emergency,” he tweeted. Brandon Judd of the National Border Patrol Council is right when he…
U.S. Army soldier killed in Iraq was an officer in the 82nd Airborne
A Fort Bragg paratrooper has been killed while helping to fight the Islamic State in Iraq. The soldier, 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee, died Saturday in Mosul, Iraq, while conducting a security patrol as part of a unit advising and…
Deplorable conditions found at fire station on North Carolina Army base
March 26–Firefighters at Fort Bragg’s Fire Station No. 7 have been complaining for years that their building is deplorable — even sickening. The roof leaks. Exhaust from the engine trucks wafts into sleeping quarters. Carpets are soaked with water when…
