Autism Awareness
Fort Irwin community members came out to support Autism Awareness month during a walk here, April 2. April was Autism Awareness Month and the Exceptional Family Member Program held an awareness walk...
View ArticleFort Irwin community shows support for victims of sexual assault
Photo by Gustavo Bahena, NTC and Fort Irwin Public Affairs Staff Sgt. Daniel Hurtado, with Eagle Team, Operations Group here, brought his two dogs, Sue and Pumpkin, to the Denim Day Walk on Fort...
View ArticleNews Briefs May 2014
Ongoing Army & Air Force Exchange provides “You Made the Grade” coupon booklet for free products and discounted offers for students in grades 1-12, who maintain a “B” or better average. Contact the...
View ArticleImprovements made to electrical system
Photo by G.A. Volb, Public Affairs Office Personnel with Southern California Edison work on an electrical transformer during a scheduled power outage here, April 5. A scheduled power outage at Fort...
View ArticleQuarterly domestic water public notice
Fort Irwin’s water permit requires Fort Irwin to notify the public quarterly of the following: This is an alert about your drinking water and a cosmetic dental problem that might affect children under...
View Article‘The Rock’ of refuge
Fort Irwin’s Chapel Youth Program opened the doors to “The Rock” after a ribbon cutting ceremony here, May 14. National Training Center and Fort Irwin commander Maj. Gen. Ted Martin and United...
View ArticleBidding farewell to Wounded Warrior unit
United States Army Medical Department Activity Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Rodriguez rolls up the guideon of Warrior Transition Unit/Company A (WTU-A) during an inactivation ceremony here, May 23. As the...
View ArticleNTC display draws thousands at Welcome Center
Visitors to Barstow’s Tanger Outlets Mall have the opportunity to view a recent addition to its welcome center. Mall management has been working closely with representatives of the large military...
View ArticleReady for duty at tactical operations centers
Battle Staff NCO Course 12-14 graduates: (Top row) Sgt. 1st Class Catherine Jones, Sgt. 1st Class Robert Nolan, Sgt. 1st Class Arkadiy Yeliseyev, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Everett, Sgt. 1st Class Shayne...
View ArticleKeeping convoys secured, stomachs full
A class 1 (food) supply convoy driven by the 138th Quartermaster Company approaches a M1 Abrams main battle tank on Langford Lake main supply route at the National Training Center, April 25. The 138th...
View ArticleTop energy, environment expert visits Fort Irwin
The Honorable Katherine Hammack (right), Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, visits the Child Development Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., April 23. The CDC...
View ArticleCelebrating rich culture, complex history of Asian American Pacific Islander...
Gustavo Bahena Alexander Ziegler uses his palm to hit a board held by Col. Todd Kimura, commander of United States Army Dental Clinic Command here during a ceremony at Fort Irwin, May 7. Alexander was...
View ArticleStudents learn cake decorating art
The white creamy icing was slathered on “guinea pig cakes” with enthusiasm – much of it building up around the edges leading to sweet tempting stalagmites. A group of cake-decorating connoisseurs of...
View ArticleHottest trucking crews in the High Desert
Red signal smoke floats by the front of a M1070 heavy equipment transport truck during the “Truck Roadeo” competition here, June 3. When rotational units need a tank or Stryker vehicle moved at the...
View ArticleNew hospital construction to impact roads July 7-20
Traffic flow and road accessibility will be impacted on some roads of Fort Irwin, July 7-20. Signs will inform motorists of 1) Local traffic only access. 2) Local traffic and hospital only access,...
View ArticleDeputy commander riding off into retirement
Photo by Gustavo Bahena, Public Affairs Office Wayne Taylor rides on the way to a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans ceremony at Fort Irwin. Taylor, an avid rider, rode his Harley in the motorcycle...
View ArticleRiding in comfort
Those new, shiny buses you might have seen on post can take you in air-conditioning comfort to lunch and to your next meeting. The Logistics Readiness Center here, recently introduced two new vehicles...
View ArticleShuttle available to off-post hospitals
Fort Irwin Logistics Readiness Center operates a medical shuttle weekdays (except on federal holidays) to outlying hospitals in San Diego, Camp Pendleton and Loma Linda. All active duty personnel are...
View ArticleOperations Group welcomes 22nd commander
The new commander of Operations Group: Col. Jeffery Broadwater. The National Training Center’s Operations Group has a new commander. Colonel Jeffery Broadwater took command of the battalion-size unit...
View Article916th Support Brigade receives new commander
New commander of the 916th Support Brigade, Col. Matthew Ruedi, takes hold of the brigade’s colors from National Training Center and Fort Irwin Commander Maj. Gen. Ted Martin. The change of command...
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