Olympians traveled to Qatar on April 8 to show servicemembers the first medals earned by the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team after 86 years of Winter Olympic competitions. Four skiers are placing seven Olympic medals, one gold and six silvers, around the necks of U.S. servicemembers in the Middle East as part of the first Armed Forces Entertainment Heavy Medal Tour. The athletes won the medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games in February. The Heavy Medal Tour included gold and silver medalist Billy Demong, of Vermontville, N.Y.; and...
read moreCAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar — “You’re here to see what this Stryker facility does each day for the war fighter,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Peter Butts, 1st Battalion, 401st Army Field Support Brigade commander, while addressing about 20 of his soldiers and civilians Sept. 21, inside the Stryker battle damage repair facility at Camp As Sayliyah. “The teamwork going on within this organization is incredible,” said Butts, referring to the surrounding General Dynamics Land Systems’ workforce. The...
read moreCAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar – “We want to work ourselves out of a job,” said Rick Hunt of Newark, Ohio, Dec. 23., while standing inside the Stryker battle damage repair facility at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar. “When we don’t get damaged vehicles, it means people are going home in one piece,” said Hunt, General Dynamics Land Systems site manager in Qatar. He’s responsible for receiving, repairing and returning Stryker combat vehicles protecting U.S. Central Command war fighters. A recent decrease in combat-damaged...
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