Our association proudly supports the mission of our deployed troops in their fight against world terrorism. To that end, we have put together this set of pages, consisting of news about the deployed elements of our division, a message board for posting messages of support, and links to other sources for these purposes.

War On Terror: Our Honored Dead
Our division has lost soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have created a memorial page in remembrance of them.
Kaziah Hancock, an artist based in Utah, has created Project Compassion, a remarkable undertaking which provides the families of fallen soldiers with an oil painting of their soldier, at no charge. She has been joined by other artists, and together they have given over 500 paintings to the families. Their gallery contains portraits of several Tropic Lightning soldiers.

"Spartan Brigade"
The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) of the 25th Infantry Division is based at Fort Richardson, Alaska. From October 2006 to December 2007 they conducted operations in Iraq and were involved in some of the most difficult combat of the war. The 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) memorial was unveiled at Fort Richardson, Alaska on May 16, 2008.

Recent News Stories

Schofield soldier's heroics saved day
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu, HI, May 27, 2009
Sgt. Scott Kenyon, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry "Gimlets," on Friday will receive the Silver Star at Schofield Barracks for actions on June 6, 2008, west of Abu Ghraib, Iraq.

4,500 Schofield soldiers return home
KHNL Channel 8 News - Honolulu, HI, March 13, 2009
4,500 Hawaiii-based soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, are back in the arms of loved ones. On Thursday, they had their official homecoming at Schofield Barracks.

Alaska-based soldiers head for Afghanistan
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK, February 3, 2009
In an event that mixed warrior traditions with the farewell to families of a modern volunteer army, Fort Richardson's airborne brigade held a deployment ceremony Tuesday in advance of its departure for Afghanistan. ess than 15 months ago, the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) of the 25th Infantry Division returned from an extended tour in Iraq, where it played a major role in the surge of coalition forces there, primarily in the provinces south of Baghdad.

Choice of bombs or bites
Worcester Telegram - Worcester, MA, December 12, 2008
It has been more than 60 years since World War II ended, but Auburn resident Chester H. Urban [M Co., 35th Infantry] still remembers the day when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and he still remembers the time he spent in foxholes on Pacific Ocean islands, including Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands.

Salute to heroic past: Local Korean War vet remembers comrads in new book
Northern Virginia Daily - Strasburg,VA, November 8, 2008
As Veterans Day approaches, Carlysle C. Crank [25th Infantry Division Association Chaplain] took time out to reflect on his military service and to talk about what inspired him to write a book about the Korean War, "Combat Infantryman Badge Salute."

Other Division News Sources

• Newspapers:
  

  Hawaii Army Week You will find numerous stories from the division's public affairs reporters in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as news about the Army in general.

  US Army, Pacific Has two publications of interest: Freedom Watch (Afghanistan) and The Coalition Scimitar (Iraq). Both publications are in Adobe Acrobat format.

• Association Chapters:
  Our 5th Infantry Chapter has two sections of their site devoted to the Bobcats in Iraq and Bobcats in Afghanistan.

  Hounds in Iraq Instructions on how to address mail to Wolfhound troops in Iraq, plus a couple of deployment news links.

  Hounds in Afghanistan Instructions on how to address mail to Wolfhound troops in Afghanistan, plus a couple of deployment news links and an update from the 2-27th XO.

• Other Resources:
  Remembering the Fallen of the 3/509th Infantry The father of a soldier in this unit created this memorial page to honor the memory of their fallen.

  Stryker Brigade News: 1/25 Brigade News Archive This excellent site has compilations of news stories about the 1st Brigade, photos, links and more.

  Michael Yon : Online Magazine Michael Yon is a writer embedded with the Deuce Four. His blog is very interesting reading. Among the topics he has covered are the swearing-in ceremony for new U.S. citizens among the Deuce Four, and the uncovering of a huge cache of terrorist weaponry in Mosul ("The Devil's Foyer").

• Deployment Photos
  The division site has a page of photos of our deployed troops, plus some pre-deployment photos.

• Any Soldier Inc.
  Any Soldier Inc. started as a family effort to help a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade who deployed to Iraq in 2003. Their mission has since expanded to support other military units. They provide soldier contacts in specified units, including numerous 25th Infantry Division units in Iraq and Afghanistan, on the Where to Send page. To locate contacts in a particular unit, select Parent Unit in the left navigation section, then scroll down to the 25th Infantry Division Section. You will see contacts from the 2-5th Infantry, 125th Signal Bn., 2-35th Infantry, and others. The contacts in the deployed units list what they need and want. The soldiers are volunteers for this effort. They see the "ATTN: Any Soldier" line and put your letters and packages into the hands of soldiers who don't get much or any mail. Because this list changes all the time due to unit movements, soldier transfers, or even soldier casualties, DO NOT send any letter or package to a soldier's address unless you check the Any Soldier web site the same day you mail your packages.

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