President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit and address thousands at ECU, and Vice President Pence to attend Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville. Trump was scheduled to address thousands inside Smith-Williams Arena at East Carolina University on Wednesday. He’ll arrive while still taking criticism for his tweet urging four Democratic congresswomen of color to return to […]

Here’s what’s happening at Ft. Bragg this week — as 18,000 paratrooper kick things off this morning.  Events are open to the public. All American Week is a celebratory event leading up to Memorial Day weekend that includes sporting events, special exhibitions and social gatherings for 82nd Airborne Division soldiers and veterans at Fort Bragg. […]

Families were happy and emotional as their loved ones returned to Ft. Bragg from a 9 month deployment in Iraq.  About 400 members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team from the 82nd Airborne Division were greeted by family and friends as their plane touched down around 4:30pm yesterday. The troops spent the last nine months […]

The Department of Defense announced yesteday that XVIII Airborne Corps from Ft. Bragg will deploy in late January as a part of rotation of forces to Afghanistan.   The Corps will deply about 500 paratroopers to serve.

It was originally decided that the fireworks at Ft. Bragg would be cancelled due to sequestration… but thanks to a sergeant’s contest winning essay the event is a GO! Staff Sgt. Jeff Wells described in his essay how much his community deserved a Fourth of July celebration and how the sequestration had snuffed it out.  […]

President Barack Obama has two trips planned next week  to visit with members of the armed forces, and one visit has him coming to our area.

  Thousands of Camp Lejeune-based Marines are expected to arrive in Haiti today.