Fort Rucker News Archives

Teacher grabbed the wheel after the driver passed out, 5th-graders report By PATRICK HICKERSON,, GINNY MACDONALD and KENT FAULK Newhouse News Service RESOURCES DEADLY ACCIDENTS Buses from Adventure Bus Charter ... via Houston Chronicle

A charter bus carrying dozens of elementary school children from Jefferson County on a field trip ran off Interstate 59 and flipped today, injuring 20 people in the second major crash for the transportation ... via WLOX-TV Biloxi

“Well, stand up, state you name and raise your right hand”

Seth Dupont, a 17-year-old high school junior, is tearful as his father, U.S. National Guard Lt. via Buffalo News

The Army says Brigadier General James O. Barclay III will become the new commander of Fort Rucker and the Army Aviation Warfighting Center. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

“The Children's Festival was a success, despite the high winds. We had to eliminate the inflatables, (which) attract the children, and the canopies, which give the event a festive look”

The skies were anything but clear and sunny Saturday, but the smiling faces of many Fort Rucker children shone bright at the Moral, Welfare and Recreation's fourth annual Children's Festival at the Youth ... via Montgomery Advertiser

“The difference is just that their administrative support goes though another battalion headquarters”

A Fort Rucker unit that has called this lower Alabama post home for more than a decade will soon case its colors as part of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's push to better align itself with the ... via Montgomery Advertiser

Coffee County's top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into a deadly March 9th bus crash at Fort Rucker. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

Fort Rucker's Lyster Army Community Hospital will open the Wiregrass outpatient clinic this Friday at 11:30 AM. via WTVY Dothan

“That's one of my things. Never take it for granted.”

Dave Williams, a captive in Iraq for three weeks in 2003, looks at his prison uniform back home in Texas in May 2003 for the first time since he left Kuwait. via PilotOnline.com

“Over time, the mothers came to trust the instincts of their children.”

The quality of servicemembers and Army Aviation's continued support aids the United States and the Army on the battlefield, according to officials. via Montgomery Advertiser

“These are reserve Marines and they were returning home from weekend training”

A bus accident Sunday morning on Fort Rucker left 12 Marines hospitalized, including one person who suffered life threatening injuries, according to Lt. via WJHG-TV Panama City

FORT RUCKER , Ala. - A charter bus carrying members of a Marine Reserve anti-terrorism group overturned at an Army base, injuring 23 people. via New York Sun

The father of an Alabama Marine killed in a bus crash at an Army post said he died doing what he loved. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

A bus carrying members of a Marine Corps Reserve unit overturned at an Alabama military base Sunday, leaving 23 Marines injured, four of them critically, the military said in a news release. via CNN

Concerns for the U.S. economy can be heard from coast to coast as the housing market slows, energy prices rise, and the unemployment rate starts to inch higher. via Jacksonville News

“It's nice to represent our company and shed some light on what we're capable of doing. I'm here to represent Bravo Beast.”

Fort Rucker leaders recognized the accomplishments and service of five noncommissioned officers during a ceremony Feb. via Montgomery Advertiser

“You don't know 'til you come down to the meeting and find out what's going on”

There are more than 400,000 veterans in Alabama, but the number receiving benefits doesn't come close to that total. via Montgomery Advertiser