Hunter Army Airfield News

Corey Dickstein/Savannah Morning News Soldiers and family members who've lost loved ones in combat watch as doves are released Thursday morning outside Fort Stewart's chapel.

As the United States continues to draw down the size of its military footprint in Afghanistan, some troops will return earlier than expected from their current combat rotations.

U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan , on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium .

Fort Stewart garrison commander Col. Kevin Gregory holds up a flyer during his talk Thursday to the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce.

Elements of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon, will be returning to Hunter Army Airfield over the coming months.

A helmet raffle is under way to raise funds to build a memorial to honor fallen soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment , Hunter Army Airfield.

Fort Stewart garrison commander Col. Kevin Gregory holds up a flyer during his talk Thursday to the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce.

Jackniel Robles-Santa plays with an action figure during the ceremony on Fort Stewart Thursday that dedicated an eastern redbud tree on Warriors Walk for his father, Cpl.

One of the world's largest hotel companies now is managing 76 Army lodging hotels on 39 installations, including Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, according to Arthur Holst, vice president of operations for Intercontinental Hotels Group.

A 36-year-old man was rescued from a boat about 80 miles off the Georgia coast Friday by a Hunter Army Airfield-based U.S. Coast helicopter crew after he experienced life-threatening medical complications.

A veteran Savannah-Chatham police detective testified Thursday that Army Sgt. Emmanuel Perez admitted shooting another man in broad daylight last month.

Savannah-Chatham Metro Police said Sgt. Emanuel Perez, with the Third Combat Aviation Brigade of Third ID based at the Hunter Army Airfield, is charged with murder.

Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens' will host an annual Memorial Day Ceremony Monday, May 27, at 10 a.m. in the Circle of the Immortals, to honor Marylanders killed in Afghanistan since May 2012.

The 117th Air Control Squadron, Georgia Air National Guard, based at Hunter Army Airfield will mark their 65th anniversary on Saturday.