TAMARA WARD

Chesapeake Beach man travels to Alabama for humanitarian effort

There are 816 miles, or 1,314 kilometers, between Chesapeake Beach and Phil Campbell, Ala. (yes, there is a town named Phil Campbell). For Chesapeake Beach resident Phil Campbell, those are just coordinates on a map.

Ceremony held to transfer command of JADAOC

Calvert twin remembers brother killed in Vietnam

Line 2 of the casualty statement from the Department of Army reads “DIED 26 February 1968 in Vietnam from gunshot wounds received during ground action.”

The Joint Air Defense Operation Center (JADOC) held a ceremony to transfer authority from one Army National Guard command and control element to another Dec. 3rd at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB).