For This Military Town, a Memorable Memorial Day

An all-terrain vehicle exits the cargo bay of a Kentucky Air Guard C-130 onto the flight line at Fort Campbell, Ky. U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer via Flickr . HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. | Memorial Day weekend will feel a little different this year than any in the past decade in this small town in southwestern Kentucky. After years of seeing thousands of local soldiers deployed from nearby Fort ...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/05/for-this-military-town-a-memorable-memorial-day.html

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:49:56 -0700

TVA Officials Visit Fort Campbell, Kentucky

The 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell will give representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority a tour of the Army installation.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/18433816/tva-officials-visit-fort-campbell-kentucky

Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:09:57 -0700

Prosecution, defense rest in Abdo case

Both the prosecution and defense have finished calling witnesses in the trial for Naser Jason Abdo. Abdo is the AWOL soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky who was arrested in Killeen last July. He is accused of planning to set off a bomb inside an unnamed Chinese restaurant in Killeen filled with Fort Hood soldiers.
http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/284928/prosecution--defense-rest-in-abdo-case

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:12:28 -0700

Trial starting for Fort Hood bomb plot suspect

Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. Jury selection was scheduled to start Monday at his federal trial in Waco.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20120521/trial-starting-fort-hood-suspect-120521/

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 05:32:26 -0700

Fort Campbell incentives aim to trim civilian employees

Fort Campbell is offering incentives to its civilian employees to leave their jobs or retire early and trying to find new jobs for others to reduce the number of civilian workers by the end of the fiscal year.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120519/BUSINESS01/305190051/2047/BUSINESS

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 02:49:45 -0700

Jury sees video of GI buying bomb-making items

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Muslim soldier on the run for three weeks after going AWOL from a Kentucky Army post found no help from friends in his Dallas-area hometown, where he hatched a plan and bought supplies to blow up a restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops, according to testimony at his federal trial Tuesday. Naser Jason Abdo, who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., bought pressure cookers ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Jury-sees-video-of-GI-buying-bomb-making-items-3575616.php

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 18:52:58 -0700

Detective: Gun Store Buys Led Police To Soldier

A soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant frequented by troops was detained by police who were tracking a person based on suspicious gun store purchases but didn't know his name.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/18605148/detective-gun-store-buys-led-police-to-soldier

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 09:35:46 -0700

SLIDESHOW: Lindsay Allen rides along on a Nat'l Guard mission

Monday the Kentucky Air National Guard traveled to Fort Campbell Kentucky, where the guardsmen were tested before their next real-life mission.
http://www.wdrb.com/story/18402432/slideshow-lindsay-allen-rides-along-on-a-natl-guard-mission

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 08:12:44 -0700

National Guard Preparation Part 1

Stephanie spent a day in the live with a Kentucky National Guard unit as they did disaster drills.
http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/National_Guard_Preparation_Part_1_153368325.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 19:07:26 -0700

Abdo guilty in foiled bomb plot against Fort Hood soldiers

Thursday, a jury found AWOL soldier Naser Jason Abdo guilty of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant frequented by Fort Hood soldiers.
http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/284928/abdo-guilty-in-foiled-bomb-plot-against-fort-hood-soldiers

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:28:09 -0700