Two of the units returned from overseas tours less than 16 months ago. Maj. Eric "Doc" Spendlove's body remains missing. The aircraft involved were the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter and the UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter. The author deployed in 2009-10 to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division. The Fort Cavazos-based unit will take over for a Fort Carson brigade. Sgt. Matthew Bylski died after the amphibious combat vehicle flipped during training on land at Camp Pendleton, California. A platoon at Fort Moore, Georgia and another at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, lead experiments. "Before I depart this land of the living, I'd love to feel the thunder of doom inside an Abrams MBT," he said. Staff Sgt. Todd Darter helped rescue Sgt. Mark Garcia and his son from a car crash in September. The decades-long tradition continues this year with approximately 2,700 meals. Load More