Military

Louisiana U.S. Senator David Vitter says he's received a commitment from General Mark Welsh to keep Global Strike Command at Barksdale AFB.

A date for The Bossier Chamber Patriot Awards has been announced. Find out when it is and get the latest online newsletter, 'Bossier Connections, here.

Barksdale Air Force Base is among the first in the country to implement a new standardized pay system for civilian employees. The Automated Time Attendance and Production System - or ATAAPS, for short - will eliminate the old paper time cards still used by some bases.

John Pettaway is Louisiana's oldest veteran.  Born on June 4, 1911,   he was one of the first African Americans to have served during World War II.

When the Westboro Baptist Church announced their intention to target the funeral of Texas A&M alum Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale, his fellow Aggies didn’t take it sitting down. In fact, with a little help of Facebook, more than 500 students at Texas A&M showed up at the burial in College Park, Texas.

America celebrates her Independence Wednesday, and along with the barbecues and the picnics we remember the fortune of freedom. Local civic leaders are marking the day as one of the most important holidays Americans observe.

This is a fitting tribute to a fallen soldier. The Louisiana Department of Transportation is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony to re-name I-20 at U.S. 371 in Minden the "Sergeant Joshua B. Madden Interchange."

American and Command flags that were carried to the summit of Mount Everest now have a place of honor at Global Strike Command Headquarders.

Veterans of the Shreveport now have more convenient way to “talk” to their VA health care providers using their VA Personal Health Record (PHR), My HealtheVet, through a new feature called Secure Messaging SM).

Many local and area events are going on to honor our fallen heroes. Yesterday, Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover addressed the Annual Memorial Day salute to Veterans program at Paradise Baptist Church on Hollywood Avenue.