Soldiers Update

Chaplains and Chaplain Assistants with the 16th CAB drive around the helicopter flight line handing out freeze pops and cold water to sweaty Soldiers and call it Operation Cool-down.

Before departing to the first ever Invictus Games in London, Team U.S.A. hosts a pep rally for their athletes in Herndon, VA.

Spc. Donald P. Sloat will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his conspicuous gallantry in Vietnam as he used his body to shield his three fellow soldiers from an exploding grenade. His brother and sister provide their memories of their older brother.

At the Pentagon, outreach specialist for the University of Michigan Depression Center & former Detroit Lions quarterback, Mr. Eric Hipple, spoke at the 2014 Resiliency Fair and shared his knowledge on suicide.

Wounded, injured and sick service members compete at the first international Invictus Games in London. One Army sergeant uses swimming to help her forget the hardships that made her a Wounded Warrior.

The Soldiers of ISAF's Joint Command Movement Control team are tasked with moving military passengers in and around the city of Kabul, Afghanistan.

More than 200 service members participate in the US Army Europe's Expert Field Medical Badge testing.

CSM Bennie Adkins and Specialist 4 Donald Sloat are inducted into the Hall of Heroes after they received the Medal of Honor.

Thirty-one Soldiers arrived at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany to take part in U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior and Best Junior Officer Competitions. Over the course of six days, Soldiers will be tested on more than 30 mission focused tasks.

President Obama presents the Medal of Honor to two Vietnam Veterans at the White House.