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![Amata with Soldiers who are currently serving the country at Fort Jackson. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_with_soldiers_at_fort_jackson.jpg?itok=24agLRRy "Amata with Soldiers who are currently serving the country at Fort Jackson. [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. – Last week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata had the opportunity to spend time with soldiers from American Samoa and their families as part of her tours and briefings at major forts in four states along the U.S. East Coast, along with visits to a VA Center and a Catawba Reservation, and...
![Cpt. Samuelu Eli Wells and Cpt. Mel Meaole, Jr. — both stationed at Fort Benning, GA — recently completed the MCCC course and they couldn’t be more proud and thankful for their success. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/two_sons_of_samoa.jpg?itok=FZUX6Wtv "Cpt. Samuelu Eli Wells and Cpt. Mel Meaole, Jr. — both stationed at Fort Benning, GA — recently completed the MCCC course and they couldn’t be more proud and thankful for their success. [courtesy photo]")
Fort Benning, GA — There is bravery and there is courage. One complements the other and one exists because of the other. Bravery with a whole lot of heart — and courage with the will to excel — just takes things up another notch.
Cpt. Samuelu Eli Wells and Cpt. Mel Meaole, Jr. — both stationed at...
O le ali'i o PFC Pene Vaisagote ua pasia nei e ia le BCT mo le US Army ma ua avea o ia ma Warrant Officer. Malo le tauata'i ma le taumafai e fa'aeaea si o tatou malo ma aiga i faiva i nu'u mamao.[ata: foa'i]
Tanu Sola'ita (center) was one of brave young men and women who took an oath to become "Army Strong" last Friday during a brief swearing-in ceremony at the Konelio Pele US Army Reserve Center in Tafuna.Sola'ita is a 2017 graduate of Tafuna High School and he is set to depart for basic training at...
Camp Humphreys, SOUTH KOREA — SSG Ioana-Star Wells is an 88N, Transportation Management Coordinator, who hails from the village of Leone and is the daughter of Tuaula and Florina Scanlan. She is currently assigned as the Movements Supervisor under G4 Mobility Division, Eighth Army, “Pacific Victors...
![LTC Jeremiah OConnor, Battalion Commander of the 87th COMPOSITE SUSTAINMENT SUPPLY BATTALION OF THE 3RD SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE of 3ID, Fort.Stewart is pictured with Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen and Mrs. Mary Britton, the wife of COL. Britton, 3rd Sustainment Brigade Commander after Mrs. Britton presented the Congresswoman with a welcoming gift of friendship from the Marne Soldiers and 3SB and a gift of friendship between the congresswoman and Fort Stewart. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Fort%20Steward%202%20soldiers%204134.jpg?itok=peVsU09i "LTC Jeremiah OConnor, Battalion Commander of the 87th COMPOSITE SUSTAINMENT SUPPLY BATTALION OF THE 3RD SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE of 3ID, Fort.Stewart is pictured with Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen and Mrs. Mary Britton, the wife of COL. Britton, 3rd Sustainment Brigade Commander after Mrs. Britton presented the Congresswoman with a welcoming gift of friendship from the Marne Soldiers and 3SB and a gift of friendship between the congresswoman and Fort Stewart. [courtesy photo]")
Fort Stewart, GEORGIA — Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen visited Fort Stewart, Georgia yesterday (04/29/2018) in her capacity as a member of the Veterans' Affairs subcommittee on Health and the Natural Resources subcommittee on Insular and Indian Affairs. Aumua was on a fact-finding visit to...
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Fort Sam Houston, TEXAS — Gwendolyn Emmsley Peko was recently promoted to First Lieutenant (1LT) and has just received her Masters in in Social Work. 1LT Emmsley-Peko is a Licensed Social Worker and will earn the title Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) upon completion of a 2 year internship at...
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Honolulu, HAWAII — Lumana’i o Samoa Club taupou Nerisa Taua from Fitiuta, Manu’a, and Leon Tuupo Alaimaleata of Alofau, who will be entering basic training for the U.S. Coast Guard in New Jersey this month.
The two are pictured at a Lumana’i event Friday, April 6, 2018 at Chaminade University,...
![SPC Naomi Sautia-Pomele, of the 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, was recognized at a Fort Drum town hall meeting with Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper during his visit on March 29, 2018. Sautia-Pomele was one of five female soldiers to be nationally recognized during Women's History Month for exceptional service to the US Army. [photo credit: SGT Liane Hatch]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Sautia-Pomele-Army%20feature.jpg?itok=lLGqe4lM "SPC Naomi Sautia-Pomele, of the 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, was recognized at a Fort Drum town hall meeting with Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper during his visit on March 29, 2018. Sautia-Pomele was one of five female soldiers to be nationally recognized during Women's History Month for exceptional service to the US Army. [photo credit: SGT Liane Hatch]")
Fort Drum, NEW YORK— In honor of Women's History Month last month, the US Army recognized SPC Naomi Sautia-Pomele, a Petroleum Supply Specialist with the 10th Mountain Division (LI) Sustainment Brigade, as a woman of exceptional and outstanding service.
In fact, Sautia-Pomele, originally from...
![SGT Latoya N. Marshall, better known by her peers, friends, and family as Salaia Salava'a, who is an Army recruiter with Wilmington Recruiting Company in Raleigh, NC, was named the Female Athlete of the Year 2017. SGT Marshall is not only the first Samoan female athlete to receive such an award, she is the first Samoan to be nominated and selected for such a prestigious honor and recognition. She is a graduate of Leone High School, home of the Lions. [Courtesy FB photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/FB_8882_0.jpg?itok=22siB-Sd "SGT Latoya N. Marshall, better known by her peers, friends, and family as Salaia Salava'a, who is an Army recruiter with Wilmington Recruiting Company in Raleigh, NC, was named the Female Athlete of the Year 2017. SGT Marshall is not only the first Samoan female athlete to receive such an award, she is the first Samoan to be nominated and selected for such a prestigious honor and recognition. She is a graduate of Leone High School, home of the Lions. [Courtesy FB photo]")
Raleigh, NORTH CAROLINA — The All-Army Sports Office received numerous nominations for the 2017 Army Male and Female Soldier-Athlete and Coach of the Year contest. After a vigorous selection process, SGT Latoya N. Marshall better known by her peers, friends, and family as Salaia Salava'a, of the...