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![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...
Since the day I swore into the Army, there was only one thing that had ever crossed my mind, there was only one goal, and there was only one determination, there be a change, and to make a difference. The sacrifice for me was torture. I lived over 10 years of my life as a Transwoman, and then the...
Ryan Taifane (center) made history earlier this month when he became the first Samoan — in five years — to be sworn in, locally, as an officer candidate. The ceremony took place at the Konelio Pele Army Reserve Center with Taifane being surrounded by family members and friends, including his wife...
O le taimi ua toe sainia ai le isi 4 tausaga e tautua ai le tama'ita'i fitafita mai Futiga ma Aua, Tausalamasinaamalietoa Kimberly Morris ma ua i ai fa'atasi o ia ma lona nephew e fa'atauto o ia i lea sauniga mamalu. O ia o se alo e fa'asino ia Auimatagi Salamasina Dorothy ma le ali'i Malu o le...
![Congratulations, Captain! [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Congratulations%20Captain.jpg?itok=ixjFz19Z "Congratulations, Captain! [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. — Last Saturday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata was pleased to give remarks at the Change of Command Ceremony transferring command of the “Hitmen” Company of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, to Captain Afu Lefaoseu III. He is from Pago Pago, and is another of our own making...
![Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Amata%20speaks_0.jpg?itok=wYEiQHEP "Congresswoman Aumua Amata [SN file photo]")
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced the Wounded Warrior Fellowship Program will be considering applications from a wounded warrior or medically retired veteran for a position at her American Samoa office in Pago Pago. To be considered, all applications must be directed to the...
![[courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Paul%20Ieti2.jpg?itok=b41zNkxn "[courtesy photo]")
Many Samoans, to some degree, have reluctantly chosen to leave our homeland of American Samoa to seek a better future abroad. But no matter where we go, we always seem to find solace being in the presence of our own people. Such was the sense and the atmosphere at the Samoan Protestant Church on...
![[Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/soldiers_1.jpg?itok=nj-jEnuZ "[Courtesy photo]")
Christmas love and cheer reached some soldiers of the A Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment currently deployed in Baghdad, Iraq.
On the far left of the soldiers’ photo is one of our own, SPC Tūto'atasi Letoaepulealonaloto Tautalatasi.
SPC Tūto'atasi wrote via Facebook: "It felt good...
![[photo: US Navy]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sailor_0031.jpg?itok=X38LODHv "[photo: US Navy]")
This US Navy undated photo shows Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Sagapolutele (right), a ship's serviceman, receiving from a Naval official the “Sailor of the Year 2017” award serving aboard USS San Diego, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 22).
A son of American Samoa from...