Corporal Dylan Walters has quite the interesting start to his Marine Corps career, especially to fellow South Carolina natives. His time with the Corps began on the West Coast, and continued across the country on the East Coast of the Palmetto State. Walters is from San Diego and went to boo…

Sergeant Greg Sword served for 14 years in the Army Reserves. When he was away from drill, Sword did a lot of contract work as well. He went on four different deployments between the two jobs, three to Iraq and one to Afghanistan.

Major Chris Huber has been serving in the U.S. Army since graduating from the Citadel in 2009. The engineer originally was working as a civilian and attending drill like any normal National Guard soldier would. Now, he serves in the Active Guard Reserve.

Sergeant First Class Bobby Edwards served 17 and a half years in the U.S. Army before medically retiring from Fort Jackson earlier this year in March. The former Ranger instructor now works part-time behind a gun counter and full-time as a nonprofit creator. 

Staff Sergeant Carter Lybrand has served in the South Carolina National Guard for 12 years and counting.

Lieutenant Craig Augenstein graduated from the Naval Academy in 1987. After the academy, he went to nuclear power school and became a nuclear officer on a submarine in Charleston. In his five years of service, he went on a couple deployments to the Mediterranean and just north of the Arctic Circle.

Staff Sergeant Jason Dersch served for 14 years in the armed forces. The airborne soldier originally got out of the Army while he was starting a family. Eight months later, he was back in a blue uniform as an Airman. Dersch went back to the Army as a sniper after four years.

Corporal Austin LeQuire has been serving in the U.S. Marine Corps reserves for the last five years. He serves as a combat engineer in Knoxville, TN.

Captain Camden Smith is the Company Commander for Engineer Company D. 4th CEB. He recently underwent an annual training and spent two weeks at Fort Campbell.

Staff Sergeant Jason Ramos has been in the U.S. Army for 12 years. More than 11 were spent all around the world on active-duty, and now as a civilian financial advisor, Ramos continues to serve in the reserves.

Sergeant First Class Bobby Cash retired from the Army after 21 years of service in 2016. The Alabama native served as an MP all over the world and after multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, decided it was time to settle down.

Sergeant James Hull enlisted into the Marine Corps, then temporarily got out and like so many others, re-enlisted after 9/11.

Harrison Church has been in the U.S. Navy for eight years. He was on active duty as an Aviation Boatswains Mate Equipment (ABE) specializing in Catapult Operations/Maintenance on USS George HW Bush CVN-77. Church switched to the reserves in 2018 while wanting to pursue a college degree.

Petty Officer Second Class Karl Roman served for six years in the U.S. Navy.

Staff Sergeant Derek Rast has been serving in the Army for the last 12 years and said he plans on staying in for at least 20. The National Guard recruiter joked that he would not be here if it weren't for the National Guard.

South Carolina Army National Guard Specialist Zach Bogue has served for two and a half years. The young soldier said he wanted to continue family tradition and serve in the armed forces but also continue to go to school for a much cheaper cost.

Ret. Lieutenant Colonel Hubert “Herb” Rentz Jr. has served in the Army on active duty, the reserves and South Carolina National Guard. The Citadel graduate went back to school after his Army training and graduated from Winthrop with his master’s to become a school teacher.

Fort Jackson hosted a change of command ceremony Friday morning, wishing their 51st Commanding General, Brigadier General Milford H. Beagle Jr. (Beags), the best as he continues his career as the Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York. The Enoree, SC native…

Lexington Richland School District Five announced the names of the district's 2021 graduates who have chosen to serve the country by enlisting in one of the branches of the armed forces or attending a military service academy.

United States Marine Sergeant John “Jack” Fossing served six years in the Corps. He notified his father during his senior year of high school that he was going to go into the Navy, but his dad had a different idea.

Brigadier General Milford Beagle Jr., Commanding General of Fort Jackson, was presented with a special award for his career of outstanding achievement and service to South Carolina Tuesday at the State House. Governor Henry McMaster honored Beagle with the Order of the Palmetto as he prepare…

Ret. US Navy Petty Officer First Class Heather Durant-McEady is the Women Veterans’ Coordinator for the South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

"All gave some, Some gave all. Always Remember.”

CMSgt Dayne E. Peterson is the Command Chief Master Sergeant for the 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, in Eastover.

Machinist Mate Senior Chief Petty Officer Jim Crowson has been serving in the U.S. Navy for 23 years and counting. The Senior Chief has no plans of retiring and said he will gladly serve for as long as the Navy will let him.

Master Sergeant John Melson started his military career right out of high school in the Marine Corps. He came home from school one day and said his mother was hosting a Marine recruiter at their house. His journey began from there.

Officials from Fort Jackson released a statement Thursday afternoon following an incident Thursday morning where an armed trainee from the base allegedly hijacked a school bus occupied by 18 children and the driver.

Brooks Herring served in the US Navy from 2005 to 2011, deploying to Iraq and Africa, and as an Army civilian to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2013. He was born on Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, but hails from Conway, SC, and graduated from Conway High School in 2004.

Officials reported Thursday afternoon that a soldier stationed at Fort Jackson has been transported to the fort's authorities by the Richland County Sheriff's Department.

The community will have a chance to ask questions to be answered by Fort Jackson’s commander at an upcoming virtual forum.

Retired US Air Force Master Sergeant Ed Moats served 21 years. He's a Columbia local and joined the Air Force after deciding that his job wasn't helping move his life forward.

US Army veteran Clayton Fulmer is a resident of Lexington. He joined the U.S Army in 2006 after encouragement from family and friends.

Dan Ballister is a resident of Columbia, was born in New York, and is admittedly a die hard Buffalo Bills fan. He served in the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer from 1986 to 1991.

Retired Captain Brian West served in the US Air Force from 1990 to 2012. West began his career as an enlisted airman to see if the Air Force was the right fit for him.

Retired US Air Force Colonel Ron Bartlett served from 1968 to 1995. Bartlett is originally from the Bronx, New York.

Fort Jackson's Commanding General Milford Beagle Jr. announced via Twitter Wednesday evening that the base hosted a special visitor this week.

The recruitment of veteran volunteers to participate in a free clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine has begun in Columbia.

US Air Force veteran Justin Mcgrady served from 2006 to 2012. He's a Midlands local, born and raised in West Columbia. After high school, Justin attended college in Charleston. Realizing the expense his parents were taking on sending him to school, he made the decision to drop out and join t…