Full Circle For NJ Army General In New Role Helming Crucial Reserve Unit
The U.S. Army's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey was the first place Kris Belanger first stepped foot when she enlisted in the Army.
Now, she's one of the people running the show there.
Belanger is the new commanding general of nearly 45,000 Army Reserve soldiers in the Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, headquartered on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
"On July 27, 1986, I stepped foot on these grounds for the first time," said Belanger, a Wantage native, during a change-of-command ceremony on Friday, Aug. 11. "Today, I came full circle.”
The 99th …
'Hello I Hit Your Car': DUI Driver Leaves Crash Scene Confession, Stafford Sheriff Says
A 22-year-old Stafford man was arrested for DUI, and penned a confession at the scene of an accident last week, authorities said.
A Stafford County sheriff's deputy spotted debris in the roadway from a damaged blue Toyota Camry around 4:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, Sheriff David Decatur said.
Then, the deputy saw a male in the driver’s seat of a damaged grey Mazda CX-3, Justin Hart, parked nearby. The deputy made contact with the driver of a nearby Mazda, who said he'd just struck an unoccupied Toyota and was leaving a note.
Hart showed the deputy his note that read, “Hello, I …
