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President Trump has decided on a strategy for Afghanistan that also takes a broad approach toward tackling competing interests in South Asia, CBS News' Margaret Brennan reports. The White House released a statement on Sunday saying that Mr. Trump will address the nation's troops and the American people on Monday evening from Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, "to provide an update on the path forward for America's engagement in Afghanistan and South Asia." Officials expect Mr. Trump to announce a strategy that meets the requests of commanders in the field, allows for the deployment of around 4,000 more U.S. troops,...

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2009 – A granite monument dedicated to 40 U.S. servicemembers who perished in an air crash in Australia during World War II has found a permanent home at Fort Myer, Va. Left to right, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Bruce A. Wright; Australian Air Vice-Marshal Kym Osley, head of the Australian embassy’s defense staff; U.S. Army Secretary Pete Geren; Harry McAlpine, president of the Returned and Services League’s Washington, D.C., sub-branch; U.S. Army Col. Laura J. Richardson, garrison commander of the Fort Myer Military Community; Robert S. Cutler, executive director of the Bakers Creek Memorial...

The President was honored with a Military Appreciation Parade at Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia TranscriptFirst Lady Laura received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service from Defense Secretary Robert Gates,The President discussed Conservation and the Environment in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building TranscriptVice President Dick Cheney administered the Senate Oath to reelected senators Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

FORT MYER, Va., April 7, 2008 – Children normally are told to quit clowning around, but today it was actually encouraged, as clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus entertained more than 100 youngsters at the child development center here. More than 100 children from the child development center on Fort Myer, Va., enjoy a performance by members of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, April 7, 2008. These four, from left, Ryan Cline, 2, Madeline Fontana, 5, Jaylen Wright, 4, and Liam Ryan, 4, got a chance to be part of the action. Photo by...

New Joint Command Stands Ready to Defend Capital By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service FORT LESLEY J. MCNAIR, D.C., Sept. 22, 2004 – A new headquarters here will concentrate the military mission to help defend the nation's capital. Army Maj. Gen. Galen Jackman holds the Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region activation order during a ceremony at Fort Myer, Va., Sept. 22. Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Inge, deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command, presented the certificate. The new command's component commanders surround Jackman. Photo by Jim Garamone(Click photo for screen-resolution image); high- resolution image available. The Joint Force...

Maj. Gen. Galan B. Jackman, commanding general of the Military District of Washington, welcomes Spc. Eric M. McKeeby as the Bravo Company Soldier and photojournalist arrives with his unit from a seven-month Horn of Africa deployment.photo by Spc. Jeremy Kern The weather was cold in December when The Old Guard's Bravo Company -- Team Battlehard -- left Fort Myer for duty in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. The Soldiers returned to a hero's welcome on a gorgeous summer's day. Djibouti is a small, impoverished country in the horn of Africa, formerly known as the Territory of the Afars...

  Soldiers Reflect on Carrying Reagan's Casket By Kathleen T. RhemAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, June 10, 2004 – When Justin Rogers and Travis Sullivan were born, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States. A joint-service honor guard transfers former President Ronald Reagan's casket from a hearse to a caisson during a historic ceremony in Washington June 9. Army Spc. Travis Sullivan, from "The Old Guard" ceremonial unit, is at the left rear. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Samuel Shavers, USN(Click photo for screen-resolution image); high-resolution image available. The evening of June 9, these two young men, now...

It is alleged by someone who claims they heard it on a local Washington DC radio channel that some female managed to steal a food truck, drive it up to the gates of Henderson Hall (the Marine base) in Arlington VA, then had a three-hour standoff with the Marines before surrendering. However, I have not been able to find any proof that such an incident occured. Was someone indeed hallucinating?

June 12, 2003 Retiring Army Chief of Staff Warns Against Arrogance By THOM SHANKER FORT MYER, Va., June 11 ?Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, the Army chief of staff who pushed his tradition-bound service on a difficult path toward transformation, retired today, warning against arrogance in leadership. General Shinseki's four-year term was marked by clashes with the Pentagon's civilian leadership over weapons systems and troop strength, and he did not mention Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in his parting remarks. The defense secretary did not attend the ceremony because he was traveling in Europe en route to a NATO meeting. "You...