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  • January

    Colby Conrad works at her desk as Destry sits quietly nearby. Having accommodating leadership that allows the service dogs to stay by their trainer’s side is vital to the success of the Canine Companions for Independence according to Conrad. (U.S. Army photo by Luke Burns/Released)

    Bring your dog to work day (every day)

    I love puppies. Doesn’t everyone? Show me someone who doesn’t love puppies and I’ll show you the empty space where their cold black heart once resided. When a puppy enters a room, conversation stops and all anyone wants to do is touch it. Maybe to make sure it’s real and not some childhood dream come to life.So imagine my surprise when I saw a

  • September

    Children of Samaritan Village and their new friends from Yuba City, California, pose for one final shot after construction of new playground equipment at the orphanage near Arusha, Tanzania. The Yuba City team spent two weeks in Tanzania in August 2014, improving orphanage facilities and meeting the kids.

    Gifts and givers -- a Corps engineer in Africa

    He traveled to Tanzania, Africa, on a mission to help improve a home for orphans but returned feeling those children gave him a much greater gift – a lesson in strength, humility and kindness. The recent two-week trip to Tanzania was the second such service trip to Africa for Brian Poole, a supervisory engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District engineering division.

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