Hey, UTEP!

¡Hey, Familia!

The UTEP Prospector's Ms. Vanessa Juarez has this week's feature:

"Game changers"

"Ft. Bliss 3rd. Brigade Combat Team reshapes how war is fought."


¡Adelante, Vanessa!


Brief snippet from original published online: Wednesday, June 16, 2010.


"In the middle of the desert that surrounds Doña Ana, the wind roared around the ears of soldiers from the 2nd. Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, coating everything in sight with a fine, brownish - red dust.

"The soldiers are training [and] becoming familiar with each other and getting used to what life will be like when the brigade they are a part of -- the 3rd Brigade Combat Team -- is deployed to Afghanistan in the spring of 2012.

"Operation Bulldog Brawl, the month - long training exercise the brigade is now participating in, began June 1 and ends June 26.

"The brigade, which contains nearly 3,500 soldiers, is utilizing the rocky desert and mountains of Northeast El Paso and Southern New Mexico to field cutting - edge technology, including a small, roving robot that transmits images to its operator day or night..."

Way to go, Vanessa!


Wow! ¡Guau!



The movie Star Wars is here, now! :)