Duty and Honor

• Lowcountry events commemorate 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11
  Lowcountry residents will never forget 9/11 and are planning a variety events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. To remember the heroes of that day and those who continue to serve, events including concerts, special prayers, moments of silence and a military flyover are planned. Upcoming events include:

• Lowcountry readers share eyewitness accounts of Sept. 11 and its aftermath
  

  As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks nears, we asked our readers to share what they remember most about that day. Below are some of the responses.

• Lowcountry readers reflect on terrorist attacks as 10th anniversary nears
  As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks nears, we asked our readers to share what they remember most about that day. Below are some of the responses.

• Military to upgrade base schools
  On orders from Congress, the Department of Defense is deciding how to spend a first-ever appropriation -- $250 million -- to upgrade a set of public schools that are in disrepair or disturbingly overcrowded.

• Helping Hollywood: The military's service in film runs deep
  On a sultry mid-July afternoon, a few hundred Marines, some with spouses and children in tow, muster for a free screening of the movie "Warrior" at a cement cinema house at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

• Rising to shield commissaries from the budget knife
  Jerry Ensminger, a retired Marine Corps master sergeant who has fought for years to win government-funded health care for families exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, doesn't want the measure passed if, to pay for it, Congress would gut the military's prized commissary benefit.

• Fripp Island group raising money to benefit second Lt. Dan Weekend
  As Lt. Dan Weekend 2 approaches, a Fripp Island group is inviting the community to help raise money for severely injured troops.

• Remembering Sept. 11
  What do you remember most about the day the towers fell? It's been nearly 10 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Special tributes are planned throughout the county and nationwide. How will you remember that day? What have you learned -- about yourself, the country, the world -- in the past decade?

• Fear 'redux bonus' not scary headlines
  Military careerists have been spun up this month by sensational headlines and news bulletins about a plan to "slash" their retirement, citing a "Pentagon study."

• Care on the battlefield
  When Army Ranger Leroy Petry's hand was blown off by a grenade as he was saving his comrades in battle, he knew just what to do. He used his remaining hand to twist a tourniquet around his arm to avoid bleeding to death.