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February 21, 2019
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Author, Actor, Activist: Grateful To Change Lives his friends founded Steppenwolf Theater Company.
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ctor, activist, and now a u t h o r, G a r y S i n i s e stopped by Fort Belvoir on Valentine’s Day, and Soldiers, families and retirees were already in lined up by the hundreds, books in hand, to show Sinise some love at a signing of his first book, Grateful American. The book documents Sinise’s rise as an actor and how one acting role would change the lives of so many Soldiers and families he had never met. Sinise became immersed in acting after getting a part in a high school production of West Side Story – so much so that he and
Lt. Dan However, it was his pivotal role as Lt. Dan Taylor in the Oscarwinning 1994 movie Forrest Gump that brought a new awareness of America’s Soldiers and their families across the United States. The character is an over-the-top Army officer who loses both his legs in Vietnam, sending him into a spiral of depression. He’s subsequently saved by the title character Forrest Gump’s optimism and innocence.
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Actor and author Gary Sinise, left, speaks with a Soldier as he signs her book at the Post Exchange, Feb. 14. All 600 copies that the PX had on hand sold out quickly for the event.
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Change Of Authority: Army Takes Charge At FBCH By Adrienne Anderson Writer/Graphic Designer
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av y C a p t . R o b e r t Fr y relinquished his position as Fort Belvoir Community Hospital director to Col. Rodney Gonzalez Tuesday, during a Change of Authority ceremony at the hospital. “In a time of fast-paced change in our military health system, we should take this moment of pause to recognize some exceptional people who have and who will continue to lead our health system in the future,” said Maj. Gen. Ronald Price, director of National Capital Region Medical Directorate and presiding officer at the ceremony.
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Col. Rodney Gonzalez, left, incoming director, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, accepts the hospital flag from Maj. Gen. Ronald Place, director, National Capital Region Medical Directorate, as outgoing director Navy Capt. Robert Fry looks on during hospital ceremonies on Tuesday.
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Fry is retiring in the spring after almost four decades of serving, Price said. “In all of those times, he has led with a spirit of integration that defines his true spirit, and that’s lived through his time in command, in directorship, of Fort Belvoir Community Hospital,” Place said. “Through his work, it’s clear to me that Capt. Fry knows that we cannot afford to allow silos or separation to affect combat casualty care that we provide to our troops in the field nor affect the efficiency or effectiveness of the management and administration of our enterprise.” Price expressed his gratitude to Fry for the focus he provided as director and said the hospital has a lot to be proud of with regards to readiness and advancement in medicine.
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