Posts: Europe
SOA in Serbia: Life-changing work in a geopolitically strategic country
Greetings, I’m Colleen Denny, one of the newest members of the Spirit of America team. Prior to joining Spirit of America, I served in the Coast Guard, where my career focused on counter-narcotics and search-and-rescue missions in the Caribbean and Florida Straits....
Ukrainian ArmyFM and Military TV update – Spirit of America and the civil–military partnership in action
I recently returned from Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, where I continued Spirit of America’s (SoA) ongoing support for US diplomats working alongside Ukrainian Army colleagues at ArmyFM and Ukrainian Military TV. Spirit of America’s supporters provided the initial...
Support for lifesaving medical training on Georgia’s mountain frontier
Recently, I traveled to the Republic of Georgia to assist a US Army team working side by side with Georgian military and police. Our first project together was focused on improving potentially lifesaving medical knowledge and skills training for Border Police of...
Help U.S. troops support Ukrainian soldiers defending their nation’s sovereignty
Dear supporters, As the war in the Donbas, a region in Eastern Ukraine, enters its fourth year, the Ukrainian Army continues sacrificing and working hard to restore their territorial sovereignty and to defend their homeland in the face of internal challenges and from...
Hitting the ground running in Eastern Europe
My second week with Spirit of America started with a flight to Kyiv, Ukraine. As Chris Clary and I took off from Dulles International Airport, I sat with my laptop and reviewed SoA’s many contributions to freedom, sovereignty, and resiliency in Ukraine. From funding...
Update on Spirit of America’s support in Kosovo
In 2015, a US Army team was working to strengthen their relationship with the people living in a town in southern Kosovo that had been identified as vulnerable to influence by criminal enterprises and Islamic extremism. The US soldiers understood that the best way to...
Update from Ukraine on Army FM
Spirit of America has been responding to needs identified by US troops and diplomats in Ukraine since the Russian-initiated conflict erupted in 2014. Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives defending their country, and civilians have been killed as a result of the...
Spirit of America and U.S. military efforts strengthen relationships and equip first responders in Bosnia-Herzegovina
I was just in Bosnia and Herzegovina to support a swift water rescue training event put on by the US military. I traveled to Brčko District with the US Army Civil Affairs team to see the training first hand and meet the first responders who were receiving the...
