The United States Army Home Page Soldiers Online Quick Links Army A-Z Army Knowledge Online Leadership The Way Ahead Civilian Personnel Army Families Retirees Veterans Recruiting National Guard Guard Recruiting Army Reserve Reserve Recruiting Army ROTC U.S. Military Academy Army Public Affairs Defense Link FirstGov AKO | Army A-Z GOARMY.COM Support Our Troops Army Outreach How You Can Help To Our Soldiers Soldier Stories Civilian Stories U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program Veterans Organizations On Behalf of a Grateful Nation Army News Army Public Affairs Army News Service Press Releases Army Images Army Media Player Soldiers Radio and Television News Centers Early Bird Army Newspapers Hometown News Service DefenseLink Defend America Homeland Security White House More Service News Army Reserve News Army National Guard News Navy News Air Force News Marine Corps News Coast Guard News Other Information Warrior Ethos Fact Files Professional Writing Professional Video Parameters Military Review Center of Military History Eisenhower National Security Series Freedom Team Salute Symbols & Insignia Army Racing Soldiers Honor Civil Rights Leader Dr. King "Every decisive chapter in the history of freedom has within it an epic figure, whose righteousness and power transcend time and place to become a symbol of humanity's struggle against the sin of subjugation," said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, referring to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom he met in the 1960s while working on civil rights legislation in Congress. Rumsfeld, Soldiers and other Defense Department personnel honored the civil rights leader at the Pentagon's 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. More Soldiers Fabricate 'Mine Roller' Vehicle The mechanics of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment in Afghanistan developed a mine roller? to help defeat the threat of pressure-plated improvised explosive devices. The mine roller, which attaches to the front of a Humvee, has special armor, 130-pound tires and two supplemental 50-pound, water-filled tires, which roll in the center. Soldiers built the vehicle using parts from nonservicable equipment, such as the front end of a Humvee, a generator trailer and pieces of a maintenance Gator. More Artillery Now `King Of Roads' in Iraq Field artillery is commonly known as the king of battle,? but artillerymen of Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery are more like kings of the road? as they cruise down the highways of Iraq in heavily armed Humvees, protecting supply convoys from insurgent attacks. The Soldiers, assigned to the 56th Brigade Combat Team of the Texas Army National Guard's 36th Infantry Division, knew in advance that they were not going to be pe