{"id":461878,"date":"2025-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=461878"},"modified":"2025-05-29T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:01:14","slug":"students-receive-an-army-experience-during-a-local-touch-a-truck-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=461878","title":{"rendered":"Students receive an Army experience during a local \u201cTouch a truck\u201d event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ql-editor\">\n<div class=\"editor-image single\">\n<figure class=\"photo cur-photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2025\/05\/28\/4b9901ff\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Students receive an Army experience during a local \u201cTouch a truck\u201d event\" src=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2025\/05\/28\/4b9901ff\/size0-full.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Local students meet Spc. Kevin Silva, G3, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, during a Touch a Truck community event, May 23, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Valdez)<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Valdez)<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2025\/05\/28\/4b9901ff\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. \u2013 Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Fogle, Force Protection NCO and Spc. Kevin Silva, G3, assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, visited Parkland Preparatory Academy, located in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, to meet with local students and participate in a Touch a Truck community event, May 23, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The event was held to bring students an experience meeting US Army Reserve Soldiers, learn about Soldier experiences and see some of the military equipment that they use.<\/p>\n<p>Silva and Fogle attended the event arriving in a 2-and-a-half-ton truck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the children at the center are curious about the military and what we do,\u201d said Silva. \u201cSo getting to interact with them and watch their excitement is why I do these types of events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the event, children had the opportunity to climb inside the vehicles and ask questions about the uses of the vehicle and the military experience Silva and Fogle have experienced in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is always an honor and a privilege to be able to do events like Touch a Truck,\u201d said Fogle. \u201cI love seeing how excited the children get when interacting with vehicles or equipment on display\u201d, concluded Fogle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local students meet Spc. Kevin Silva, G3, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, during a Touch a Truck community event, May 23, 2025. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Valdez) (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Valdez) VIEW ORIGINAL LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. \u2013 Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Fogle, Force Protection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=461878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461879,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461878\/revisions\/461879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=461878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=461878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=461878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}