79K views · 4.2K reactions | Every year over the holiday season, the U.S. Army provides trainees in Basic Combat Training an opportunity to go home to be with their loved ones. This year, around 6,000 trainees are traveling for "holiday block leave." Happy holidays! | U.S. Army | Facebook

Adjutant General of the Army Brig. Gen. Hope Rampy, from Fort Knox’s U.S. Army Human Resources Command, laid a wreath this morning on the gravesite of the nation's 12th president, Zachary Taylor. The White House provides wreaths each year to be placed, by a U.S. military general or flag officer, at the gravesite of each deceased former U.S. president on the anniversary of their respective births. Taylor grew up in Louisville before joining the Army in 1808. He was sworn into office in 1849 and s