Army Colonel Ryan Dillon, Coalition Spokesman, and Staff Sergeant Yer Yang, Supply Sergeant, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve send holiday greetings from Baghdad, Iraq to Providence and Narragansett, Rhode Island.

 

Video by Sgt. Cameron Christensen

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...