Story by Melissa Buckley September 17, 2026 at 08:44AM Fort Leonard Wood’s firefighters train for long hours to battle dangerous blazes, but on Sept. 1, 2026, they answered a call of a completely different nature — helping an Army family welcome a rapid-delivery newborn.<br /><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/574962/first-response-first-cry-fort-leonard-wood-firefighters-help-deliver-baby-post-housing"><img src="https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2609/9943976/250w_q95.jpg" width="250" alt="From first response to first cry: Fort Leonard Wood firefighters help deliver baby in on-post housing" /></a>
