Deserved more attention than it got…
Soulja Boy disses troops, angers Military
Sept. 5, 2011 4 Comments
The rapper has denied comment on the matter
F-15 fighter jets to fly around Mass. during training mission Wednesday
May 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
Eastern Massachusetts residents need not be alarmed this Wednesday, June 1st, by fighter jets overhead. According to the National Guard, F-15 Eagle fighter jets from the 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts National Guard in Westfield will participate in an Alert Force exercise from 10 a.m. to noon in the skies over Provincetown, Nantucket, Hyannis and Martha’s [...]
EarthTalk: Merino wool? Military going green?
Oct. 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
What’s the deal with Merino wool underwear?
Military to accept openly gay recruits
Oct. 19, 2010 Leave a Comment
Is “don’t ask, don’t tell” dead? According to USA Today, Cynthia Smith, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said the suspension of “don’t ask, don’t tell” is in response to the October 12 decision of a central California federal judge that ruled the law implemented under President Clinton in 1993 was unconstitutional. Judge Virginia Phillips on Tuesday denied [...]
MIA Aussie special forces dog found alive
Nov. 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
BRISBANE, Australia — An Australian Special Forces Explosives Detection Dog named Sabi has been found alive and well almost 14 months after being declared missing in action in Afghanistan. The black Labrador retriever, who was trained to detect improvised explosive devices in the Oruzgan province, was recovered by a US soldier at an isolated patrol [...]
Army CID looking for vehicle that may have left Ft. Hood crime scene
Nov. 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
The US Army Criminal Investigation Command announced Monday night that it was looking for any military of civilian personnel or any vehicles that may have left the scene of the Building 42003 massacre scene at Fort Hood, Texas. CID would not speculate but said it was looking for anyone who “may have inadvertently left the [...]
Army releases names of Ft. Hood victims
Nov. 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Here is the US Army’s list of victims of the shooting rampage November 5. Twelve soldiers and one civilian employee were killed. Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman, 55, of Havre De Grace, Md. She was assigned to the 1908th Medical Company, Independence, Mo. Maj. Libardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge, Va. He was assigned to the [...]
‘Horse Soldiers’ frustrated me, a lot more than it should
June 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
When you’re writing a book about the military, this critic thinks, you’ve got to be a great writer. You have got to know what you’re doing, and you have got to understand the shark-infested waters you’re swimming in. A bad book about the military will do one or several of the following things: 1) reduce [...]
F-22 Raptors deploying to Pacific
Dec. 16, 2008 Leave a Comment
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (Air Force News Service) — Air Force officials have scheduled to deploy two contingents of F-22A Raptors to the Pacific theater in January 2009 for approximately three months. Current plans call for 12 of the fighters to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and [...]