Veterans in the news
Ashli Babbitt’s estate reportedly to receive nearly $5M settlement from DOJ
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Ashli Babbitt’s estate have reportedly agreed, in principle, to a settlement. Babbit’s estate initially filed a $30 million federal lawsuit in response to the former’s being shot and killed by a Capitol police officer. The officer who shot Babbit was cleared of wrongdoing on the account that he “acted […]
VA POW claims questioned
Stars and Stripes has a story about a legitimate former POW who once more has pointed out how the VA is paying POW benefits to more men than were ever actually held by the North Vietnamese. From Stars and Stripes; When the number of former prisoners of war receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans […]
Thursday tidbits
The White House says President Trump has backed off renaming Veteran’s Day to “Victory Day for World War I” . While technically, at least historically speaking, he was correct – the holiday started out as Armistice Day for the cease-fire ending at the 11th minute of the 11th hour on November 11, 1918 – the […]
Army Black Hawk pilot sold LSD for religious purposes
Army 1st Lieutenant Kyle Norton Riester was indicted by a grand jury on allegations of distributing LSD. Riester’s lawyers argued that the former did this for religious purposes. His attorneys also argued that Riester viewed LSD as a sacrament that allowed him to communicate with God. This sacrament was “necessary” for Riester’s spiritual growth. Unfortunately […]
Active military members among those detained at underground Colorado nightclub
A multi-agency enforcement operation raided an unauthorized nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Over 200 people were at the “club” including 114 illegal aliens and some active-duty military members. Drugs, weapons, and prostitutes were also at the club during the bust. Mike Moon, the property owner containing the space being used as a club, said he […]
Black Hawk pilot did not comply with a direction to change course before collision
The pilot for the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight, on January 29, 2025, did not comply with directions to change course. Captain Rebecca Lobach was conducting an annual flight evaluation. Details of the investigation into the collision showed that Lobach made more than one mistake during the flight. Not long […]
Hegseth’s body man’s qualifications questioned
SECDEF Hegseth’s office is in the midst of a couple of scandals. We talked recently about his troubles with using the app Signal for potentially sensitive information, but there’s also an IG investigation in leaks to the media. This has led to a few people in Hegseth’s inner circle being fired or reassigned. Of those […]
Here we go again
SECDEF Hegseth is being accused again of having shared sensitive information over the Signal app. This too was around the Houthi attacks a while back, this is a slightly new scandal in that the information was allegedly shared in a different Signal chat stream that included his wife and brother. CNN has the story (if […]
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