Veterans in the news
Pete Hegseth tapped for SecDef
Trump’s wasting no time in very publicly building his cabinet. The latest addition was announced last night, and is kind of a surprise to say the least. Trump’s tapped Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be the next Secretary of Defense. Hegseth’s been a long time supporter of the Trump agenda, and it seems that […]
Army Major alleged to have perpetrated sexual assault against at least 20 victims
Major Jonathan J. Batt is looking at three charges involving 76 specifications related to sexual assault. There are at least 20 alleged victims involved with these charges. A military preliminary hearing officer recommended that these charges be addressed at a court-martial. Bratt is facing specifications related to sexual assault, abusive sexual contact, aggravated assault by […]
Tim Sheehy wins his Senate race
Tim Sheehy was up against Jon Tester, the Democratic Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman. Stories about the inconsistencies related to Sheehy’s claims of being shot in Afghanistan did not appear to deter his chances to win this race. Tester was a prominent Democrat voice for Veterans issues in the Senate. From Military.com: “I’ve been serving […]
Malcolm Nance loses it, has a persecution fetish
Malcolm Nance is a retired US Navy senior chief petty officer, who was a naval cryptologist in his active duty days. He retired in 2001, and didn’t return to duty after 9/11 like so many recent retirees felt the call to when the country was attacked, he instead went to work for organizations such as […]
Civil War Vets Buried
Seems odd to be talking about this, almost 160 years after the end of the Civil War (or, for KoB, the War of Northern Aggression). Worth remembering, especially for all those advocating a new civil war. Civil War is always bloody, harsh, and like all wars, isn’t ever all over by Christmas. The cremated remains […]
Records do not support Tim Sheehy’s ‘shot in Afghanistan’ claim
Tim Sheehy is one of the Republican candidates for the US Senate. Sheehy claimed that he was shot in the arm in Afghanistan during combat. However, a former park ranger said that that Sheehy shot himself at Glacier national park. When asked if there were any military records backing his claims of being shot in […]
Veterans group gets slammed for backing an Iowa House race candidate
Zach Nunn and Lanon Baccam are running against each other for one of Iowa’s House races. Both of them are veterans. However, Nunn, the GOP candidate, received the backing of Veterans group “With Honor”. This group is a bipartisan group who has backed candidates from both parties. Nunn met With Honor’s standards to get their […]
Daniel Penny: Good Samaritan, or overdone chokehold?
Daniel Penny’s manslaughter trial got underway with both the prosecution and defense making statements. Prosecutors argued that Penny “went too far” and that he handled Jordan Neely as a threat than as a person. The defense argued that Penny only applied enough force that was needed to address a “seething, psychotic” man. The man had […]
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