Veterans in the news
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 […]
Dakota Meyer reups with the USMCR

It’s been a decade and a half since Dakota Meyer left active duty. Shortly after he left the service he was called back into uniform to go to the White House to get the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan during the Battle of Ganjgal in 2009. He’s now returning to the service, […]
NYC Helicopter Crash

Let’s talk about the dramatic and tragic helicopter crash in NYC yesterday. A Bell 206 (a venerable, long-serving airframe in both military and civil applications) appears to have broke apart over the Hudson River while flying what seems like a routine tourist flight. Juan Browne (aka Blancolirio) over on YouTube has a video on it […]
Governor Tim Walz heckled by veterans at Minnesota State Capitol

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Democrat, welcomed veterans to the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul. They were there for the “Veterans Day on the Hill” event. Video shows Walz trying to speak, but being interrupted by heckling veterans. He was called a coward and accused of sympathizing with China. From Fox News: “Coward! You sympathize […]
President Trump’s transgender ban threatens an Army major’s desire to continue family legacy

Major Vandal graduated from the US military Academy and has served for nearly 14 years. Vandal, citing other family members who served in the military, described military service as a critical component of identity. Trump’s transgender ban threatens Vandal’s desire to continue serving and to continue the family legacy. Vandal is among those suing the […]
Marine vet accused of faking deployment for free flights

A Marine veteran that currently works as a Federal Air Marshal stands accused of several crimes in relation to defrauding an American airline out of hundreds of free flights. I have a lot of questions as to how this happened. Chief among them is how did the TSA/Federal Air Marshals Service not know that this […]
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