Veterans in the news
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 […]
Fort Carson Soldier’s idea of taking a block of C4 home ‘blows up’ his future plans
Joshua King, an Army sergeant stationed at Fort Carson, opted for the “green to orange program” with his unauthorized possession of a block of C4. King, in the process of a divorce, did not factor in the fact that the home would be cleaned out and that someone would run into this C4. That someone […]
Transgender veteran: Trump’s removing transgendered troops is ‘reckless and dangerous’
Alleria Stanley, a transgendered woman, penned an opinion article for The Guardian. He took aim at President Donald Trump’s order to have transgendered service members removed from the military. Stanley countered the reasons used for removing transgendered service members from the ranks. He argued that transgenders were twice as likely than the general population to […]
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