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Kansas City resident startled by Army exercise near his neighborhood

| September 17, 2023 | 26 Comments
Kansas City resident startled by Army exercise near his neighborhood

Army units are conducting military training exercises in the Kansas City area through September 22. The Army coordinated with relevant city authorities as exercises in these areas could lead to confusion and routine activity conflicts with the impacted civilian communities. However, Stephen Flanery, 41, was one of the residents who was not aware of these […]

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Valor Friday

| September 8, 2023 | 16 Comments
Valor Friday

This week Captain Larry Taylor was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War. Let’s see why he’s been belatedly honored. Larry Taylor grew up in the St Elmo neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee. His roots in the area extend back generations. His great-great-grandfather had served in the Civil War, his great-uncle […]

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Future Soldier Preparatory Course to become permanent

| September 7, 2023 | 92 Comments
Future Soldier Preparatory Course to become permanent

  The Army stood up the Future Soldier Preparatory Course. It’s designed as a pre-basic training program to help recruits to get within academic and weight standards needed to start basic training. These Soldiers receive up to 90 days to reach the standards needed to ship to basic training. The graduation rate for this program […]

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Green Beret veteran learns about his false arrest record related to an Army investigation

| September 2, 2023 | 33 Comments
Green Beret veteran learns about his false arrest record related to an Army investigation

The investigation related to the killing of Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar brought Sergeant First Class Jamie Morris’s name up. Others in the incident claimed that Morris approved of the hazing, but Morris said he provided no such approval. These claims of “hazing approval” were advanced in an effort to get leniency. Although Morris was not […]

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Army major charged for sexual abuse

| September 1, 2023 | 14 Comments
Army major charged for sexual abuse

The Army has charged Major Michael Stockin with sexual abuse involving at least 23 victims. These charges include abusive sexual contact and indecent viewing. The investigation that led to this charge spanned a year. Stockin, an anesthesiologist, is alleged to have asked one of the victims to lower his pants before proceeding to touch his […]

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Cecily Aguilar receives maximum sentence for Vanessa Guillén’s murder

| August 16, 2023 | 71 Comments
Cecily Aguilar receives maximum sentence for Vanessa Guillén’s murder

Although Vanessa Guillén was murdered by Specialist Aaron Robinson and Cecily Aguilar, only Aguilar was arrested, charged, tried, and sentenced. Robinson committed suicide in the aftermath of the murder when Guillén’s remains were found. The maximum sentence means that Aguilar will spend 30 years in prison for her role in the murder. This murder was described as gruesome, and helped […]

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The U.S. Army is updating its conventional fires strategy based on Ukraine War realities

| August 4, 2023 | 9 Comments
The U.S. Army is updating its conventional fires strategy based on Ukraine War realities

General James Rainey, of the Army Futures Command, declared that the U.S. Army is generating an updated strategy for conventional fires. Actions taken by both the Ukrainian and Russian militaries are presenting scenarios that will factor in to how the U.S. plans and prepares for future wars. Lessons learned from the Russo-Ukraine War are also […]

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Soldier deployed to El Paso area border was busted in teen sex sting

| June 15, 2023 | 19 Comments
Soldier deployed to El Paso area border was busted in teen sex sting

Axel Cabrera, 22, is a Fort Carson Soldier that was among those soldiers deployed to the El Paso border. This deployment included an extended stay hotel room. Cabrera was hoping to bring a “15-year-old girl” to this room. However, this individual was an agent. Cabrera purchased condoms and gummy bears, as this individual requested, but […]

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