Army News
New Army Role in the World
There have been several articles elsewhere regarding China as a threat, which emphasized China’s aggressive efforts to gain control of South Asia, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. More on that later, but the driving force behind it is China’s aim at gaining control of mining rare earths in those areas, as well as control of shipping […]
Last surviving Mohawk code talker from WWII, Louis Levi Oakes, dies at 94
Louis Levi Oakes was one of just 17 Akwesasne Mohawks recognized by the U.S. Congress as code talkers during the Second World War.Blair Crawford/Postmedia/File Born in the Quebec part of the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve, Oakes registered in the U.S. army at age 18, and served in New Guinea and the Philippines One of our ninjas […]
West Point graduates largest class of Black women
It is a shame when those who do set the right example for success are overlooked by the Media. Thirty-two Black women will graduate from the U.S. Academy at West Point later this month — the largest class of Black women in the school’s history. The news comes just a year after Lt. Gen. Darryl […]
Trump Grants Clemency to Former Soldier Convicted of Murder
Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, at left in front of the American flag, pictured in Iraq with some members of his platoon. In the back right holding the flag is Adam Kohlhaas, who was killed in a roadside bombing tied to an Al Qaeda cell. (File image from Behenna family) The White House announced Monday […]
San Antonio Army Sergeant Who Sold Stolen Brass To Buy a Food Truck…
…Gets Nearly Three Years In Federal Prison. AnotherPat sends us the sad tale of SFC Darryle Robert Bankhead, 57, who was happily augmenting his nest egg with pilfered expended brass casings he sold for scrap. An amazingly bad career move, seems Big Army frowns on such behavior. He did make bank though, right before he […]
A Muslim soldier says her command sergeant major forced her to remove her hijab
Sgt. Cesilia Valdovinos has filed a complaint after her command sergeant major accused her of being out of hair regulations and ordered her to remove her hijab. (Military Religious Freedom Foundation) AnotherPat sends us this link concerning Sgt. Valdovinos, a practicing Muslim who was disciplined by a superior for a uniform violation and subsequent unapproved […]
Army: What’s Old is New Again
The video below shows Major General James Gaven leading the 82nd Airborne Division in the 1946 New York City Victory Parade. They are followed by the heavy armored equipment and guns used during the War. (At age 38, GEN Gaven was one of the youngest senior officers coming out of WWII.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s90og73p2fo It relates […]
Senator Dole Promoted
Retired Sen. Robert Dole has been promoted to US Army Colonel. Mr. Dole is now 95. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/27/bob-dole-promoted-army-colonel-95.html WASHINGTON, Kan. — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas has been promoted from captain to colonel for his service in the Army during World War II. The Wichita Eagle reports both chambers of the U.S. Congress have unanimously passed […]
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