Army News
Thief steals American, German flags, hoists Confederate battle flag over 2nd Cav Regiment
Jeff LPH 3 sends in this Army Times piece on some shenanigans at Rose Barracks, Germany; Overnight Monday, an “unknown individual” stole the U.S. and German flags from a American unit’s headquarters in southern Germany and raised the Confederate flag, officials confirmed to Army Times. Military police at Rose Barracks, Germany, began an investigation after […]
Army chief public affairs officer sacked after 97% negative climate survey
US Army Brigadier General Amy Johnston (it looks like there was a name change since her official photo above) was the Army’s top public affairs officer. She was suspended from her duties as the top ranking Army spokesperson after a whopping 97% of her staff describe the workplace she’s fostered as “workplace hostility.” Jeff LPH […]
Investigation clears 101st Combat Aviation Brigade leadership of misconduct
We talked about the investigation into this unit back in May here; I don’t know if I even recognize the Army anymore. Back then a senior officer was sent to investigate many complaints within the command of Colonel Travis Habhab. The complaints stemmed from a nine-month deployment to Poland in which a trip planned to visit […]
Newsweek reports SFC Cashe to receive MoH soon
We’ve talked a lot about Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe and his insanely heroic final acts. He is easily one of the bravest people I’ve ever written about. Read about him here, which includes links to prior discussions on the man. Newsweek is now reporting that “sources familiar with the process” are saying that Secretary […]
Marine Raider guilty in death of Green Beret SSG
Jeff LPH 3 sends in word that the court martial for GySgt Mario Madera-Rodriguez, a Marine Raider, has returned a guilty verdict. He got off on the felony murder charge, but was guilty on the other counts, to wit guilty of hazing, false official statements, conspiracy charges and involuntary manslaughter. Army Times reports; A military […]
60 Soldiers to have valor awards upgraded for actions in Somalia ’93
Jeff LPH 3 sends in word that 60 soldiers will have valor awards related to action during Operation Gothic Serpent, the US/UN intervention in Somalia in 1993. This was the operation that led to the famous Black Hawk Down incident in what became the Battle of Mogadishu. Fifty-eight soldiers will have awards upgraded to Silver […]
Army battalion commander says “if you’re a white male you’re part of the problem”
According to the Book of the Face, the US Army’s 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment got a new commander last week. They posted goodbye messages to their former commander on the 4th of June. Now, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew “Dru” Rhodes has been outed on social media as the new CO and not for good reasons. […]
Army returns corporal to a required rank
Jeff LPH 3 sends word that the Army is returning the rarely used corporal rank to the forefront. Corporal, the lowest NCO rank in the Army, ranks above, but with, the rank of Specialist, both in the E-4 paygrade. The difference is that corporals can be rating supervisors. For a while now, getting to E-5 […]
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