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Lead investigator in Green Beret murder case pleads guilty to stolen valor charges

| December 1, 2019 | 37 Comments
Lead investigator in Green Beret murder case pleads guilty to stolen valor charges

Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Delacruz has pleaded guilty to wearing a Purple Heart he didn’t earn, and other charges (Defense Department) HMCS(FMF) ret. sends us an incriminating article about the Army Criminal Investigation Command agent assigned to Maj. Mathew Golsteyn’s murder case has pled guilty for wearing unearned awards and qualifications. Sgt. 1st Class […]

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Behind Eddie Gallagher’s Court Martial Is a Much Larger Issue

| November 29, 2019 | 58 Comments
Behind Eddie Gallagher’s Court Martial Is a Much Larger Issue

Poetrooper sends us another article, which uses Chief Gallagher’s trial to address how findings by five of nine unelected judges have tied the hands of the Commander-In-Chief, and therefore placing the lives of our military members at great risk. We’re all familiar with the Court Martial and subsequent legal maneuvering that resulted in the firing […]

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Update on the US Troops and Kurds in Syria

| November 18, 2019 | 2 Comments
Update on the US Troops and Kurds in Syria

The US still holds the Kurds as allies, and is supporting them in Syria. https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/11/17/partnership-with-kurds-against-isis-still-strong-says-us-coalition-general/ Despite the misinformation handed down by media in general, the US troops remaining in Syria to assist the Kurds still have a strong relationship with them. From the article:  ERBIL, Iraq — A senior U.S. coalition commander said Friday the […]

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No, We Haven’t Really Left Just Yet

| November 6, 2019 | 8 Comments
No, We Haven’t Really Left Just Yet

Trump OKs a wider oil mission in Syria, but there are questions. https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/11/05/trump-oks-wider-syria-oil-mission-raising-legal-questions/ WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has approved an expanded military mission to secure an expanse of oil fields across eastern Syria, raising a number of difficult legal questions about whether U.S. troops can launch strikes against Syrian, Russian or other forces if they threaten […]

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Update: Syria, the US and the Continuing Story

| October 27, 2019 | 7 Comments
Update: Syria, the US and the Continuing Story

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/10/25/russia-says-it-sent-hundreds-of-additional-troops-to-syria/ MOSCOW — Russia has sent hundreds of additional troops to Syria to help patrol the country’s Turkey-Syria border after a deal between Moscow and Ankara, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. The ministry said about 300 military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the northeastern areas along the border with Turkey and oversee the pullout of Syrian Kurdish […]

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Bovine Bombers?

| September 6, 2019 | 16 Comments
Bovine Bombers?

ISIS has found a new vector for its suicide bombers- cows. Attrition from both the US and Allied forces has so reduced ISIS’s numbers they are reluctant to use human suicide bombers. Perhaps not the most efficient manner to deliver suicide bombers- they have to get the cows near their intended target, and remain close […]

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ISIS bombs wedding party in Kabul

| August 21, 2019 | 18 Comments
ISIS bombs wedding party in Kabul

You’ve probably already seen this on the news. It’s the second time the ISIS wedding bombers have hit a massed gathering of people who want to celebrate something good. If they run out of weddings, they’ll just find other targets. https://nypost.com/2019/08/18/isis-claims-responsibility-for-bombing-at-kabul-wedding-that-killed-63/ 63 dead and 200 wounded…. And for what? From the article: The deadly explosion […]

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Fallen Marine Raider Gunnery Sgt. Koppenhafer…

| August 13, 2019 | 8 Comments
Fallen Marine Raider Gunnery Sgt. Koppenhafer…

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer’s death on Saturday at first blamed on extremists …Victim of Friendly Fire? The U.S. military is currently investigating whether friendly fire caused the first combat death involving an American service member in Iraq this year, defense officials said. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer was part of a team […]

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