Army
Soldier Arrested on Espionage Charges
Fort Leavenworth Fort Bliss soldier charged with espionage for attempted secrets leak By Todd South A 22-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, was arrested Wednesday on espionage charges. Spc. Taylor Adam Lee was arrested in El Paso, Texas, on criminal charges of attempted transmission of national defense information to a foreign adversary and attempted […]
Five shot at Ft. Stewart
First reports have an active shooter at Ft. Gordon(formerly FGt. Eisenhower, formerly Ft. Gordon) Stewart, Georgia and 5 soldiers shot. Five soldiers were shot and wounded in an “active shooter incident” that has prompted a lockdown at a U.S. Army base in Georgia, officials there say. In an update posted to its Facebook page, […]
Army Training Sir!
Army infantry training unit reverses ‘bay tossing’ ban The commander of an infantry One Station Unit Training brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia, directed drill sergeants to stop using “bay tossing” with trainees, but the move was quickly rescinded. Jeff Schogol It may sound counterintuitive, but sometimes you have to make a mess to teach Army […]
Valor Friday
Continuing last week’s theme on exceptionally long service… As I’ve said previously, really, really long service was more common in the 19th Century (in America at least). In the 20th Century, mandatory retirement ages meant that it’s very difficult to spend more than four decades in uniform, but I have noted previous exceptions. My first […]
Valor Friday
It’s been a while since I talked about some folks who had exceptionally long military careers. A year and a half ago, I spoke about some here. I’ve come across a few more since then, so let’s take a look. Benjamin Bonneville was born in 1796 in Paris just after the French Revolution. When he […]
Tim Kennedy admits to lying about receiving valor award
We talked about this former Green Beret a while back. Catch yourself up here. MMA Fighting has an update for us, hot off the virtual presses; Retired UFC fighter Tim Kennedy issued an apology after admitting that he lied about a specific military accolade he never actually received during his years of service. A popular […]
Valor Friday
In honor of the holiday today, let us take a moment to look at some valor awards earned for actions on America’s Independence Day. Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Charles Capehart earned the Medal of Honor on 4 July 1863 at a little place you might have heard of; Gettysburg. Technically, part of the retreat from […]
Good Idea Fairy in action
Electric cars… I’m not going to start a discussion on ’em – think we have beaten them to death by now. But an incident this week makes me wonder whether the Navy should start using them. As weapons. A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, […]
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