Army
Wednesday short takes
That Earth-shattering Big Story? Not today. First up, you may remember the odd case of the Massachusetts cop who was trying to buy a gun for his cop job and triggered an ICE response? A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Valor Friday
If there’s a more Civil War-era name than Galusha Pennypacker, it’s his given name of Uriah Galusha Pennypacker. He was born somewhere in the vicinity of 1840-1844, the dates are uncertain. His gravestone lists 1 June 1842 as a birth year. His family had deep roots in his native Pennsylvania. His great-great-grandfather had immigrated from […]
Valor Friday
I came across the story of Cathay Williams, the only known female Buffalo Soldier, and found it interesting. From the National Park Service; Cathay Williams was born to an enslaved mother and a free father in Independence, Missouri in 1844. During her adolescence, she worked as a house slave on the Johnson plantation on the outskirts of […]
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at Fort Benning, Georgia, directed drill sergeants to stop using “bay tossing” with trainees, but the move was quickly rescinded.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 […]
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