By Debbie Gregory. Veterans who are Democrats are running for Congressional seats in record numbers. And some of them are proving to be competitive in areas previously considered as Republican strong-holds. While veterans are traditionally considered conservative, here are some veterans running as Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections: Josh Butner- CA Josh’s family has […]
After a decades long battle, National Guard veteran Amie Muller succumbed to pancreatic cancer. She believed it was a result of deployments to Iraq and exposure to burn pits. Burn pits produced billowing toxic smoke night and day at an air base in northern Iraq. After returning to Minnesota, she began experiencing health problems usually […]
By Debbie Gregory. A U.S. Army veteran is standing trial on charges that he shot and killed another man following a confrontation at an Anaheim, California park. Alexander Raymond McMoore was shot in the chest near the park’s basketball courts. He was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where he later died. Adam Jay […]
By Debbie Gregory. A 59-year-old Army veteran is facing more than 40 criminal charges and an investigation by state and federal law enforcement officials after he was arrested on March 24th in a Massachusetts hotel with dozens of weapons. Texas native Francho Bradley told law enforcement that he assembled his arsenal as part of a […]
By Debbie Gregory. When most people picture a veteran, it’s a male. And the same holds true for homeless veterans. But the truth is that the Department of Veterans Affairs has found that female veterans, including those with children, are the fastest-growing share of homeless veterans. Female veterans are two to four times as likely […]
By Debbie Gregory. As mass shootings become more common, UAB Hospital, a Level I trauma center hospital located in Birmingham, Alabama is the first hospital in the state to offer Stop the Bleed training in schools. Launched in October of 2015 by the White House, Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and a […]
In the past, graduation rates for veterans were significantly lower than those of traditional students. However, a major 2011 study by the Student Veterans of America revealed that the opposite was true. In fact, veterans are graduating at a rate close to that of more traditional students: an average 51.7 percent for veterans in comparison […]
By Debbie Gregory. Captain Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Most of these versions exist in Marvel’s main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. On March 26, Marvel Studios announced that production on Captain Marvel has officially begun. In the upcoming film, Brie […]
By Debbie Gregory. When it came time for the Pentagon to chose a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one of their top choices turned out to be tainted rattled by the “Fat Leonard” scandal. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard” because of his size, has admitted to bribing Navy officials with […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Army Reserve is preparing 10,000 soldiers for major war with intensive training on machine guns and automatic grenade launchers. Called Operation Cold Steel II, the first iteration spanned two months, from Oct. 12 to Dec. 15, 2017, at Fort Hunter Liggett, CA. During that time, the 79th Theater Support Command (TSC), […]
