By Debbie Gregory. On January 15th, another member of the U.S. armed forces was killed as the result of a helicopter crash during a training exercise. Army Captain Clayton Carpenter of Brooklyn, New York was killed, and two unidentified soldiers were injured when their Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed. The accident happened during a […]
By Debbie Gregory. The United States currently has the mightiest military in the world. U.S. Armed Forces are the best equipped and most thoroughly trained to defend against any known weaponry. But over the past few years, there has been a boom of technological innovations coming from countries like China and India, requiring U.S. military […]
By Debbie Gregory. Everyone acknowledges the sacrifices that military spouses make in support their loved one’s military service. Today’s military spouses usually endure multiple deployments, with months and years spent away from their husband or wife. Military spouses must pick up the slack in these times, playing both mother and father to their children. They […]
By Debbie Gregory. In 2013, the VA designated $300 million to be used as grants for non-profit organizations and its Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. With the money, the VA says that over 39,000 Veterans and 23,000 family members were helped. On January 14, the VA announced that it would commit another $300 […]
By Debbie Gregory. On January 14, 2014 a brilliant 43 year military career ended with the retirement of the Army National Guard director, LTG William E. Ingram Jr. General Ingram began his military career in 1970 as an enlisted infantryman in the North Carolina National Guard. Like many great officers, Ingram was a prior-enlisted man. […]
By Debbie Gregory. In December, Boston’s Northeastern University unveiled an unusual tribute to honor Prisoners of War (POW) and Americans Missing in Action (MIA). The university installed a memorial, in the form of spectator seat, at their Matthews Arena. To pledge that the more than 91,000 POWs and American service members who remain unaccounted for […]
By Debbie Gregory. Since the Global War on Terrorism began, there have been more than 2,000 Veterans who have required limb amputations due to wounds suffered in combat. While many Veterans lives are never the same after service to their country, these wounded warriors face more obstacles than most of their comrades. The loss of […]
By Military Connection Staff Writer Joe Silva. Part 1 of Veteran Employment Series Every year, approximately 200,000 military service members separate from the armed forces. More than half of this population of former officers and enlisted service members consists of men and women between the ages of 25 and 34. These able-bodied Americans currently rank […]
By Debbie Gregory. The family of Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured by militants while stationed in Afghanistan more than four years ago, has renewed hope for Bergdahl’s return. On January 14, 2014, Bergdahl’s family released a statement, distributed by the Idaho National Guard, saying, “Today we learned that a new video of our son, […]
By Debbie Gregory. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, more than one third of all U.S. casualties occurred in Iraq’s Anbar province. The Anbar province, with a heavy Sunni population, continues to be major area of conflict between the mainly Shiite Iraqi government, and the Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which […]
