By Debbie Gregory. Integrated training of men and women soldiers has played out at the Maneuver Center of Excellence in a public way since early 2015, when 19 women became the first soldiers to attend Ranger School. Eighteen women at Fort Benning, GA., just became brand new privates and specialists, graduating from One Station Unit […]
By Debbie Gregory. Many who have achieved celebrity and fame have worn our nation’s uniform. They are veterans who have served and sacrificed. One of those stars was Adam West who gained overnight stardom as “Batman.” West passed away on June 9th following a short battle with leukemia. He was born William West Anderson on […]
By Debbie Gregory. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin may be an unlikely choice to overhaul veterans services. Although he is the son of an Army psychiatrist, for the first time, the head of the agency is not a veteran. His family has a history of military service and providing military medical care. Both his […]
By Debbie Gregory. Defense Secretary James Mattis has added three new appointees to his team at the Pentagon. Mattis has appointed Vayl Oxford to Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Stephen Kitay to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy; and Sergio de la Peña to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western […]
By Debbie Gregory. In order to meet the growing demand for advisers, the U.S. Army is authorizing $5,000 bonuses to troops interested in participating in a new training brigade. The creation of five training and advising brigades signals the Army’s intent to shift away from the conventional units and tactics that yielded a significant number […]
By Debbie Gregory. General Mark Milley, the Army Chief of Staff, said he supports additional troops in Afghanistan. He also supports a residual force in Iraq. General Milley has not yet decided on whether or not to send more troops to South Korea. General Milley was asked these questions by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) […]
By Debbie Gregory. A former Army Ranger played a big role on the set of the recently released film “The Wall.” Nicholas “The Reaper” Irving was responsible for making sure the film’s stars, John Cena and Aaron Taylor-Johnson stayed technically true to their roles as Army snipers. “Having Irving on set really helped make sure […]
By Debbie Gregory. From 2010 to 2015, the Department of Veteran Affairs has taken almost half a billion dollars in military separation pay back from disabled veterans. Why? Two words- double dipping. Close to 25,000 veterans were penalized as a result of a decades old federal law that bans the “double dipping” of government benefits. […]
By Debbie Gregory. There are very few options for an immigrant veteran who’s been deported following a conviction for an aggravated felony to legally return to the U.S. It doesn’t help that many of these veterans have settled in dangerous border towns in Mexico, where jobs are scarce and crime pays. Here, they run the […]
By Debbie Gregory. A 25-year-old Air Force veteran and federal contractor has been accused of leaking classified information regarding a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack to an online news outlet. Reality Leigh Winner was arrested on June 3 and charged with leaking classified material to a digital news outlet, the Department of Justice announced yesterday. […]
