On June 8, 2013, six members from Delta Company 1-110th Infantry were conducting training in Fort Pickett, Virginia. Following Tropical Storm Andrea, which made landfall along the Florida coast and moved north in the previous days, the soldiers were tasked with checking routes to assess whether or not they had been effected by the storm. The soldiers observed a vehicle parked […]
On January 9, 2015, a former Army first sergeant and his father were both sentenced for conspiring to launder bribes received in Afghanistan. Between 2008-2009, Jimmy Dennis was a first sergeant with the U.S. Army, serving as a paying agent in the Humanitarian Aid Yard at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. Dennis worked to procure […]
On January 9, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Debbie Endsley as acting secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet). Endsley will be replacing Peter J. Gravett, who is retiring after four years in the position. Endsley is the daughter of a Veteran, and the wife of a U.S. Marine. She served as […]
Back in 2011, a group of employers banded together and vowed to collectively hire 100,000 military Veterans by 2020. The coalition began with eleven companies, bent on hiring Veterans, and calling their initiative the 100,000 Jobs Mission. But the undertaking rapidly grew into a widespread national alliance, expanding to 170 employers. As of September 30, […]
The U.S. Navy is in the process of developing its next-generation radar system, intended to integrate onto new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers (DDGs) by 2023. The Navy’s Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) system is reputed to be more than thirty times more sensitive than current radars configured on existing destroyers. Navy officials claim […]
On March 4, 1865, at the close of his second inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln said: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to […]
Combat operations may have concluded for American forces in Afghanistan, but that does not necessarily mean that the war is over. On December 28, 2014, an end of mission ceremony was held in Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul. International Security Force (ISAF) commander, U.S. Army General John Campbell, saw the end of the 13-year long Operation […]
Each year, more than 15,000 Sailors and Marines stationed in and near San Diego separate from active duty military service. With over half of these men and women remaining in the area, San Diego County boasts the third largest population of Veterans in the nation. With so many Veterans concentrated in one area, competition for […]
It is not uncommon for anyone with an email or social media account to have one or more of their accounts get “hacked.” Usually, a hack involves some malicious person posting or sending private messages from the compromised account, in order to try to obtain sensitive personal information or access to accounts. This deceitful tactic […]
Volunteering for America’s military provides service members with the opportunity to travel around the world, starting with our own great and beautiful country. When military members separate from active duty, often times they settle down in entirely different locations from where they originated or were stationed. This is especially true for military retirees. With fifty […]
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