Happy 112th Birthday Richard Overton – America’s Oldest WWII Veteran By Debbie Gregory. At 112 years old, Richard Overton is the country’s oldest living veteran. He was born on May 11, 1906 in Bastrop County, Texas. In 1942, he volunteered for military service after the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Overton is […]
Should Exchanges and Commissaries Merge? By Debbie Gregory If John H. Gibson II, the Defense Department’s new chief management officer has his way, the three military exchange services and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) would be merged into a single resale enterprise. But executives of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Exchange Command […]
VA TO Host Baby Showers for Veterans Welcoming New Babies by Debbie Gregory In conjunction with a number of national organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting the first nationwide baby shower for veterans and caregivers welcoming new babies in 2018. Partners who provided valuable and generous contributions to the success of the baby […]
Heroic Southwest Pilot Among First Female Fighter Pilots in Navy By Debbie Gregory. The Southwest pilot who is being called a hero for landing a crippled Southwest plane was among the first female fighter pilots to serve in the U.S. Navy. “We can confirm that Lt. Commander Shults was among the first cohort of women […]
The number of female soldiers who have graduated from Army Ranger School has just increased to an even dozen, as the most recent graduates join ground-breakers Army Capt. Kristen Griest, Army Capt. Shaye Haver, and Army Reserve Maj. Lisa Jaste. Ranger School is one of the toughest training courses for which a Soldier can volunteer. […]
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. An Army veteran is recovering from a serious, but not life-threatening gunshot wound to the upper chest after he brandished a knife and was shot by police at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ clinics in White City, Oregon. Gilbert “Matt” Negrete had sought help for paranoid delusions. He has been charged with […]
By Debbie Gregory. According to the results of the joint investigation of The Insider and Bellingcat, the identity of a key figure in the case of downed Malaysia Flight 17 was semi-retired Russian general Nikolai Fedorovich Tkachev, who gave the order to launch the Russian-made ground to air rocket that brought the plane down in […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs are taking a hard look at VA facilities across the country to determine which ones have been outlived their usefulness. Many aging and underused facilities could be subject to closure. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said that the […]
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