By Debbie Gregory. There are many ways to calculate the cost of war. Paying for a war doesn’t end when the fighting does. The initial fight in Iraq was meant to cost no more than $60 billion, a small fraction of the cost to date. The financial cost of the war in Iraq, through Fiscal […]
By Debbie Gregory. Staff Sgt. Frankie Hernandez might not be around today were it not for his Army-issued advanced combat helmet. In 2012, Hernandez, a platoon sergeant with the 668th Engineer Company of the Orangeburg, New York Army Reserves was on his 22nd mission in Afghanistan when an enemy bullet struck the top of his […]
By Debbie Gregory. For the second time in three years, the Navy has broken a major school exam cheating ring at the San Diego Surface Warfare Medical Institute, resulting in 31 students being booted from the program. An additional 13 students have been recommended for separation from the Navy. An internal command investigation was launched […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Defense Department’s Executive Resale Board has unanimously voted to recommend that military exchange services open online discount shopping to 19 million honorably discharged veterans. The plan, which could begin at the end of next year, would extend shopping discounts to most American veterans. Not only would the plan reward those who […]
By Debbie Gregory. Soldiers and their families around the world will soon see the results of budget cuts in morale, welfare and recreation programs, including closures of some facilities, reduced operating hours and increased fees. After years of warnings that major cuts were coming, officials with the Army’s Installation Management Command announced that the day […]
By Debbie Gregory. Chelsea Manning, the Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, will receive gender transition surgery while in prison, her attorney announced. Manning went on a hunger strike in protest of the Army’s treatment of her gender dysphoria, which she ended […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Army is reconsidering the case of Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Brumit, a Green Beret who was paralyzed from the chest down last year when he dove headfirst into shallow water to save a drowning girl. Brumit now faces an “other-than-honorable” discharge from the service that could threaten his medical care. In […]
By Debbie Gregory. A sailor who hadn’t previously disclosed her pregnancy gave birth recently aboard an aircraft carrier currently involved in military operations against ISIS, the Navy has confirmed. The birth took place aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower while it operated in the Persian Gulf, according to the Navy. According to Cmdr. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Sgt. Elizabeth Marks win medals not for the medals’ sake, but for the story of perseverance behind them. And the 25-year-old is once again winning medals for swimming, this time at the Paralympics in Rio. Marks, an active-duty Army soldier, first received attention at the 2016 Invictus Games that were held in […]
By Debbie Gregory. On the heels of a lot of bad press, the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is making a number of changes, including firing former executives, closing offices, and redirecting funds to counter the previous spending scandal. After an internal investigation, the foundation’s board of directors fired CEO Stephen Nardizzi, who often made flamboyant […]
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