By Debbie Gregory. The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense (DoD) office, has selected the 15 employers named as the recipients for the 2015 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Now in its 20th year, the award is the highest recognition given by the U.S. Government to employers […]
By Debbie Gregory. Hackers released compromising details on thousands of military personnel who were users of the adultery website AshleyMadison.com. The registered email addresses, names, addresses and phone numbers and financial information submitted by users of the website that promotes marital affairs, were part of a recent data dump by hackers who stole the sensitive […]
By Debbie Gregory. French President Francois Hollande awarded the Legion d’Honneur to four men who put their personal safety aside to overpower a gunman on a train in France. Americans Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler, and Briton Chris Norman heroically attacked the suspect aboard the high-speed Thylas train, traveling from Amsterdam to Paris […]
By Debbie Gregory. Three initiatives have been launched in the state of New Hampshire, all in an effort to assist the medical community better serve their military and veteran population. The first initiative will impact the 10 community facilities run by the NH Dept. of Health and Human Services. This landmark effort will position a […]
By Debbie Gregory. Sailors are getting a reprieve from the much maligned neck-and-torso tape test. But Marines now have something new to be upset about: the Navy Secretary said the change won’t apply to his whole department. This means that Marines are stuck with the test that many view as inaccurate and unfair. It also […]
By Debbie Gregory. A Special Forces soldier dove into stormy waves to save a drowning girl. But the water was shallow, breaking the soldier’s neck and leaving the hero paralyzed. However, Sgt. 1st Class Tim Brumit, is determined to walk again, and resume a normal life through determination, spiritual faith and the expertise of his doctors. […]
By Debbie Gregory. In a recent press conference, Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, projected that the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) will take much longer to resolve than the White House has been publicizing. “In my mind, ISIS is a ten to twenty year problem, it’s not a two […]
By Debbie Gregory. Army Capt. Kristen Griest is one of the two women who have made history by making it through grueling Ranger School. Griest, 26, of Orange, Connecticut, said her successful completion of the two-month program shows that women “can deal with the same stresses and training that men can.” According to her brother, […]
By Debbie Gregory. Chrystal Akins has endured a pain that most of us pray we will never experience. She had to bury her child. But Georgia National Guard Spc. Stephen Akins’ death was a tragedy that perhaps could have been avoided. Spc. Akin had a history of seizures, combat blast exposure and suicide attempts. If […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Navy is investigating a complaint that could result in the evacuation of civilian and military lawyers from parts of Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba. The complaint comes on the heels of reports the war court compound at the remote base was linked to seven cases of cancer. The complaint was […]
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