By Debbie Gregory. Counterterrorism experts are calling the recent assault on a Texas cartoon contest a lone-wolf jihad attack, something the Islamic State (IS) is trying to claim responsibility for. Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, both Americans who lived in Phoenix, were shot and killed in the Dallas suburb of Garland. The pair tried to […]
By Joe Silva On April 23, 2015, former CIA Director and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus [U.S. Army Retired] was sentenced to a fine of $100,000 and two years of probation. As MilitaryConnection.com has previously reported, on March 3, 2015 General Petraeus had agreed to plead guilty […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Navy’s Special Warfare community is in mourning after two of their members died in an accident while training. On April 24, 2015, two members of Naval Special Warfare Group 2 were found unresponsive in a swimming pool at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia. Both men were Navy SEALs conducting […]
By Debbie Gregory. Service members from all across the country have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan for more than decade. They, along with their families, have sacrificed for our freedom. When they transition back to civilian life, many of them may face issues such as unemployment, homelessness, as well as the physical and mental strain […]
By Debbie Gregory. Summertime is rapidly approaching. To celebrate the end of the school year and take advantage of the great weather and the opportunity to spend quality time together, thousands of American families will head out on vacation. Military families are no exception, as many of them save their leave time to head out […]
By Debbie Gregory For all of western civilization, military combat has historically been considered a male-only occupation, with women taking up support roles in nursing and administration. But the U.S. military is currently seeking ways to integrate women into all combat roles within the special operations community. This transition has led to a problem that […]
By Debbie Gregory. A British man is accused of building improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with “deadly intent” as part of a campaign against American soldiers in Iraq. The fingerprints of Anis Abid Sardar, of Wembley, London, were on IEDs planted on the road west, out of Baghdad, in 2007. One of these IEDs killed Sergeant […]
By Debbie Gregory. November 5, 2009 is a day that will always live in the memory of anyone who was based at Fort Hood. That fateful Thursday, former Maj. Nidal Hasan entered his workplace, the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and opened fire on its occupants. Hasan was convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder for […]
By Debbie Gregory. In the military, there is usually a code of conduct to keep missions secret, even when completed. As civilians, we never truly know what happens on most of these missions. But one mission that has always sparked curiosity was the one that brought us the news that Osama bin Laden was dead. […]
By Debbie Gregory. A U.S.-flagged ship was intercepted by an Iran Revolutionary Guard naval patrol, the U.S. Navy revealed. In response, the Navy sent a destroyer toward the Persian Gulf on April 28th. The ship, the Maersk Tigris, with 24 crew members, was intercepted by the Revolutionary Guard Corps patrol boats as it traveled through […]
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