By Debbie Gregory. Once again, a military court has voided the conviction of former Marine Staff Sgt. Joe Chamblin, who was filmed urinating on Taliban corpses during a 2011 deployment to Afghanistan. The video was first posted by TMZ in January 2012, prompting an international backlash. Chamblin was sentenced to 30 days’ confinement. The resulting […]
By Debbie Gregory. The USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) was a U.S. Navy flight-I Ticonderoga-class cruiser that was named after Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Defense in the last years of the Eisenhower Administration (1959–1961). The ship was the only vessel of the class to be named after a person; all of the other cruisers […]
By Debbie Gregory. A fitness app’s heat map could pose risks for security forces around the world by revealing the location of where they are exercising, causing the U.S. Central Command to refine its privacy policies. “The coalition is in the process of implementing refined guidance on privacy settings for wireless technologies and applications, and […]
By Debbie Gregory. Accused ISIS sympathizer Sgt. Ikaika Erik Kang, a former air traffic control operator with the 25th Infantry Division at U.S. Army Pacific Command was planning to join ISIS and attack Schofield Barracks as a suicide bomber, according to documents unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court. The 35 year-old Kang has been charged […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Army will be well represented at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games when seven of its own will compete in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Returning in bobsled will be 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist Sgt. Justin Olsen from San Antonio, Texas; 2014 Olympic Bronze Medalist Cpt. Chris Fogt from Alpine, Utah; and 2010 […]
President Trump signed a bill to award a Medal of Honor to 80-year-old Vietnam veteran, retired Marine Sergeant John Canley. The move upgrades the Navy Cross Sgt. Canley had previously been awarded to the highest U.S. military decoration. The decision was approved by Defense Secretary James Mattis. Canley, a quiet, tall Marine lifer from Arkansas, […]
By Debbie Gregory. A new synthesis process for low-cost fabrication of a material for infrared cameras has been developed by scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Stony Brook University. This new development makes room for new possibilities for future Army night-time operations. This research demonstrates a path to a lower cost, practical solution […]
By Debbie Gregory. Although the National Football League (NFL) has taken some heat for the #PleaseStand controversy, the league has announced plans to honor veterans during Super Bowl LII. The brouhaha began when the NFL rejected an ad for the Super Bowl program from AMVETS that featured the American flag, saluting soldiers and the words […]
By Debbie Gregory. It’s one of the most iconic images of the American female empowerment and spirit: in bold graphics and bright colors by Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller, the image depicts a young woman in a work shirt and polka-dot bandanna, arm flexed, declaring “We Can Do It!” Naomi Parker Fraley, the woman credited […]
By Debbie Gregory. The NFL rejected a one-page ad for the NFL’s Super Bowl program submitted by AMVETS with the message “Please Stand,” for being too political. According to AMVETS, the league is guilty of corporate censorship. “The Super Bowl game program is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams and […]
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