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 […]
By Debbie Gregory. On July 5th, Stephen Coning, a 26-year- old veteran who had served three deployments as a Marine Infantryman, tragically took his own life. Coning was part of the infamous 2/7 Marines, a unit that has been plagued by a suicide rate sixteen times that of the national average. Two days later, the Department of Veterans […]
By Debbie Gregory. At last month’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium, Army Col. Joe Guzman made the case for the Army to play a greater role in Defense Department space operations. Guzman said the Army has a new policy that calls for the service branch to contribute to the Defense Department’s space capabilities, rather than […]
By Debbie Gregory. An ongoing 18-month experiment by the Marine Corps could transform the basic infantry unit into a deadlier revolutionized team. Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, was chosen earlier this year by Commandant Gen. Robert Neller to help the Corps figure out what company landing teams need to be successful. They were sent […]
By Debbie Gregory. Autonomous vehicles are becoming more common by the day, and new autonomous ships could change the future of the Navy. To that end, a team of senior Navy officials is examining the feasibility of turning over some jobs to unmanned vessels and submarines. Naval analyst Bryan Clark of the Center for Strategic […]
By Debbie Gregory. Despite the rising severity of battle injuries from increasingly lethal weapons, some 92 percent of soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan have made it home alive. Every war brings medical innovations, as horrific injuries force surgeons to come up with new ways to save lives. Civil War doctors learned better ways to […]
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