By Debbie Gregory. They say that necessity is the mother of invention. That is certainly true in regards to Army Sgt. 1st Class Ronnie Russell. When Russell, a mortar platoon sergeant with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment was stationed in South Korea some 15 years ago, he struggled to find his […]
By Debbie Gregory. “On his very worst day, he managed to summon his very best.” These are the words that President Obama said, just prior to presenting Army Captain Florent Groberg with the Medal of Honor. In 2012, Groberg rushed and tackled a suicide bomber while serving in Afghanistan. Although Groberg has spent much of […]
By Debbie Gregory. Congress sent President Obama a revised $607 billion defense policy bill that the Senate overwhelmingly approved, 91-3, just days after the House passed the bipartisan measure, 370-58. In spite of the National Defense Authorization Act limitations, especially the provisions designed to block Obama from moving some detainees to federal prisons, the president […]
By Debbie Gregory. America’s veterans are some of our nation’s bravest, hardest-working men and women. However, it’s hard to show them the appreciation they deserve when, back home and out of uniform, they’re more camouflaged than ever. Now a major retailer is calling attention to the professional and personal struggles some veterans face once their military […]
By Debbie Gregory. A U.S. Air Force team of approximately 80 people are overseeing the service’s most sensitive aircraft project in decades: the development of a new stealth bomber to be built by Northrop Grumman. “The Air Force has made the right decision for our nation’s security,” said Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush. “As the […]
By Debbie Gregory. Authorities have arrested a Malaysia-based hacker who they accuse of stealing personal information of U.S. military members and giving it to ISIS. Operating under the pseudonym “Th3Dir3ctorY,” Ardit Ferizi led a group of ethnic Albanian hackers from Kosovo. Malaysian and U.S. authorities say that Ferizi is believed to be leader of Kosova […]
By Debbie Gregory. As of 2015, 3.6 million United States military veterans have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnoses, many due to witnessing traumatic and life-threatening events during deployment. One major symptom of PTSD is ‘night terrors,’ in which a person gets little or poor sleep due to recurring troublesome thoughts or emotional triggers. Sgt. 1st […]
By Debbie Gregory. Military veterans have more life experience and maturity than the average traditional-aged college student. With that said, they can still benefit from extra guidance as they make the transition to a residential college environment often designed for 18-year-olds Non-profit Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) is an academic boot camp aimed at veterans who plan on attending or […]
By Debbie Gregory. Drones can drop supplies to hidden Special Forces or essential medical kit in warzones, but there’s the risk that their presence may give away the recipient’s location, or that the technology ends up in enemy hands. To avoid that scenario, the U.S. military now wants to create a futuristic drone, capable of […]
By Debbie Gregory. Career troops who have served for 20 years will have choice to make under a controversial retirement system approved by Congress. Retirees can opt for the traditional pension checks, or alternatively, they can choose to receive up to half the promised pension benefit in the form of a one-time, lump-sum cash payment. […]
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