By Debbie Gregory. The four star general who serves as the head of the U.S. military’s most elite forces doesn’t just talk the talk. When it comes to ending the stigma of seeking mental health help, Army Gen. Joe Votel, commander of U.S. Special Forces Command, openly admits to using the support programs offered by […]
By Debbie Gregory. Army Captain Florent Groberg, formerly of the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, left Afghanistan in 2012 with a mangled left leg that required more than 30 surgeries, and confined him to a hospital bed for three months. Groberg had been charged with protecting a formation of senior leaders. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Commander John Biedrzychi, Jr. has claimed that the Department of Veterans Affairs was aware that Prudential Insurance encouraged its counselors to keep casualty pay-out monies in-house as a way to boost company profits. Prudential is under contract to handle Sevicemember Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans Group […]
By Debbie Gregory. President Obama’s veto of the 2016 defense authorization bill will not sideline next year’s military pay raise. Last week, Obama sent the $612 billion bill back to Congress, saying it “fails to authorize funding for our national defense in a fiscally responsible manner. While the veto may jeopardize other compensations, it does […]
By Debbie Gregory. A U.S. service member was fatally wounded during an Iraq mission to rescue about 70 hostages from the Islamic State (known as IS, ISIS, and ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler is the first U.S. servicemember who has died in Iraq during combat since the United States began its […]
By Debbie Gregory. Although Bowe Bergdahl’s fate lies in the hands of Gen. Robert Abrams, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that Bergdahl should have been executed. Having previously called Bergdahl a “dirty, rotten traitor,” Trump has often railed against the prisoner swap that returned Bergdahl to U.S. custody. In March, Bergdahl was charged with […]
By Debbie Gregory. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Marine Corps veteran, is demanding the resignation of the Navy’s secretary for his plans to open Marine Corps infantry positions to women. A lengthy Marine Corps experiment involving about 300 men and 100 women who volunteered as research subjects found […]
By Debbie Gregory. Marine aviator Capt. Katie Higgins has earned the honor of donning the famous blue and gold flight suit of the Blue Angels. Higgins has the groundbreaking distinction of being the first woman to perform as a pilot in the 69 year history of the Blue Angels. “I wouldn’t say I’m a celebrity. […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Navy has announced a series of initiatives aimed to retain its best of its brightest young sailors. In an effort to avoid a recruiting problem similar to the one the Army is facing, Navy brass has concentrated on improving benefits, including programs for maternity leave, child care and education and […]
By Debbie Gregory. JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi, GMAC Mortgage and Bank of America will be paying out more than $311 million to over 2,400 servicemembers as compensation for wrongful foreclosures on those servicemembers’ homes. The payments are a result of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act portion of the 2012 settlement known as the National […]
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