By Debbie Gregory. With a number of military spouses facing deportation, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would need to look into whether there may be additional protections for them. While Mattis said he had reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that active duty forces, Reserve, Guard and honorably discharged […]
By Debbie Gregory. Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, 36, of Austin, Texas, was killed near Manbij, Syria on March 30th by an improvised explosive device. A member of the Army’s elite Delta Force, Dunbar was on a mission to kill or capture a member of the Islamic State terrorist group. In recent weeks, Manbij has seen […]
By Debbie Gregory. Every military spouse knows that finding employment is difficult, but a new bill aims to incentivize employers to hire them. On February 27, the bill to provide a work opportunity tax credit for military spouses and to provide for flexible spending arrangements for childcare services for military families was introduced by Sen. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Long-range, gun-launched, high-velocity and hypervelocity projectile (HVP) technologies are highly desired as potential cost-effective solutions for force protection and ballistic missile defense applications. Now, the Department of Defense is preparing to test-fire its next-generation HVP within the next year, a development that could significantly augment that Pentagon’s existing missile defense systems. HVP […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. military has been derelict in its duty to protect and provide justice to the children of servicemembers when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base. Tens of thousands of children and teenagers live and attend school on U.S. military bases while their parents serve the country. Yet if […]
By Debbie Gregory. Those who serve in the U.S. military often have a story to tell when they come home. But John Bennett’s story may be one of the oddest stories with a happy ending that you’ve ever heard. The young Army medic, just 20-years-old, was serving in Vietnam when he was struck by lightening […]
By Debbie Gregory. Former Marine Sgt. Erin Kirk-Cuomo is a woman on a mission. One of the co-founders of Not In My Marine Corps, a support group for women who’ve been harassed while serving their country, Kirk-Cuomo is waging war against military revenge porn sites. First in her crosshairs was “Blame Marines United (Non-Butthurt Edition)” […]
By Debbie Gregory. Retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel, Fox News Analyst and author Ralph Peters has parted ways with the network, calling it a “propaganda machine” for the Trump administration while accusing the network of “wittingly harming our system of government for profit.” Peters had become known for his impassioned commentaries against Russian appeasers, […]
By Debbie Gregory. On March 9, a video was released that appears to show U.S. Navy pilots encountering an unidentified flying object in 2015. “Wow, what is that, man?” the pilot says in the video. “Look at that flying!” “GO FAST is an authentic DoD video that captures the high-speed flight of an unidentified aircraft […]
By Debbie Gregory. There was no time to wait for emergency personnel or to see if others on the highway would stop. “We were the first there,” he said. “It was my responsibility.” While his wife called 9-1-1, he ran to the wreckage and went to work. “I just did all I could do,” he […]
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