Afghanistan vet celebrates end of military’s transgender ban
Staff Sgt. Patricia King said she was celebrating Friday's news that the Pentagon will formally open the ranks to transgender troops.
Category Archives: US Army
Congressman Higgins Presents Bronze Star to the Family of Sergeant George Dennis
At the national Panther Veteran Organization reunion, Congressman Brian Higgins presented the family of United States Army veteran Sergeant George Dennis with a Bronze Star and other medals earned while serving in World War II. The Bronze Star is awarded to members of the military distinguishing themselves by heroic service while engaged in an action against an armed enemy.
U.S. Defense and Oceanographic Luminaries Join the Liquid Robotics Strategic Advisory Board
Liquid Robotics , the leader in long-duration, unmanned ocean robots announced the addition of three industry luminaries to their Strategic Advisory Board . The new members will be joining an existing advisory board comprised of eighteen industry experts across the Defense, Foreign Affairs, Communications/Technology, and Science industries.
May flag honors WWII veteran George Gomes Jr.
During May, the 522nd flag to fly atop Old Glory Tower in the North End honors George Gomes Jr., who served in the United States Army as a Tech 5 with the Anti Tank Company, 366th Infantry, during WWII. T5 Gomes was an entertainment specialist and also held the following military qualifications: Expert Rifle, 2nd CL Gunner, Sharpshooter Carbine, and Combat Infantryman.
Miss USA Contestants Faced Harder Questions Than Hillary Clinton
Question to Miss California: One of the biggest challenges facing the United States is social and economic inequality. How do we narrow the gap between the rich and the poor? Answer: When it comes to social and economic equality, I think the poor and the rich need to stop being so segregated.
New Miss USA from DC to take a break from Army reserves
The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave perhaps the strongest answer of the night when asked about women in combat. "As a woman in the United States Army, I think ... we are just as tough as men.
Army officer from DC wins Miss USA…
The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave perhaps the strongest answer of the night when asked about women in combat. "As a woman in the United States Army, I think ... we are just as tough as men.
5 things to know about Miss USA Deshauna Barber Miss District of…
Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber smiles after being crowned Miss USA during the 2016 Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas, Sunday, June 5, 2016. Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber was crowned Miss USA on Sunday night, beating out Miss Hawaii Chelsea Hardin and Miss Georgia Emanii Jovan Davis.
Army officer Deshauna Barber from DC crowned Miss USA 2016
The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave perhaps the strongest answer of the night when asked about women in combat. "As a woman in the United States Army, I think ... we are just as tough as men.
Pence orders flags at half-staff in honor of Indiana cadet
Gov. Mike Pence has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of a West Point cadet and Indiana native killed last week during training exercises at Fort Hood, Texas. Cadet Mitchell Alexander Winey, a 21-year-old Valparaiso native, died after an Army transport truck he was riding in was washed away in a rain-swollen creek Thursday.
England’s Euro 2016 football shirts are being made in Indonesian…
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Voices of Valor: George Weaver
Bosqueville native George Weaver was sent to Vietnam in 1969 after being drafted while in high school. After returning stateside, he joined the Army Reserves before leaving for the National Guard to train as a medic.
10 Things to Know-Friday
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan tells The Associated Press that his goal is to make sure the GOP is "at full strength in the fall." Hillary Clinton lambastes her Republican rival's foreign policy vision as one of war, international turmoil and economic crisis, and says electing him would be "a historic mistake."
Agent who interrogated Abu Zubaydah: a Where we went wrong as a nationa
Former CIA captive will be seen for the first time in more than 10 years if he testifies at war court in Guantanamo as scheduled This screengrab of the GuantA namo captive Abu Zubaydah was taken from a video interview he made sometime between the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and his March 28, 2002 capture by U.S. intelligence agents in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
U.S. Military ‘Toys’
A US Army technician operates the ' Active Denial System', a non- lethal weapon that uses directed energy and projects a beam of man-sized millimeter waves up to 1000 meters that when fired at a human, delivers a heat sensation to the skin and generally makes humans stop what they are doing and run. Listen to Perfect For Memorial Day Stations on iHeartRadio Photo: Getty Images Ordnancemen from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron Three get ready to load AGM-88 HARM missiles on an EA-6B Prowler aircraft aboard the USS America in the Adriatic Sea.
Please, Thank Those Who Gave All, Not Me
After years hearing "Thank you for your service" a thousand times from friends and strangers, the final straw for me came from the most unlikely of persons. It was a few weeks ago while driving into neighboring Fort Campbell, when the young Army MP at the gate handed back to me my retiree ID card, offering his own "Thank you for your service."
Photos: 2016 Memorial Day Ceremony At the Gazebo
Robert Mirto, Esq., was the Master of Ceremonies, and he and all of the honored guests kept their addresses short, so there were no medical emergencies and the parade stepped off earlier than in some past years. US Senator Richard Blumenthal, and First Selectman Jim Zeoli made brief comments, and two students from Orange Elementary Schools read short poems.
Declassified U.S. cables reveal lead-up to Hiroshima A-bomb decision
A cloud of dust and smoke billows over Hiroshima after the detonation of the first atomic bomb in this handout photo taken by the U.S. Army on Aug. 6, 1945, and distributed by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. On Aug. 6, 1945, Maj.
Obama’s Hiroshima visit stirs differing views across Pacific
Two very different visions of the hell that is war are seared into the minds of World War II survivors on opposite sides of the Pacific.
Hiroshima trip by Obama stirs differing views across Pacific
Two very different visions of the hell that is war are seared into the minds of World War II survivors on opposite sides of the Pacific. Michiko Kodama saw a flash in the sky from her elementary school classroom on Aug. 6, 1945, before the ceiling fell and shards of glass from blown-out windows slashed her.