Nov 12-18
Venue hosted a Women's Veterans Day reception Thursday evening, Nov. 9, featuring paintings of female veterans who served during World War II.
Category Archives: US Army
Terre Haute Veterans Day brings out tributes in many forms
Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaOnce a Marine...: Donald Lowe, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, watches the Patriot Guard Riders drive by during the Veterans Day parade on Wabash Avenue on Saturday. Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaA reflection of our country: U.S. Army veteran Ben Stoelting waves with his wife, Martha Bennett-Stoelting, as a color guard marches by during the Veterans Day parade on Wabash Avenue on Saturday morning.
Port Jervis tells stories of its veterans
PORT JERVIS – Those who braved Saturday morning's 28-degree temperatures for Port Jervis' Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony were thanked by VFW Post #161 1st Vice Commander Henry Dunn.
Puerto Rico’s emergency director resigns, US military effort winds down
Puerto Rico's emergency management director resigned Friday as the island's slow recovery continues nearly two months after Hurricane Maria made landfall. In announcing the resignation of Abner Gomez, effective Saturday, Gov. Ricardo Rossello praised the work of his emergency management chief following the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in early and later September.
Vocera Earns New ATO From the Department of Defense
Vocera Communications, Inc. , a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced it received a new Authority to Operate from the U.S. Department of Defense , based on compliance with strict security requirements and risk assessments outlined in the Risk Management Framework . The RMF is the unified information security framework replacing the legacy Certification and Accreditation processes within federal government departments and agencies, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community .
Trump’s war
Actually, Trump is only the delegator-in-chief, having passed to subordinates a president's most solemn duty of guiding our nation's war policies - including what wars to be in. For example, he has turned the mess in Afghanistan over to the military brass, apparently hoping he can wash his hands of responsibility, then blame the generals if things go wrong.
Chickenhawk Donald: A Complete and Total Disgrace
On November 3, US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a prisoner of the Taliban in Afghanistan, was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, reduction in rank to private, and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
Bergdahl Avoids Jail Time
A military judge ruled Friday that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his military base in Afghanistan in 2009 leading to five years of Taliban captivity, should not receive jail time.
Bowe Bergdahl gets dishonorable discharge, no prison time
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will receive a dishonorable discharge for desertion in Afghanistan but no prison time, a military judge ruled Friday.
New kid on the block
The JLTV, being developed for the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps, is intended to be a replacement for many of the vehicles in the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet. According to a story in the Sept.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s attorneys prepare for closing arguments
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, left, arrives at the Fort Bragg courtroom facility for a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
Doctor testifying in defense of Bergdahl says he suffers from PTSD, personality disorder
Former Taliban captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has symptoms similar to schizophrenia and is suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder , according to a forensic psychiatrist who testified in the soldier's trial on Wednesday.
Defense to push for leniency for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl
Lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl will build their case on Tuesday for why he should be spared prison time for walking off his Afghanistan post in June 2009 and endangering the troops who searched for him. The 31-year-old soldier, a polarizing figure who spent years in captivity and was released in a 2014 Taliban prisoner swap brokered by Democratic President Barack Obama's administration, took the stand at his sentencing hearing on Monday.
The US war you didn’t hear about … until now
The military intervention that the United States political and Pentagon establishment never talked about is suddenly in the news after a joint patrol comprising 12 US troops and 30 Nigerien soldiers was attacked by a small group thought to be an ISIS affiliate known as ISIS in the Greater Sahara . The attack, which took place outside the village of Tongo Tongo, near the border with Mali, left four US Army Green Berets and five Nigerien soldiers dead and many more wounded, along with numerous ISIS-GS forces.
More wounded soldiers to testify at Bowe Bergdahl sentencing
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives to the Fort Bragg courthouse for a sentencing hearing on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty last week to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The wounds and hardships soldiers suffered during their fruitless search for Army Sgt.
Three appointed to Athens State’s board
Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed Cathy Dickens, Dr. Sandra Sims-deGraffenried and Missy Ming Smith to the Athens State University Board of Trustees. Dickens, representative of the Fifth Congressional District, has been reappointed to the board for a seven-year term.
Bergdahl arrives for sentencing hearing
Sentencing proceedings started on Monday to determine the fate of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who could face life in prison after pleading guilty of deserting his duties in Afghanistan in June 2009 and endangering the lives of fellow troops. Rough Cut .
U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl’s sentencing hearing delayed until Wednesday
The sentencing hearing for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who could go to prison for life for deserting his duties in Afghanistan in June 2009 and endangering the lives of fellow troops, was postponed on Monday for two days due to an emergency for a lawyer in the case. The proceedings at North Carolina's Fort Bragg will resume on Wednesday, Army Judge Colonel Jeffery Nance said in court.
Dramatic sentencing hearing expected in Bergdahl case
The fate of Bowe Bergdahl - the Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades by leaving his post in 2009 in Afghanistan - now rests in the hands of a judge. A sentencing hearing for Bergdahl starts Monday at Fort Bragg and is expected to feature dramatic testimony about soldiers and a Navy SEAL badly hurt while they searched for the missing Bergdahl, who was held captive for five years by Taliban allies after leaving his post.
a Savior Generala Petraeus Gave Us the Wrong Bible
For the last decade, a rough consensus has emerged about the 2006 revised U.S. counterinsurgency manual written by General David Petraeus. Its boosters say it improved Army and Marine Corps tactics against insurgents and led to the deescalation of violence and stabilization of a number of areas in Iraq and Afghanistan.