Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson will become the first woman ever to lead the US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), which is the largest command in the Army. It represents 776,000 soldiers and 96,000 civilians. From CNN:
She has been with the US Army since 1986, and in 2012 she became the first...
A rare incident occurred on Friday, when a U.S. Military F-35 fighter jet crashed in South Carolina. The pilot, who was the only occupant of the craft, successfully ejected before impact.
As this is Memorial Day weekend, I wanted to share with you details about an engrossing book I just finished, which is related to both World Wars.
Last week, I attended an event at the American Enterprise Institute. It was a podcast summit which was a joint venture between AEI and Ricochet.
I watched several podcasts taped live, and while they were all informative and entertaining, the crown jewel was an interview with Defense Secretary James Mattis.
United States F-22’s intercepted two Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers near Alaska on Friday. These are the same Russian bombers that have been probing our—and other nation’s—national air defense since at least early 2017.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Russian nuclear forces dispatch two strategic bombers into the air defense zone near Alaska on...
The American relationship with China certainly is complex.
The Asian powerhouse is assisting the US with negotiations with North Korea. However, at the same time, the American government has formally complained to China about an incident involving the Chinese military targeting
Last month I reported that a Travis Air Force Base had been stormed by a man driving a flaming pick-up.
The man was identified as 51-year-old Hafiz Kazi. A review of current news items show that no additional information has been posted on Kazi’s motive.
As the news deluge related to President Donald Trump’s signing the Omnibus Bill begins to recede, there are reports of a potential terror attack at an air force facility in California.
The disturbing incident at Travis Air Force Base in Nor...
During the slaughter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, several of the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets acted heroically to save the lives of their classmates.
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The news that Scot Peterson, the school resource officer assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, stood by and never entered the building while the murders were being committed, has been added to a host of earlier opp...
Democrat Sara Jacobs, 28, has the opportunity to become the youngest congresswoman, but she has come under fire due to her “crusty, old Marine” comment she made during an interview. She denies it was toward her opponent, but even then, it doesn’t bode well for her since the 49th district, which...
The Army has decided to award three JROTC cadets who were killed in the Florida school shooting with Heroism Medals: Cadet Peter Wang, Cadet Martin Duque, and Cadet Alaina Petty.
It is with broken hearts that Sunrise Post 365 & Stoneman Douglas JROTC shares the loss of our soaring eagles! We honor...
Can you imagine what would happen to us if we couldn’t account for any money, especially an amount close to a billion dollars? Well, a Politico investigation has found that an internal audit in the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency found that they lost track of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Defense...
We recently ran a post about California history teacher Gregory Salcido, who has been placed on leave for saying incredibly offensive things about members of the military.
A Pico Rivera city councilman and high school history teacher named Gregory Salcido is under fire after being captured on tape making incredibly insulting comments about members of the military.
It’s official: as of 12:00 a.m. January 1, 2018, the U.S. military will be open to transgender recruits—a change in policy that had been set in motion by Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in 2016.
Last night, the Department of Justice announced that it would not ask the Supreme Court to stay...
There have been some interesting developments related to North Korea this week.
The U.S. military is conducting a series of drills with South Korea’s military. The training is intended to boost tunnel-warfare capabilities.
Hundreds of troops from the U.S. and South Korea conducted a joint training exercise dubbed “Warrior Strike” last week, South...
