Military Tag

‘Tough Cookie’: Trump Honors Conan, the Military Dog in ISIS Raid

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 25, 2019 18 Comments

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and First Lady Melania Trump honored military dog Conan at the White House today. She is no ordinary military dog. Conan is the dog who cornered ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi when he killed himself.

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Navy Secretary Fired by Defense Secretary For Secretly Securing Navy SEAL Deal With Trump

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 25, 2019 66 Comments

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer due to the latter's attempts to strike a deal with the White House over Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, the man who posed next to a dead body of an ISIS terrorist. Esper discovered Spencer's actions after the fact, which made him lose faith and confidence in Spencer.

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‘Beautiful’ and ‘Talented’ Military Dog Recovering After Cornering al-Baghdadi

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 28, 2019 50 Comments

While American forces raided a compound that held ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the military dogs came out as heroes. They chased al-Baghdadi "down a dark underground tunnel before he detonated a suicide vest." The explosion injured one dog, but the heroic animal should recover.

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NY Times thinks it found the real enemy in al-Baghdadi raid: TRUMP

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2019 46 Comments

The New York Times wants you to know who the real enemy of U.S. troops was in the raid to get Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: DONALD TRUMP. According to a handful of unnamed sources cited by the Times, the raid was successful IN SPITE OF not because of the president who ordered the raid:

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TRUMP: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is DEAD

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 27, 2019 108 Comments

Last night Trump tweeted that “Something Very Big Has Just Happened”. There was a lot of speculation about what that "Big" thing was. Based on news reports this morning, it was the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Forces in Syria. We will carry Trump's 9 a.m. press statement live, and then update.

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Nearing The End of My Time Writing About The Serra High Junior ROTC Program

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 16, 2019 11 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers may recall that my son is participating in the Serra High Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC). I'm nearing the end of my time writing about NJROTC, as my boy is graduating in June.

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52 Year-Old Former Navy SEAL Entering Yale as a Freshman

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 04, 2019 5 Comments

“I was shocked to get accepted”...

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NBC posts major correction to story about citizenship for military families

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 31, 2019 23 Comments

There has been another walk-back of shame for our press this week. Earlier this week, social media was breathlessly spreading NBC's report that new Trump administration guidelines could potentially deny “birthright citizenship” to the children of American military members abroad.

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Dallas Airport Comes to Silent Standstill as Remains of Vietnam War Veteran Come Home 52 Years Later

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 09, 2019 14 Comments

Roy Knight Jr. of Texas left the United States to serve in the Vietnam War as a pilot in 1967. His remains finally came back to Texas yesterday on a plane flown by his son. The arrival brought the entire airport to a halt.

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U. Southern Mississippi to Offer Free Tuition to Members of Mississippi National Guard

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 01, 2019 1 Comment

"Memorandum of Understanding was signed by university President Rodney Bennett and Maj. Gen. Janson Boyles"...

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UMass Students Demanding Free College Disrupt Gold Star Family Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 29, 2019 24 Comments

Students from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, backed by an organization called PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts), recently ended an occupation of the Massachusetts Statehouse, where they demanded free college. The demonstration ended when officials informed them that their yelling was disrupting a ceremony for Gold Star Families who were trying to honor fallen family members.

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Pentagon Still Investigates Claims and Reports of UFOs

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 23, 2019 23 Comments

Our tax dollars at work! The Department of Defense admitted to The New York Post that officials still investigate any reports on UFOs:

In a statement provided exclusively to The Post, a Department of Defense spokesman said a secret government initiative called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program [AATIP] “did pursue research and investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena.”

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Pentagon Halts War Remains Recovery Effort with North Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 11, 2019 2 Comments

After the Singapore Summit, a joint North Korea-America effort began to recover, return, and identify the remains of U.S. service personnel remaining behind at the end of the Korean War.

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Trump Security Adviser John Bolton to Give Coast Guard Commencement Address

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 05, 2019 2 Comments

"address has been delivered by Presidents of the United States and top cabinet members for decades"...

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Germany to Renege on NATO Spending Pledge

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 22, 2019 30 Comments

Germany won't be meeting its NATO spending target this year, the country's finance ministry disclosed. "Defense spending is projected to fall well short of NATO's 2 percent target," German state broadcaster DW News reported Wednesday.

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U.S. Officials: Chinese Hackers Attacked American Universities to Steal Maritime Technology

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 06, 2019 19 Comments

There is growing concern among experts in the U.S. that China is targeting American universities for hacking, specifically for maritime technology.

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Federal Judge Rules Male-Only Military Draft Unconstitutional

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 24, 2019 86 Comments

Back in 2016, the U. S. Senate considered a military spending bill that would require women to register for the draft when they turn 18.  The measure was ultimately removed from the bill, but a Texas federal judge ruled Friday that the male-only military draft is unconstitutional.

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Coast Guard Lt. Charged with Planning Terror Attack Targeting Dems, Journalists, Others

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 21, 2019 50 Comments

Authorities arrested US Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson "last week on weapons and drugs charges." The motion for pretrial detention revealed horrific details like how intended "to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country." The federal prosecutors described him as a "domestic terrorist" and "white nationalist" who kept a hit list of journalists and Democratic lawmakers.

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