by Jim Heath | Dec 19, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Military, Trump
President Trump said today the Islamic State in Syria has been defeated, and some of the 2,000 U.S. troops battling the terrorist group will begin coming home. It was a surprise move that drew a swift rebuke from key Republican hawks and some foreign policy experts....
by Jim Heath | Nov 18, 2018 | Headlines, Military
Retired Adm. William McRaven, the Navy SEAL who led the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, doubled down today on his criticism of President Trump’s treatment of the press after Trump went after McRaven in an interview on Fox News. Trump dismissed McRaven as a...
by Jim Heath | Nov 15, 2018 | Headlines, Military
Two elite Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders have been charged with felony murder in the June 2017 strangulation death of U.S. Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. The U.S. Navy brought the charges against the four service members, painting a gruesome picture of...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2018 | Headlines, Military
Air Force’s live mascot Aurora, a 22-year-old white gyrfalcon, suffered potentially life-threatening injuries because of a West Point prank gone awry. Aurora was taken from an Army colonel’s home as part of an Air Force/Army week prank by West Point cadets, according...
by Jim Heath | Oct 25, 2018 | Headlines, Military
Some folks in North Carolina couldn’t believe their eyes, as a three-ton Humvee came floating down from the sky. An Air Force C-17 dropped the Humvee by parachute over their neighborhood, miles away from the intended target. Fort Bragg spokesman Tom McCollum...
