by Jim Heath | Jan 7, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Military
Donald Trump has never shown much interest in history, so it wasn’t shocking when he threatened last week to destroy some of Iran’s treasured icons. Today, Defense Secretary Mark Esper sought to douse an international outcry created by Trump by ruling out...
by Jim Heath | Dec 27, 2019 | Headlines, Military
Donald Trump calls him a hero, but Edward Gallagher’s platoon Navy SEALS chillingly described him as ‘freaking evil’, ‘toxic’ and trigger-happy in previously unseen video interviews with investigators ahead of his war crimes trial. The...
by Jim Heath | Dec 17, 2019 | Headlines, Military
President Donald Trump received a loud ovation when he participated in the coin toss ahead of Saturday’s Army-Navy football rivalry game in Philadelphia. But troops’ actual feelings about the commander in chief appear much more ambivalent in the latest Military Times...
by Jim Heath | Dec 16, 2019 | Headlines, Military
Officials from the Army and Navy academies launched investigations today into whether hand signals flashed by students standing in the background of a TV broadcast before the schools’ annual football game Saturday were intended to convey a message of white supremacy....
by Jim Heath | Dec 14, 2019 | Headlines, Military
Questions erupted during the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia when students appeared to make the White Power hand symbol during a pregame broadcast. Spokespersons from the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy told reporters late today they have been made...
by Jim Heath | Dec 14, 2019 | Headlines, Military, Trump
President Trump received a warm welcome as he arrived at the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia this afternoon. The Commander-in-chief took time out from the impending House impeachment vote to enjoy the annual college football game at Lincoln Financial Field. Trump...
