In a typical suburban hotel meeting room just outside of Nashville, more than 50 elite Ft. Campbell soldiers trained Tuesday night for their latest mission in Afghanistan.
They don’t wear the camouflage uniform that the world has become accustomed to seeing.
These majors, captains and platoon leaders [...]
Iraq Soldier’s Mom Sues Over Letter Stamped ‘Deceased’
A Minnesota woman is suing the federal government after a letter she mailed to her son in Iraq was returned with the word “deceased” stamped on the envelope, even though the soldier is alive.
Joan Najbar of Duluth filed the lawsuit last month [...]
From NewsChannel5:
Ft. Campbell said 700 soldiers from the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade will be home for Thanksgiving.
[...]As the nation’s military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren’t getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
From New York to Chicago to Los Angeles, lawmakers from heavily minority areas rank at or [...]
More and more soldiers returning from war are finding themselves in a battle for civilian jobs.
New numbers from the Tennessee Department of Labor show unemployment stayed at a consistent 10.5% from September to October, though it continues to exceed the national average of 10.2%.
More than 100,000 [...]
The Army says soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year’s, but that it has made progress in stemming the problem in recent months.
[...]The day is rapdily drawing to a close, so if you have not already, please thank a veteran for their service. Numerous soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coasties sacrifice so much of their time, energy, and lives to protect us, our country, and our way of life - a simple [...]
THE THINGS THAT MAKE A SOLDIER GREAT
by Edgar Guest
The things that make a soldier great and send him out to die,
To face the flaming cannon’s mouth nor ever question why,
Are lilacs by a little porch, the row of tulips red,
The peonies and pansies, too, the old [...]
Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tenn., was so quiet and low-key, he was nicknamed "Silent Soldier" while at Fort Hood preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan. -- More.
A lot of people want to know the circumstances surrounding Spc. Frederick Greene's death. A person familiar with the' [...]
The family of Spc. Fred Greene released the following statement Sunday:
"Fred was a loved and loving son, husband and father and often acted as the protector of this family. Even before joining the Army, he exemplified the Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service," [...]
I very deliberately did not post or comment about the mass murder at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center yesterday, simply because I am loathe to contribute to the wrong side of the signal-to-noise ratio - cutting-edge information is important, but I feel better presenting factual information.
First, let me [...]
Nidal Hasan is not the only one.
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