These Army officers seems like any others — carrying a 17-pound machine gun, sporting a buzz-cut and pulling a black Zodiac boat into the water for a two-mile paddle seem like normal Army training. However, this was not any ordinary…
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Thief steals fallen soldier’s belongings from Gold Star mother
Patti Ward is still mourning the loss of her son, Sgt. Joshua Ward, six years after his death. Grief is now turning into anger as she makes a plea to a thief to return her late son’s belongings. Sgt. Ward…
15 Photos that show the magnitude of sacrifices made by Military families
Ashton Carter arrives in Iraqi capital on unannounced visit
BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived unannounced in Baghdad on Thursday to assess the government’s progress in healing the country’s sectarian divisions and hear the latest on support for the Iraqi army’s coming attempt to recapture the…
Military deserters now find Canada less hospitable than Vietnam era
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — When Army Sgt. Patrick Hart decided a decade ago that he would not serve in the war in Iraq, he expected to follow the same path as thousands of American war resisters during the Vietnam era…
Military family refused entry to neighborhood pool for 4th of July weekend
Two military veterans and their young daughters may be locked out of their neighborhood pool on Independence Day and they say their homeowners association is to blame. Coming from the beaches of Hawaii, where they were stationed, to the Midwest…
