Aug. 10–Tragedy has once again struck a Bristol, R.I., couple, whose eldest child, a decorated U.S. Army Green Beret killed Friday in combat in Afghanistan, became the second son they’ve lost in the past decade. Master Sgt. Peter Andrew McKenna Jr., 35, a career soldier serving…
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Tennessee National Guard approved to carry handguns
NASHVILLE (Times Free Press) — When Tennessee National Guard recruiters return to their storefront stations, select members will be packing federally issued 9 mm handguns to defend themselves from would-be future attacks like the July 16 assault on a U.S.…
Veteran commits suicide after being denied proper treatment
The controversy over whether the U.S. Army is actively treating soldiers with substance abuse problems has returned, as a former soldier recently committed suicide on July 2nd. Some are describing Georgia National Guard Spc. Stephen Akins’s suicide as a tragedy…
Shots fired at soldiers at Camp Shelby in Mississippi
Violence aimed at American soldiers in the United States certainly seems to be on the rise, and the troubling trend continued yesterday at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. While around 4,500 soldiers were conducting training exercises at the Joint Forces Training…
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…
Two female students headed to final phase of Ranger School, in the Swamp
The two women who successfully completed the second phase of Ranger School are now moving on to Camp Rudder, on Eglin Air Force Base for the Swamp Phase. Two of the three female Ranger School students and 125 male students…