'No One Knows Who He Is': Trump's Pick for Army Secretary Faces Confirmation Hearing
President Donald Trump’s surprise nominee for Army secretary, Dan Driscoll, heads into his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday as a largely unknown figure both inside and outside the Pentagon. The relatively obscure financier and political adviser, who is also a veteran, is set to lead the Pentagon’s largest branch despite a resume that some Army officials […]
'No Hesitation': Vietnam's Lifesaving 'Dustoff' Medevac Crews to Get Congressional Gold Medal
“Dustoff inbound” was the message crackling over the radio that troops wounded in Vietnam most wanted to hear. The message using the “Dustoff” call sign meant that an unarmed UH-1 “Huey” helicopter air ambulance with a red cross painted on the nose was coming for them no matter the weather, no matter whether the landing […]