Army Posthumously Promotes 2 Georgia Soldiers Who Were Killed by Iran Militia Drone Attack in Jordan
The Army has posthumously promoted two of the soldiers who were killed in a drone attack in Jordan this weekend as questions remain about what transpired at the small outpost. The U.S. Army Reserve posthumously promoted Spc. Kennedy Sanders and Spc. Breonna Moffett to the rank of sergeant “in recognition of their exceptional courage, dedication, […]
Military Veteran Who Killed Iraqi Civilian Is Ordered Jailed on Capitol Riot Charges
WASHINGTON — A military veteran who shot and killed a handcuffed civilian in Iraq nearly 20 years ago was ordered jailed Tuesday on charges that he used a metal baton to assault police officers during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Chief Judge James Boasberg agreed with prosecutors that Edward […]
Pentagon Identifies 3 Army Reserve Soldiers Killed in Jordan When Iran-Backed Militants Flew Drone into Living Quarters
The Pentagon said Monday that the three service members killed in an Iranian-backed militia drone attack on their living quarters at a small logistics base in Jordan on Sunday were Army Reserve soldiers from the same unit. The soldiers who lost their lives were Sgt. William Rivers, 46; Spc. Kennedy Sanders, 24; and Spc. Breonna […]
Maine Considers Giving Panel Subpoena Power to Access Mass Shooter’s Military Records
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine legislative committee considered an emergency request on Monday to grant powers to a panel investigating last year’s Lewiston mass shooting that the state’s governor said are critical to unraveling how the killings unfolded. An independent commission is investigating the October shootings that killed 18 people in a bowling alley and […]
Iraq and US Begin Formal Talks to End Coalition Mission Formed to Fight the Islamic State Group
BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that he had sponsored “the commencement of […]
Biden Says US ‘Shall Respond’ After Drone Strike by Iran-Backed Group Kills 3 US Troops in Jordan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes by such groups against American […]
Winnebago Tribe Sues Army to Repatriate Remains of Two Carlisle Indian School Students
For Edward Hensley, the prognosis seemed favorable only days before his fatal turn for the worse. The Winnebago boy died on Jan. 29, 1899, while he was enrolled at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. “He was not able to pull through this his third or fourth attack of pneumonia,” the Indian Helper, a student publication, […]
The First Medal of Honor Recipient of the Vietnam War Dies at Age 89
When Roger H.C. Donlon joined the Army in 1958, he was already familiar with military life. He had enlisted in the Air Force in 1953, but left to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. In 1957, he resigned from the academy to just get into the Army — and maybe meet […]
Army ROTC Instructor Who Pleaded Guilty to Hiding Camera in Changing Room Gets Reprimand
An Army officer who led an ROTC program at a California university was handed a reprimand this week after pleading guilty to hiding a camera in a changing room at a clothing store. Lt. Col. Jacob Sweatland, who formerly led California Polytechnic State University’s ROTC program and served as a senior instructor, was arrested in […]
Sheriff Defends Deputies Actions Before Army Reservist Killed 18 in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — Law enforcement officers spoke Thursday of the difficulty in implementing the state’s yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis, describing a cumbersome and time-consuming process in testimony to an independent commission that’s investigating a mass shooting in which an Army reservist killed 18 […]