Inside Military Life: Johnny Vargas Shares How He Turned Social Media Curiosity Into Booming Side Business
Sgt. First Class Johnny Vargas may have fallen into being a content creator by accident, but two years into his new life, he’s built a booming social media business with no plans of looking back. Vargas serves in the Army as a non-commissioned officer (NCO). His salary is nearly $90,000 a year, certainly not […]
Fort Stewart Entered Lockdown After Reported Active Shooter Alert
Initial Reports and Shelter in Place Order Fort Stewart issued a shelter-in-place order on Tuesday after receiving reports of a possible active shooter in a residential area on the installation. Base officials stated the incident involved a “person in distress” in the Bryan Village housing area, prompting an immediate lockdown while military police and local […]
Georgia Army Veteran Stuck in ICE Detention Center
As the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration continues to ensnare some U.S. military veterans, one case in Georgia is grabbing headlines. Godfrey Wade, an Army veteran who has lived in the country for 52 years, has spent the past three months in the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Wade emigrated to the U.S. […]
Death by Firing Squad: Eddie Slovik Became the Only U.S. Soldier Executed for Desertion in WWII
Eddie Slovik made a series of decisions that turned him into the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. He wrote and signed a confession admitting his crime. He refused five offers to escape punishment. He told his judge advocate he would desert again. And his case reached General Dwight Eisenhower’s desk […]
JROTC History Project Uncovers School’s Unique World War II Background
The banners have been displayed for years at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, a small tribute to alumni who had given so much to preserve freedom in World War II. The two banners include 49 stars with names sewn meticulously on the fabric of all the young graduates from Central who had lost their […]
Internet Raises $1.7M (And Growing) for Army Vet, 88, Still Working at Grocery Store
Ed Bambas was down on his luck. Bambas, an 88-year-old Army veteran, had worked hard most of his life, and after becoming financially secure, retired in 1999. But then the General Motors plant he had worked for went bankrupt, wiping out his pension in 2012. To add more stress, his wife became ill, medical bills […]
Long Wait Finally Over: World War II Airman Returns Home
Bonnie McClure was just a young girl when her uncle, Clifford Keeney, an Army Airman fighting in World War II, was shot down in Germany while on a mission in 1944. Keeney was listed as killed in action, and he was buried in a cemetery by enemy forces in Germany. Despite the obstacles, McClure vowed, […]
Northern Ireland's Oldest World War II Veteran Turns 107
Not many veterans are still around that can claim they fought in North Africa during World War II, and even fewer can call themselves the oldest person in their country, but Norman Irwin can say he’s both. Irwin, who served as a sergeant with the British Army in WWII, celebrated his 107th birthday on Nov. […]
Army Turns the Apache Into a Drone-Killing Gunship
A New Mission for One of the Army’s Most Iconic Aircraft For decades, the AH-64 Apache was built to destroy tanks and provide close support to troops on the ground. Now the Army is giving it a mission few expected: hunting drones. The rise of drone swarms in Ukraine, the Red Sea, and across the […]
Lockheed Martin Opens $17 Million Hypersonic Facility in Alabama
Lockheed Martin has opened its $17 million, 17,000-square-foot Hypersonics System Integration Lab on its Huntsville campus. The integration facility will bring together advanced test equipment, simulation tools and an integration environment under one roof. The new facility will shorten development cycles and fielding higher performance systems for the U.S. Army. The facility was completed in […]