Army Veteran Who Burned Flag Near White House Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges
WASHINGTON — An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges. Jan Carey is charged with two misdemeanors that are not focused on the act of burning a flag. Making his […]
Drill Sergeant Under Investigation After Having Soldiers Do Push-Ups Under MAGA Flag
The Army has launched an investigation after a drill sergeant posted a video showing soldiers being hazed beneath a MAGA flag, which runs afoul of multiple military regulations prohibiting partisan political activity in uniform and on federal property. Staff Sgt. Thomas Mitchell on Friday uploaded the video to TikTok, showing a group of trainees performing […]
Army Says It Couldn't Use New York's Red Flag Law to Disarm Lewiston Gunman
Maj. Matthew Dickison accepted Robert Card’s claim that he was not planning on hurting himself or others. But the Army reservist’s paranoid behavior and agitation over the course of an hour-long psychological evaluation last summer concerned Dickison enough to recommend that Card be kept away from guns. “I’m afraid of what I may do if […]
A Museum Proudly Displayed an American Flag Rescued from the Fall of Saigon. But the Soldier's Story Wasn't True.
ANTIOCH — A U.S. flag neatly folded and encased in the military room of this city’s museum ended up there because, as the story went, it was draped around an Army soldier as he climbed on a helicopter from atop the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. He was among the last American troops to leave Vietnam, […]