Nebraska National Guard Troops Who Were Sent to Border Expected to Return Home This Week
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Saturday that the Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers who were sent to the U.S.- Mexico border last month to aid authorities in efforts to counter immigration and drug trafficking are expected to return home Friday. The 61 soldiers have been stationed there since Aug. 2 to provide “additional observation and reporting near the border” to assist Texas law enforcement involved in Operation […]
West Virginia Guard Troops on Texas Border Mission Unhappy with Pay Level
Several volunteer members of the West Virginia National Guard say they are unhappy with the level of pay they are receiving at the southern border as part of Operation Lone Star. The troops departed West Virginia late last month for the southern border following a deployment ceremony in Charleston. They are assisting the Texas Military Department with that state’s ongoing efforts to secure […]
Military Now Has More Than 400 Troops Aiding Maui After Deadly Wildfires Devastated Island
The military has stood up a task force and greatly expanded its involvement to more than 400 service members as it continues to respond to the deadly and record-breaking wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The Pentagon is now “executing six approved mission assignments from FEMA” that include moving people, cargo and supplies to […]
More Republican Governors Deploy National Guard Troops to Texas Border
The Republican governors of Oklahoma, West Virginia and Nebraska this week joined a growing list of those deploying National Guardsmen to the U.S.-Mexico border to bolster the ranks of the Texas National Guard’s scandal-scarred mission. The roster now includes at least 13 Republican governors who collectively made pledges to send roughly 1,300 Guardsmen to the […]
The Pentagon Is Pulling 1,100 Troops from the US-Mexico Border Mission
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 active duty troops from the U.S.-Mexico border it deployed earlier this year as the government prepared for the end of asylum restrictions linked to the pandemic. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the deployment of a total of 1,500 active duty troops for a temporary 90-day military presence surge […]
How the Army’s Retiring Top Enlisted Soldier Fought to Make Life Better for Troops by Being Open About Himself
“I just couldn’t imagine what those families were thinking.” Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble, a New Jersey native and Green Beret assigned to 7th Special Forces Group, was killed in combat in Afghanistan three weeks before what would have been his 34th birthday. His remains were returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware […]
Warning Issued to Troops Receiving Strange Smartwatches in the Mail
If you got a free smartwatch in the mail, you’d activate it and throw it on your wrist, right? Wrong. According to a press release from the Department of the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, or CID, there seems to be a program targeting service members with free smartwatches. While the CID did not respond to […]
US Soldier Pleads Guilty to Helping ISIS Plan Ambush on American Troops Abroad and Target NYC
U.S. Army Private Cole Bridges attempted to help ISIS murder U.S. soldiers abroad — and offered advice on attacking New York City. “Cole Bridges attempted to orchestrate a murderous ambush on his fellow soldiers in service of ISIS and its violent ideology,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement Wednesday. “Bridges’ traitorous conduct was a betrayal of his comrades and his country.” The 22-year-old former soldier from Ohio pleaded guilty Wednesday […]
All Alaska Troops Get a Free Round Trip Home Each Year Under New Policy
Troops in Alaska can now fly home once a year, and the military will pick up the tab. The Army’s 11th Airborne Division is pioneering a new policy aimed at helping soldiers get home to see family at least once annually. The policy, which compensates soldiers for the price of a ticket home, applies to […]
First 550 US Active-Duty Troops Arriving at Southern Border
WASHINGTON — About 550 U.S. active-duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border in the first group of military support ahead of an expected increase of migrants, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday. The movement of troops is part of efforts to beef up security along the southern border as the U.S. prepares for the […]