Army Veteran Identified as Man Wounded by Police After VA Clinic Shooting
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The man shot and wounded by police Sunday after authorities say he fired into an empty Veterans Affairs clinic was identified as Army veteran Troy Allen McMaster of East Wenatchee. Investigators believe McMaster rammed the Department of Veterans Affairs Elwood “Bud” Link Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Olds Station with a pickup truck […]
Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time
Doctors estimated in September that Jay Tenison, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, had 3-6 months to live. One of the things on his bucket list was to fire a tank one last time. Tenison, 39, is a former tanker who served from 2004 to 2008 on active duty and another five years in the […]
Korean War Veteran, 96, Still Attempting to Get Purple Heart Medal After 7 Decades
ST. PETER, Minn. — Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War — he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh. But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S. Army to recognize his injury and to award him a Purple Heart […]
Army Veteran Arrested After Threatening to Kill Soldiers at Fort Irwin in California
A former soldier has been arrested in California after he threatened to kill soldiers and law enforcement officials at Fort Irwin, located in San Bernardino County, according to federal authorities. “Christian Ernest Beyer, 41, of Petaluma, has been charged with interstate threats, a crime that carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal […]
‘Red Summer 1919’: A Vietnam Veteran Composed a Powerful Opera to Honor Black Veterans of World War I
When World War I ended and the troops returned home, the spirit of the war that bound Americans together quickly fell apart. Nowhere was this more apparent than among the Black communities throughout the country, which were subjected to racial violence on a whole new level. But in 1919, Black Americans fought back like never […]
Army Veteran Who Worked for NSA Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sell US Secrets to Russia
DENVER — A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado pleaded guilty Monday to trying to sell classified national security information to Russia. Federal prosecutors agreed to not ask for more than about 22 years in prison for Jareh Sebastian Dalke when he is sentenced in April if he adheres to the terms of a […]
Boise Was His Home, But Ukraine Became His Cause. Idaho Army Veteran Died ‘Hero’s Death’
For more than three decades, they referred to each other as brothers, even though they weren’t — at least not by blood. When they started out, one was a doctor from Virginia establishing himself in his new community of Boise, and the other a scrawny, redheaded 11-year-old boy who never met his father and was […]
Judge Rules in Favor of Veteran in Oregon Prison Seeking PTSD Treatment
An Oregon judge has sided with a U.S. Army veteran who petitioned for better treatment for his post-traumatic stress disorder while incarcerated at Snake River Correctional Institution. Michael LaSeur, an inmate at the prison, filed his habeas corpus petition at the end of December, flagging concerns about how Snake River was handling his medical conditions, health screenings and PTSD treatment. […]
Vietnam Veteran to Be Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter Rescue After 55 Years
The White House announced Friday that the president will award the Medal of Honor to Army Capt. Larry Taylor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War. Taylor, who was an AH-1 Cobra pilot between August 1967 and August 1968, is credited with the daring rescue of a small patrol of soldiers who were surrounded […]
Army Veteran Who Was Proud Boys Organizer Gets 17 Years in Prison for Role in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
WASHINGTON — A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election. The sentence for Joseph Biggs is the second longest […]