The Making of a Fake War Hero: An American Who Reinvented Himself as a Social-Media Soldier in Ukraine Is Accused of ‘Stolen Valor’
Read the original article on Business Insider. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a 48-year-old American veteran and building contractor from Connecticut named James Vasquez was one of thousands of volunteers who went to join the fight. He quickly became one of the most recognizable faces of the foreign fighters in Ukraine, often […]
US Set to Destroy Its Last Chemical Weapons, Closing a Deadly Chapter Dating to World War I
RICHMOND, Ky. — At a sprawling military installation in the middle of the rolling green hills of eastern Kentucky, a milestone is about to be reached in the history of warfare dating back to World War I. Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot are close to destroying rockets filled with GB nerve agent that […]
He Was the CIA Whiz Kid in ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’ His New Book Offers Advice For the US in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — After the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in 1989, defeated by an insurgency equipped and guided by the U.S., a two-word cable arrived at CIA headquarters: “WE WON.” It was one of the last moments of the Cold War, credited with helping push the Soviet Union to collapse two years later. But […]
UK Village Marks Struggle Against US Army Racism in World War II
BAMBER BRIDGE, England (AP) — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is proud of the blow it struck against racism in the U.S. military during World War II. When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed in the village, residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the U.S. Army. Ignoring pressure from British […]
After 57-Year Delay, a Vietnam War Veteran Receives US Army Air Medal
George Thomas Keeney, 76, a veteran of the Vietnam War, was due to receive his Air Medal from the U.S. Army on Nov. 6, 1966 — but it never came. On Monday — 57 years later — Keeney, now bedridden, was finally presented the award in the living room of his New Windsor home, where […]
Army Avoids War Hero Names as Fort Bragg Instead Becomes Fort Liberty
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was redesignated as Fort Liberty on Friday, marking it as the only major Army base not having a namesake honoring a significant figure in the force’s history. Fort Liberty is broadly considered one of the Army’s highest-profile installations, serving as the home of the service’s 82nd Airborne Division — set to […]
Griffin Shock Sends ‘Clear Message’ on NATO Strength Amid War in Ukraine
How long will it take for the U.S. Army’s V Corps to deploy a brigade to Eastern Europe and begin conducting operations alongside NATO allies? Less than a week. That’s what was demonstrated by Operation Griffin Shock, a new exercise that took place in Poland over two and a half weeks in May. The U.S. […]
Unprepared for Long War, US Army Under Gun to Make More Ammo
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this city built by coal barons, where tons of steel rods are brought in by train to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv can’t get enough of — and that the U.S. can’t produce […]