During the past week, I shared news about three Navy SEALs — SO1 Julio A. Huertas, SO2 Jonathan E. Keefe and SO2 Matthew V. McCabe — facing charges related to their apprehension of Ahmed Hashim Abed, the alleged planner of the March 2004 ambush, killing and mutilation of four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, Iraq. Today, [...]
Charges Against Navy SEALs Published
December 8th, 2009 · 22 Comments
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BMW to Appear on Bob Grant Show Wednesday (Update)
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
UPDATE #3 12/09/09 at 1:06 p.m. Central: Here’s a link to the video of my appearance on the show. UPDATE #2: ANOTHER TIME CHANGE to 9:45 a.m. Central Wednesday — Just got a call that my appearance on the Bob Grant show has been rescheduled to Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. Central. UPDATE: TIME CHANGE to [...]
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Military Photo of the Week: Adriatic Sunset
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments
The sun sets on a day of at-sea operations aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan in the Adriatic Sea June 10. The USS Bataan is on a scheduled deployment performing maritime security operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation. Chief Petty Officer Tony Sisti of the U.S. Navy captured this photo [...]
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‘Catch-and-Release’ Program Activated at GITMO
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
The photo above, courtesy of Doug Ross, shows sailors gathered on the flight deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to witness the release of a Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility detainee from U.S. custody. The unnamed detainee, described only as a senior Al-Qaeda official, was given $50 and a 1962 Ford Fairlane as part of [...]
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Taxpayers Foot Bill for College Football Bowls
December 30th, 2008 · No Comments
It appears writer Eric Crawford was ahead of the journalistic pack with his article that appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Black Friday — the one after Thanksgiving, not Christmas. In Bailout Bowl, Presented By You and Me, he highlighted the many instances in which taxpayers — hence, “You and Me” in his headline — [...]
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Survey: Military Favors John McCain More Than 2-1
October 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s no wonder Barack Obama chose not to visit U.S. troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany during his European tour three months ago. A Military Times survey of nearly 4,300 readers indicates Republican John McCain enjoys overwhelming support from the military’s professional core. McCain handily defeated Democrat Barack Obama 68 percent to 23 [...]
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Boeing Delivers 1st Fleet EA-18G Growler
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
The Boeing Company delivered the first fleet EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft to the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron 129 on Tuesday at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., ahead of schedule and within budget. Boeing previously delivered five EA-18G aircraft to the Navy’s flight test community. “At a time when most acquisition news [...]
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