Posts Tagged ‘attention’
PT-related deaths ‘spike’ in fiscal 2010
Deaths from physical training have outpaced combat-related deaths for the Navy so far this fiscal year. If the pattern continues, the service is on pace to record the highest number of PT deaths in a decade. Five sailors died during or following PT from Oct. 1 through March 31. In comparison, five sailors have died in the combat zone — and [...]
Vets fundraiser who vanished re-emerges
A Maryland man who vanished in January 2009 with thousands of dollars that he raised for a presidential inaugural ball for veterans that never happened — leaving sponsors, entertainers and ticketholders in the lurch — is back. Using a slightly different variation of his name, D. Dante Anthony Hayes is trying to raise money for a [...]
Vets deserve a piece of jobs bill, VFW says
The nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is demanding changes in the $15 billion jobs bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday because veterans were left out of a package of tax credits and highway projects aimed at increasing employment. “Despite having more than 1.1 million unemployed veterans, the 60-page package failed [...]
Reserve struggles to find right mix of soldiers
The Army Reserve has too many young, new soldiers and not enough sergeants and staff sergeants; too many lieutenants and colonels, but not enough captains and majors. The Reserve is authorized 25 or 30 chaplain assistants, but it has 125.In all, the Reserve has 207,000 soldiers in its ranks — the most it has had since 2004.“But [...]
Murder charges for Canadian AF commander
TORONTO — The commander of Canada’s largest air force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women.Ontario Provincial Police Detective Inspector Chris Nicholas said Monday that Col. Russell Williams, 46, was arrested Sunday in Ottawa. He was also charged in the [...]
Levin urges end to hold on Pentagon nominees
Two months of unexplained delay on four top Pentagon nominations is long enough, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman said Thursday.At issue are nominations to fill vacancies as the Pentagon’s top personnel official, someone to oversee defense acquisition reform, and two key Air Force posts — the service undersecretary and [...]
Guardsman Beau Biden passes on Senate run
DOVER, Del. — Beau Biden announced Monday that he will not seek election to the U.S. Senate seat long held by his father, Vice President Biden, putting another Democratic-held Senate seat in jeopardy and dealing another blow to President Obama’s flailing party.The Delaware attorney general told supporters in an e-mail that he will run [...]
Father of Detroit Terrorist Warned US
The alleged Christmas Day terrorist had been in one of the U.S. government's many terror databases since November, which is when his father brought him to the attention of embassy officials in Nigeria Read more here: Father of Detroit Terrorist Warned US
WWII vet receives French Legion of Honor
MERIDIAN, Miss. — A World War II veteran from Mississippi has received the National Order of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest military honor.Vernon Gibbs wiped away tears Monday as the medal was pinned on him during a ceremony in Meridian.The 84-year old Newton County resident said there were days as a young infantryman with the [...]
More e-mails between Hasan, cleric may exist
WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the man accused of fatally killing 13 people at Fort Hood and a radical Muslim cleric. Read more: More e-mails between Hasan, cleric may exist
