Author: Mary Shinn
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Trump’s order not a ban on transgender troops yet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded a previous executive order allowing transgender troops to openly serve. An expert with an LGBTQ+-rights group, Lambda Legal, said Tuesday in a news conference that the repeal of the previous order is not itself a…
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Trump’s order not a ban on transgender troops yet
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded a previous executive order allowing transgender troops to openly serve. An expert with an LGBTQ+-rights group, Lambda Legal, said Tuesday in a news conference that the repeal of the previous order is not itself a ban on transgender troops. But Trump could be heading back…
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Trump promises to use the military to help enforce immigration laws, as he labels drug cartels ‘terrorists’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump on Monday promised to crack down on illegal immigration using the military, reinstate troops discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and classify drug cartels as terrorist groups. While classifying groups as terrorists likely summons images of the decades of conflict in Iraq…
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Trump promises to use the military to help enforce immigration laws, as he labels drug cartels ‘terrorists’
President Donald Trump on Monday promised to crack down on illegal immigration using the military, reinstate troops discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and classify drug cartels as terrorist groups. While classifying groups as terrorists likely summons images of the decades of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, such action by itself wouldn’t send troops into…
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Army, police investigating Fort Carson soldier filmed in online sting by pedophile hunter groups
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Fort Carson soldier is under investigation after he was caught by a civilian group of pedophile hunters. Fort Carson Spc. Brandon Storey states in the first few minutes of a video on YouTube taken by Colorado Ped Patrol he was planning on meeting children,…
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Army, police investigating Fort Carson soldier filmed in online sting by pedophile hunter groups
A Fort Carson soldier is under investigation after he was caught by a civilian group of pedophile hunters. Fort Carson Spc. Brandon Storey states in the first few minutes of a video on YouTube taken by Colorado Ped Patrol he was planning on meeting children, a 12-year-old and an 11-year-old, for sex. The Department of…
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Veterans harmed by Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and prior policies to see proactive review
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While the military has proactively helped some veterans hurt by Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policies, a recent lawsuit settlement requires the Department of Defense to help far more former troops kicked out of the armed services for their sexual orientation. Radha Manthe, an attorney who…
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Veterans harmed by Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and prior policies to see proactive review
While the military has proactively helped some veterans hurt by Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policies, a recent lawsuit settlement requires the Department of Defense to help far more former troops kicked out of the armed services for their sexual orientation. Radha Manthe, an attorney who worked on the case, said she hopes the settlement will…
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A flawed system: How Army Special Forces mental health care is failing elite soldiers
Retired Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Greg Walker details how a flawed mental health care system has yielded what he calls ‘hideous results’ for soldiers like Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger.
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Arkansas Valley pipeline gets $250 million boost to bring clean water to communities
A pipeline that will bring clean water to the Arkansas Valley got a $250 million boost Wednesday in federal funding. The 130-mile system will bring water to communities that are under enforcement orders from the state health department because of the poor water quality. Some of the communities have naturally occurring radium, a radioactive element…