Author: Meri-Jo Borzilleri
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CC DUO UP FOR HOBEY TODAY
A culture of preferential treatment towards intercollegiate athletes ranked as one of the top concerns of Air Force Academy cadets who responded to a wide-ranging survey released on Thursday. Two out of five cadets also said underage drinking is a weekly occurence at the academy, while nearly two-thirds felt it happened at least once a…
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WCHA takes over Frozen Four
Cpl. Kelsey De Santis created a national stir last fall when she took to the Internet to ask celebrity Justin Timberlake to her Marine Corps birthday ball in a YouTube video. He said yes, and a friendship was born. Seven months later, Timberlake returned the favor, asking De Santis to attend the 2012 Spike TV Guy’s…
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FOUR FOR FOUR
CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama and NATO leaders expressed confidence in Afghanistan’s ability to take the lead for its own security next year, as nations with a stake in the deeply unpopular war huddled Monday for talks aimed at paving the way for its end. The alliance leaders, meeting in Obama’s hometown, solidified plans…
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Barely past the ’Gate
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2012 – Though a team of U.S. negotiators is returning home after several weeks of discussing reopening ground supply routes in Pakistan, the talks are not mired, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here today. In November, Pakistan closed ground routes that had been used to resupply forces in Afghanistan after a…
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NITTY-GRITTY
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CC crams, makes Colgate quick study
NEW YORK — A first-hand account of the Navy SEAL mission that killed Osama bin Laden is coming out Sept. 11. Dutton announced Wednesday that Mark Owen’s “No Easy Day” will “set the record straight” on the raid in Pakistan in May 2011. “Mark Owen” is a pseudonym for the combat veteran who was one…
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Diminutive boxer throws sizable punch
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Aug. 22, 2012 – The “software” of personal relationships is more important than hardware in building military-to-military ties between nations, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today while returning from a visit to Afghanistan and Iraq. After two days of talks with U.S. and Afghan officials in Kabul,…
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Equality has a ring to it
CAMP PHOENIX, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2012 – Four pairs of brothers, all from Nevada, recently arrived at Kabul, Afghanistan, to begin their mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. All serving in the Army, they are Pfc. Matthew and Pfc. Christopher Babas, Sgt. Christopher and Spc. Dustin Greener, Cpl. Donald and Pvt. Jason Otto, and…