Author: Milo F. Bryant
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WILL YOU WATCH?
Not everything went to according to plan.Two AH-64 Apache helicopters circled overhead, unleashing dozens of rockets before firing bullets from a 30 mm cannon. A couple miles back, platoons of M-1 Abrams tanks, Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles and soldiers pounded fake enemy tanks invading from the northwest with artillery rounds.The mission destroyed the fictional enemy…
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Soundtrack of summer
Even as the war in Afghanistan is featured less often on evening newscasts or front pages of our newspapers, Americans still involved in the fight continue to die there, deepening the pool of Memorial Day remembrances with new heroes and fresh heartbreak. To glimpse what’s still being sacrificed on Afghan soil, Courtney Knox, the 24-year-old…
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TWITCH HITTERS
GLENDALE, Calif. — Don’t call Iraq War vet Jason Moon a hero. Don’t phone him on Memorial Day or July 4th or Veterans Day to say thank you. Instead, just listen as he strums his guitar and sings about the “things I’ve seen I won’t forget,” about the sacrifices, emotional and physical, that a warrior…
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Ugly series can’t define the season
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2012 – Pentagon officials called the defection of Syrian Army Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass “significant,” saying this could be the first crack in the inner circle around Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Tlass sought asylum in Turkey, said Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby. “He is a former friend of Assad, so we…
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Mature ’Melo is a leader in 3rd year
With the presidential election over, Department of Defense officials are expected to soon announce that military retirees and their dependents living more than 40 miles from a military treatment facility or base closure site will lose access to TRICARE Prime, the military’s managed care option.These beneficiaries would be expected to shift to TRICARE Standard, the…