Author: Todd Jacobson
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Mountain West is changing channels
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2012 – A group of World War II veterans received recognized yesterday in a ceremony held here for their gallantry during a 1944 combat operation in southern France. Operation Dragoon lasted from Aug. 15 until Sept. 14, 1944. It was the second largest amphibious invasion of World War II, with over 1,000…
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AFA’s Welch has second knee surgery
SAN DIEGO — Some of the loudest cheers at San Diego’s gay pride parade were for active-duty troops marching in military dress. Saturday’s celebration marks the first time U.S. service members are participating in a gay pride event while decked out in full uniform. Dozens of soldiers, sailors, and Marines marched alongside an old Army…
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AFA’s Carney credits Harridge
The Department of Defense is deeply saddened by the news of the tragic incident at the Aurora Mall Movie Theater in Aurora, Colo. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the families of those impacted by this event. One sailor was injured and one, known to have been at the theatre that evening,…
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Air Force tabs freshman QB to start season opener
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2012 – The head of the National Security Agency’s information assurance directorate today discussed the agency’s goals in providing government with secure mobile devices. Speaking to the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association here, Debora Plunkett, director of NSA’s Information Assurance, laid out the strategy behind “putting…
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Grounded Falcon gets his wings back
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense says three members of the U.S. Armed Forces were wounded in a movie theater shooting in Colorado and one is unaccounted for. The agency says a Navy sailor was injured and a male sailor who was at the theater early Friday morning cannot be located. The sailors are…
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Free of Van Pelt’s shadow, Holland takes CSU’s helm
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The Defense Department on Thursday announced it is allowing service members to march in uniform in a gay pride parade for the first time in U.S. history. In a memorandum sent to all its branches, the department said it was making the allowance for San Diego’s Gay Pride Parade on Saturday…
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AFA freshman defying the odds
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 – Gen. Mark A. Welsh III in his confirmation hearing today to become the next Air Force chief of staff, was optimistic about the service’s fiscal challenges, but warned there are limits to how much it can cut. Welsh, who currently commands U.S. Air Forces Europe, addressed the full range of…
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AFA kickers envision success to overcome pressure, inexperience
WASHINGTON – Seven Army soldiers and two Marines have received administrative punishments, but are not facing criminal charges, for their part in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia this year, The Associated Press has learned. U.S. officials said that one Air Force member has been reprimanded but cleared of any violations of the Military…
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Air Force’s Perez has come a long way
ABERDEEN, Wash. — More than 80 inmates enter a large visitation room at Stafford Creek Correctional Center. All are U.S. military veterans, but not all of them realize it. Teri Herold-Prayer, a research manager for the state Department of Corrections, asks the large group how many veterans are present. About two-thirds raise their hands. When…
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Air Force’s Shaffer has unfinished business
SOUTHWEST ASIA , July 17, 2012 – What does the word “gym” mean to you? Does it mean the blood, sweat and tears of weight training and cardio to get in tip-top shape? Does it symbolize a place where your buddies meet to blow off steam? To Air Force 1st Lt. Noel Carroll, it is…