The five senior Taliban Commanders released from Guantanamo (GITMO) in exchange for the return of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl are set to be freed from their “luxurious” confinement in Qatar effective June 1. These five hard-core terrorists are Mullah Norullah Noori, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Mohammad Fazl, Khairullah Khairkhwa and Mohammend Nabi Omari. They were classified as some of the most dangerous Taliban commanders held at GITMO, according to Thomas Joscelyn of The Long War Journal.
by Admiral James A. "Ace" Lyons12 May 2015, 12:41 PM PST0
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake wonders why millions in Department of Defense tax dollars have ended up in the pockets of the National Football League, ostensibly spent on sponsorship deals meant to “honor” military service members.
by Warner Todd Huston12 May 2015, 1:04 AM PST0
Typically, and understandably, the bond between mother and son is very close.
by James Zumwalt10 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0
(CNN)Be afraid — be very afraid. This is the warning the world deserves to hear. Because the leader of the free world refuses to look with clear eyes at the chief security challenges of the 21st century: the fruits of radical Islam.
by Breitbart News27 Apr 2015, 8:19 AM PST0
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told an Iowa talk radio show host on Saturday that young Christians should wait until President Obama left office before considering military service.
by Austin Ruse18 Apr 2015, 6:54 PM PST0
New data shows that a six-year, $287 million campaign implemented by the American military to help soldiers feel more optimistic about their future, more than half of the soldiers surveyed felt pessimistic about their futures.
by William Bigelow17 Apr 2015, 5:58 AM PST0
On this week’s broadcast of Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0,” host Daniel Tosh took aim at the group Guardians of Valor, an organization that confronts people wearing military uniforms and posing as veterans to reap certain benefits. Those confrontations are ultimately posted on the
by Jeff Poor15 Apr 2015, 6:53 AM PST0
In 2013, the Obama Administration announced the President’s intent to repeal regulations exempting military women from direct ground combat units such as the infantry. The Marine Corps dutifully began a multi-phased research program to determine whether women could meet male physical standards. Two and a half years later, reality is setting in.
by Elaine Donnelly15 Apr 2015, 6:06 AM PST0
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, currently preparing for a second presidential campaign, had a hard-hitting op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader on Friday, with a sharp critique of America’s current foreign policy aimed not just at President Barack Obama, but at Congressional leaders from both parties.
by Sarah Rumpf10 Apr 2015, 12:01 PM PST0
The Department of Defense (DoD) is making a concerted effort to reduce smoking among its members, and the Defense Advisory Committee will propose two options to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter: raise the price of tobacco on military bases and create more tobacco-free zones on the bases.
by William Bigelow3 Apr 2015, 8:34 AM PST0
BIALYSTOK, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of residents turned out in eastern Poland on Tuesday to greet a convoy of U.S. troops that is driving through eastern Europe, a region worried that the conflict in Ukraine threatens its security.
by AP25 Mar 2015, 6:38 AM PST0
Out transgender recruits want to serve openly in the U.S. military, as they do in a number of allied armed forces. It is a subject under active consideration within the Department of Defense, and something supported by a coalition of transgender military personnel and their supporters in the Democratic Party.
by Austin Ruse25 Mar 2015, 6:10 AM PST0
More than 1,000 U.S. troops were moving across Eastern Europe on Tuesday on several training exercises, the latest effort to reassure allied nations anxious about recent Russian military aggression, a Pentagon official said.
by Breitbart News25 Mar 2015, 6:07 AM PST0
Here’s an interesting headline that appeared in the March 18 Washington Business Journal: “DOD deputy secretary to industry: Come up with a new missile defense solution, and we’ll fund it.” The news item detailed a speech by Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work to a conference in Washington, DC, making defense contractors an offer that’s hard to refuse: If you can build it, we will buy it.
by James P. Pinkerton24 Mar 2015, 6:30 AM PST0
President Barack Obama is meeting next week with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and is expected to announce plans to slow down the pace of troop withdrawals between now and the end of 2016 to maintain security in Afghanistan.
by Breitbart News20 Mar 2015, 10:57 PM PST0
The elite U.S. Navy SEALs force lost one of their own due to a parachute malfunction during a training exercise Wednesday in southern California.
by Michelle Moons20 Mar 2015, 11:16 AM PST0
In a sharply-worded memo, Navy Chaplain Wesley Modder’s commander denied his request for a “religious accommodation” in a disciplinary process that has relieved him of his command and could kick him out of the Navy forever. Modder stands accused of homophobia and insensitivity–though, in the official documents, the term is “substandard performance”–which could trump all the accolades he has received in almost 20 years of military service and throw his professional life into ruin.
by Austin Ruse18 Mar 2015, 2:18 PM PST0
With the help of millions of Americans who have had enough of President Obama’s and his Democrat Party’s failed economic and foreign policies, the Republican Party is positioning itself to win back the White House, and to take complete control
by Javier Manjarres16 Mar 2015, 6:30 PM PST0
Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office (GLO) George P. Bush unveiled a redesigned website this week for the Texas Veterans Land Board (VLB), TexasVeterans.com, to streamline access to the information and benefits provided by the VLB to Texas veterans. The VLB was formed in 1946 and in his role as GLO Commissioner, Bush also serves as the VLB’s Chairman.
by Sarah Rumpf13 Mar 2015, 6:35 AM PST0
The jury in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh has found him guilty of capital murder for killing “American Sniper” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range on February 2, 2013. Routh, 27, had admitted to the killings but had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
by Sarah Rumpf24 Feb 2015, 7:25 PM PST0
No strangers to controversy, the Girl Scouts have stepped into another muddle with the news they are charging American servicemen a whopping $20 extra to receive a shipment of cookies, even if the shipment is going to a domestic base.
by Austin Ruse24 Feb 2015, 4:48 PM PST0
The White House issued a statement Monday saying, “We take him at his word and expect that this will not impact the important work he’s doing to promote the health and well-being of our nation’s veterans.”
by Breitbart News23 Feb 2015, 9:41 PM PST0
In late January, America lost two of her finest during a helicopter training mission at 29 Palms in California. U.S. Marine Corps Major Elizabeth Kealey and Captain Adam Satterfield served their country with honor and were remembered at a recent
by Michelle Moons23 Feb 2015, 6:01 PM PST0
As the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, the accused killer of “American Sniper” hero Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield, entered its second week, jurors were shown a video of Routh confessing to the fatal shootings. Kyle and Littlefield were killed on February 2, 2013. Routh, who was 25 at the time of the shootings, has confessed to the killings but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
by Sarah Rumpf16 Feb 2015, 9:38 PM PST0
It was Vince Lombardi who famously intoned that “winning is not everything, it’s the only thing.” And he was just talking about football! Of course, more and more all the time we learn of the excesses that have accompanied that kind of zealotry in the world of sports, and even the great Lombardi is known to have been pretty cagey with the rules on occasion in pursuit of “the only thing,” but it’s not football that’s on my mind today, it’s war.
by Greg Garrison11 Feb 2015, 5:58 PM PST0
