Thirteen service members who died in the suicide bomber attack during the evacuation mission in Afghanistan late last month have been awarded Purple Hearts, according to the Navy…
Marine Includes Chess Riddle in Demand for Accountability…
Marine Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller posted a video statement “To the American Leadership” of the Afghanistan withdrawal that went viral on August 26th…
‘I DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY’: MARINE BATTALION COMMANDER CALLS OUT SENIOR LEADERS FOR AFGHANISTAN FAILURES…
“I’m not saying we’ve got to be … in Afghanistan forever,” Scheller says. “But I am saying, ‘Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, hey, it’s a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic air base, before we evacuate everyone? Did anyone do that?’”…
A New Father, a ‘Soulmate,’ ‘One of the Good Ones’ Among Eight Marines, One Sailor Lost in Amphibious Vehicle Accident…
The oldest of the nine service members dead or still missing after an assault amphibious vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California last week was a 23-year-old — Marine Corps Cpl. Wesley Rodd, of Harris, Texas, who recently became a father. One of the others, Lance Cpl. Chase D. Sweetwood, of Portland, Ore., turned […]
1 Marine Dead, 8 Missing After AAV Accident Off California Coast…
Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard assets are searching for eight missing troops following a deadly Marine amphibious vehicle accident that took place Thursday afternoon off the coast of southern California. The Marines, assigned to the San Diego-based 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, had been conducting a routine training exercise near San Clemente Island in coordination […]
Whistleblower Lawsuit Says Defense Contractor Defrauded the Marines of $1.3B for Vehicle Parts…
A government contractor allegedly defrauded the Pentagon of $1.3 billion by inflating prices for armored vehicle parts sold to the Marine Corps, according to court documents filed in a whistleblower case. Navistar Defense allegedly forged fraudulent invoices and other documentation so that it could inflate prices for suspension systems on mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, or […]
16 Camp Pendleton Marines Arrested by NCIS for Alleged Human Smuggling and Drug Offenses…
Naval Criminal Investigative Service carried out a mass arrest of 16 Marines Thursday morning during a battalion formation aboard Camp Pendleton, California, according to Marine Corps officials. The Marines were arrested for allegations related to “various illegal activities” from human smuggling to drugs, the Marine Corps said in a press release. Maj. Kendra Motz, a […]
Guarding the Noblest Acre in America by Sen Tom Cotton…
Easy 40 and Easy 71 had just landed at Camp Taji north of Baghdad to refuel and to drop off and pick up passengers. These two Black Hawk helicopters were moving troops around Baghdad-area bases on Jan. 20, 2007. As they took off, Easy 40 had a four-man crew and eight passengers, soldiers with little […]
The Military, Flush with Cash, Is Asking Lawmakers for More Time to Spend it All…
The Pentagon is finally poised for a spending hike in March that could bankroll increased troop training and equipment maintenance, but the wrangling on Capitol Hill has delayed its annual budget by more than five months. Now, military leaders worry they might not have enough time in the remaining months of the fiscal year to […]
Massive Pentagon Agency Lost Track of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars…
One of the Pentagon’s largest agencies can’t account for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of spending, a leading accounting firm says in an internal audit obtained by POLITICO that arrives just as President Donald Trump is proposing a boost in the military budget. Ernst & Young found that the Defense Logistics Agency failed to […]