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1st Cav soldier repatriated
FuzeVT sends us a link to Stars & Stripes which reports that an unnamed 1st Cavalry Division soldier has been returned to the hands of the US government after being interred in South Korea for 67 years; The dead soldier’s family has been notified, South Koreans officials said. However, Byrd said the remains won’t be […]
Pentagon seeks delay in transgender recruiting policy
According to The Hill, the service chiefs have asked the Pentagon for a delay in institution of the last administration’s plan to accept new transgender recruits. According to the AP, which cited unnamed officials, three of the four service branches wanted more time. The Army and Air Force wanted a two-year delay, while the Navy […]
Five More Return
DPAA has identified and accounted for the following formerly-missing US personnel. From World War II • Pfc George B. Murray, Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, USMC, was lost on Tarawa Atoll on 20 November 1943. He was accounted for on 9 June 2017. • Pvt Archie W. Newell, Company C, […]
Sunday morning feel good stories
From Covington, Georgia; According to Capt. Craig Treadwell, police officers were pursuing a man driving recklessly in a pickup truck Saturday morning when the suspect jumped from the truck at Newton Plaza and fled on foot. At that point, said Treadwell, another motorist intervened. “A Good Samaritan comes across with his pickup truck and cuts […]
Amor Ftouhi and the gun show loophole
Word on the street is that Amor Ftouhi, the Flint, Michigan terrorist who stabbed a police officer in the neck the other day, told investigators that he tried to buy a gun at a flea market but he was prevented from the purchase because he failed the background check. From CBS News; The man suspected […]
Update on “Missing” Shiloh Sailor
The Navy Times is reporting Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Mims, who gained notoriety by hiding in USS Shiloh’s engineering spaces while presumed overboard, has been transferred to the brig at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego. He’s cooling his heels in pretrial confinement, awaiting a possible Court Martial. He was reported missing and presumed […]
Eric Nelson, valor thief blames “machinations by political opponents”
Last year we wrote about Eric Nelson, a member of the Aurora, Colorado school board who pretended to be an Air Force officer during his campaign for office. His actual service in the Air Force was April – June 1998…he spent more time at MEPS than he spent on active duty. In addition to his […]
Rudy Redd Victor remains recovered after 43 years
One of our ninjas send us a link to the strange story of Rudy Redd Victor, an Air Force airman who leaped from his girlfriend’s car during an argument on June 15, 1974 in Montana, never to be seen again. He was on leave from the Air Force at the time. When he didn’t report […]
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