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12 9th, 2009| BusinessWeek – Leaving the Army was a difficult decision. I had already invested eight years of my life in my military career, considering the time spent as an ROTC cadet at Wake Forest University and an active duty tour that took me everywhere from Kansas to Iraq. However, during my deployment I realized that my professional and personal goals weren’t compatible with a lifetime spent in the armed forces. With this in mind, I began the bittersweet Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
8
Reuters – FBI Director Robert Mueller ordered an independent review on Tuesday of how the agency handled information that the military psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting had communicated with an anti-American cleric in Yemen. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
7
AFP – The United States and Poland have drawn up an accord regulating the stationing of US troops in Poland, the defence ministry said Friday, opening the way for the deployment of US Patriot missiles. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
4
AFP – The United States and Poland have drawn up an accord regulating the stationing of US troops in Poland, the defence ministry said Friday, opening the way for the deployment of US Patriot missiles. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
4
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will sign copies of her memoir, Going Rogue, from 7 to 10 tonight (Friday, December 4) for members of the military and their families at Fort Hood.
Base officials recommend people arrive early at the Clear Creek PX. The book-signing is open only to people showing military ID cards.
The former Alaska governor wrote on her Facebook page that she will donate her royalties from the book Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
4
AFP – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to “seize the initiative” to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
3
AP – U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
3
AP – The man who built Blackwater USA into one of the world’s most respected and reviled defense contractors feels that he was thrown under the bus after serving the nation’s security interests for years. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
3
AFP – Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS threatened to pull out of a multi-billion-dollar tanker contract, accusing the Pentagon of favoring its rival Boeing. Read the rest of this entry »