You read that correctly – there is actually reason to bring up the Third Amendment of the United States Constitution in modern society, as Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington D.C. calls for the departure of all out-of-state National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. Across America, protests have erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s…
By Rik Combs I recently had a chance to read a thoughtful and compelling article by Laurence Vance, “Why Christians Should Not Pray for the Troops”. The article was both insightful as it was timely for our present world situation. Having spent portions of three decades in the military, with multiple military operations to my…
Shelby Talcott Newsweek fired a reporter who wrote an article saying that President Donald Trump would likely be tweeting and golfing on Thanksgiving, according to a statement. Jessica Kwong, a former Newsweek political reporter covering the Trump administration, wrote an article originally titled “How Is Trump Spending Thanksgiving? Tweeting, Golfing And More” on Thursday. The article was…
Grace Carr on January 9, 2019 A majority of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops fighting in Syria and Afghanistan, according to a Tuesday Politico poll. Twenty-five percent of Americans strongly support the decision to bring home troops from Afghanistan and Syria, and 31 percent somewhat support the decision, according to the poll….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The Pentagon is preparing to send nearly 4,000 troops to Afghanistan to fight in America’s longest war in an effort to turn the tide against the Taliban. A Trump administration official told the Associated Press that Secretary of Defense James Mattis is likely to make the troop…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell China has reportedly put its military on alert for a possible crisis in Korea. Beijing is calling for calm, but the situation on the peninsula is extremely tense. Evidence suggests that North Korea may be preparing for a sixth nuclear test, and President Donald Trump’s posture in the wake…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti U.S. Central Command will no longer give out the number of troops headed to Iraq or Syria in the fight against the Islamic State, the Pentagon declared Monday. Washington will instead provide rough unit sizes of troops headed to the region. “It’s about capabilities not numbers,” CENTCOM spokesman Army…
by Jonah Bennett Thirteen thousand troops will be on hand to provide security and support for GOP President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. There will be 5,000 active-duty troops and 8,000 National Guard members from around the country at the inauguration, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1789, the first ever inauguration, according to…
by Jonah Bennett A government watchdog is asking the Department of Defense (DOD) to explain why tens of thousands of Afghan troops who don’t actually exist are receiving large sums of money. In an August letter sent to the DOD and made public on Friday, John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, noted that it’s…
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By Russ Read A group of off-duty U.S. airmen and soldiers near Osan air base in South Korea saved a mother and three children Wednesday from a building engulfed in flames. While shopping off-base, the soldiers and airmen saw smoke billowing from a nearby apartment building. The mother was seen holding her toddler out of…