by Ian Tartt Many are familiar with Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address in which he warned us of the dangers of an ever-increasing military-industrial complex, as well as his negative view of war as a result of having seen it firsthand as a general. It seems that this sentiment is becoming increasingly common among veterans, as…
By Lina Bryce If you haven’t seen the first Donald Trump ad by the NRA, don’t expect to find glorifying pro-Trump talking points or even how Trump will stand up for gun ownership. Instead, you will notice a clear-cut anti-Hillary campaign, expressed by Benghazi veteran, Mark “Oz” Geist. Mark Geist, a retired U.S. Marine, alludes to the discontent of voters by…
The U.S. Army is developing brigades designed to quickly train new volunteer recruits in the event of a national emergency.
Veterans Affair Secretary Robert McDonald compared the time veterans wait to receive healthcare at the VA to the waiting times at Disney World. He said that his agency shouldn’t use wait times as a measure of success because Disney doesn’t. “When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in…
By Elias J. Atienza Rand Paul was a speaker at the NRA-ILA Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, calling for the defense of the Bill of Rights, but focusing on the 2nd Amendment. Paul highlighted how conservatives have won several legal victories when it comes to the 2nd Amendment, but warns that there is still considerable opposition….
Luke Rosiak A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) worker fired for bringing a stun gun to work and repeatedly discharging it claims everyone else in her office just watches TV all day, so she doesn’t understand why she’s being singled out for rare discipline. The office in question is the “Non-VA Purchased Care Support Office,”…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos The Senate used money from benefit cuts to military veterans in the 2016 budget to pay for the resettlement of an additional 3,000 Afghan interpreters in the United States. A dispute over a similar pay-for plan is behind the Judiciary Committee’s refusal to expand the program again in the 2017 budget. The Special Immigrant…
Governor Jerry Brown Signs Bill Raising Smoking Age to 21 After years of spouting the “my body, my choice” rhetoric, California Democrats have now turned on the concept of self ownership. Starting June 9th, it will be illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the magical, state-approved age of 21. While critics of this law have…
By Luke Rosiak An Illinois veteran in distress called the Department of Veterans Affairs’ suicide hotline in July 2015, but no one picked up. So, he laid down on nearby train tracks and waited for death. The body of 30-year old Thomas Young was found July 23, 2015 after being struck by a Metra train outside…
Jonah Bennett Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said that if Donald Trump takes over as president, the military may flat-out refuse to follow orders from Trump. Those orders are based on certain campaign pledges Trump has made during his campaign tours, Hayden said Friday on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Politico reports. Hayden…