by Jeanne McKinney | Feb 8, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
HAWAII, February 5, 2020. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Patterson, an aviation operations specialist, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division re-enlists for 4 years of additional military service. Patterson is a native of Belle...
by Jeanne McKinney | Jan 7, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
IRAQ, 2003. Iraqi girls playing in a street being patrolled by the United States military. Photo United States Department of State SAN DIEGO. The killing of Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iran’s covert Quds force, created a global firestorm for President Trump....
by Jeanne McKinney | Jan 4, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Jan. 1, 2020. U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, reinforce the Baghdad Embassy Compound. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a quick reaction...
by Jeanne McKinney | Jan 1, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Dec. 31, 2019. U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters from 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct overflights of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The helicopters launched flares as a show of presence while providing...
by Jeanne McKinney | Nov 23, 2019 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, World News
YEMEN, August 2019. Houthi rebel fighters ride on trucks mounted with weapons, during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters for the Houthi movement, in Sanaa, Yemen. The conflict in Yemen began with the 2014 takeover of Sanaa by the Houthis, who drove out the...
