by Jeanne McKinney | Nov 14, 2021 | Articles, Military, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Veterans
SAN DIEGO. It was patriotic shot in the arm to see the United States Nurse Corps of the Army, Navy, and Air Force honored at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial. In celebration of Veterans Day 2021, these unsung women and men were given due credit for providing...
by Jeanne McKinney | Oct 4, 2021 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. National Guard, U.S. Navy
SAN DIEGO: Marine LtCol. Stuart Scheller has found himself in a one-man spotlight seeking answers, when in truth many with high moral standards may seek the same. He is not alone but flanked by thousands of Marines feeling the challenge of the disastrous end in...
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 | Oct 28, 2019 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Army, World News
SYRIA. A U.S. Army Special Forces Multi-Purpose Canine team waits to clear a house full of improvised explosive devices in the Middle Euphrates River Valley’s Deir Ezzor province, Syria, Oct. 11, 2018. Coalition Forces are committed to defeating ISIS as they...
by Jeanne McKinney | Jul 26, 2015 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Army
“Success isn’t final, failure isn’t fatal; it’s courage that counts,” said five-time Olympic Gold medal swimmer Alicia Coutts. It was a different kind of courage that 1st Lt. Christopher Parks brandished when he powered himself through the water at the 2015 Army...
by Jeanne McKinney | Apr 8, 2015 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Army
Kajaki hydroelectric dam on the Helmand River. DoD photo by Musadeq Sadeq. (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons In Kandahar City in 2010, insurgency was at increasingly high levels, and life-sustaining electrical power was in scarce supply. The U.S. Agency for...
