Archive for the ‘Military Stories’ category

The upcoming Memorial Day will serve as a commemoration for two Navy SEALs who died in a Benghazi attack in September 2012. According to San Diego’s La Jolla Light, Navy SEAL members Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty will be awarded on May 27 at Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial for their bravery and service during their [...]

Thomas Saenz isn’t your ordinary guy who takes things one at a time. Proof to that is how he stayed on top of his military duties in Afghanistan while attending classes — transmitted live via the Internet. And last week, he finally earned  his master’s degree in engineering from the University of Southern California. The [...]

In the wake of the Boston marathon bombing in April, the US Military recognizes the power of homemade bombs and how it has changed the face of warfare and terror worldwide. Former Army lieutenant general Michael Barbero released in a recent news report that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are the number one killer of US [...]

USS Ford (FFG 54), USS Spruance (DDG 111), USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), and USNS Carl Brashear concluded their participation to this year’s Exercise Trident Fury, a biennial joint and  multinational naval exercise held from May 13-19. Exercise Trident Fury was hosted and organized by Maritime Forces Pacific in Esquimalt, British Columbia. Its mission is [...]

A tactical training exercise suddenly went awry when one of the vehicles flipped over, killing a Navy SEAL and injuring several others. Special Warfare Operator Third Class Jonathan Kaloust of Massapequa, NY died after his Humvee overturned during a training exercise at Fort Knox, Kentucky at around 9:30 PM on Wednesday. The 23-year old Kaloust [...]

A military judge on Monday announced that Army Sgt. John Russell is guilty of deliberately killing five U.S. troops at a military counseling clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 2009. Russell was on his third tour of duty in Iraq when the shootings took place. The case marked the worst incident [...]