Category: Veterans

A former Hillary Clinton volunteer drew swift condemnation — and lost his job — after mocking the widow of a fallen Navy SEAL who was honored by the president during his congressional address Tuesday night. There is so much anti-Trump, anti-veteran and anti-gold star family rhetoric blasting around social media after President Trumps speech that […]

Watch President Trump honor the widow of Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens. With almost 2 minutes of applause for the Widow of fallen Brother Chief Owens, it is very moving to see the respect that was given. I did notice however that there were multiple Democrats sitting and refusing to applaud this lady and hero […]

A disabled Navy veteran who fought for his country in the Gulf War now finds himself living in a Denver storage unit he calls “home sweet hell.” This is just one of the many stories about the complete and utter lack of help that Veterans are getting in this country. It saddens me and angers […]

An Air Force non-commissioned officer was sentenced to three months confinement and one month of hard labor Saturday night, in what one retired colonel believes was a light sentence for his conviction of misconduct with eight women. (FOX)- During the trial at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Technical Sergeant Anthony Lizana was reduced in rank to Airman […]

Navy officials in Virginia are identifying a sailor fatally shot by a Naval Air Station Oceana security officer. (FOX)- News outlets report that the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command said Sunday that Seaman Robert Wright, who’s from Colorado, crashed through a station gate Friday night and went to his squadron’s hangar, where he was shot. […]

A hit-and-run investigation turned deadly Friday night when a U.S. Navy sailor was shot and killed by a Virginia air station security officer investigating base damage near the scene of the accident. (FOX)- The sailor, who was not identified, was shot at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach and died soon after at a […]

A Marine radar intercept officer missing nearly 48 years after he was shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War has been accounted for after his remains were found last year, the Bergen Record reports. (FOX)- The remains of Marine Corps Reserve 1st Lt. William (Billy) Ryan, of Bogota, N.J., were identified through DNA tests […]

A 74-year-old U.S. Army veteran is set to go on trial next month for the ‘crime’ of posting two American flags on the fence of a Los Angeles VA facility — and the Justice Department is facing calls to drop the case.  (FOX)- The criminal prosecution of Robert Rosebrock dates back to charges filed under […]

Federal authorities are stepping up investigations at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals due to a sharp increase in opioid theft, missing prescriptions or unauthorized drug use by VA employees since 2009. (FOX)- Doctors, nurses or pharmacy staff at federal hospitals siphoned away controlled substances for their own use or street sales, or drugs intended for […]

Police returned a California veteran’s military medals Sunday after they were stolen out of his home during the Oroville Dam spillway emergency evacuations. (FOX)- Police had been keeping track and receiving reports of a blue pickup truck that had been parked at the Yuba City St. Isidore Catholic Church’s parking lot. The medals had allegedly been seen being […]