7. Military in the News- Military Reporters and Editors

Troops speak out on gays serving openly...

Posted by Admin in 2. Military 101, 7. Military in the News, William H. McMichael on February 15, 2010 | No Comments

By William H. McMichael (MRE Member) and Brendan McGarry – Military Times staff writers When Adm. Mike Mullen stunned the Senate Armed Services committee earlier this month by saying it’s time to stop kicking gay service members out just for being gay, he also acknowledged that the Defense Department...

Joe Galloway writes his last column...

Posted by Admin in Historical Archives on February 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

To quote Mr. Dickens they were the best of times and the worst of times. This is Galloway writing -30- and a farewell to this weekly column after almost seven years and wrapping up half a century in the newspaper business. Oh, I will still write an occasional op-ed piece when the bastards in Washington,...

Joint Task Force-Haiti creates own elect...

Posted by Admin in 7. Military in the News on February 14, 2010 | No Comments

The joint task of U.S. military affairs journalists published its first edition of First Responder from the LSA Dragon Sustainment tent.

Indiana shuts down Ernie Pyle Museum...

Posted by Admin in 8. MRE News, Historical Archives on January 28, 2010 | No Comments

DANA, Ind. – The state historic site featuring famed World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle’s boyhood home and a collection of his memorabilia has been closed, with officials saying it drew too few visitors. Ernie Pyle Museum in Dana Indiana.The state agency that oversees the small museum...

Camera man and reporter interview Haiti ...

Posted by Admin in 7. Military in the News on January 16, 2010 | No Comments

A Fox News cameraman and reporter at March Air Reserve Base in California which has become a staging area for relief workers and search and rescue teams to assemble supplies, personnel and equipment Jan. 13, following the Jan. 12, 2010, magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Personnel and supplies will be...

Army suicides break ‘08 record...

Posted by Admin in 7. Military in the News, Sig Christenson on January 16, 2010 | No Comments

By Sig Christenson Express-News Last year was the worst for suicides among active-duty soldiers since the Army began tracking those deaths in 1980. But the final tally was sobering for reasons beyond the numbers.

Afghans weigh in on troop increase...

Posted by Admin in 7. Military in the News, Sig Christenson on December 2, 2009 | No Comments

By Sig Christenson (San Antonio) Express-News KABUL — As President Barack Obama outlined plans for a troop increase that raised the ghosts of Vietnam and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, many here streamed to morning prayer seemingly indifferent to what might be his most fateful wartime decision.

Senators call for more accountability wh...

Posted by Admin2 in 7. Military in the News, Older Articles on November 19, 2009 | No Comments

November 19, 2009 By Kelly Kennedy Federal Times.com As lawmakers tried to work out the details of holding foreign contractors accountable for accidental deaths of U.S. service members in Iraq, they found themselves trying to answer a bigger question.

Mental health workers due in Afghanistan...

Posted by Admin2 in 7. Military in the News on November 19, 2009 | No Comments

November 16, 2009 By Stewart M. Powell and Sig Christenson Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News WASHINGTON — The Army will send more mental health specialists to Afghanistan to address soldiers’ psychological troubles due to combat stress, repeated tours in war zones and too little...

Search for clues in Fort Hood massacre...

Posted by Admin2 in 7. Military in the News on November 6, 2009 | No Comments

Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) — Thirteen flag-draped coffins left Fort Hood on Friday as authorities searched for a motive in the massacre that left more than 50 casualties at the largest U.S. military base.