The Association for Military Journalists
MRE board member Sig Christenson writes:
A Pentagon call to shutter more bases Thursday drew concern and outright opposition, but leaders in San Antonio and elsewhere in Texas say the state likely would win big if a new closure round is ordered. [Read more...]
MRE board member Sig Christenson reminds us of the price we’ve paid in fighting two wars as photographer Kin Man Hui and he spent a night at Lackland Air Force Base as a medical evacuation flight landed there. Christenson also thought a great deal about the people there at the base who have helped our warriors begin to recover from their wounds. Even those who haven’t deployed are veterans in some ways. Here’s a look at their war. [Read more...]
Commentary by MRE board member Alex Quade
Gary Sinise. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense
My buddy Gary Sinise has been urging me for a while to be his first “Guest Writer.” As a war reporter, I share the troops’ stories; I don’t usually share my thoughts about their stories. But Gary’s request made me think about the stories behind the stories I’ve covered, and about ordinary people taking action: doing something that made a difference and created a ripple effect.
Kristina Wong, an MRE member, joined the Washington Times as a National Security Reporter. Previously, she was with ABC News.
Co-founder and board member of MRE, Sig Christenson, recently interviewed Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer.
COLUMBIA, Ky. – In this tranquil slice of Kentucky where a long, winding strip of Highway 61 was named for Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, folks praise him as a good country boy. [Read more...]
War reporter Alex Quade was appointed to the MRE board of directors at the annual conference by new president Bryan Bender, filling a vacancy on the board.
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By MRE board member Sig Christenson
San Antonio-Express News
The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, had a message for journalists at last week’s Millitary Reporters & Editors Conference in Arlington, Va. [Read more...]
By Alex Quade
MRE member
NORMAN, Okla. — The first statue near ground zero to salute the heroes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will not depict a New York firefighter or policeman — but a lone U.S. commando on horseback in the Afghan mountains. [Read more...]
An extraordinary gathering of old spooks and soldiers took place last night in the ballroom of the swank Mandarin Oriental Hotel here in Washington D.C. [Read more...]
By MRE member Alex Quade
CNN
Demossville, Kentucky – The U.S. special operations teams that led the American invasion in Afghanistan a decade ago did something that no American military had done since the last century: ride horses into combat. [Read more...]
