Whether it’s defending one’s home from soft-bodied pedestrians or invading some godforsaken sandbox down the block, Nerf guns are an important fixture of every good homeowner’s arsenal. Not only are they fun as hell, but they’re extremely diverse and adaptable — and, at times, a bit too close to home for those who specialize in …
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The Air Force announced on Wednesday that it will court-martial Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, marking the first time in the branch’s history that one of its generals will face such a proceeding. The former head of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Cooley has been charged with three counts of sexual assault under the Uniform …
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When Denise M. Talarigo was 14 and a freshman at Oley Valley High School, she did something nice for a soldier serving his country in Operation Desert Shield and continuing into Operation Desert Storm: she wrote a half-dozen letters to him. She did not know Scott Parker, Company A, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, who was …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a former Roman Catholic priest’s convictions and 30-year prison sentence in a New Mexico case centered on sexual abuse of an altar boy at a veterans cemetery and military base. A 58-page decision by the three judges on a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
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Joseph V. Micallef is a best-selling military history and world affairs author, and keynote speaker. Follow him on Twitter @JosephVMicallef. The Biden administration has announced that all U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. Presumably, this also applies to troops supplied by America’s NATO allies. The 20th anniversary of the …
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