Vice chief awards Silver Stars for Afghan medevac mission By Sean Kimmons, Army News Service When the first enemy bullet hit their HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, Sgt. Armando Yanez and Cpl. Emmanuel Bynum initially thought the loud bang was from the metal end of a tether that fell. Then more gunfire peppered the helicopter. By …
The Doolittle Raiders The Doolittle Raiders the day of April 18, 1942 –delivered the first blow to Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Under the command of then Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, 80 volunteers flew 16 aircraft off a carrier in the Pacific, dropping bombs on oil storage facilities, factory areas and military installations. Never …
MILITARY PROSECUTORS WITHHOLD EVIDENCE; ARMY RANGER GOES TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS (recently reduced to 15 years) FOR SHOOTING AL QAEDA OPERATIVE The Story Michael Behenna ” On March 20th, 2009, Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing Ali Mansur, a known Al Qaeda operative while serving …
The FBI and Department of Justice today announced criminal charges against 60 defendants—including 53 doctors, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and other medical professionals who allegedly gave thousands of opioid prescriptions to addicted patients, essentially acting as their patients’ drug dealers. The effort is the largest law enforcement action to date against illegal opioid prescribers, officials said. …
