When Jennifer Mackinday became a full-time caregiver for her brother, James, after he was injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, the two siblings found themselves thrust into an unfamiliar situation without much support. “When my brother returned, I needed to spend most of my time caring for him,” she said. “That […]
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When Jennifer Mackinday became a full-time caregiver for her brother, James, after he was injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, the two siblings found themselves thrust into an unfamiliar situation without much support. “When my brother returned, I needed to spend most of my time caring for him,” she said. “That […]
When Jennifer Mackinday became a full-time caregiver for her brother, James, after he was injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, the two siblings found themselves thrust into an unfamiliar situation without much support. “When my brother returned, I needed to spend most of my time caring for him,” she said. “That […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The United States Naval Academy has announced that goat mascot Bill 33 has died. The Capital Gazette reports that the announcement was made Thursday. The fuzzy Angora goat was affectionately known as “Blue Eyes” and would have been 14 years old next week. The goat was the team mascot from 2008 to […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The United States Naval Academy has announced that goat mascot Bill 33 has died. The Capital Gazette reports that the announcement was made Thursday. The fuzzy Angora goat was affectionately known as “Blue Eyes” and would have been 14 years old next week. The goat was the team mascot from 2008 to […]
It is a scenario that makes the antics of animated spy Archer seem plausible by comparison, spun by the former assistant vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. In his unfounded version of events, U.S. special operations forces died in an attack on a CIA computer facility in Germany that was hiding information […]
It is a scenario that makes the antics of animated spy Archer seem plausible by comparison, spun by the former third in command of the U.S. Air Force. In his unfounded version of events, U.S. special operations forces died in an attack on a CIA computer facility in Germany that was hiding information about a […]
With almost 25 years in the Marine Corps behind him and a promotion dangling in front of him, Maj. Kim Rossiter decided to take the right fork in the road and retire. He wanted to focus on a new venture, a nonprofit offering assistance to disabled people in order to empower them to participate in […]
Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christian McCoy died while on a contracting assignment in Afghanistan last year, leaving behind $1.2 million in private life insurance to his widow. According to a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 14 in Massachussetts, a Veterans Affairs nurse has been harassing McCoy’s widow, telling her step-children and members of their Special […]
Attorneys for retired Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher filed a lawsuit last week against a New York Times reporter and newly sworn in Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite, alleging that the service unlawfully leaked information and that the reporter defamed Gallagher in news articles. Filed Friday, the lawsuit alleges that journalist David Philipps “willfully, intentionally, and […]