Duncan Hunter Releases Letter From Retired Generals Calling His Democratic Rival a “National Security Risk”
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Duncan Hunter, the embattled Republican congressman fighting to hang onto his San Diego seat after he was indicted for campaign finance violations, has released a letter written by three Marine Corps officers claiming Hunter’s opponent, Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a “national security risk.”…
The Pentagon Just Released This Ridiculous Cartoon and the Internet Can’t Stop Laughing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Defense unveiled a snazzy website redesign today, capping off what chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana White called a “long overdue” change and a way to “more completely share our military’s story with the American people.” That strategy apparently included the production of a two-minute animated…
Cash Bonuses and Waived Drug Tests Couldn’t Help the Army Meet Its Recruitment Goals This Year
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Months after Donald Trump promised a “great rebuilding of the Armed Forces,” the Army said that it had missed its recruiting goal for the first time in over a decade. It had aimed to enlist 76,500 new members this year but missed the mark…
It’s 2018 and Candidates Are Still Running Attack Ads Against Iraq War Protesters
McSally for Senate/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Martha McSally, both current members of Congress, are locked in a tight contest in the race to succeed retiring Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake. McSally, who touts the endorsement of President Donald Trump despite refusing to say…
The Biggest Marine Corps Base on the East Coast Is Right in Florence’s Path—and Won’t Evacuate
John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate their homes this week in advance of one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the East Coast in over a decade. Among those evacuees are thousands of US military personnel across four…
This Exceptional Novel Was Pecked Out on a Prison Typewriter by an Iraq Veteran Turned Bank Robber
A Medevac crew near Tikrit, Iraq, November 2005.Jacob Silberberg/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The author page reads simply, “Nico Walker lives in Kentucky. Cherry is his first novel.” Walker, 33, wanted it that way. What the bio doesn’t say is that his Kentucky abode is a federal prison. Or…