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The Army is blaming a celebrity for a recruiting advertising failure after they paid millions to post to his Instagram. The U.S. Army struck an $11 million advertising deal with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his United Football League in hopes of attracting recruits. But a new report shows it backfired and ended up putting…
The Army reports a need to expand its basic training by adding more training companies after re-assigning basic training companies to give poor-performing recruits a second chance at becoming soldiers. In 2022, the Army reassigned training companies at Fort Jackson to be used for the Future Soldier Prep Course. The course gives lower-performing recruits up…
An Army veteran who went from being a bartender to the cover of Playboy is pushing 40 years old and still going strong as a self-proclaimed professional smokeshow. Kindly Myers was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but soon moved to Tennesee, where she attended a rural school that housed every grade in the same building…
It has only been a few days since the Army National Guard announced the “non-combat” deaths of two soldiers in Iraq and details about the incidents are still limited. But the Georgia National Guard and their families have offered some more detail about their deaths. The Georgia National Guard stated Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni and…
Members in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR), attend a muster at La Jolla, Calif., March 26, 2022. The muster was held to screen designated IRR members to ensure mobilization readiness and train Readiness Support Program Region One for mobilization operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grace J. Kindred) The Commission on the National Defense…
Numerous helicopters at Fort Carson were damaged after a significant weather event with strong winds occurred at Butts Army Heliport. According to the Army post, the storm damaged a variety of aircraft belonging to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Pictures taken of the airfield show Apache, Chinooks, and Black Hawk helicopters damaged,…
Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni (left) and Spc. Owen James Elliott (right) Source: Facebook/US Army The Army identified two National Guard soldiers who died during incidents in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday. The Army identified them as Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni and Spc. Owen James Elliott of the Georgia Army National Guard. “We are deeply saddened by…
The US Army staff sergeant who was recently convicted of stealing from his Russian girlfriend and making death threats has been cut off financially by the Department of Defense.
A 21-year-old soldier, sporting a 2nd Cavalry Regiment patch, claims she was promoted to sergeant just under three years. Sergeant Lipscomb’s video showing off her promotion has had over 16,000 likes and over 630 comments -most supportive and some curious. While a majority of the comments featured a simple “congrats,” or “proud of you,” some…
In the weeks following the July 13th assassination attempt of Former President Trump, more information continues to be released that calls into question the decisions made by the Secret Service. Documents released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) show that a Secret Service Counter Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) operator was on the personnel list assigned to the July…