army
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'I Feel Betrayed': Army Officer's Mother Gets Deported
On Thursday, US Army 2nd Lt. Gibram Cruz discovered a hard truth: that his country ain’t loyal. Cruz and his family had been trying for months to convince officials to let his mother, Rocio Rebollar Gomez, remain in the United States, but on Thursday he got a call from her, from the other side of…
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Hearing Postponed for White Man Accused of Hate Crime in Fatal Stabbing of Richard Collins III on University of Maryland Campus
The quest for justice for Richard Collins III, the Bowie State University student fatally stabbed two years ago on the campus of the University of Maryland in what prosecutors say was a hate crime, was delayed when a judge postponed a hearing Thursday on whether evidence of the suspect’s membership in a racist Facebook group…
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As a Kid, I Thought Huntsville, Ala., Sucked. As an Adult, It Looks Pretty Alright
In the summer of 1993, my family relocated from the major international metropolis of Frankfurt (really Bad Homburg), Germany, to the not-a-major-international-metropolis of Huntsville (really Madison), Ala. My father was in the Army at the time and was stationed at Ft. Campbell, Ky. Since my dad had a year left until his military retirement, my…
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Hero Army Veteran Beaten to Death After Saving 2 Young Teens From Brutal Attack
A 62-year-old Army veteran is being honored as a hero after he died saving two teenagers from a brutal attack in Denver. According to CNN, James Farmer Jr. was sleeping in his car in downtown Denver on June 16 when he woke up and saw a homeless man attacking two teens. And so Farmer did…
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In Every Service Branch, Black Troops More Likely to Be Punished by Commanders, Courts: Report
Black service members are up to two times more likely to face court-martial or other forms of military punishment than their white counterparts in an average year, an analysis by advocacy organization Protect Our Defenders has revealed. According to USA Today, which received an advance copy of the study, the advocacy group for victims of…
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Army Reservist Who Killed 5 Dallas Officers Showed PTSD Symptoms: Documents
Micah Johnson, the Army reservist who shot and killed five Dallas police officers in an ambush last month, showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2014, the Associated Press reports. According to the newly released documents from the Veterans Health Administration, Johnson sought treatment for anxiety, depression and…
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Army Forgets That It's 2014, Says "Negro" Is Okay As Descriptor
I’m going to give the US Army the benefit of the doubt here. I’m going to assume that somebody everybody shit the bed on this one and somehow, someway, EVERY motherfucker who read the new regulations somehow either missed or is so non-racist that they couldn’t even see what they saw that their eyes had seen.…