Marine accused of displaying white nationalist banner to be booted from Corps

A Marine is being kicked out of the Corps after he was arrested at a pro-Confederate rally, at which he allegedly helped unfurl a banner with a white supremacist slogan. Staff Sgt. Joseph Manning was stationed at the Marine Corps Engineer School at Camp Lejeune, in North Carolina when he was arrested on May 20 […]

The Navy lost 2 sailors at sea after they fell overboard last week

The US Navy lost two sailors at sea that are now presumed dead after both fell overboard from their ships last week. On June 6, Fire Controlman 2nd Class Christopher Clavin fell from the USS Normandy into the water about 80 miles off the coast of North Carolina during a training exercise. Two days later, another […]

Honda Aviation Shows Off Their HondaJet at ABACE 2017 in Shanghai!

The US based company Honda Aircraft, a subsidiary of Japan’s Honda Motor Company recently displayed its HondaJet at the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai. Honda Aircraft, based in Greensboro, North Carolina has delivered 37 of their light business jet and plans to deliver 60 more in the next year. Fly the […]

The liberation of Pineland: Supporting Special Forces Assessment (Part one)

Back in 2006, when I was in Psychological Operations Group (Now called MISOG, or Military Information Support Group), I remember a colleague of mind dryly comment that we were the “red-headed stepchildren of SOCOM.” As such we would frequently be tasked to send personnel for an all-paid, all-exclusive trip to the hills of rural North […]

Today in Aviation History: 1903 Wright Brothers First Powered Flight Fails

December 14, 1903 marked a milestone in the Wright brothers quest for powered human flight. Actually putting an engine with a propeller on their flyer turned out to be more troublesome than the brothers had expected. After much debate and wind tunnel testing they settled on a dual propeller pusher design. Attempts to purchase a […]

State of emergency in Charlotte after man shot during second night of protests

The morning after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency and National Guard and state troopers moved in to help quell violent protests that roiled the city for a second consecutive night, there was still widespread anger and uncertainty over the fatal police shooting that unleashed the unrest. Thursday morning, as Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts spoke […]

Indictment: US Military boots made in China said ‘Made in the USA’

Prosecutors say the plot spanned from December 2008 to August 2012, after two investment firms acquired Wellco and made it a subsidiary of Tactical Holdings Operation Inc., which moved the operation from Waynesville, N.C., to Morristown in 2009.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David L. Gunn wrote in a rare “speaking indictment” that lays out details far beyond the bare allegations necessary to file charges that Wellco had pioneered boot-making technology that allowed the military to design footwear to meet specific needs on the battlefield, beginning with the Vietnam War.

First female soldier in Green Beret training fails to complete the course

“The Special Forces Assessment and Selection process, and subsequent Special Forces qualification training are very challenging experiences — experiences that can be made more difficult with the additional pressure that often comes with focused media attention on particular individuals due to their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation,” Lt. Col. Robert Bockholt, the command’s public affairs director, said in an email.
The female soldier’s failure to complete the Special Forces class follows reports earlier this month that the first woman to try out for the 75th Ranger Regiment has failed to complete the course. The 75th Ranger Regiment is an elite group of light-infantry soldiers specializing in day and night raids often on short-notice combat deployments around the world.