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Fort Sill identifies soldier found dead over weekend Fort Sill identifies soldier found dead over weekend By Jarred Burk | February 22, 2021 at 10:51 AM CST - Updated February 22 at 4:25 PM FORT SILL, Okla. (TNN) - Fort Sill has released the identity of a soldier who was found dead on the Post on Saturday. The soldier has been identified as Private Second Class Maverick McDowell. According to officials, McDowell was found unresponsive in his quarters on Saturday. He was assigned tot he 30t...

Inside GNSS and On Tuesday, March 16, the Next Generation Combat Vehicle: Development in 2021 and Beyond session will include several key waypoints in the development and procurement of new combat vehicles, including the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, and the Campaign of Learning for Robotic Combat Vehicles. With Brigadier General Richard R. Coffman Director, Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command; Brigadier General Glenn A. Dean III, Program ...

Army 2nd Lt. Alex Villahermosa recently became the first Uniformed Services University medical student to ever receive the Order of the Military Medical Merit, or O2M3, presented by the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) for significant contributions to the regiment. A surprised and humbled Villahermosa was recognized for his achievements during a small ceremony at USU on Feb. 11.   “I didn’t tell him that we were doing this today. I have been stringing him along for the last year and he ha...

Lincoln, like Biden, was sworn in under threat of violence John Dunphy FacebookTwitterEmail Trump supporters live in an alternate universe where facts and critical thinking are largely absent. I was yet again reminded of this sad fact when I read several Facebook posts giving their take on Joe Biden’s inauguration. They believe that the 15,000 National Guard troops who were deployed to the Capitol at the time of Biden’s swearing-in comprise proof of a coup. Of course they remain convinced t...

Bill Gates and Neo-Feudalism: A Closer Look at Farmer Bill By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “Gates has a Napoleonic concept of himself, an appetite that derives from power and unalloyed success, with no leavening hard experience, no reverses.” — Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, presiding judge in the Gates/Microsoft antitrust-fraud case For a man obsessed with monopoly control, the opportunity to also dominate food production must seem irresistible. The Coming of Neo-Feud... Kotkin, Joel Best Pr...

BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 4 – The incoming Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana, visited the 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade, Home of the Stingers Troopers on February 02, 2021 at Camp Romualdo Rubi, Barangay Bancasi, this city.       A Medal for Valor awardee and the current Commanding General of the Philippine Army, Lt. Gen. Sobejana’s visit to the 402nd Brigade is his only official visit to an Infantry Brigade as he prioritized m...

QUANTICO, Va. -- The Marine Corps Recruiting Command National Training Team launched a new website page, “MCRC Connections,” at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, February 1. MCRC Connections was created as an, “all in one resource for sharing ideas, asking questions, and helping MCRC develop at the speed of change,” Chief Warrant Officer 5 Christopher Mayfield said in an email to MCRC Headquarters when he announced the page launch. “Included in Connections is the ability to shar...

AP Police keep a watch on demonstrators who tried to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Bidens victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud.(AP Photo/John Minchillo) 7/30 AP FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington. An Army reservist charged wi...

23 The Marine Corps Recruiting Command National Training Team launched a new website page, “MCRC Connections,” at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Feb. 1, 2021. MCRC Connections was created as an “all in one resource for sharing ideas, asking questions, and helping MCRC develop at the speed of change,” Chief Warrant Officer 5 Christopher Mayfield said in an email to MCRC Headquarters when he announced the page launch. “Included in Connections is the ability to sh...

Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines (CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The prelate believes Sobejana is fit for the position. “Am just happy for him because I guess he is fit for his position as CSAFP,” Florencio said in an interview Friday. “I have met him few times while he was in Mindanao. And I have heard many things of his accomplishments,” he added. The AFP also welcomed Sobejana’s designation as the 55th Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Fo...