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Tim McGraw to Give New Homes to Military Veterans in Need

Cory Stromblad — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:00:13 +0000

Tim McGraw is giving back to wounded warriors and service members by launching the nationwide HomeFront initiative, a goodwill effort that will award 25 deserving families with a mortgage-free home at each of his summer concert stops. “My sister’s a veteran of the first Gulf War. My uncle was a Vietnam veteran and my grandfather [...]

Military Wife Pregnancy Fail Photo is Not What it Seems – Here is the True Story

Aaron Galloway — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:46:56 +0000

Back in November of last year the above photo was taken of a 5-month pregnant woman welcoming her husband home after being deployed in Iraq for 12 months.

Former Navy SEAL Honors Fallen Comrade With Touching Gesture

Lonestar 102.3 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:36:13 +0000

In one of the most poignant ways of honoring a fallen comrade we’ve ever seen, former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell recently went to a Newtown, CT, pub and offered to pay the owner enough money to buy a random person a pint of Guinness every hour for the entire day. If anyone asked where the [...]

US Soldier To Be Charged With 17 Counts of Murder In Afghan Massacre

Tony Kerns — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:45:21 +0000

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier accused of being the lone shooter in the mass murder of Afghan villagers on March 11, will be officially charged today with 17 counts of murder. The news of 17 counts of murder is a confusing one as only 16 villagers were originally reported killed. Afghan officials are [...]

US Soldier Accused of Afghanistan Massacre Said "I Did It", Flown Out Of Country

Tony Kerns — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:39:17 +0000

An already tense situation may have just gotten worse, with US officials removing the US Soldier accused of the Afghan civilian shootings from the country.

According to reports, the soldier in question was seen on a surveillance video approaching the Belandai special forces base with his weapon covered in a cloth. He threw his hands up and surrendered to other troops, and reportedly told the soldiers “I did it.” Afterwards, the soldier re

US Soldier Kills 16 Afghan Civilians In Their Homes [UPDATE]

Tony Kerns — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:00:22 +0000

UPDATE: According to MSNBC, though no protests or demonstrations were seen Monday morning, the Afghan Taliban has pledged to take revenge against the “sick-minded American Savages”,

“The American ‘terrorists’ want to come up with an excuse for the perpetrator of this inhumane crime by claiming that this immoral culprit was mentally ill. If the perpetrators of this massacre were in fact mentally ill then this testifies to yet another moral transgression by the American military, because they are arming lunatics in Af

Wounded Soldier Reunites With Dog Found in Afghanistan [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:18:12 +0000

While on tour of duty in Afghanistan, soldier Donny Eslinger adopted an adorable dog that he named Smoke-pup Barbarian. But after he was critically wounded during a mortar attack and shipped to Germany, Eslinger was forced to leave the pooch behind. But thanks to the efforts of an organization called The Puppy Rescue Mission, Eslinger [...]