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(WARNING: STRONG, POLITICALLY INCORRECT LANGUAGE!!) This Will Give You Patriotic Chills Posted by on Thursday, March 31, 2016   Under President Barack Obama, the United States military has been cut to its core, and many military members are feeling quite discouraged because they aren’t being allowed to do their jobs. Over the years, an increasing number of servicemen and women have begun to speak out against Obama’s policies and those carried out by his military leaders. John Burk, a former drill sergeant, posted a video titled “The Inward Decay of the Military” on his Facebook page in which he ripped...

Retired Army Sgt. 1st Class William Kotel said this was done in an attempt to paint a rosy picture of the coalition's efforts in the Middle East. "They left key information out of intelligence, such as attacks," Kotel said. "The idea was that Al Qaeda was decimated, so therefore it wasn’t part of the threat analysis that should be submitted higher." Kotel said that is very critical information that is important to the nation's safety and security. "The chain of command and higher don't see a clear picture if we leave intelligence out, especially about attacks and any kind of...

This morning, Sgt. Shawn Farrell will arrive in the Hudson Valley and be formally escorted to his home in Accord. Farrell died April 28 when forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Nejrab District, Kapisa province, in Afghanistan. He graduated in 2008 from Rondout Valley High School and was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) in Fort Drum, New York. His body is set to arrive at Stewart International Airport around 10 a.m. Then, his family, members of the United States Military, members of the Accord and Kripplebush...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2006 – For the man who now serves as the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, watching the televised image of an airliner hitting the World Trade Center signaled the end of an era as the country was thrust into war. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, then regimental sergeant major for the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Polk, La., said he remembers returning home after an early morning run Sept. 11, 2001, and flipping on the TV news as he cooled down. Gainey was transfixed by shots of...

Chief Master Sgt. Praises Afghan Progress U.S. Central Command’s top enlisted leader praised Afghanistan for its progress in rebuilding and developing its armed forces over the past five years. By U.S. Army Spc. Carina M. Garcia KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2006 -- The U.S. Central Command’s top enlisted leader visited Afghanistan from Aug. 5 to 8 and praised the country for its progress in rebuilding and reconstructing, and developing its armed forces over the past five years. Just a month away from the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Curtis L. Brownhill toured bases...

FORT HUACHUCA — “Bobby died doing what he knew best, being a soldier,” Chaplain (Maj.) Frank O’Grady said. As the soldier’s family listened, the Catholic priest said the combat death of 1st Sgt. Bobby Mendez, Rob to his loved ones, is sorrowful when seen through human eyes. To all of Mendez’s family, his wife, children, mother, father, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and cousins, as well as the extended relationship called soldiers, “It is a sad day,” the chaplain said. But, God’s compassion is a wonderful, joyous thing and now, the soldier is serving along side of Christ, he said during...

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 – As the Army Reserve observes its 98th birthday this weekend, the commander of U.S. Army Reserve Command today took the opportunity to honor the only U.S. soldier who remains listed as captured in Iraq, Army Reserve Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin. Army Lt. Gen. James Helmly noted the contributions and sacrifices Army Reservists are making in support of the global war on terror during a birthday commemoration here at the Pentagon. The Army Reserve was established on April 23, 1908. More than 150,000 Army Reserve soldiers have been mobilized since Sept. 11, 2001, and more than...

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (March 5, 2006) -- It was an honorable mission. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, assisted recently in the search for Army Sgt. Keith M. Maupin remains. The recovery team consisted of U.S. Army and British soldiers. Test results confirmed that several partial sets of remains that were recovered were not American. Still, Marines and soldiers were proud to take part in the search to recover Maupin. “It is the noblest of missions,” said Gunnery Sgt. Brett A. Turek, a 37-year-old Mobile Assault Platoon commander from Hinsdale, Ill. “Fifty years from now,...

A strange occurrence took place recently deep in the Argonne forest of France. Two Midstate university scholars, Michael Birdwell and Tom Nolan, whooped and hollered like Predators fans reacting to a score. "We were screaming and shouting," Birdwell said. In fact, they had "scored." Combining their expertise — Birdwell in history and Nolan in high-tech mapmaking — the pair pinpointed with satellite accuracy the site where Sgt. Alvin C. York silenced a nest of German machine gunners and captured 132 prisoners during World War I. For his heroics in October 1918, the man from Pall Mall, Tenn., was awarded the...

Afghan children proudly wear some of the donated clothing, organized by U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Brian Curtis. Photo courtesy of New Zealand Provisional Reconstruction Team U.S. Air Force Sgt. Helps Clothe Hundreds Bamiyan Province will be a much warmer place this winter thanks to the massive undertaking supplying clothing for hundreds of people in the area. By New Zealand Provisional Reconstruction Team BAMIYAN, Afghanistan, Nov. 23, 2005 — One U.S. Air Force member and his wife launched “Operation Brian’s Compassion” to clothe needy Bamiyan villagers. Tech. Sgt. Brian Curtis, assigned to New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team Bamiyan security,...

Note: Sgt. Steve Boggess is one of ChronWatch's newer writers that editor Gregory Borse, Barbara Stock, and I have worked with recently. Steve is currently stationed in Germany, but was on duty in Iraq when he first contacted us, saying that he aspires to become an op-ed writer and political commentator. He expected to be reassigned back to Iraq soon. We were sorry today to receive the e-mail message below from his wife, Rhonda. I hope that you will include Steve in your prayers. And I think it would be excellent if ChronWatch readers would send get-well messages to this...

Activism A Seattle Central Community College campus antiwar group, Students Against War, is in hot water after students chased U.S. Army recruiters off the SCCC campus during an Inauguration Day anti-Bush rally. Nobody was hurt in the incident, in which students ripped up recruiting literature and verbally confronted recruiters. Right-wing bloggers and radio talk shows across the country have gotten hold of the story and are besieging SCCC administrators with demands to discipline the students. The upshot, says Pete Knutson, the students' faculty adviser, was a letter from the administration demanding that the students apologize by Thursday or have their...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The highest-ranking U.S. soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick, a U.S. Army reservist from Virginia, also was sentenced Thursday to a forfeiture of pay, a dishonorable discharge and a reduction in rank to private.

Editor's note Due to military restrictions, Marine Sgt. Kim Bahti is no longer able to write her e-mails from Iraq. To contact Bahti, who grew up in Tucson, write to Sgt. K.H. Bahti at RCT-7, MP CO B, UIC 41500, FPO AP 96426-1500 or send e-mail via jspitz@azstarnet.com.

Published: 09.18.2004 E-mails from Iraq: A Tucson marine writes home ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Sgt. Kim Bahti was born in Vietnam and raised in Tucson. Growing up in Tucson, Marine Sgt. Kim H. Bahti learned plenty about life in the desert.   But now she finds herself in another desert - a harsher desert - thousands of miles from home. Bahti, 31, is serving in Iraq with a military police unit based in Pittsburgh.   Her assignment is to help train Iraqi police officers - a dangerous task because such officers are frequent targets of attacks by insurgents. More than...

Read this article in todays Stars and Stripes and wanted to share it with FR. This little boys dying wish was to be in the Army and out rank his brother who is a Pvt. in the 10th Mountain. SGT Justin Bryce earned his wings on Christmas day.