Accuracy in Media

A courageous man, indeed. Read it at Task and Purpose: “I would not stop, no matter what the cost, to get him out of harm’s way,” Smith recalled during an award ceremony two years later. “That’s what soldiers do. The warrior ethos states, ‘I will never leave a fallen comrade.’” Smith was wounded himself but […]

From Task and Purpose: Right now, 10.5% of all Army members are overweight, with the Air Force trailing close behind. The Navy is third, with the Marine Corps proving the most fit of all the branches with just 2.3% obesity. But it too has more than 4,800 members who exceed weight limits. Overall, the military […]

We remember the ultimate sacrifice made by two American heroes during the Battle of Mogadishu. Rest in peace, Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart for protecting a downed American pilot and sacrificing your lives for your fellow man: Also, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported that CBS News had unearthed never-been-seen footage of that fateful operation. […]

From NBC News: Attorneys for imprisoned transgender soldier Chelsea Manning are livid following failed attempts to contact their client after she was briefly hospitalized on Tuesday. Manning, who was convicted in 2013 on espionage charges and other offenses for sending more than 700,000 classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, was taken to the hospital […]

Deshauna Barber, who is a U.S. Army reservist and works for the U.S. government for her day job, plans to use her pageant title to highlight the post-deployment issues that veterans face, such as PTSD. YAAAAS QUEEN! #MissUSA pic.twitter.com/fmC1TYy02l — Deshauna Barber (@MissUSA) June 6, 2016

According to the Washington Examiner, both sides requested additional time to prepare for the trial. Photo by theglobalpanorama

This is an odd disciplinary measure, right? But cursing twice apparently is excessive in the workplace, which does have some merit: An employee at U.S. Central Command was removed from her post for cursing after she allegedly spoke up about the distortion of intelligence reports on ISIS. The Daily Beast, citing allegations made during a public hearing last week, reported that Carolyn […]

This could prevent another Fort Hood-style shooting if military servicemembers are armed on base. Photo by U.S. Army Europe Images

Charles Martland, who confronted a child rapist while serving in Afghanistan in 2011, will be able to continue to serve in the U.S. Army after nearly being kicked out.

From the Free Beacon: A Republican lawmaker is accusing the Pentagon of “dishonoring” a decorated Green Beret who retaliated against an Afghan police commander for repeatedly raping a young boy. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R., Fla.) demanded the U.S. Army “immediately” reinstate Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland, who was punished by the service for confronting an Afghan child […]