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Six Israeli Hostages Found Dead in Hamas Tunnel by IDF Soldiers

Breaking Local News ReportSeptember 1, 20240

In a heartbreaking development, the IDF recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages from a Hamas tunnel in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The hostages, who were tragically murdered by their captors shortly before being found, have been identified as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Ori Danino, 25, Alex Lubnov, 32, Carmel Gat, 40, and Almog Sarusi, 25. The discovery was the result of a meticulous search operation by the IDF. They didn’t have the exact location of the hostages but had clues that led them to the general area where the six were held. The military approached

New Jersey Army Reservist Defrauded Families of Dead American Soldiers

Breaking Local News ReportApril 16, 20240

TRENTON, NJ – Caz Craffy, a 41-year-old financial counselor with the United States Army and a major in the U.S. Army Reserves, has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud involving Gold Star families. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger made the announcement today in federal court in Trenton. Craffy, from Colts Neck, New Jersey, admitted to six counts of wire fraud, and one count each of securities fraud, making false statements in a loan application, committing acts affecting a personal financial interest, and making false statements to a federal agency. His criminal activities involved misusing his position to divert the

Pakistan port attack kills two soldiers, eight militants, say officials

ReutersMarch 20, 20240

By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces on Wednesday repulsed a gun and bomb attack by militants on a complex outside the strategic port of Gwadar, which killed all eight militants and two soldiers, officials said. China has invested heavily in the mineral-rich southwestern province of Balochistan, including developing Gwadar, despite a decades-long separatist insurgency. Armed with guns and bombs, the militants stormed the complex just outside the port that houses offices of government departments, intelligence agencies and paramilitary forces, said Saeed Ahmed Umrani, a government commissioner. The militants detonated a number of bombs before launching a

‘We May Come To An End’: Two Years Into The War, Ukrainian Soldiers Say US Weapons Aid Is Now Life And Death

The Daily CallerMarch 18, 20240

‘We May Come To An End’: Two Years Into The War, Ukrainian Soldiers Say US Weapons Aid Is Now Life And Death Jake Smith on March 17, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ukrainian soldiers came to D.C. on the eve of the State of the Union Address with one purpose: convince the U.S. to authorize more military aid in their war against Russia. Without more aid, they said, Ukraine was sure to lose. “Unless we receive that support, we may come to an end,” Yuliia Paievska, a veteran and medic with the Ukrainian Medical Forces Command, told the Daily Caller

VA Dedicates New Headstones For Black Soldiers Executed After 1917 Riots

The Daily CallerFebruary 23, 20240

VA Dedicates New Headstones For Black Soldiers Executed After 1917 Riots Micaela Burrow on February 22, 2024 The 17 black soldiers the Army recently determined were wrongfully executed for involvement in the 1917 Houston riots received new headstones on Thursday in a ceremony. The Army overturned courts-martial convictions for 110 black soldiers — including 19 who received death sentences — on charges related to a 1917 mutiny and retroactively altered their service records to show that they received honorable discharges from the Army in November. Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DOD) officials pledged to “right the wrongs of

Ukrainian soldiers expect more assaults after Russian forces capture eastern town

ReutersFebruary 21, 20240

By Inna Varenytsia NEAR AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian soldiers dug in around new positions outside of Avdiivka say Russian forces who captured the eastern Ukrainian town last week are pressing on toward nearby towns and villages. “It doesn’t end with them taking Avdiivka. They continue assaulting (our positions),” said Andriy, a Ukrainian drone pilot of the 47th Mechanised Brigade, sitting quietly in a darkened area. “After Avdiivka, the villages nearby are next. And then, Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk, the nearest larger towns.” Russian forces secured Avdiivka after months of bombardment reduced the town to rubble. It was Russia’s biggest battlefield

Journalists briefly detained in Moscow at protest by soldiers’ wives

ReutersFebruary 3, 20240

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Around 20 journalists were detained by police in central Moscow for several hours on Saturday at a rally of Russian soldiers’ wives calling for their men to be returned from the front in Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. The journalists, including a video journalist from Reuters, who were covering the protest, filmed the women laying red carnations at the tomb of the unknown soldier in the shadow of the Kremlin’s walls in central Moscow. Russian police ordered about 20 male journalists, many wearing press vests, onto a bus and took them to a police station. They were

Israeli soldiers on northern border dig in and wait as tensions mount

ReutersJanuary 12, 20240

By James Mackenzie HANITA, Israel (Reuters) – For Israeli troops on the northern border with Lebanon, the government’s strategy of avoiding full-scale war with the Hezbollah troops just a few hundred metres away is embodied in the pages of a 68-year-old training manual. “The Rifle Department”, first issued in 1956 and hastily reprinted in the wake of the mass mobilization that followed the attack on southern Israel by Hamas gunmen on Oct. 7, teaches soldiers old techniques of static defence, said Lt. Col. Dotan Razili, a home front brigade commander in the north. “The IDF usually is an attacking force.

Over 1,000 Burundian soldiers covertly deploy in eastern Congo – internal UN report

ReutersDecember 30, 20230

By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) – Over 1,000 Burundian troops have been covertly deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since October, wearing the uniform of Congolese troops and working alongside them in the fight against M23 rebels, an unpublished U.N. report seen by Reuters showed. Citing security and intelligence sources and sources close to Congolese army command, the report by the U.N. Group of Experts in Congo said the troops were airlifted from Burundi to eastern Congo by Congolese army planes starting from Sept. 21. The Burundian and Congolese governments and Congolese army did not immediately reply to a request

Turkey to reinforce military bases in N.Iraq after 12 soldiers killed

ReutersDecember 28, 20230

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will reinforce its newly established permanent bases in northern Iraq in the coming months, after 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in the region, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. The twelve were killed last week in northern Iraq in clashes with the militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) based there. “In recent years, we have built hundreds of kilometres-long roads in northern Iraq for our permanent bases. We carry out the same activities in new places we have controlled,” Erdogan told a televised meeting in Ankara. “By the arrival of spring, we will have

US Recovers Bodies Of Three Soldiers From Crashed Helicopter In Mediterranean

The Daily CallerDecember 22, 20230

US Recovers Bodies Of Three Soldiers From Crashed Helicopter In Mediterranean Jake Smith on December 21, 2023 The U.S. military recovered the bodies of three army soldiers from a downed helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea, the Navy confirmed on Thursday. An Army MH–60 Black helicopter was performing routine operations over the Mediterranean Sea in November before experiencing an emergency onboard and suddenly crashing into the ocean, killing all five personnel onboard. A Navy dive team and Army aviation team located the helicopter and recovered the bodies and the aircraft itself, the Navy said in a press release on Thursday. “The

MSNBC Analyst Claims Union Soldiers Died So Candidates Like Trump Could Be Kept Off Ballot

The Daily CallerDecember 22, 20230

MSNBC Analyst Claims Union Soldiers Died So Candidates Like Trump Could Be Kept Off Ballot Harold Hutchison on December 21, 2023 MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann claimed Thursday that Union soldiers died during the Civil War so that candidates like Donald Trump could be prevented from running for public office. The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified Trump from the state’s ballot in a 4-3 ruling Tuesday, citing the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. “It is true that this provision of the Constitution is new to lots of people because we’ve never been in a situation where you would have somebody running for

Kyiv accuses Russian forces of shooting surrendering Ukrainian soldiers

ReutersDecember 3, 20230

(Reuters) – Kyiv officials accused Moscow of committing a war crime after a grainy video on social media appeared to show several soldiers shooting two surrendering military personnel who emerged from a dugout at gunpoint. The unverified video shows one soldier coming out of a foxhole on the battlefield with his hands up and then lying on the ground. A second soldier stumbles out and also lies down. The Russian troops then appear to open fire and the video ends. The Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office said: “The video shows a group of people in Russian uniforms shooting, at point-blank range,

A century later, U.S. Army overturns convictions of 110 Black soldiers

ReutersNovember 13, 20230

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The U.S. Army on Monday set aside the court-martial convictions from a century ago of 110 African American soldiers, including 19 who were executed, saying they were denied fair trials in a landmark acknowledgement of official racism in America. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records overturned the convictions, restoring their service records as having concluded honorably and making their descendants eligible for military benefits, the Army said in a statement. “After a thorough review, the Board found that these Soldiers were wrongly treated because of their race and were not given fair trials.

Army Calls Up Soldiers Last Minute, Drops Requirements For Recruiting Duty In Shortage-Induced Panic

The Daily CallerNovember 5, 20230

Army Calls Up Soldiers Last Minute, Drops Requirements For Recruiting Duty In Shortage-Induced Panic Micaela Burrow on November 1, 2023 The Army scrambled to fix an unexpected shortfall in its recruiter force, ordering some soldiers to relocate and report to recruiter school by Nov. 6, service officials confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. In addition, the Army is lowering requirements and offering no-questions-asked promotions for those required to ship last minute. “I’d like to first of all apologize to the soldiers and the families that received this last-minute notification. That mistake is mine,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Stitt told the

Congregation in Toms River Collects, Sends Supplies for Israeli Soldiers

Phil StiltonOctober 30, 20230

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Congregation B’nai Israel has organized a donation drive, collecting essential supplies for Israeli soldiers. Under the stewardship of Penny Leifer, the congregation, alongside community partners, has gathered dozens of duffel bags and cartons of items ranging from bulletproof vests to nonperishable protein bars. The synagogue, located at 1488 Old Freehold Road, saw contributions from various community organizations and individuals. Participants included Rose Valentine of the JCC of Long Beach Island, Melissa Segall of Jackson Orthodontics, Laurie Salka, the Holocaust Survivor Services Coordinator, and Jewish Family and Children’s Service. Numerous B’nai Israel congregants and anonymous community members

Niger junta says a dozen soldiers killed in militant attack

ReutersSeptember 28, 20230

NIAMEY (Reuters) -At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed following an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country’s southwest on Thursday morning, the West African nation’s defence ministry said in a statement. Seven soldiers were killed in combat while five others died in an accident while driving to reinforce the unit that had come under attack, the statement said. The attack took place about 190 km (118 miles) from the capital Niamey in Kandadji, near the tri-border zone of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger that has been the epicenter of Islamist insurgencies in the Sahel

Ukrainian soldiers hope for Western arms to speed up counteroffensive

ReutersSeptember 20, 20230

By Anna Voitenko NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Despite recent battlefield gains, Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the eastern front say they need more Western weapons to speed up their grinding counteroffensive against Russian forces. Kyiv says it has in recent fighting recaptured two villages south of Bakhmut which will help its forces advance on the shattered eastern city occupied by Russian forces since May. But troops taking cover in a bunker near Bakhmut this week said they were still heavily reliant on Soviet-era Grad multiple rocket launchers, and dream of receiving the more sophisticated U.S.-made HIMARS rocket launchers. “Things would

Burkina Faso says 53 soldiers, volunteers killed in clashes with militants

ReutersSeptember 5, 20230

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday, the worst attack in months in the West African country that for years has been overrun by hardline militants. Burkina Faso has been battling armed groups, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, in its desert north since 2015. Attacks have worsened this year, making the country the epicentre of a violent movement that has also engulfed poverty-stricken Mali and Niger, killing thousands and forcing millions from their homes. Efforts by the

‘Wasn’t Well Thought Out’: Soldiers Disappointed After Army Quietly Unveils Suicide Prevention Guidance

The Daily CallerAugust 25, 20230

‘Wasn’t Well Thought Out’: Soldiers Disappointed After Army Quietly Unveils Suicide Prevention Guidance Micaela Burrow on August 25, 2023 Officers and even Army officials expressed disappointment in the service’s official suicide prevention regulation, quietly released earlier in August, according to Military.com. The policy goes into effect Sept. 8, nearly three years after the Army initially promised to rewrite suicide prevention doctrine to provide clear guidance to commanders on how respond to subordinates displaying a risk of suicide, according to Military.com. Behind the scenes, soldiers and Army officials acknowledged the policy falls short of expectations and could leave leaders uncertain when

Poland plans to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus

ReutersAugust 10, 20230

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is planning to move up to 10,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus to support the Border Guard, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Thursday. “About 10,000 soldiers will be on the border, of which 4,000 will directly support the Border Guard and 6,000 will be in the reserve,” the minister said in an interview for public radio. “We move the army closer to the border with Belarus to scare away the aggressor so that it does not dare to attack us,” Blaszczak said. Deputy interior minister Maciej Wasik said on Wednesday that Poland would

Poland to move soldiers to east of country due to Wagner risks-PAP

ReutersJuly 21, 20230

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s security committee decided in a meeting on Wednesday to move military units to the country’s east due to the Wagner Group’s presence in Belarus, state-run news agency PAP quoted its secretary as saying on Friday. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was shown in a video on Wednesday welcoming his fighters to Belarus, telling them they would take no further part in the Ukraine war for now but ordering them to gather their strength for Africa while they trained the Belarusian army. On Thursday, the Belarusian defence ministry said Wagner mercenaries had started to train Belarusian special forces

Congress Is Considering Ditching The Army’s New Fitness Test. Soldiers Say Troops Would Struggle To Pass The Old One

The Daily CallerJune 26, 20230

Congress Is Considering Ditching The Army’s New Fitness Test. Soldiers Say Troops Would Struggle To Pass The Old One Micaela Burrow on June 26, 2023 Congress is considering replacing the Army’s new fitness test with the old version that required just push-ups, sit-ups and a 2-mile run, but soldiers warned troops would struggle to readjust to the old test. Most soldiers reacting to the news agreed the ACFT was a better measure of overall fitness, but said it is easier to pass. “I think they realized the ACFT highlights just how out of shape a lot of soldiers are and

Russian Soldiers Have A Steady Supply Of US-Made Sniper Ammo Despite Sanctions

The Daily CallerJune 20, 20230

Russian Soldiers Have A Steady Supply Of US-Made Sniper Ammo Despite Sanctions Micaela Burrow on June 19, 2023 Russian weapons companies are supplying soldiers with U.S.-made ammunition for Russian soldiers to use in the war against Ukraine, despite a raft of sanctions designed to cut Moscow off from Western supply chains, according to Politico. The two Russian firms, Tetis and Promtekhnologiya, the latter which manufactures the Orsis T-5000 sniper rifle Russian soldiers are carrying into battle, have acquired hundreds of thousands of rounds of .388 caliber ammunition made by an American company called Hornady, Politico reported, citing customs filings. Documents

Military’s New Body Fat Standards Could Fail Many More Soldiers As Obesity Rates Climb

The Daily CallerJune 20, 20230

Military’s New Body Fat Standards Could Fail Many More Soldiers As Obesity Rates Climb Mia Hernandez on June 19, 2023 Many soldiers are expected to fail the U.S. Army’s new body fat standard test as obesity rates have climbed, according to CNN. The U.S. Army previously conducted the tape test, which is used to measure a soldier’s body fat, by measuring men around the neck and abdomen and women around the neck, waist and hips, but will now measure around the naval for all soldiers, according to CNN. Approximately 34% of soldiers who passed the test should not have, according to