Denis Bourret

Military Life

Military commissaries could be privatized under Pentagon plan

The Pentagon is looking for commercial retailers to run commissaries on military bases in the latest push to privatize troops’…

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Military Culture

Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation

National Guard troops who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., are cleaning up trash, aiding local law enforcement, and getting trolled…

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Military Life

Troops with medical shaving exemptions face separation

Troops who currently need shaving waivers for more than a year could face separation under changes announced in a memo…

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Military Life

Military family housing understaffed, lacks proper oversight, IG report finds

Military services “may be allowing” military families to move into housing with significant health and safety hazards thanks to a…

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Military Culture

World War II Marine veteran reunites with tank he drove on Iwo Jima

Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the Marine…

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Military Culture

West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony honoring Tom Hanks

The alumni group for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point abruptly canceled an award ceremony honoring actor Tom Hanks.…

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Military Life

VA may have sent 35,000 veterans ‘erroneous’ warnings about home foreclosure

Thousands of veterans who own their homes with mortgages backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs were stunned recently by…

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Military Life

Legendary Marine Raider finally promoted to sergeant at 100

Frank S. Wright recently got what he described as a “big promotion.” When a reporter called to talk about it,…

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Military Culture

Military will now drug test troops for psychedelic mushrooms

Military personnel will now be tested for magic mushrooms or “shrooms,” according to changes to the Pentagon’s drug policy. An…

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Military Culture

‘Hollywood Grit’ and a veteran’s mission to bring the military community into the movie business

Growing up, Ryan Curtis loved to make “terrible movies” (his words, not mine) with his friends. He didn’t know it…

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