Fox News, April 30, 2020 — In the days following the capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan earlier this year, Navy Special Forces raided a village and detained suspected members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network while the U.S. intelligence community tried to track the cellphones of the man and his captors, The Associated Press…
Leave For Active Personnel During Coronavirus Emergency
The Department of Defense's actions to stem the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to include restricting travel, has significantly limited the ability of Service members to take leave during the national emergency. Leave is vital to the continued health and welfare of our Service members and civilian workforce and is key to the Secretary…
A Different Kind of Hell Week – Keep Your Prayers Coming.
The days, weeks and months ahead will not be easy. But then the easy life is never worth living. We will persevere. We will become stronger. We will thrive forward beginning today. For a few, life will be like ignoring the icy 55 degree Pacific waters and perhaps even the bone chilling polluted Tijuana mud…
Partnering With the U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Combat COVID-19
Statement attributed to Lt. Col. Mike Andrews, Department of Defense spokesman: "The Department continues to aggressively partner with the defense industry to mitigate impacts from the COVID-19 national emergency. Under Secretary of Defense Ellen Lord's Acquisition and Sustainment leaders in Industrial Policy, Defense Pricing and Contracting, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)…
COVID-19 Military Personnel, Pay, and Benefits Policy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Military Personnel, Pay, and Benefits Policy MARCH 28, 2020 (1) ALTERNATE PLACES OF DUTY AND TELEWORK Q1.1: I am unable to report to duty with my unit because my wife has tested positive for COVID-19, and I was told to stay home. Will I be given leave to care for…
Former Navy SEAL Throws In His Name For Congress
Fox News January 23, 2020 A Dallas-area congressional seat will be "red again," retired Navy SEAL and Republican congressional candidate Floyd McLendon promised Thursday. House Democrat Colin Allred seized the 32nd Congressional District seat in Texas during the 2018 midterm elections, unseating Pete Sessions, who had held the office since 2003. Appearing on "Fox &…
CBS 60 Minutes Exposes The Raw Joy Of The Tijuana Mud Flats
On May 31, 2020, Sixty Minutes offered a segment titled "A Different Kind Of Border Crisis Toxic Waste In The Tijuana River Spilling Into California." Or, also known by BUD/S Hell Week tadpoles as the Tijuana Mud Flats. Click Here To Watch: https://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/video/2ZaeB3VLxMLBRULcaJEggaSUrJXysUmU/a-different-kind-of-border-crisis-toxic-waste-in-the-tijuana-river-spilling-into-california/
