The new book by bestselling author and co-host Pete Hegseth of “Fox & Friends Weekend” — “The War on Warriors,” out on June 4 from Fox News Books — minces no words about the state of today’s military as he sees it. The personal memoir is his fifth book and was a passion project for him, he said. “I love …
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I hope my sons serve in the military and I pray that service is still worthy of their sacrifice
The motivating question for my new book – “The War on Warriors” – was simple and vexing: do I want my sons to follow in my footsteps and serve in the military? I used to think it was automatic; of course I would. But, like most veterans today, that assumption has been shaken to the core. Given the upside-down priorities …
Read More »D-Day veteran, 101, heads to France for 80th anniversary of Normandy landings
World War Two U.S. Army veteran Jake Larson is 101 years old and a survivor of D-Day, history’s largest amphibious invasion on June 6, 1944, and he is heading to France for the 80th anniversary to honor the brothers-in-arms who did not make it home. Sitting in his home in Martinez, California, alongside photos and mementos from his years in …
Read More »US soldier held in Russia loses appeal for release: report
The American soldier being detained in Russia on theft charges has lost an appeal Friday for his release, a report says. A court in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok has decided to keep Staff Sgt. Gordon Black in custody, Reuters reported, citing Interfax. Interfax said the 34-year-old Blackappeared in court by video from a pre-trial detention center and …
Read More »Mysterious shooting outside Army Special Forces residence in North Carolina raises questions
A mysterious shooting in North Carolina north of Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, not far from where some of America’s most elite U.S. Special Operations forces live and train is under investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Division as well as local police. The shooting in Carthage, North Carolina occurred May 3 at 8:15 p.m. following a phone call about …
Read More »Faceless people, fire and ghosts: US Army releases ‘weirdest recruitment ad’ for psychological operations
The man behind the U.S. Army’s 4th Psychological Operations Group “unsettling” new recruitment video wanted to create something where the right people to join PSYOPs became “obsessed” with the message on screen, he tells Fox News Digital. The video, “Ghosts in the Machine 2,” dropped earlier this May, and has garnered varied reactions, from one user commenting, “This is seriously …
Read More »Army presents Purple Heart to Minnesota veteran 73 years after he was wounded in Korean War
After 73 years and a long fight with the U.S. Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat finally got his Purple Heart medal on Friday. The Army notified Earl Meyer, 96, of St. Peter, last month that it had granted him a Purple Heart, which honors service members wounded or killed in combat. Meyer, who …
Read More »Texas Gov. Abbott issues full pardon for Army sergeant who killed BLM protester
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday issued a full pardon for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of an armed protester during a 2020 Black Lives Matter march. The move by Abbott came minutes after a unanimous recommendation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles that Daniel Perry be pardoned and have his …
Read More »World War II love letters reveal passionate young man 'I never knew,' daughter writes in new book
Paula Bernice Roberts was swept off her feet by a passionate young World War II hero she met after her parents died. Her own father. “He was so romantic and he loved my mother so much,” Roberts, who lives in Massachusetts, told Fox News Digital. AMERICAN VETERANS WHO COMMIT SUICIDE ARE 95% MALE, CRISIS OFTEN DRIVEN BY FAMILY DISPUTES, SAY …
Read More »Mother of Army soldier detained in Russia reveals what she would write him in a letter
The mother of a U.S. Army soldier who has been detained in Russia after visiting a girlfriendtells Fox News Digital that if she could write a letter to her son, she would say “I love you, I miss you, [and] I hope you get to come home soon.” Melody Jones is speaking out as it is approaching two weeks since …
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