Tag: Secretary Of Defense James N. Mattis

By Oriana Pawlyk: ‘Best of All of Us:’ Hero Airman Gets Moving Tribute from Special Ops Community

“I would like to believe on that fatal day in March of 2002, John heard the voice of the lord ask him, ‘Who shall I send? And who shall go for us?'” Wright said on Friday.

“I’d like to believe — you know actually I’m pretty sure — that John answered for our nation: ‘Here am I. Send me,'” he said.

 
 
 
 
The Angry Staff Officer: Training for Defeat
 
 
 
 
By Kirsten Grieshaber: Huge Wildfire Southwest of Berlin Risks WWII Arms Blasts
 
 
 
 
Remarks by Secretary Mattis at the U.S. Transportation Command change-of-command ceremony, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
 
 
 
 
By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News, Defense Media Activity: Mattis Touts Past, Future at Transcom Change of Command
 
 
 
 
Fox News: Homeless Vet who Helped Stranded Woman Says He Can’t Get GoFundMe Cash
In an interview with the Inquirer last week, D’Amico said he controls the money and will start dispensing it when Bobbitt gets a job and stops using drugs.

“Giving him all that money, it’s never going to happen. I’ll burn it in front of him,” he said, adding that giving an “addict” the money would be like “giving him a loaded gun.”
 
 
 
 
By Gina Harkins: Marine Infantry Leader Fired for Loss of Trust Weeks Before Deployment
 
 
 
 
By Rose L. Thayer: Mechanical Issue Led to Ammo Can Dropping from Army Aircraft onto Texas School
No one was reprimanded for the incident because it was a mechanical issue, said Lt. Col. Crystal X. Boring, public affairs director for the division and Fort Bliss.

“Based on recommendations from the investigating officer, the aviation brigade commander immediately changed the flight path of future aviation missions,” she wrote in an emailed statement. “We have full faith and confidence in the aviation brigade leadership and their ability to constantly seek methods to improve flight operations and ensure an incident like this doesn’t happen in the future.”
 
 
 
 
By richard Sisk: Duncan Hunter Denies Fraudulent Wounded Warrior Purchases, Blames Wife
 
 
 
 
By Robert Wormley: This is Your DoDEA 2019 Teacher of the Year
 
 
 
 
By Darcie Moran: This Pilot Escaped the Vietnam War on a ‘Borrowed’ Air Force C-130
 
 
 
 
By Amy Bushatz: They Call It ‘Post Traumatic Growth.’ I Call It ‘Living’
 
 
 
 
Dogs Need Dental Love, Too
 
 
 
 
Week in Photos Photos By Multi photographers DoD News, Defense Media Activity: Aug 18-24
 
 
 
 
Bob Mayer: Letter from Ulysses Grant 1839