by Jenny Leonard | Aug 27, 2015 | Sports
On Wednesday, President Obama welcomed the WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury to the White House to honor the team and their victory in the WNBA Finals. One of eight original WNBA franchises, the Mercury went to the WNBA Finals in 1998, 2007, 2009, and 2014 and won the...
by Jenny Leonard | Aug 25, 2015 | Data Projects
WASHINGTON—The two female students who graduated from the Army’s elite Ranger School this month made it official—women are capable of fighting alongside and keeping up with their male counterparts. But since the DoD announced in 2013 that all positions will be...
by Jenny Leonard | Aug 20, 2015 | National Security
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Mother’s Day 2005, George Wentworth got a phone call that would change his life forever. The Navy corpsman was informed that two Marines in his unit were killed in action in Iraq. They were the first of 23 casualties sustained by Lima Company, 3rd...
by Jenny Leonard | Aug 20, 2015 | National Security, Topics
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Marine Reserve unit that suffered some of the heaviest casualties during the Iraq War reunited Aug. 15-16. Many of the vets still bore the physical and emotional scars left by the 2005 deployment. Hundreds of Marines and family members gathered here...
by Jenny Leonard | Aug 19, 2015 | National Security
A Marine Reserve unit that suffered some of the heaviest casualties during the Iraq War reunited Aug. 15-16. Many of the vets still bore the physical and emotional scars left by the 2005 deployment.