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 Nikki McGee | Aug 20, 2015 | National Security
Lima Company 3/25 Marines and their families gathered to remember the troops homecoming form Iraq 10 years ago. Lima 3/25 experienced more casualties in Iraq than any other company during the war. The ceremony was held at Rickenbacker Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio....
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.
by Kulwant Saluja | Aug 18, 2015 | Business & Tech, National Security
WASHINGTON — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Monday that reduced defense spending could have adverse long-term economic impacts, including undermining technological innovations that ultimately produce jobs in the private sector. Speaking at a...
by Matt Yurus | Aug 18, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Roughly 50 demonstrators rallied in front of the Pakistani embassy Friday in Washington, D.C., many demanding that Congress stop U.S. financial support of Pakistan, a country that they and others accuse of supporting the Taliban. “I object to any kind of...
