‘U.S. Military’ Archives
Maryland First State to Require Parent Consent to Military Test
The armed forces have been accused in the past of using the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test as a backdoor access to young people without their parents' consent.Maryland has ban public high schools around the state from automatically providing military [Read More]
ChocolateCity.cc Honors Spc. Morganne M. McBeth
McBeth was injured in Khan Al Baghdadi and died Friday in Al AsadWe wish to express our deepest condolences and sympathy to Mr. Leonard McBeth, and his wife Sylvia McBeth for the passing of their daughter Spc. Morganne M. McBeth, 19 year-old, of Fredericksburg, Va. McBeth [Read More]
President Obama Fired Gen. McChrystal for Insubordination
Firing a general for insubordination and disrespect to the Office of the President of the United States is nothing new in this country's history. On April 11, 1951, President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur of his duties as Allied Commander of United Nations [Read More]
Was McCain involved in secret arm sales to Iran?
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo For: http://www.ChocolateCity.cc/blog Reagan and McCainIt is a popular and well known idiom that “people who live in glass houses should not throw stones!,” or should I paraphrase the idiom by saying “people who live in 7 glass [Read More]
Sgt. Rafael Peralta family may reject military’s medal
The mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, Rosa Peralta, said she may reject the new medal, the military plans to award to her son for valor. The office of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates downgraded the award after a special investigation involving medical experts, a [Read More]
High Army suicide rate, another negative effect of Bush’s war
High Army Suicide RateCNN’s Pentagon producer, Mike Mount, reported today that the rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass both last year’s numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the [Read More]
