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October 6, 2021

 

Austin says debt default could hurt national security, stop military paychecks National security could be at risk and Defense Department personnel might not receive their regular paychecks should Congress not vote to suspend the U.S. debt limit by the impending deadline, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. READ MORE

Fired Marine commander Scheller charged with six crimes, faces court-martial Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. will face a misdemeanor-level special court-martial on six charges filed by the Corps this week related to his public admonishing of American officials handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, service officials announced. READ MORE

Air Force bombers deploy to England for European training mission Four B-1B Lancers deployed with 200 personnel from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. READ MORE   Fort Campbell soldier charged with murder in his pregnant wife’s death A soldier assigned to the Fifth Special Forces Group at Fort Campbell, Ky., has been charged with murder in the death of his pregnant wife, Army officials said Wednesday. READ MORE   Former CIA head in South Korea expects Moon and Kim to meet in coming months The former head of a CIA center tasked with countering serious threats from North Korea expects that country’s leader to meet again with South Korean President Moon Jae-in before he leaves office next year. READ MORE

Derelict church on US Army base in Germany soars again as home for bats Restoration of the St. Agid Bergheim Church in Hohenfels into a haven for a handful of bat species began in 2012, and with funding from the Defense Department, the Army began building a new apse onto the remnants of a 15th century Gothic chapel. READ MORE   Chinese president orders military to turn up the heat on Taiwan, report says Nearly 150 Chinese warplanes buzzed through Taiwan’s air defense zone between Friday and Monday, the island’s Ministry of National Defense said. READ MORE   Military says 2021 was the second-busiest year in decades for its firefighting aircraft crews Military firefighting crews battling blazes in California wrapped up their second-busiest fire season in nearly half a century, U.S. Northern Command said. READ MORE   Fort Bragg soldier killed in on-post wreck Monday was father of two A military police officer killed in a vehicle wreck Monday at Fort Bragg, N.C., was a recent enlistee from Texas with two daughters and two stepchildren, Army officials said. READ MORE   Former VA secretaries urge Congress to designate day for helping veterans at risk for suicide A resolution asks Americans — particularly active-duty service members and military retirees — to contact a veteran or service member and help connect them to support systems if they need them. READ MORE   Black and Hispanic veterans more likely to get COVID shots than whites early on, though nearly all benefited African American and Hispanic veterans were more likely than their white counterparts to get the COVID-19 vaccine at a veterans’ health facility in the first few months that mRNA vaccines were available in the U.S, a study published Wednesday found. READ MORE

 

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