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More vets could be headed to DOD medical sites to get VA health care
Leaders from the two departments are discussing allowing VA staff to move into unused space at more than a dozen military hospitals.
Nearly half of Naval Academy football players become Marines
Since 2014, 46% of the team’s players have traded in their cleats for eagle, globe and anchor pins.
Keep soldiers out of our creek, farm owners tell Fort Liberty
There must be something in the water.
By Jon Simkins
Jury finds Coast Guard vet, wife guilty in identity theft case
A jury convicted the couple of conspiracy, passport fraud and identity theft for stealing identities and living for decades under the names of dead babies.
Trial begins for Coast Guard vet, wife accused of identity theft
Prosecutors say Walter Glenn Primrose spent more than 20 years in the Coast Guard as Bobby Fort, where he obtained secret-level security clearance.
Pentagon command-and-control official charged with dog fighting
Police in early September raided homes in Maryland. Twelve dogs were later rescued, according to the Justice Department.
82nd Airborne chorus prepares for next round of America’s Got Talent
The Fort Liberty-based 16-member chorus auditioned for the NBC talent show competition in the spring.
By Rachel Riley, The Fayetteville Observer
Soldier reenlists while standing on division sergeant major’s desk
Soldiers have long used reenlistment ceremonies to buck the branch’s formalities, and to bend boundaries in a job that often demands unflinching discipline
Opinion
Don’t believe the hype about Fort Bliss
"Striking is the disparity between what people who’ve never been here presume about the region and what residents recognize as reality."
By Maj. Gen. Jim Isenhower, Oscar Leeser, Ricardo A. Samaniego
Activist wants ‘unconstitutional’ Christian bookstore off this base
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation wants to remove a small Christian bookstore from a mini-mall on Fort Liberty, N.C.
By Karen Jowers
Update the weekend safety brief: Stay away from coyotes
Whether the altercation was incited by soldiers or the animals was not specified.
By Jon Simkins