The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.
Props to the Chinese navy for helping the U.S. sea service out after a sailor from the destroyer Stethem went missing and presumed overboard on Aug. 1.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Dennis Laich is one of the nation’s most aggressive advocates of abandoning the all-volunteer force and returning to conscription.