Welcome to the newest edition of The Why. Why don’t homeless people join the army? Good question. (Besides, it sure beats answering those questions about “don’t ask/don’t tell”.) Why don’t homeless people join the army? The military is a good ...

Tikrit, Iraq – The Iraqi Security Forces have finally routed ISIS forces from the city of Tikrit. The win-falls of the Islamic State are gradually becoming few and far between, though the group still poses serious security threats to the ...

Aurora, Illinois – An Islamic member of the Illinois National Guard, Hasan Rasheed Edmonds, was arrested by the FBI for his involvement with the Islamic State. The 22 year old member of the US Army was discovered to be planning ...

Al-Baghdadi, Iraq – The Iraqi Army launched a major offensive against one of the cities long held by the Islamic State. Their victory uprooted ISIS from an area that was dangerously close to a joint base where US forces are ...

After the grand jury’s decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the police-involved shooting death of Michael Brown, the streets of Ferguson Missouri erupted with violence. The riots, arson, and protests were expected in the wake of the not-guilty ...

A rise in insurgent activity in Iraq has lead to some security concerns within the country. Islamist militants from the Sunni side have been deemed as terrorists by the Iraqi Army, and the army is attempting to remove them from ...

All across Iraq at many volunteer centers, 100’s of Iraqi men stand in line to volunteer to fight. The surge of patriotism stems from a general lack of tolerance for continued insurgent activity near major Iraqi cities. Over the past ...

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has been released from imprisonment with the Taliban. Bergdahl is a United States Army soldier who was in the captivity of the Taliban-aligned Afghanistan Haqqani network from June 2009 until his release on May 31, 2014. He ...

Yes another movie star has chimed in about their life as a celebrity and the experience Americas war fighters go through. First it was Tom Cruise now it is Gwyneth Paltrow. Here is what Paltrow said: “You come across [online ...

The army in Yemen has been working hard to uproot Al-Qaeda from its soil. Offensives during this weekend have reported killing at least 40 suspected Al-Qaeda militants, as well as injuring dozens of other fighters. Yemen’s Defense Department stated that ...