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Woody Allen puts cook on chopping block over Army training, chef says
NEW YORK — Woody Allen’s former personal chef claims in a lawsuit that the filmmaker and his wife fired him because of his service in the U.S. Army Reserve and questions about his pay, then “rubbed salt on the wounds” by saying they didn’t like his cooking. Allen and Soon-Yi Previn “simply decided that a military professional who wanted to be paid fairly was not a good fit to work in the Allen hom...[Read More]
‘Colder than hell’: Two vets recall Battle of the Bulge fears, mayhem
It has been dubbed by historians as “the greatest single victory in U.S. history.” But for veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn, it wasn’t the 200,000 Germans, 1,000 tanks and assault weapons, the 1,900 artillery pieces or even the 2,000 German supporting aircraft that they remember. It was the cold. “Colder than hell. I can’t describe it,” Miller recalled during a Nov. 13, 2024, conversation with...[Read More]
‘Fat Leonard,’ Navy scandal mastermind, sentenced to 15 years
SAN DIEGO — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy and a $150,000 fine, according to a statement from the ...[Read More]
‘Game changing’: Navy reloads cruiser’s missiles at sea for first time
The Navy resupplied a warship’s weapons at sea for the first time last week – providing what Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro called a “game changing” update in combat readiness for the surface fleet. The cruiser Chosin and its sailors employed the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method device, known as TRAM, to load the ship’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System off the coast of San Diego on Friday. The TR...[Read More]
‘Game changing’: Navy reloads cruiser’s missiles at sea for first time
The Navy resupplied a warship’s weapons at sea for the first time last week – providing what Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro called a “game changing” update in combat readiness for the surface fleet. The cruiser Chosin and its sailors employed the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method device, known as TRAM, to load the ship’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System off the coast of San Diego on Friday. The TR...[Read More]
‘He Will Be Missed’: One of Last USS Nevada Veterans Dies at 101
Charles Sehe served on the USS Nevada during Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France and the 1945 invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
‘Made for this’ — Marine Corps drops new ad, motivation intensifies
“Marines are made for this — made for the calling only warriors can answer.” The bellowing narrative establishes a familiar aggressive tone in the Marine Corps’ newest ad, one that comes amid the military’s usual slew of philosophical shifts driving the rest of the Pentagon’s (oftentimes unpredictable) recruiting efforts. In their latest creation, the service’s marketing team, which settled on the...[Read More]
‘Made for this’ — Marine Corps drops new ad, motivation intensifies
“Marines are made for this — made for the calling only warriors can answer.” The bellowing narrative establishes a familiar aggressive tone in the Marine Corps’ newest ad, one that comes amid the military’s usual slew of philosophical shifts driving the rest of the Pentagon’s (oftentimes unpredictable) recruiting efforts. In their latest creation, the service’s marketing team, which settled on the...[Read More]
‘So this is war’: A young Marine’s account of days before Pearl Harbor
Fellow U.S. Marines and military historians know Col. Robert D. Taplett best for his valor during the Korean War. On Sept. 15, 1950, Taplett, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment, led the initial landing of an amphibious assault at Inchon that resulted in victory for United Nations forces. Later that year, at the Chosin Reservoir, Taplett and the 3/5 Marines, often struggling ag...[Read More]
‘Something’s Going to Click’: Navy Veteran Looks to Reconnect with Baby He Saved in Hong Kong Nearly 60 Years Ago
When Steve Mulvihill and his fellow sailor, Jim Kennedy, were spending time in Hong Kong in 1965, they found themselves in a situation Mulvihill couldn’t have imagined and didn’t really talk much about until around 10 years ago: A man sold them a baby.
‘Warfare’: A Real-Time Iraq War Combat Film from a Navy SEAL and the Director of ‘Civil War’
Scheduled for release in 2025, “Warfare” follows a team of SEALs holed up in an Iraqi home, following their action in real time, telling the story of that day from the memories of the American service members who fought their way out of an insurgent attack.