By The Raleigh Telegram FAYETTEVILLE - According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, detectives arrested and charged a Fort Bragg US Army soldier with breaking in to a local gun store and allegedly stealing $68,000 worth of guns early this morning, Monday May 7th. Arrested in the case was William David…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The North Carolina General Assembly will host a special “welcome home” ceremony for soldiers from the 805th Military Police Company, who have been deployed overseas three times since 2001. In addition, the General Assembly will hold a vote to honor Specialist Daniel L. Elliot,…
By Karen Tam, The Raleigh Public Record, Reprinted With Permission By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Holleman brothers died 150 years ago, within a month of each other. Both were Confederate soldiers and were buried in West Raleigh. Because the West Raleigh area is slated for development, on Saturday,…
By The Raleigh Telegram FAYETTEVILLE – Two people close to the investigation into the disappearance of Fort Bragg soldier Kelli Marie Bordeaux have been arrested, but on unrelated charges, adding some strange twists to the missing persons case that has already received international attention. The Fayetteville Police are still looking…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram AFGHANISTAN – Today, Afghanistan and the United States have finalized a strategic partnership agreement outlining their relationship following the 2014 withdrawal of Western combat troops in the country. A statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office says the deal was initialed…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram AFGHANISTAN – U.S. officials said Friday the four people aboard an American Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in southwestern Afghanistan were likely Americans. Military officials say all four people are believed to have died in the crash Thursday during bad weather.…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram AFGHANISTAN – Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the “disgusting” photos of U.S. soldiers posing with the dead bodies of insurgents only highlights the need for a faster foreign withdrawal from Afghanistan. In a statement Thursday, President Karzai said an accelerated and…
By Luis Ramirez, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram QUANTICO – The U.S. military has recently reintroduced an electromagnetic beam to its arsenal of non-lethal weapons designed to break up riots like those recently directed at U.S. troops in Afghanistan. It has been cleared for use on the…
By The Raleigh Telegram SAN DIEGO - Members of the military may want to watch what they post on social media websites as a United States Marine is being recommended by a disciplinary panel to be kicked out of the military after making some disparaging comments about President Barack Obama.…
By Ted Landphair, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – More than 54,000 Americans died in the Korean War, or “conflict,” as it was referred to, from 1950 through 1953. Or died of their injuries later. Half a million South Koreans and other United Nations troops…
By Brian Padden, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan and the United States have reached a compromise on the controversial issue of night raids on Afghan homes by international forces. The agreement gives Afghan authorities veto power over planned operations and more say in the…
By The NCDCR, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram FOUR OAKS – In July the staff of Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site will know if those are just stains on the floor, or the blood of a fallen Civil War soldier. A forensic team recently visited to examine the floors and…
By Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – Two high-ranking U.S. military commanders say Mexico’s violent war against drug cartels has moved into other parts of Central America and that Iran is increasingly trying to become involved in the area. Air Force General Douglas Fraser, the…
By The Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram AFGHANISTAN – In Afghanistan, a U.S. soldier has been detained after shooting Afghan civilians Sunday. Afghan officials report at least 16 dead, including nine children and three women. Several others were wounded. United States Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham commented…
By The Raleigh Telegram MORRISVILLE – After a ceremony over the weekend, several National Guard members have departed for Afghanistan. Six soldiers of the Operational Support Aviation Command Detachment 17, N.C. National Guard, based in Morrisville near Raleigh were given a mobilization ceremony on Saturday before leaving. The group of…
By Luiz Ramirez, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. military says it remains committed to its mission in Afghanistan, despite violence that was triggered by the reported burning of Qurans on a U.S. military base. Pentagon officials say members of the U.S.-led coalition…
By Brian, Padden, Voice Of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram AFGHANISTAN – At least nine people have been killed by a suicide car bomb attack near a regional airport in Jalalabad, according to Afghan police. The attack is the latest incident of violence, following a string of protests about…
By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – According to U.S. Representative Howard Coble’s office, Captain Rudy Stevens, a Fort Bragg chaplain, led the U.S. House of Representatives in prayer last Wednesday, February 15th. “Congressman Coble welcomed an Army chaplain from Moore County to Capitol Hill last week as the guest…
By Dan Robinson, Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The White House faced additional questions last Thursday on U.S. and NATO discussions about potentially ending combat operations in Afghanistan by the middle of 2013 as foreign forces transition to an Afghan security lead. Several times…
By Brent Lancaster, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – On Christmas Day in 1944, North Carolina native George Preddy was in the skies over Belgium, chasing German planes in his P-51 Mustang, when his luck ran out. He lost his life when an American anti-aircraft team on the ground missed the…
By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee conducted the promotion ceremony last week for Congressional Military Fellow Kristin McCann. Kristin, who works in Hagan’s DC office, was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine…
By Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – A U.S. military operation has freed two aid workers: an American woman and a Danish man, who were kidnapped by gunmen three months ago in central Somalia. In a statement Wednesday, President Barack Obama praised U.S. special operations…
By Dave Chase, Special Warfare Center & School, US Army, Special To The Raleigh Telegram FORT BRAGG, NC – In 1997, eight Special Forces Soldiers traveled to Bolivia to train and advise a battalion of Bolivian Army rangers. Beyond running the battalion’s light infantry certification training, the Special Forces team…
By US Navy, Submitted To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Yeoman First Class Brandon Anderson has recently been named the Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Raleigh Sailor of the Year and in doing so, the North Carolina native serves as a shining example of the Navy’s growing group of dedicated professional…
By The NC Department of Cultural Resources RALEIGH – This year marks the 150th anniversary of when the Civil War came home to North Carolina in 1862. Union General Ambrose Burnside captured Roanoke Island in February, New Bern in March and Fort Macon in April. Takeover of North Carolina’s coast was…
By Sgt. Miko M. Booth, Special To The Raleigh Telegram CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The North Carolina Army National Guard’s Greensboro-based 113th Sustainment Brigade officially accepted the critical mission of supporting American forces in Southwest Asia from the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 230th Sustainment Brigade during a change of authority…
By Sgt. Miko Booth, Special To The Raleigh Telegram KUWAIT – In the early morning hours of December 18th, while most service members stationed here were sleeping, a small group of soldiers from the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 1452nd Transportation Company, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina were busy making history.…
World War II fighter pilot Hal Shook (above and below) flew P-47’s in World War II and later flew the F-86 Sabre jets in the Korean War. He later served in the Vietnam War before retiring. Photos provided to The Raleigh Telegram by Hal Shook. By Bryan LeClaire, The Raleigh…
