Army Warrant Officer Sean W. Mullen, 39, died in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan on June 2nd. The Department of Defense reports Mullen was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Mullen was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.
According to the Associated Press, Mullen was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Caesar Rodney High School ...
Nine Afghan children walking home from school and two U.S. troops were killed Monday by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Paktia province, Afghanistan.
The Associated Press reports the suicide bomber's target was a U.S. military delegation attending a security briefing...
...but children were the main victims. A local school had just let pupils, between 10 and 16 years old, out for the day. Nine students ...
The first day of June was a deadly one for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Three soldiers died in three separate incidents, including Army Spc. Kyle P. Stoeckli, 21, who was killed in an IED attack.
According to the Department of Defense, Stoeckli died June 1 in Maiwand, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his unit was attacked by an improvised explosive device.
Stoeckli was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th ...
The Department of Defense announced it is investigating the death of Army Pfc. Mariano M. Raymundo, 21, who died in Sharan, Afghanistan on June 1.
The Pentagon has not released any further information on the circumstances surrounding Raymundo's death.
He was assigned to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York.
Raymundo was from Houston, Texas. According to his ...
Army Spc. Ray A. Ramirez, 20, of Sacramento, California, was killed June 1 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan from injuries suffered when his vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device, according to the Department of Defense.
Ramirez was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart in Georgia.
According to Ramirez's Facebook page, he was a 2010 graduate ...
Army Staff Sgt. Joe A. Nunezrodriguez, 29, died May 30 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
According to the Department of Defense, Nunezrodriguez was killed when the vehicle he was riding in was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device.
Nunezrodriguez was assigned to the 68th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson in Colorado.
Nunezrodriguez was a native of Pasadena, Texas.
The family of Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Manuel Loggins has agreed to settle its federal lawsuit for $4.4 million.
The case stems from the February 7, 2012 shooting death of the 31-year-old Loggins at San Clemente High School. Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Sandberg shot Loggins to death in front of his two young daughters when Loggins allegedly failed to comply with Sandberg's commands.
The Orange County ...
The Navy has fired Master Chief Petty Officer Brian K. Page, 42, from his position as command master chief of Carrier Air Wing 2 amid allegations he continued an extramarital affair after being reprimanded for the relationship.
Carrier Air Wing 2 is attached to the San Diego-based USS Ronald Reagan.
According to a Navy Times investigation, Page carried on an affair for at least three years with a female chief ...
Louisiana National Guardsman Spc. Christopher R. Drake, 20, was killed May 26 in Bagram, Afghanistan when a rocket propelled grenade hit his vehicle.
The Department of Defense reports Drake was assigned to the 1084th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group, Reserve, Louisiana.
According to Drake's Facebook page, he lived in Tickfaw, Louisiana and was recently engaged to be married. On May 14, he posted ...
Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido is one of nine craft breweries nationwide that helped create Homefront IPA, a new beer debuting Memorial Day.
Proceeds from the sale of the beer will be donated to Operation Homefront, an nonprofit organization that helps military families in need.
The organization of breweries that developed Homefront IPA is called Hops for Heroes. The group's website describes Homefront IPA this way:
Aged on Louisville ...
The effects of sequestration are about to hit home for many military families. The Defense Commissary Agency announced today most military commissaries will soon be closed on Mondays.
The civilian employees who work at the commissaries will receive furlough notices starting May 28, a consequence of sequestration cuts. Defense Commissary Agency CEO Joseph H. Jeu explained:
“We know that any disruption in commissary operations will impact our patrons. Also, we ...
Two young soldiers from the U.S. territory of Guam lost their lives in suicide car bomb attack near Kabul, Afghanistan on May 16.
Killed were:
Sgt. Eugene M. Aguon, 23, of Mangilao, Guam, and
Spc. Dwayne W. Flores, 22, of Sinajana, Guam
According to the Department of Defense, both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Fort Juan Muna in ...
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker, 29, of Hesperia and Spc. William J. Gilbert, 24, of Hacienda Heights were killed May 14 in an improvised explosive device blast, according to the Department of Defense.
As Home Post reported last week, the soldiers were part of a NATO convoy on patrol when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
Also killed in the attack was Spc. Mitchell K. Daehling ...
Army Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, died May 15 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. According to the Department of Defense, Rhea drowned while attempting to cross a body of water during combat operations.
No other details on Rhea's death have been released.
Rhea was from Oakley, Kansas. He was assigned to the 603rd Military Police Company, 530th Military Police Battalion, 300th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command in ...
The more Traumatic Brain Injuries suffered by a service member, the higher his or her risk of suicide, according to a new study by the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah.
Researchers looked at a survey of 161 service members who served in the Iraq War. They found that troops' risk of suicidal thoughts jumped with the number of TBIs they suffered - and that risk increased ...
