Exploring the effects of cutting aircraft carriers
Mike Hixenbaugh of the Virginian-Pilot penned a thorough analysis on how cutting the use of the military’s aircraft carriers would impact his local community of Hampton Roads, Va., as well as the implications of proposed cuts for the country’s national security. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel posed the idea last week of reducing the U.S.’s fleet of 11 carriers as a way to deal with sequestration. Full story.
After war: checking in on the Darkhorse Battalion
In 2010, the “Darkhorse” battalion of the Marines experienced one of the bloodiest periods of the war in Afghanistan; they lost 25 soldiers and almost 200 were wounded. The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Gretel C. Kovach followed up with a few members of the battalion to see how they’re doing back at home, and found mixed results. Full story.
Dog tags found in the Philippines make their way back to soldier’s sister in Minnesota
Mike Creger of the Duluth News Tribune reports on another case of dog tags discovered and returned after many years. This set was found by an American couple living on an island in the Philippines that served as a U.S. military post during World War II. The couple enlisted the help of an American visitor to track down the soldier’s sister, who was living in Duluth, Minn., and return the tags to her. Full story (via Stars and Stripes).
