U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh recognized NextGen Federal Systems (NextGen) as a recipient of the 2022 HIRE Vets Gold Medallion Award during a virtual award […]
Tag: military
Lessons we can learn from a captured CIA officer
by David M. Shribman LYNN, Mass. — Seventy years ago this week, a CIA paramilitary officer found himself strapped inside a C-47 aircraft over Manchuria on a […]
Military Appreciation Night at Monongalia County Ball Park: Hosted by United Bank
Operation Welcome Home invites community members to join it at the Operation Welcome Home Military Appreciation Night at Monongalia County Ball Park. The event is scheduled for […]
To deter China, Biden must reassure
by Doyle McManus Last week, in an unscripted moment, President Joe Biden warned bluntly that if China invades Taiwan, the United States will come to the island’s […]
In Somalia, business as usual a bad idea
by Elizabeth Shackelford Somalia swore in a new president last weekend after nearly two years of delay as the incumbent clung to power. The next day, the […]
Morgantown native serves as a member of the U.S. Navy’s submarine force
BANGOR, Wash. — A Morgantown native is stationed at Naval Base Kitsap (NBK), homeport to west coast ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Liller […]
Jan. 2 letters to the editor
Make Arthurdale a national historic site As Randy Vealey‘s Dec. 26 guest essay discussed, tourism is an important economic growth engine for the Mountain State. An effort […]
We’re poisoning ourselves with war
by Robert C. Koehler EDITOR’S NOTE: Leonard Pitts is on vacation this week. His next column will appear on Jan. 6. War spews hell in all directions. […]
Disappointing 2022 Pentagon budget
by Elizabeth Shackelford On Dec. 15, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual legislation authorizing the yearly defense budget. At $768 billion, it breezed […]
What they earned: Three Medal of Honor recipients represent best of the United States
America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over, but the actions of many of the troops who served can continue to uplift a fractious nation. President Biden […]