Captain Henry Wirz “Vat you tink dem Yankees do, if dey get me prisoner, up Nort-eh?… Dey will kill me sure! But I shall take care dey vill no catch me – but if dey do I am certain dey will kill me so quick – so quick, I tell you – dat I shall …
Lincoln‘s Gettysburg address : Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal” Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, …
Army Maj. Gen. Joshua Chamberlain FEB. 24, 2020 | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS A painting depicts Union Army Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain ordering the men of the 20th Maine Infantry to run down Little Round Top and push back the Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Anyone who knows the Civil War …
Former DIA Employee Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified National Defense Information to Journalists DOJ An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) pleaded guilty today to charges related to his disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to two journalists in 2018 and 2019. “Frese violated the trust placed in him by the American people …
Below: The Shrine of the Báb, the predecessor of Bahá’u’lláh and founder of the Bahá’í Faith, on Mt. Carmel in Haifa. The Shrine is the resting place of the Báb’s remains. Ministry of Israel Freedom of Religion The Middle East is one of the most dangerous places for Christians to live. The ancient Christian communities in …
ATA-trained Brazilian Border Police in Action SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT KAREEM PARSON, BRAZIL PROGRAM MANAGER, OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE, DIPLOMATIC SECURITY SERVICE U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Wendy Bashnan (left) gets a close look as ATA-trained Paraná State Military Police officers pull contraband electronics from hidden compartments inside a Paraguayan passenger taxi …
Military health system changes focus on readiness By David Vergun, Defense.gov The Military Health System is implementing significant reforms aimed at building a more integrated and effective system of readiness and health, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs said.Thomas McCaffery hosted a Pentagon media roundtable to announce the findings contained in a Defense …