Fort Liberty in Fayetteville will once again be known as Fort Bragg, but it won’t be for Confederate General Braxton Bragg.
Soldiers from the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty are said to be among the nearly 1,500 active duty soldiers the Pentagon is getting set to deploy to the southern border to help with the suppression of illegal immigration.
Members of the N.C. House of Representatives took the oath of office Wednesday, opening the long legislative session for 2023. Republicans have two more seats in the chamber this session, after voters in November elected 71 Republicans and 49 Democrats. Those totals leave Republicans one vote shy of a veto-proof supermajority. Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin,...
A failure of duty caused by lack of planning, coordination, and communication left hundreds of Americans and tens of thousands of allies in Afghanistan after a botched withdrawal from the country in August 2021, a new Senate report says. The U.S. will have to deal with the fallout of this failure for years to come,...
The N.C. House passed a bill by a vote of 100-5 on Wednesday to exempt military retirement pay from state income taxes. House Bill 83 is sponsored by Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, who represents the district where Fort Bragg and the 82nd Airborne are located. Szoka spoke on the floor of the House asking members...
RALEIGH — Dick Ellis, currently the public information officer for the Administrative Office of the Courts, was a combat correspondent during the Vietnam War. He was a recent speaker at the John Locke Foundation’s weekly Shaftesbury Society Discussion Club and was interviewed for Carolina Journal Radio (click here to find the station near you) by John Locke Foundation President John Hood.
RALEIGH — The Pentagon has released more information on why it proposes to close or downsize a number of military bases, including Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville. The document also hints at where the Navy and Marine Corps might base their fighter aircraft in the future.
CHAPEL HILL — With the war on terrorism ongoing in Iraq and Afghanistan, graduates at some area colleges heard firsthand from two individuals who have been involved in policy decisions regarding Iraq and the Middle East. Secretary of State Colin Powell and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright highlighted a list of graduation speakers this May at colleges across North Carolina. Powell at Wake Forest. Albright spoke at Duke. Others who spoke during graduation ceremonies included Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards.
RALEIGH — Author Karl Zinsmeister, speaking at a luncheon last week in Raleigh, discussed his experiences during the Iraq war as a embedded reporter with the 82nd Airborne. He said that the war often tested soldiers' ability to make clear moral choices, such as when the enemy hid behind women and children or barricaded themselves in hospitals and schools. He came away impressed by the Army’s ability to improvise combat operations while minimizing civilian casualties. Most soldiers maintained an idealistic view, with “I Love NY” and “NYPD” emblems frequently visible on vehicles and apparel.
