The Life and Death of Army Spec. Kevin O. Hill
Reporting by Rob Anderson, Terry Baynes, Alessia Pirolo, Daniel Roberts and Mara Zepeda Written by Terry Baynes The News The minute Oslen Hill saw the uniforms at his door, he knew. He had served in...
View ArticleA Tug of War for Potential Recruits
Tracey Hobbs holds up a prop from a Ya-Ya workshop demonstration. The small ribbon in her left hand represents government spending on veteran education. The green and red ribbons represent government...
View ArticleLest We Forget: On Veterans Day, Remembering Brooklyn’s Fallen in Iraq
President Obama recently announced that American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, drawing a close to a war that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 American soldiers. 21 of these...
View ArticleA Son’s Death, a Father’s Burden
Source: Andre Whyte Andre Whyte didn’t recognize the number that appeared on his phone on Father’s Day five years ago. It was a Maryland area code, a number he’d never seen before, and he almost let...
View ArticleMilitary Allows Brooklyn Rabbi to Keep Beard
Menachem Stern, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi from Brooklyn, who was told he couldn’t keep his beard if he became an army chaplain, won his legal battle against the military and will be sworn in on Friday...
View ArticleThe Man Who Got Himself Deported
On the morning of his arrest, these were the details of Howard Bailey’s life: He was 40 years old and had been living legally in the United States since he immigrated from Jamaica at 17. He was married...
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