Nancy Montgomery
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American military’s first medical mission to Angola in a decade bears fruit
The exercises are designed to train U.S. soldiers to deploy and practice medicine without the technology and tools they’re accustomed to. → Read More
US personnel in Italy dreading ‘double whammy’ from energy costs, lack of spousal employment
Garrison officials suggested a variety of strategies to minimize energy costs in Italy, where prices have gone way up for service members at Navy bases in Naples and Sicily as well as Aviano Air Base and other installations. → Read More
Grieving Ukrainians find friend in American dedicated to helping people through tragedy
A former military officer and staffer in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations founded the TAPS program after her husband was killed in a 1992 plane crash in Alaska. → Read More
Study finds 37% greater veteran suicide rate than reported by VA
An exhaustive study four years in the making has found nearly a 40% higher rate of veteran suicides than that reported by the Department of Veterans Affairs. → Read More
US soldiers based in Europe bringing serious skills to Army Ten-Miler
The two fastest Army women in Europe start their day at 6 a.m. with some speed workouts or maybe some tempo runs, a little CrossFit or a “relaxing” 10-mile run. → Read More
Aviano airman arrested after fatal crash, Italian media report
A 15-year-old Italian was killed in Porcia when a car struck him as he walked in a bike lane early Sunday morning. → Read More
US military personnel barred from blood donation by ‘mad cow disease’ fears receive eligibility
Service members, veterans and others who were once barred from blood donation because they had lived in Europe decades ago at the height of transmission of “mad cow disease” are now eligible at military donor centers. → Read More
Plane crash in Somalia turns US troops providing medical training into on-scene caregivers
A trio of American soldiers teamed up with Somali counterparts they were training to become first responders at a fiery plane crash at the airport in the country’s capital. → Read More
Military women say DOD reproductive health care far from ‘seamless’ in post-Roe era
Many military women who told their stories to Stars and Stripes spoke of having to get their care without military support, even in cases when intended, longed-for pregnancies went terribly wrong. And they said that far from feeling cared for, they felt abandoned by the military at their most vulnerable moments. → Read More
US Army officer who witnessed horrific German train derailment recalls helping at ‘scariest scene’ of his life
Army Col. Charles Bergman happened upon one of Germany’s worst train crashes in years on Friday. He and others stopped traffic, called rescuers, helped people out of the creek, checked airways and wounds, laid injured people near the side of the road and tried to calm hysterical victims. → Read More
Veterans with PTSD given chance to train service dogs in program at 4 US locations
The free, once-weekly training program will last eight weeks and be conducted at veterans centers in Anchorage, Alaska; Palo Alto; Calif.; San Antonio, Texas; and West Palm Beach, Fla. → Read More
Medieval hell and haven: Venice’s former ghetto still exalts Jewish culture
The Jewish quarter remains, along with kosher restaurants, bakeries, a museum and five Renaissance-era synagogues, unprepossessing from the outside yet majestic within. → Read More
New rules prevent Army and Air Force commanders from denying leave to obtain an abortion
The Army and Air Force have removed a significant hurdle service women face in obtaining abortions, adopting new guidance just as the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide. → Read More
Retired top commanders in Europe join others calling for humanitarian no-fly zone in Ukraine
Two former top U.S. commanders in Europe signed an open letter arguing for a limited no-fly zone in Ukraine, despite a vow by President Joe Biden and NATO not to implement one. → Read More
Grueling winter warfare exercise in Italian mountains provides chill thrill for US Army paratroopers
Scores of battalion scouts, the most physically fit of an already fit brigade, spent weeks under the tutelage of Italian Alpine, the Italian army's specialist mountain infantry famed for their winter warfare skills. → Read More
173rd Airborne Brigade battalion heads to Latvia as Ukraine comes under Russian attack
Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade are deploying to Latvia as part of the NATO response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. → Read More
Get acquainted with the waters of Italian resort town Abano Terme and free your inner hedonist
The spa town is awash in warm mineral waters from the Euganean Hills funneled into hundreds of hotel spas and baths, many of them old and grand, with a focus on wellness and a path toward gluttony and sloth. → Read More
Army judge again rejects prospect of court-martial conviction in sex assault case without a unanimous verdict
An Army judge has ruled in a second case that a unanimous guilty verdict is required to convict a soldier facing a court-martial for alleged sexual assault, putting the trial on hold while the determination is reviewed. → Read More
Researchers find fourfold annual increase in number of Americans with military ties added to extremist list
From 1990 through November 2021, at least 458 people affiliated with the military committed criminal acts that were motivated by political, economic, social, or religious goals, according to a study. → Read More
Ruling requiring unanimous verdict at military sexual assault trial unlikely to survive appeal, analysts say
An Army judge’s novel ruling to require a unanimous guilty verdict in an upcoming court-martial has drawn an array of characterizations by military law experts: totally wrong, partially right, rogue and brave among them. → Read More