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Workers pursuing Class Action after 100 year old trucking company shutters abruptly without distributing final paychecks or benefits
Employees of an Oregon trucking company are pursuing Class Action grievances after the company shut abruptly without properly compensating them earlier this month. TP Freight Lines based in Oregon notified employees of the closure and shut its doors on August 4th. The next day, the company failed to make payroll. Now, workers are filing unemployment insurance claims, and the Teamsters union…
Woman charged over vandalism of World War II Memorial
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that a woman had been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington.Melissa Farris was charged with depredation against property of the United States and destruction of veterans’ memorials, Pirro said on social media,…
Will Truck Parking Club ever start accepting fuel stop points?
Truck Parking Club has added nearly 6,000 new truck parking locations across the United States, something met with near universal…
Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported to Honduras
The wife of an active-duty soldier was deported to Honduras on Monday, her husband confirmed.ICE agents detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca…
Why you can tell your attorney anything – almost
Discussions of previous acts, such as speeding or log book violations that went undetected, are generally subject to attorney-client privilege.Max…
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‘War Machine’ review: Finally, a training scenario with aliens
Netflix released “War Machine” on Friday, a science fiction action film starring Alan Ritchson that raises an oddly believable military premise: What if the final phase of U.S. Army Ranger selection suddenly involved fighting a giant alien robot?Directed by Patrick Hughes, “War Machine” follows a group of Ranger candidates grinding…
Veterans buck trend as jobless rates dip below national average
Unemployment rates for veterans fell in February following two months of increases, while the rate for the general population ticked up in a weakening labor market rocked by blue-collar job losses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.In its monthly jobs report, the BLS stated that the unemployment rate for…
When veterans take the pen, war stories start to change
Hollywood has never lacked war stories. But it has often lacked veteran storytellers telling them.For years, military narratives on screen have gravitated toward spectacle or trauma. Either elite raids and explosions, or the aftermath: PTSD, divorce, isolation. What gets squeezed out is the middle ground — bureaucracy, boredom and dark…
How MREs inspired today’s meal-delivery industry
Long before cardboard boxes filled with frozen gel packs and prepackaged ingredients started appearing on suburban porches, the U.S. military had already solved the problem of feeding people who could not make it home for dinner.The Meal, Ready-to-Eat, better known as the MRE, was designed for war. It had to…
The military’s complicated history with tobacco
For decades, cigarettes were as common in uniform as a canteen and a helmet liner.In World War II, tobacco was not treated as a vice; it was a comfort item. Cigarettes were packed into rations as morale boosters, something that could steady nerves between missions, the Imperial War Museums note.…
Robert Duvall, ‘Apocalypse Now’ actor and Army veteran, dead at 95
LOS ANGELES — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two “Godfather” movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in “Tender Mercies,” has died at age 95.Duvall died “peacefully” at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia, according…
How chocolate became one of the US military’s most important WWII rations
In the early American military, specifically the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, food, logistics, medicine and morale were inseparable. Chocolate and cocoa fit that world neatly. They were calorie-dense, easy to transport and more shelf-stable than most comforts soldiers could count on.By the middle years of the Revolutionary War,…
This Army Motor T operator is also an Olympic figure skater
Pvt. Spencer Howe aspires to be an Army chaplain someday — but for now, his day job involves wearing sequins and rhinestones and doing synchronized spin jumps on ice.The 29-year-old soldier and Olympic pairs skater currently preparing to compete in the Milan Cortina Games is the first figure skater in…
US Marines flew on New England Patriots’ private jet to Norway
Just days before the New England Patriots secured a spot in the 2026 Super Bowl and moved within reach of a record seventh championship title, U.S. Marines were passengers aboard the team’s private jet en route to Norway. The Marines deployed to Bardufoss on a combination of military and commercially…
How fashion borrowed military aesthetics and lost the context
For most of modern American history, military uniforms were designed to disappear. Camouflage patterns were designed to break up a human silhouette in various environments. Load-bearing vests, cargo pockets, reinforced boots and standardized cuts were functional necessities — solutions to problems that involved weight, heat, concealment and survival. Over the…