Army vet speaks out on Afghan fall: “I am truly scared for this country” Nine Line News Team August 17, 2021 Nine Line News, Veteran Inspired 4,700 I served this nation as a Night Stalker in the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment, providing close air support in Blackhawk helicopters to Rangers, Delta Force, Special Forces and Navy SEALs....
Shock and awful: Taliban now controls two-thirds of Afghanistan Nine Line News Team August 12, 2021 Nine Line News, Relentlessly Patriotic, Veteran Inspired 1,715 As U.S.-led foreign forces leave Afghanistan, Taliban fighters have swept across the nation. Yesterday, the eighth provincial capital, Faizabad, the capital of the northeastern province of Badakhshan, fell t...
Politics and espionage: The stunning reasons why the US axed the F-14 Tomcat Nine Line News Team June 22, 2021 Nine Line News, Veteran Inspired 1,070 The F-14 Tomcat is considered by many to be the most beautiful and lethal carrier-based aircraft ever flown by the U.S. military. It entered active service in 1974 and served as the U.S. Navy's primary maritime...
How a U.S. Army tank unit became known as Task Force Bastard Nine Line News Team June 21, 2021 Articles, Nine Line News, Veteran Inspired 1,302 There are a lot of bastards in the Army. Anyone who has served will tell you that. But for some, the title isn’t an insult, muttered out of earshot. It’s an honor, proudly proclaimed. So it is for the mem...
Made it! Vets, active duty members, family complete 380-mile ‘Ruck 2 Remember’ Nine Line News Team June 11, 2021 Nine Line News, Veteran Inspired 182 On June 2, a group of about a dozen people began a 380-mile trek from Avon, CT Arlington National Cemetery – on foot. Some of the participants were truly rucking, carrying 35-pound camouflage backpacks. Whil...
How a POW nicknamed “The Incredibly Stupid One” tricked his Vietnamese captors Nine Line News Team June 4, 2021 Nine Line News, Veteran Inspired 780 To be honest, Douglas Brent Hegdahl III had a fairly inauspicious beginning for someone who ended up being a rather brilliant intelligence gatherer for the U.S. Navy. Hegdahl grew up in the small town of Cla...
How will you be honoring Memorial Day this year? Nine Line News Team May 24, 2021 Nine Line News, Relentlessly Patriotic, Veteran Inspired 793 Since 1971, Memorial Day has been observed on the last Monday of May, which falls this year on May 31st. It is the unofficial start of summer, and generally hallmarked by barbecues, movie openings and mattress ...
Pentagon slammed for denying permit to veterans for annual Memorial Day motorcycle ride Nine Line News Team May 11, 2021 Nine Line News, Relentlessly Patriotic, Veteran Inspired 1,544 Every Memorial Day for the past 30-plus years (except for last year), tens of thousands of motorcycle riders have thundered through Washington DC to honor veterans, those missing in action, and the veteran suic...
US Marine to wrestle on Olympic team for the first time in 30 years Nine Line News Team April 8, 2021 Articles, Nine Line News, Veteran Inspired 4,663 The last time there was a U.S. Marine wrestler at the Olympics, Staff Sgt. John Stefanowicz wasn't even born. Now, the 29-year-old member of the All-Marine Wrestling Team will be representing the nation at t...
Story of insanely heroic John Chapman to get Hollywood treatment Nine Line News Team April 1, 2021 Articles, Nine Line News, Veteran Inspired 5,374 In March of 2002, Air Force combat controller Master Sergeant John Chapman was part of a team of SEALs, Army Rangers and air crews engaged in what proved to be the deadliest entanglement during Operation Anacon...
