Finding Purpose After Separation CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 17, 2016 Veteran Inspired 1,581 One of the best elements to military service is the focus for service members on core values. Although each branch of the military articulates them differently, they all focus on the same basic concepts: do you...
“And when he gets to heaven, to St. Peter he will tell…” CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 15, 2016 Veteran Inspired 1,640 We spend a lot of time at Nine Line News looking around us and to the future — whether it's providing information about politics, the current state of the military, veterans issues and much more. But we want...
Veterans Care Again in Crisis CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 10, 2016 Veteran Inspired The most upsetting thing about this is that it isn't even surprising anymore. A report filed almost two years following the revelation of deep and serious backlogs in the US Veterans Affairs healthcare system h...
Calm in the Storm CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 8, 2016 First Responders 70 One of the consequences of having military installations on the coasts is that they are often in the direct path of potential national disasters. This isn't by accident either — the US military conducts more di...
How Long Before We’re Back In?… CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 5, 2016 Veteran Inspired 680 We've been hearing it from all over the place for quite a while and there are indeed concerns worthy of diving into. Have we as a nation become too timid to involve our military due to fears of getting bogged d...
Savannah Veteran Knighted by France for Service in WWII admin October 5, 2016 Veteran Inspired 19 A recent Savannah resident received a long overdue award from the French government for his service in the Air Force in World War II. Retired Staff Sgt. James Livingston, who served with the Mighty Eighth Air F...
9 Ways to Show You Are a Relentless Patriot CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 3, 2016 Relentlessly Patriotic 432 1. Wear a T-Shirt with a Message – These days, people are using their shirts to express their political and social ideologies. Nine Line Apparel is proud to design and print shirts that encapsulate national pri...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place with Saudis CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 3, 2016 Veteran Inspired 16 Whether it's the US Congress, the White House or any other institution in the land, it's pretty obvious that something's not going over right. And this is an issue that, one way or another, will likely affect v...
When Legislative Amendments Go AWOL CPT (r) Tyler Merritt October 1, 2016 Veteran Inspired 8 We've written extensively at Nine Line News about the tragic numbers of losses that Veterans have taken after separation. Almost 22 veterans a day commit suicide on average, something that has begun to chill Am...
2016 Presidential Debate – Who is Going to Get the Knockout? CPT (r) Tyler Merritt September 29, 2016 Relentlessly Patriotic 730 This year's Presidential Campaign has been one of the most controversial that our nation has ever seen. Both candidates have supporters from opposite ends of the political spectrum, and the heated passion betwe...
