Tag: Secretary Of Defense
-
Is the military doing enough to heal the ‘invisible wounds’ of war? | Vince Bzdek
In the wake of the dramatic Cybertruck suicide in Las Vegas by a highly decorated Army soldier from Colorado, and a terror attack by a veteran in New Orleans, it’s fair to ask whether the military is adequately monitoring the mental well-being of its soldiers. Friends of Matthew Livelsberger’s said they saw signs of declining…
-
Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama move as too costly and motivated by politics, Suthers was…