DeBlasio He hoped to do it on the down low, having his handpicked Design Commission quietly vote Monday to pack the 187-year-old statue (gifted to the city in 1834) off to the New-York Historical Society. Perhaps enough public outcry can stop it, the NY Post reported, adding: We’re talking about the …

Women’s Army Corps Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday OCT. 13, 2021 | BY WESLEY FARNSWORTH, 88TH AIR BASE WING Lorraine Vogelsang, a Women’s Army Corps veteran, poses with an official photo of her from her time in the service, at her home in Cincinnati, Ohio Aug. 19, 2021. Vogelsang served in the WAC …

The Battle off Samar: The Sacrifice of “Taffy 3” 25 October 1944j Watercolor by Commander Dwight C. Shepler, USNR, depicting an episode during the torpedo attacks by the TG 77.4.3 (“Taffy 3”) destroyer screen. Ships present are (left to right): Japanese battleships Nagato, Haruna, and Yamato, with salvo (Japanese shells contained dye for spotting …

In Saudi Arabia 2013, Rizana Nafeek, a young nanny from Sri Lanka, was beheaded by sword, punishment for allegedly killing a baby in 2007 when she was believed to be just 17. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen bucked a global trend with spikes in executionsGlobal executions fell by …

While China’s Intimidation of Taiwan Continues, U.S. Remains Committed to Taiwanese Self-Defense OCT. 12, 2021 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS 16 PLA aircraft (J-16*8, SU-30*4, Y-8 ASW*2 and KJ-500 AEW&C*2) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on October 3, 2021 Since October 1, more than 100 Chinese military aircraft have moved provocatively …

VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Bea Arthur “For those of us who remember her best as the incisive Dorothy Zbornak on Golden Girls, Arthur’s Personality Appraisals read like those of her television character.” On Feb. 13, 1943, the U.S. Marine Corps put out its rallying call: “Be a Marine…Free a Man to Fight.” …

General Says Planning, Connectivity Were Keys to Afghanistan Evacuation OCT. 12, 2021 | BY JIM GARAMONE, DOD NEWS Airmen welcome Afghanistan evacuees arriving on a C-17 at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Aug. 23, 2021. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called U.S. efforts …

‘Polexit’: Is Poland About to Quit the European Union? Henry Ridgewell VOA European Union officials have warned that the bloc “is at risk of collapse” unless it challenges a ruling by Poland’s top court over the supremacy of EU law, which is seen as a central pillar of European integration.  …

A U.S. interagency delegation traveled to Qatar to meet with senior Taliban representatives from Kabul and discussed issues of vital national interest. The delegation reiterated that the Taliban will be judged on its actions, not only its words, Sec of State spokesman Ned Price said in a release: U.S. Delegation …