U.S. Armed Forces Activities

Wendy Rogers Becomes Seventh Person to Announce Run for Congress in CD9

​Republican Wendy Rogers -- who lost her bid for a State Senate seat in 2010 -- made it official today that she's joining the Congressional race in Arizona's newly formed Ninth District.Rogers joins what's becoming an increasingly populated field of candidates, which already includes Republicans D ... More >>

Retired Colonel James Burnes Pleads Guilty to Charges in $2 Million Military Charity Theft

​Retired Colonel James Burnes pleaded guilty today to two felonies related to thefts totaling $2 million -- from charities. Military charities.According to a court spokesperson, Burnes entered a guilty plea for two of the initial eight charges for stealing the money that was supposed to go to mili ... More >>

Tucson Man Indicted for Posing as Air Force Officer to Enter Base

www.legionofvalormuseum.com​According to the United States Attorney's Office, a Tucson man went to some extraordinary lengths to gain access to an Air Force base earlier this year. Once inside, he bought stuff from the base's commissary in what a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman tells New Ti ... More >>

Will El Mirage Ever Be Able to Emerge From the Shadow of Luke Air Force Base?

Jan Brewer's Bogus SB 1070 "Counterclaim"on a Road to Nowhere

photosbyjosemunoz.comGee, if we're being "invaded," Jan, why not declare a state of emergency?Add one part delusion to three parts grandstanding, mixed with a healthy glob of nativism, and what do you get?Governor Jan Brewer's SB 1070 "counterclaim" against the federal government for not protecting ... More >>

Drug Smugglers Turn to Weed-Firing Catapult

KVOASmugglers tried to use this catapult to launch weed over the border on Friday night.​Drug smugglers trying to get weed across the U.S./Mexico border are getting even more creative than simply loading watermelon trucks with marijuana -- National Guard troops found a catapult a drug cartel's usi ... More >>

Remember 9-11 5K Run and Fun Walk @ Westgate City Center

U.S. Air Force Likely to Assign F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Luke Air Force Base

​Although environmental studies are not yet complete, word is out that the U.S. Air Force considers Luke Air Force Base in Glendale the "preferred" home for its newest war bird: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The studies being conducted by the Air Force are key to determining the impact of the mili ... More >>

John McCain to Obama: 1,200 Border Troops Not Enough

​Federal officials met with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Attorney General Terry Goddard today and promised that 524 of the pledged 1,200 National Guard troops would be deployed to the Arizona/ Mexico border by August or September -- but Senator John McCain isn't satisfied.Followin ... More >>

El Mirage Mayor Michelle Kern Wants Her Successor To Put Residents' Needs Above The Needs of the State, Luke Air Force

El Mirage Mayor Michele Kern​El Mirage Mayor Michele Kern isn't seeking re-election, but she hopes that whoever replaces will focus on the residents and make decisions that are in their best interest. She has serious reservations about whether Lana Mook, a mayoral candidate in the August 24 electi ... More >>

El Mirage Probably Will See Complete Turnover on City Council, Effectively Silencing Concerns Over Potential Noise-Impact of F-35s On Residents' Quality of Life, Property Values

Luke Air Force Base sits just outside of El Mirage, and is on a short list to receive a fleet of F-35's.​Looks like major change is on the horizon for El Mirage, a West Valley city where five out of seven seats on the City Council are up for grabs. The deadline for potential candidates ... More >>

Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Handled with Kid Gloves by ABC 15, and Arizona Militia Declares May 5 "Cinco de Ammo"

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Hot Links: Death By Palms, Bashas' Art, and Party Crews

​A Mesa man was killed Saturday when 500 pounds of palm fronds fell on him and trapped him. The 28-year-old man was trimming a palm tree when the accident occurred, and by the time rescue crews arrived, he had suffocated. Efforts to revive the man were unsuccessful...Bashas' Inc. is fighting to ke ... More >>

Glendale Assails El Mirage for Not Bending Over "In All Ways" to Luke Air Force Base

​El Mirage just can't catch a break.For decades, the small West Valley community has been steamrolled, dismissed, and mocked by neighboring cities, mostly because they believe that El Mirage and its policies pose a threat to Luke Air Force Base.The city was recently assailed by Glendale over d ... More >>

The Hurt Locker Is a Ticking Time Bomb as Unconventional as the Warfare It Depicts

Scottsdale Man Busted for Pretending to be Decorated U.S. Marine

Semper fake! A Scottsdale man is in big trouble for playing dress-up. Authorities say John William Rodriquez, 31, (pictured) presented himself at several local functions as a highly decorated U.S. Marine. A list of possible charges (see below) indicates Rodriquez may have been trying to earn money ... More >>

Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Passing Secrets to Potential Terrorists

A former sailor and Phoenix UPS driver was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison today for passing secrets to a Pakistan man who ran an Al-Qaeda recruitment Web site.Paul R. Hall, who has apparently changed his name to Hassan Abu-Jihaad, was arrested in Phoenix in 2007 and charged with terrorism ... More >>

Papago Military Vehicle Show

Miracle at St. Anna: Spike Lee’s WWII Drama Is an Epic Bore

Tanks for the Memories

Enthusiasts make half-tracks to Papago

"Duck the Balls"

The New Face of Evil

Call of Duty 4 might hit a little too close to home

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make ’em like they used to

War & Peacenik

Ever heard of a West Point graduate seeking a conscientious objector discharge? Meet Major Ann Marie Tate

Ride the Legend

A vehicle powered by Anthony Hopkins

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Killing Time

A soldier can be his own worst enemy

Pat City

Tempe hosts run to honor Tillman

Letters

Letters from the week of November 25, 2004

Blood on their hands

Six hours after County mental health officials sent a psychotic man back home, he killed his mother and young niece.

Craig Morgan

A real hero performs in the Valley

The Gulf Between

When these soldiers became writers, the pen becomes very mighty indeed

Basic Straining

Oh, look – another bad John Travolta movie. How original.

Mettle of Valor

Vet honored with M medal

Welcome Back Warrior

The government was supposed to take care of mentally disabled Marine combat veteran Brian Callan. It didn't.

Sacred Orgasm

The followers of Harley Swift Deer Reagan call him a lot of things – a sex guru, a shaman, a Cherokee, a patriot. His critics have more colorful names for him.

Native Tongues

Windtalkers spins a World War II epic around Navajo codetalkers

The Advocate

Is Ulises Ferragut a hell of a lawyer or just plain hell?

Flashes

From the week of March 22, 2001

Flashes

From the week of December 14, 2000

Saving Private Mad Max

The Patriot is a sentimental, overbearing, flag-waving crowd-pleaser -- in the best possible sense

Letters

Foreign Correspondence

More letters from the battlefield: A Phoenix soldier witnesses the destruction of Europe in 1945

Mean Season

A once-powerful Arizona Boys Ranch football team struggles to find its way into the end zone

Revenge of the Verdes

Natives finally glean a few reparations for a legacy of genocide

Missing Earl Jr.

A Glendale couple forges a national alliance and a personal bond in their mutual quest to find the 2,087 Vietnam-era POWs and MIAs

Casualty Sex

This National Guard sexual harassment case gives new meaning to the term "weekend maneuvers"

Buffaloed Soldiers

NFL dumps Arizona group representing black military units as Super Bowl colorguard

Scooby Doo, Y'all

A Q&A with Shaggy, pop reggae's self-appointed spearhead

THE GENERAL'S LAST CAMPAIGN

DESERT STORM WAS ONE THING. BUT BATTLING THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD WAS THE WAR OF GENERAL OWENS' CAREER.