Instead of helping dead service members’ relatives collect life insurance and other benefits, Caz Craffy duped them while enriching himself, prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
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West Point Has a K.K.K. Plaque Mounted Above Entrance to Science Hall
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2022
A special congressional commission that recommends the removal of Confederate symbols at U.S. military sites flagged the bronze plaque in a new report. Source: New York Times
Is Ulysses S. Grant Due for a Promotion?
By Gotham Rex on April 27, 2022
The reputation of the Civil War hero and former president has improved in recent years. Source: New York Times
For a 96-Year-Old Veteran, the Parade Came to Him
By Gotham Rex on November 11, 2021
Jack Le Vine, usually spends the holiday doing “nothing.” His Brooklyn neighbors had other plans. Source: New York Times
U.S. Charges Ex-Taliban Commander in Killing of 3 Soldiers in ’08 Attack
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2021
The man, Haji Najibullah, was charged last year with kidnapping an American journalist and two Afghan nationals months after the deadly assault. Source: New York Times
The 'Tent City' in NJ Where Refugees from Afghanistan Wait to Start a New Life
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2021
On a military base in New Jersey, 8,500 people who fled their country as it fell to the Taliban await the next step in their journey. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Soldiers, the Famed Black Cavalry, Get a Statue at West Point
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2021
For decades, the Buffalo Soldiers taught military horsemanship to cadets at West Point. On Friday, a statue was unveiled in their honor. Source: New York Times
U.S. Soldier Discussed Attack on 9/11 Memorial, Prosecutors Say
By Gotham Rex on January 19, 2021
Cole Bridges was arrested after he discussed a possible attack with an F.B.I. informant posing online as a sympathizer with the Islamic State. Source: New York Times
Backlash Over Leniency at West Point After 73 Cadets Accused of Cheating
By Gotham Rex on December 23, 2020
The revelations — and the academy’s handling of them — have prompted a debate about integrity, rehabilitation, and what it means to be a cadet. Source: New York Times
More Than 70 West Point Cadets Are Accused in Cheating Scandal
By Gotham Rex on December 21, 2020
The U.S. Military Academy faces its biggest academic scandal in nearly 50 years over allegations of cheating on a calculus exam. Source: New York Times
Missing Fort Drum Soldier Is Found Dead in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2020
Cpl. Hayden Allen Harris’s body was found in a remote part of Sussex County, N.J. A fellow soldier was in custody and was expected to be charged in connection with his death, the authorities said. Source: New York Times
Ethan Melzer, American Soldier, Charged in Neo-Nazi Plot to Attack U.S. Troops
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2020
The soldier, an Army private, confessed that he hoped to cause “the deaths of as many of his fellow service members as possible,” federal prosecutors said. Source: New York Times