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  • Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes listening to Jan. 6 committee hearings from jail

    07/12/2022 3:19:05 AM PDT · by RandFan · 15 replies
    Wash Times ^ | July 11 | By Joseph Clark
    Among those most intently following the House Jan. 6 committee hearings is Stewart Rhodes, the jailed leader of the Oath Keepers militia group, which was on the scene at the Capitol riot. The former Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate turned militia leader now spends 22 hours a day in solitary confinement and has had little contact with the outside world since he was jailed in January on charges of seditious conspiracy. He has not been deprived, however, of the panel’s highly publicized hearings, which echo in his otherwise spartan cell. “I’ve watched or listened to all of them,”...
  • Army veteran’s dying wish is a phone call or text from you

    07/14/2017 12:38:29 PM PDT · by Morgana · 27 replies
    WOWK TV NEWS 13 ^ | July 14, 2017 | WOWK
    NEW BRAVOS, TX (WCMH) – An Army veteran in Arizona with a terminal illness has a unique final wish. Lee Hernandez is currently in hospice care in his home. According to the Arizona Republic, he has continuous strokes that affect his vision and cognitive abilities. Doctors can do nothing more for him except make him comfortable. Lee served more than 18 years in the Army, including a tour in Iraq. Earlier this week, he asked his wife to let him hold his phone, “in case someone calls,” according to a post on the Arizona Veterans Forum.
  • Army vet tied dog to tree, shot it 5 times at close range

    04/26/2017 4:39:30 PM PDT · by BlackVeil · 191 replies
    New York Post ^ | 26 April 2017 | Chris Perez
    An Army veteran was thrown behind bars Tuesday for allegedly tying her PTSD therapy dog to a tree and shooting him five times at close range — killing the poor pup for no apparent reason while a soldier filmed it. ... Court documents obtained by the Fayetteville Observer describe how she teamed up with her boyfriend, Jarren Heng, 25, for the seemingly random killing earlier this month. The couple allegedly led the white and gray pit bull to a wooded area before tying him to a tree and taking his life. ... ultimately was shot five times with a rifle...