EL PASO, Texas — An 82-year-old El Paso veteran who crashed his car into a light pole a week ago has become the city’s seventh traffic death of the new year. Police said Friday they were notified by the medical examiner of Louis Marzitelli’s death from injuries he suffered in a crash at a west
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month’s Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops have returned to their military duties. Seventeen of the 34 are still under medical observation, according to Jonathan Hoffman, the
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EL PASO, Texas – A daughter’s discovery of letters sent nearly every day by her father to her mother during his time in the U.S. Army in World War II is the basis for a book co-authored with her brother. “Love Letters from World War II: Robert Dalton’s WWII Service” is written by Janet Dalton
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s a UFO? No, it’s just a U.S. Army training exercise organized out of Fort Bliss. Military officials told ABC-7 on Tuesday that recent sightings of mysterious lights over the northeast El Paso skies at night had a very simple explanation – and one that
Continue ReadingUS Central Command announced Tuesday that additional US troops who were serving at a base in Iraq that was struck by Iranian missiles earlier this month have been transported to an American medical facility in Germany. The injured service members are separate from the 11 who CENTCOM last week announced had been injured in the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Several U.S. service members were injured during last week’s Iranian missile attack on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq despite the Pentagon initially saying that no casualties had taken place. “While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms
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EL PASO, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier charged in a drunk driving death has been released from jail on bond as state officials Thursday confirmed the bar where he apparently drank prior to the crash is also under investigation. Downtown jail records show Ivan Romo, 27, a U.S. Army sergeant stationed at Fort Bliss,
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to fund the construction of 270 miles of border wall this year as part of a counter-drug effort, defense officials said Thursday. The officials said the request came in Wednesday, and the Pentagon is beginning what will be a two-week assessment to
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EL PASO, Texas — Black Hawk helicopters are starting flights over a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border including New Mexico and Texas for border enforcement and search and rescue operations, federal border agency officials said. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations confirmed the U.S. Army transferred three Black Hawk helicopters to
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HOUSTON, Texas — A 16-year-old student mistakenly shot his friend in their Houston-area high school’s ROTC room before fleeing and being arrested several hours later, officials said Wednesday. The two were in a room at Bellaire High School with four other students but no adult Tuesday afternoon when the 16-year-old took a semi-automatic pistol out
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HORIZON CITY, Texas — Nine years ago Marine Lance Corp. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez gave his life for our country battling insurgents in Afghanistan. His wife and two children he left behind have been trying to find a way to go on without their hero. “There’s no book on how to do this properly. So having to
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The Trump administration is considering diverting around $7.2 billion in additional Pentagon funding for border wall construction, five times what Congress authorized, sources told CNN and the Washington Post. The additional funds would allow the government enough money to complete approximately 885 miles of new fencing by the spring of 2022, according
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Attorney General William Barr said last month’s shooting at Naval Air Station in Pensacola was “an act of terrorism” “This is an act of terrorism,” he said during a news conference Monday afternoon, noting that there was jihadist influence. Meantime, the U.S. is removing nearly two dozen Saudi military students from
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EL PASO, Texas — A deadly late night crash involving four vehicles at a central El Paso intersection was the result of an accused drunk driving soldier from Fort Bliss, authorities said Friday. The crash happened at Raynor and Yandell before 11 p.m. Thursday when police said the intoxicated driver in a pickup truck ran
Continue ReadingA 103-year-old World War II veteran is finally being honored for his time in the military — 75 years later. Peter Fantasia, of Somerville, Massachusetts, received eight medals including the Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal and American Defense Service Medal. US Rep. Seth Moulton presented him with the medals at a special ceremony Monday. Fantasia
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A massive genetic study in nearly 200,000 veterans with anxiety is providing new insights into how and why people may be pre-disposed to anxiety issues. The genome-wide association study was the “largest ever study” looking into genes that could be associated with anxiety, according to Daniel Levey, a postdoctorate associate at the Yale School of
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House on Thursday approved a War Powers resolution Democrats said would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran but Republicans claimed was “meaningless” and would undermine his authority as commander in chief. As Democrats looked to reassert the constitutional power given Congress to authorize war, the non-binding measure
Continue ReadingBAGHDAD, Iraq — The US-led coalition to fight ISIS confirmed small rockets landed near the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Wednesday afternoon without causing any damage to coalition troops or facilities. Col. Myles B. Caggins, a spokesperson for the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, said in a tweet that small “rockets impacted near Baghdad’s
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran shot ballistic missiles into Iraq on Tuesday evening, targeting two U.S. military sites in retaliation for the recent American drone strike that killed one of its top generals. A Pentagon official confirmed that 15 missiles were fired from inside Iran at the Al-Assad Air Base in western Iraq as well as facilities at Irbil in
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EL PASO, Texas — There are not many World War II veterans that are still alive in the United States. The Sun City though can boost about a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, which marked its 75th anniversary on Tuesday, who calls El Paso home. Lt. Col. Robert Chisolm firdt experienced his rendezvous with destiny
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ST. LOUIS, Missouri — Police in St. Louis are investigating vandalism at the Soldiers Memorial, which was spray-painted with anti-war graffiti over the weekend. The vandal or vandals used red paint to write “No War” on exterior walls of the building, a police department spokeswoman told CNN. Security guards discovered the graffiti on Sunday morning
Continue ReadingThe US is deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East as tensions with Iran mount following the airstrike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. The additional troops — about 2,800 soldiers — are from the Immediate Response Force of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A US defense official told
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FORT BLISS, Texas — The Department of Defense has expanded military commissaries, exchanges, and recreational facilitates to service-connected disabled veterans, Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners of war and primary caregivers. The DoD along with Veterans Affairs and the Department of Homeland Security are working together to implement the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. An airstrike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran’s regional security apparatus, at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said, an
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FT. BLISS, Texas The first edition of Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl game is right around the corner and preparations are in full swing. While Arizona State and Florida State gear up to face each other in the 86th edition of the Sun Bowl game, both teams are also getting an opportunity to tour the
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FORT BLISS, Texas — A person carrying a concealed weapon at Freedom Crossing on the Fort Bliss Army base prompted false reports of an active shooter to spread like wildfire on social media Friday afternoon. Officials called the incident a miscommunication and took to social media themselves to calm the public, posting “There are no
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EL PASO, Texas — Knitted with love, a scarf can be a lifeline. “If you knew what it was like to be homeless or be cold, you’d understand how much this little– this little piece of yarn can actually help you,” said Tammi Say, who has gifted more than 200 scarves, all handmade, to homeless
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EL PASO, Texas — Two former Fort Bliss soldiers were convicted Thursday in separate murder cases tied to drugs, with each receiving a life prison sentence for their crimes. Eric Duvall was convicted of capital murder in the Jan. 2016 drug-related slaying of teenager Michael Tapia in Montana Vista. The 16-year-old was shot in the
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Naval Air Station Corpus Christi was placed on lockdown for about an hour Wednesday morning after someone reported hearing another person allegedly make statements that sounded threatening, a law enforcement source said. A suspect was taken into custody, NAS Corpus Christi said on Facebook. No shots were fired and no injuries
Continue ReadingThe US Military Academy removed a longtime motto from its football team’s spirit flag because the phrase is linked to hate groups, the academy said in a statement on Monday. The letters GFBD, an abbreviation of “God Forgives, Brothers Don’t,” graced the Army team’s skull and crossbones spirit flag for more than 25 years, according
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