Rachel Nostrant
Breaking News and Features Reporter
Rachel is a Marine Corps veteran and a master's candidate at New York University's Business & Economic Reporting program.
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Adam Driver’s non-profit brings Broadway to vets, service members
Every year, the non-profit organization provides active duty, reserve, veteran and other military-affiliated personnel the chance to experience Broadway.
Drones bound for base housing US troops shot down on anniversary of Soleimani assassination: report
According to Reuters, an unnamed U.S. official said the base’s defense system engaged “two fixed-wing suicide drones."
State Department calls for release of detained Marine veterans amid rising Russia tensions
Marine veterans Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed have both been held in Russia for at least two years.
Top DoD official visits Hawaii base amid contaminated water crisis
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks visited the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Dec. 14, speaking with military families and facility workers about the water issue.
2 special ops Marine vets among indicted in double kidnapping, murder case
Force recon Marine veteran Bryon Brockway, 46, and MARSOC Marine veteran Adam Carey, 30, allegedly kidnapped and shot a couple in a gun-for-hire plot.
Navy, Army veterans among those killed in warehouse collapse during tornado
An Amazon warehouse that collapsed after getting hit by a tornado Dec. 10 left six people dead, including an Army and a Navy veteran.
Fallen SEAL Team 8 Commander honored during Army Navy game
Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois died Dec. 7 after suffering injuries during a fast-rope training evolution Dec. 4 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Naval Academy football uniforms pay homage to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
The F/A-18 Super Hornets have been flown in the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
Meet the Special Forces task force featured on the Army uniforms
The U.S. Military Academy decided to honor Task Force Dagger during this year's Army Navy Game.
Ex-State Dept. employee sentenced for embezzling $150k in travel funds for SOUTHCOM events
Roudy Pierre-Louis, 49, a Haitian citizen, was working at the Embassy of Haiti for the State Department from 2015 to 2018 when he embezzled travel funds for Defense and State Department employees headed to SOUTHCOM totaling more than $150,000.
