Tag: U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force Evacuates 63 Critically-Ill Kidney Patients From St. Croix For Needed Care In Tampa

[ad name=”HTML-68″] FREDERIKSTED — Some 63 kidney patients were evacuated from St. Croix as part of a humanitarian mission of the U.S. military. Air Force Major Gavril Goodman was on one of the first humanitarian evacuation flights that landed in St. Croix five days after the Category 5 hurricane destroyed the island’s power grid. The […]

ST. THOMAS PASTOR: ‘Everything Is Destroyed … Everything.’ Two Cruise Ships Ferry Tourists Out of Hurricane-Smashed St. Thomas and St. John

RAKED BARE: A speed limit sign stands tilted and a power line that snapped it half lays on a building, after the passage of Hurricane Irma in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo) [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The last of the late-summer tourists were gone today from the northern […]

Soldiers From Fort Bragg Fly To St. Thomas To Give Medical Assistance Following The Devastation of Hurricane Irma

[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Fort Bragg soldiers from the 44th Medical Brigade deployed to St. Thomas this morning to help those affected by Hurricane Irma. “From the pictures I’ve seen, it’s [really damaged], but anything I can do to help and get them back to where they need to be so they can live life […]

Six Virgin Islands National Guard (VING) Soldiers Go AWOL During Hurricane Irma … Government House Won’t Release Names

[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Fresh off a “culture of rape” involving the hazing-style rapes of female members of the Virgin Islands National Guard (VING) for decades with impunity in St. Croix and St. Thomas … Government House spokesman Sam Topp on Saturday announced via radio the names of six U.S. Army soldiers working for […]