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.
Another Fort Gordon soldier indicted on child pornography charges
Fort Gordon has been at the center of more than one child pornography case this year.
Marine veteran pleads guilty to $2 million fraud scheme involving bogus ‘rescue ops’
Matthew Anthony Marshall, 51, of Whitefish, Montana, pleaded guilty Nov. 10 to wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion after claiming to be a former Force Reconnaissance Marine conducting "off the books" rescue missions for the CIA, according to court documents.
PJs rappel from Osprey to rescue UK mariner off Kenya’s coast
AFRICOM has increased air capacity and added more surgical capabilities to its recovery capabilities in recent years.
Elderly veterans targeted in $134 million Medicare, VA medical care fraud scheme
Michael Nolan, 48, of Tampa, Florida, and Richard Epstein, 29, of Aurora, Colorado, were sentenced Nov. 5 for their roles in a fraud scheme against Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs after submitting at least $134 million in fraudulent claims.
GWOT memorial made of over 7,000 dog tags will be displayed at Lincoln Memorial
The Fallen Heroes Memorial, sponsored by Veterans and Athletes United and Tunnel to Towers, will be displayed at the Lincoln Memorial from 7 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11, during which the names of the 7063 servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Global War on Terror will be read.
Nationwide celebrations mark 100 years of remembrance of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Nov. 9 and 10 will be the first time in 78 years that Tomb Guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery will allow visitors to enter the chains surrounding the Tomb, allowing the public to lay flowers.
Investigative journalist seeks to uncover the truth behind fatal 2017 Niger ambush in documentary
ABC News' James Gordon Meek's new documentary — 3212 Un-redacted — hits Hulu Nov. 11, after spending three years uncovering what he claims is the truth behind the fatal ambush of a team of Army Green Berets in Tongo Tongo, Niger, on Oct. 4, 2017.
Man misused over $100k of brother’s VA benefits, bought Harley, diamond ring and pickup
United States District J. Nicholas Ranjan sentenced Andrew Ziacik, 57, Nov. 1 to one day imprisonment and ordered to pay a $4000 fine and $75,000 in restitution to his brother, Paul Ziacik, after pleading guilty.
US and Indian soldiers met for a mock UN mission, counter-drone and high altitude training
Indian and U.S. troops are realizing they’re, “much stronger and more effective together," said a U.S. Army colonel involved in the exercise.
