Tag Archives: Military

• News

  Event lets wounded warriors go skydiving

  Participants prepared for their jumps surrounded by hundreds of supporters at the Suffolk Executive Airport.
• News

  Military members battle to sue over rape, sex assaults

  A different kind of fight is being waged by a group of military men and women in the Federal Appeals Court on Broad Street in Richmond.
• News

  Marine reunites with dog that saved his life

  Casey served as a bomb detection dog in Afghanistan.
• News

  Service men, women claim military failed to reduce sexual assaults

  In total 28 men and women are part of the civil case claiming the military failed to protect them.
• News

  Changes proposed as military struggles with sex assaults

  In light of two new cases this month involving sexual assault in the military, legislation was introduced Thursday that could ease victims’ quest for justice.
• News

  Va. town decks out cop car to honor troops

  Check out the patriotic salute from Christiansburg police.
• News

  Kaine joins efforts to end military sexual assaults

  Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is joining efforts to end military sexual assaults.
• CBS 6 Investigates / Special Reports

  MONDAY AT 11: Uptick in low-flying helicopters follow-up

  Hundreds of Central Virginians continually contact CBS 6 inquiring about loud aircraft flying so close to their homes at all hours of the day and night.
• News

  Facebook page comes down after threat to lawmaker

  A Facebook page with sexually explicit comments denigrating female Marines was taken down after a congresswoman who complained about it was threatened on that site.
• News

  Flight hours for Navy to be cut in half

  The announcement has one admiral saying that keeping pilots on the ground will keep them from being as skilled as they have been in the past.
• News

  After officer charged in sex assault, top military face questions

  President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he has “no tolerance” for sexual assault in the military and that the Pentagon must push harder to reduce that type of conduct.
• News

  Driver offers rides for veterans at RIR

  It was a special day for veterans at Richmond International Raceway Sunday.