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.
‘It looked like a lake of fire’: Montana airmen fight massive off-base fire
Amid explosions and fireballs, Air Force firefighters battled an almost 120-acre blaze near the outskirts of Great Falls, Montana, early on Dec. 1.
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.
In the annual football uniform dispute, 2021 Army trumps Navy
The game will take place on December 11, 2021.
Air Force veteran defrauded VA of $2 million by buying, selling CPAP devices
Kevin Rumph Jr., of Fairburn, Georgia, was ordered Dec. 1 to pay $2,041,733.62 in restitution and sentenced to 27 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.
Hundreds of veterans, service personnel send letter to Washington on Afghan allies’ behalf
Hundreds of veterans and service-affiliated personnel have drafted a letter to members of Congress and the Biden administration calling for action in the continued efforts of evacuating and resettling Afghan allies.
Despite reports of rashes, sickness after fuel leak, Hawaii base water is safe, Navy says
According to a Nov. 29 post from the official Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam Facebook page, the Hawaii Department of Health and the Navy have tested the water and found no measurable quantities of fuel contaminants.
Air Force civilian stole $1.1 million via travel charge card, bought piano, Harley, vacations
Eddie Ray Johnson, Jr., age 60, was sentenced to three years imprisonment and to pay $1,157,540.69 in restitution.
DC rooming house operator stole $400k in benefits from elderly, mentally ill and disabled veterans: indictment
Rosemary Ogbenna, 45, was charged this month by the District Court for the District of Columbia for allegedly carrying out a plot to steal more than $400,000 in benefits from elderly, mentally ill and disabled veterans she housed through her room and board business.
The Navy is working to ease the supply-chain shortage near LA County
The collaboration is part a Joint Use Agreement that was first signed in 2002.
