Speaking before the release of the Heritage Foundation’s 2018 Index of U.S. Military Strength, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said the American public would be shocked to know about the same number of people died in recent military accidents than were killed by a lone gunman firing into an outdoor concert crowd in Las Vegas. Rep. Mac Thornberry, (R-Texas), said the fatal collisions of guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain that killed 17 sailors and the crash of a Marine KC-130T aircraft that killed 15 Marines and a sailor as examples of the decline … Continue reading Rep. Thornberry Warns Lack of U.S. Military Readiness is Costing Lives