Less than a year after Spenser Rapone’s images drew a firestorm of vitriol and even death threats, the second lieutenant is officially out of the Army with an other-than-honorable discharge.
A man pretending to be a three-star U.S. Army general wanted to impress a woman when he unexpectedly landed in a chartered helicopter at the headquarters of a North Carolina technology company last year, a federal agent testified Monday.
Since photos surfaced in late September of a now-second lieutenant sporting a Che Guevara T-shirt under his uniform at West Point’s 2016 graduation and commissioning ceremony, West Point and the Army have drawn the ire from everyone from active soldiers to a Florida senator.
Since tweets of 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone first swirled around the internet on Sunday, multiple outlets have printed rumors and speculation about his service.
Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a tough line on national sovereignty Tuesday amid multiple territorial disputes with his country’s neighbors, saying China will never permit the loss of “any piece” of its land to outsiders.
China’s military has the “confidence and capability” to bolster the country’s rise into a world power, President Xi Jinping said Sunday as he oversaw a large-scale military parade meant to show off the forces at his command to foreign and domestic audiences.