I was laid off today after 11+ yrs at the Omaha World-Herald & 42 yrs as a reporter. No regrets, but I'll miss my great colleagues!
Steve Liewer
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Steve Liewer
@SteveLiewer
Military reporter, ex-Omaha World-Herald. Mizzou J-grad. Former combat correspondent, Stars and Stripes. 4th-generation Nebraska journalist.
Omaha, Nebraska
Joined September 2013
- The pilot who calmly landed #Southwest1380 after an uncontained engine explosion was one of the first female @USNavy fighter pilots.Tammie Jo Shults, Southwest Pilot: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know heavy.com/news/2018/04/t… via @heavysan
- Replying to @jetcitystar and @AlexFeuzOr how about an FFG? I've landed on this one -- USS Gary (FFG-51) .
- Wounded, and he saved the lives of 11 men. This #MedalofHonor is 47 years overdue. Took an act of Congress. Here's one thing they did right.#Breaking: #USArmy veteran, SPC 5 James McCloughan, to receive #MedalofHonor for heroic actions during #VietnamWar go.usa.gov/xNknc
- The vets trying to rescue Afghans who aided the U.S./NATO effort are calling it #DigitalDunkirk. Nebraska State. Sen. Tom Brewer alone is working to help 55 people.Was planning to sleep, but up all night on #DigitalDunkirk. Veterans ARE coordinating w each other. We ARE working w processes (such as they are) on the ground. We ARE communicating w Afghans desperate to get out. Help us by raising your voices to #SaveOurAllies #SaveAfghanLives
- (ICYMI) Pro tip: If you're a Navy Chief with a Top Secret clearance working at USSTRATCOM, don't send classified docs to your Russian girlfriend.
- Eyes & ears in the sky: Offutt recon crews keeping tabs on Russian troops near #Ukraine border. (UK, Sweden too). @CobraBall3, @ameliairheart, @RepDonBacon explain.
- 400 people attended the funeral of #VietnamWar veteran Stanley Stoltz of Omaha. The community turned out because Stoltz was thought to have no family, though one of his brothers was found and paid homage, too.This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
- What's old is new again: 55th Wing welcomes buffed up WC-135 "nuke sniffer," sends old one to the boneyard.
- Don't panic yet. Checked w/@usairforce and 55th Wing @Offutt_AFB. USAF hasn't moved to scrap #OpenSkiesTreaty OC-135 jets, won't w/o action by Congress. They're still flying for now. (Over my house.)
- Adjournment/Christmas are almost here. Both DEM and GOP senators still making case for #AfghanAdjustmentAct. Vets groups and #Afghanistan expats (like Nebraska's @saf_rauf @AAAFireWatch) backing last-ditch drive to amend onto #OmnibusBill.We are grateful to @ChrisCoons for his unwavering support of the #AfghanAdjustmentAct — as he says in his floor speech, this legislation would create additional vetting and strengthen our national security. youtu.be/PLABD8Oha_k
- The #AfghanAdjustmentAct didn't make it into the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill. Blocked by @ChuckGrassley. @saf_rauf, @AAAFireWatch seeking a floor amendment. Afghans face work cutoff, deportation w/o bill.
- The #IsraelHamasConflict means RC-135 Rivet Joint crews are once again flying regular tracks over the Eastern Med. Here's the story (w/thx to @MeNMyRC1):
