A retired tech tycoon has pledged $33 million to raise an army of civilian marksmen and ‘black bear warriors’ to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion

Retired tech tycoon Robert Tsao also announced that he had regained his Taiwanese identity after giving up his Singaporean citizenship. SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images A retired Taiwanese tech mogul is pledging his millions to fund training for civilian troops. He says he'd pay a private military training outfit to train 3 million civilians for […]

No one knew retired firefighter ‘Captain Bob’ was struggling with PTSD. Now his peers are learning the signs

A cultural shift in the understanding of how PTSD can affect first responders hasn’t necessarily reached people who have retired from careers as police, paramedics and firefighters. The union representing firefighters in Richmond is working to change that.

Automakers, feds, even retired generals hash out fuel economy goals

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Government/Legal,Green,Emissions,Fuel Efficiency Compromise to Trump freeze would raise standards 2 percent annually. Continue reading Automakers, feds, even retired generals hash out fuel economy goals Automakers, feds, even retired generals hash out fuel economy goals originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:30:00 EDT. Please see our […]

Retired professor sues Lyft for patent infringement

A retired Georgia Institute of Technology professor has sued Lyft for patent infringement, Reuters reports. The professor, Stephen Dickerson, filed his complaint with the New York Southern District Court on Monday through his company RideApp, and it claims that Lyft’s business model infringes on Dickerson’s ride-sharing patent, which he filed for in 2001. The patent […]

A retired judge just ruled that nearly half of 4,000 documents Michael Cohen labeled as privileged are not — and he’s not challenging that decision in court

Brendan McDermid/Reuters Special master Barbara Jones ruled on Thursday that nearly half of 4,000 documents labeled as privileged by President Donald Trump, his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, and the Trump Organization are not privileged. Cohen, who finds himself at the center of a criminal investigation in the Southern District of New York, is not […]

A retired Navy SEAL commander explains the personality best-suited for life as a SEAL

St. Martin’s Press Jocko Willink served as the commander of SEAL Team 3, Task Unit Bruiser. Willink said to be a Navy SEAL you have to consider the job you’re signing up for: “You’re going to be risking your life; you’re going to be shooting guns; your job is to kill people.” Men who join […]

David Beckham net worth: Retired footballer has THIS eye watering fortune in the bank

David Beckham, 43, OBE, is a retired British footballer once listed as the highest paid football player in the world. David, who has been married to Victoria Beckham, 44, since 1999, retired in 2013 after a 20 year long career in the sport. He previously played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy and the […]

‘We have no fear’: Retired Russian admiral says Russia will sink US ships if need be

A former Russian navy admiral upped the ongoing war of words between the US and Russia. Retired Admiral Vladimir Masorin said Russia would sink the USS Donald Cook if it fired on Syria. The Cook is currently in the Mediterranean. A former Russian navy admiral upped the ongoing war of words between the US and Russia […]

Lift the ban, let in the trans – retired generals to Trump

A group of retired generals and admirals issued a statement today opposing President Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military, calling it “a troubling move backward.” “There is simply no reason to single out brave transgender Americans who can meet military standards and deny them the ability to serve,” the Hill reported the group, […]