Sig Christenson
Senior Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News
Native Texan, University of Houston grad, journalist, war correspondent and camping enthusiast covering military/veterans/projects for SA Express-News/Hearst.
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5 days ago |
expressnews.com | Sig Christenson
The C-17 Globemaster is an Air Force cargo plane that transport troops and supplies around the world and conducts medical evacuations. News reports surfaced this week that the Trump administration was preparing to load a group of migrants into one of these massive aircraft and fly them 6,300 miles ... to Libya. On Wednesday, CNN reported that the C-17 was set to fly from Kelly Field in San Antonio that very day, en route to Misrata Airport in eastern Libya.
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1 week ago |
expressnews.com | Sig Christenson |Nancy Johnson
An Army helicopter pilot from Cibolo was found dead Saturday in Honduras, prompting an investigation by the Honduran National Police. The body of 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano, 25, was found beside a shallow river. Neither the Army nor Honduran authorities indicated whether his death was the result of foul play. Parisano was a 2018 graduate of Byron P. Steele II High School in Cibolo. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 2023.
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2 weeks ago |
freerepublic.com | Sig Christenson
Free RepublicBrowse · SearchNews/ActivismTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments. Latino lawmakers urge Pete Hegseth: Don’t mess with Fort CavazosSan Antonio Express News ^ | 04/30/2025 | By Sig Christenson, Staff writerPosted on by Responsibility2ndU.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus have put Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on notice: Don't mess with the name Fort Cavazos.
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2 weeks ago |
expressnews.com | Sig Christenson
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus have put Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on notice: Don't mess with the name Fort Cavazos. With support from President Donald Trump, Hegseth has begun reversing a Biden-era initiative to remove the names of Confederate figures from military installations. Hegseth has restored names with Confederate connotations to two Army bases, and he has vowed to continue.
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2 weeks ago |
expressnews.com | Sig Christenson
Air Force personnel knew for weeks that the "family days" they'd long been granted in the name of stress reduction would be cut back. The acting Air Force secretary had said so in broad terms. What they didn't know was how many days they'd lose. Personnel in the San Antonio-based Air Education and Training Command are losing two guaranteed family days this year and four in 2026.
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How the shingles vaccine helps the heart. https://t.co/fFjYHyB2Bl via @@YahooNews
Did Air Force nearly fly deportees to Libya? Good luck finding out. I saw less secrecy from the Army as an embed w/the 3rd Infantry Division's invasion of Iraq than I did this week trying to answer that simple question. Talk about crazy. https://t.co/EXITHVjzkN via @expressnews
There is one reason for all of these measles cases: These poor kids weren’t vaccinated. This is a highly contagious illness, fully preventable if you get the vaccine. The worst of it is the dead kids. I wouldn’t want to live with that as a parent. https://t.co/hnB1KvUrgI