Military

SC National Guard Unit being Deployed

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Nearly 100 Military Police from a South Carolina National Guard unit are set to deploy to Guantanamo Bay. A guard official announced Tuesday the 131st Military Police Company in Beaufort has been assigned the job. It will be the first time a South Carolina National Guard unit has been sent to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, which is…

Haley, Military Supporters Seek End to Military Retiree Tax

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley and South Carolina’s military boosters want to end taxes on military retirement benefits. Haley’s budget calls for slicing $10 million from the state’s coffers to pay for the cut. The plan would ultimately cost the state $33 million every year. Doubters argue the idea isn’t good tax policy because it narrows the state’s…

Gov. Haley: We must Reverse Cuts to Nation’s Military Forces

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has told a group of senior military officers cuts to the nation’s military have gone too far and she wants to work to reverse them. The Republican governor made the comments Wednesday during her annual meeting with the commanders of the state’s military installations. Haley told the group recent cuts to U.S. forces…