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.
- 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_komaha.comNebraskan leads down-to-the-wire battle to let Afghan allies stay in U.S.Safi Rauf of Omaha is making a last-ditch plea for Congress to pass a bill that would give more than 80,000 Afghan refugees — including about 2,000 in Nebraska —
- 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):
