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Parker joined the U.S. Army in 1990, fighting in both Bosnia and Iraq, and retired at the end of 2011. He returned home to South Carolina and has dedicated his time to his security training business.
The earliest of these volunteer units were later formalized into military, special police and paramilitary formations in a response to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Most of the formations were formed or placed under command of the Ministry of Internal Affairs — as " Special Tasks Patrol Police " — and ...
In March 2014, a self-defense unit in Donetsk Oblast was created. After the first battles with DPR forces, the creation of the Donbas Volunteer Battalion was announced. The commander of the squad was Semen Semenchenko, who announced the recruitment of volunteers for the unit on his Facebook page.
The volunteers' aid to Ukrainian military units includes: Everyday necessities and medical supply (mainly in the first months of the war) such as: food, medicines (including individual medical kits and equipment of field hospitals), clothes (including uniform and ghillie suits), heaters, generators, motor transport and spare parts, [3] [9] mobile shower cubicles and laundries, [10] [11 ...
Harrison Jozefowicz quit his job as a Chicago police officer and headed overseas soon after Russia invaded Ukraine. An Army veteran, he said he couldn't help but join American volunteers seeking ...
A U.S. Army veteran is heading back into the war zone more than a decade after his retirement. Matthew Parker was prompted to take action after hearing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ...
In November 2021, «Come Back Alive» was headed by Taras Chmut, [15] a veteran, former marine, volunteer, and co-founder of the «Ukraine Military Center». From the three persons who in 2014 originated «Come Back Alive», the foundation has developed into an organization with 40 staff members and 100 volunteers.
Some volunteers had no previous military experience, according to RFE/RL.The deputy commander of the brigade said the number of volunteers was “10 times more men than we planned,” according to ...