The Brooklyn Ink

Military Allows Brooklyn Rabbi to Keep Beard

Menachem Stern, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi from Brooklyn, who was told he couldn’t keep his beard if he became an army chaplain, won his legal battle against the military and will be sworn in on [...]

A Son’s Death, a Father’s Burden

Five years after the death of his son Nicholas in Iraq, Andre Whyte still feels the loss of a young man who was everything a father could have wanted.

Lest We Forget: On Veterans Day, Remembering Brooklyn’s Fallen in Iraq

American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year. Since the beginning of the war, 21 soldiers from Brooklyn have died in Iraq. On Veterans Day, we honor those who fell.

A Tug of War for Potential Recruits

This August, nineteen-year-old Ciarra Boyd learned that her friend, Donald, was about to join the Army, and she set out to stop him.

The Life and Death of Army Spec. Kevin O. Hill

The minute Olsen Hill saw the uniforms at his door, he knew. He had served in the military. No words were necessary. His son, Kevin O. Hill, was dead. He was a 23-year-old soldier from Brooklyn deployed in Afghanistan.