Pease Airmen Were Helping New Hampshire Process Unemployment Claims. I Remember Some Collecting Unemployment, Too.
Military records confirm Ryan Michaels worked New Hampshire’s COVID-era unemployment call center and completed roughly 1,600 calls. Six years later, he is seeking government records to determine whether his firsthand recollection of Guard members receiving unemployment benefits while also receiving military pay can be independently documented.
The Text Messages That Preceded an Accusation of Going AWOL
The Maine Mirror launches The Pease Accountability Files with an investigation into events at Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire involving then-commander Captain Emily Hanson. Through contemporaneous text messages, medical documentation, and official military records, Ryan Michaels examines the chronology surrounding allegations that he went AWOL and invites readers to compare what was documented in real time with what was later alleged. This is Part One of an ongoing investigative series examining the final months of his military career through primary-source evidence.