The weird engineering that links old ships of the line and the SR-71 Blackbird
One is the fastest jet ever produced, capable of outrunning anti-air missiles while capturing reconnaissance in some of the most hostile airspace on Earth.
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Edition · Issue 2026-08-07
August 7, 2026
10 stories curated for veterans on this date.
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SERVICE
Navy fires commanding officer of California-based medical training unit
The Navy removed the head of a medical training unit from his post after only a year on the job. On Friday, the Navy announced that Capt.
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Exploring VA nursing residencies
Access to high-quality, timely healthcare requires a skilled nursing workforce. To address the current national shortage of experienced nurses, the U.S.
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The only country ever bombed with nuclear weapons is starting to rethink its ban on them
Every year at 8:15 am on August 6, the Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan delivers a Peace Declaration. This year was no different.
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Air National Guard offers $7,500 bonuses for active duty transfers
The Air National Guard is offering $7,500 bonuses to entice active duty airmen to transfer into state units for three years of service, officials announced.
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“I feel young”: At 77, a Vietnam Veteran gets his fresh start
How one VA social worker’s daily persistence helped Verton Morris go from the sidewalk to a home of his own Army Vietnam Veteran Verton Morris, 77, slept on the ground outside Houston VA’s Community..
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LEGACY
4 Revolutionary War ghosts that refuse to die
For believers, ghosts are the spirits of the departed who, for whatever reason, have either refused to move on to the afterlife or decided to come back from it. And we get it.
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HEALTH
VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on prostate cancer, aging in place and TBI
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting new findings on prostate cancer risk, a program to help Veterans age in place and traumatic brain injury.
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When it comes to education, here’s what I look for when hiring veterans
Nine years ago, I took off my uniform for the last time. A decade in the Army as an infantry officer, three combat deployments, countless more to various training centers scattered around the...
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Why the US military resorted to bombing a volcano in Hawaii after it erupted
In the late 19th century, the city of Hilo on the island of Hawaii was in peril. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, posed an imminent threat to Hilo (pronounced HEE-low) after it erupted..
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BTS with this content creator Navy family
Navy wife Bea Willis stared at her phone screen in 2022. Her husband, Petty Officer 1 st Class Kyle Willis, had just told her about an upcoming deployment , his first since the couple married in 2017.
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