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Man arrested after climbing up on and damaging an Air Force C-130 in Ireland
A man was arrested on Saturday after climbing onto and attacking the hull of an Air Force C-130 at an airport in Ireland. The attacker was able to strike the military transport aircraft several times.
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USS Stockdale flies shaken, not stirred battle flag
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer the USS Stockdale returned to its home port in San Diego on Thursday, April 10.
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A Gold Star spouse’s healing journey amid unimaginable grief
After a first deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 and a second to Kuwait in 2014, Sgt. Terrence Hinton and his family received orders to a highly coveted duty station amongst the Army community: Hawaii.
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Two destroyers cross Strait of Hormuz ahead of mine clearance mission
Two U.S. Navy destroyers are now in the Persian Gulf after crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, U.S. Central Command announced.
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More than 300 Hawaii National Guard troops activated as a third storm hits the state
Hawaii mobilized more National Guard personnel ahead of this weekend, as another heavy storm hits the state. More than 300 National Guard troops are now mobilized, up from “just over 200” still...
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Reports show a military spouse commits suicide every 8 days
Please read that again. We lose a military spouse by suicide every eight days . This is unconscionable. Today’s military spouses are not the stereotypical post-World War II spouses shaped and modeled.
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The only Navy Seabee awarded the nation’s highest award for valor
Fought on the night of June 9-10, 1965, the Battle of Dong Xoai was, as was often the case in the Vietnam War, hard to pin down as to the winner. One thing is certain, however.
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‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ finds a new voice
Published in January 1929, “All Quiet on the Western Front” sold a million copies in Germany in its first year and two million around the world.
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The Artemis II crew made an 80s sitcom video as they flew to the moon
The crew of the Artemis II lunar flyby mission is ready for their splashdown back on Earth after completing a historic mission.
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Navy divers, ship set to recover Artemis II crew
Four astronauts are scheduled to complete their trip to the moon with a splashdown off the coast of Southern California this evening.
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The Army is testing out a robotic kitchen that can cook for soldiers downrange
Soldiers deployed to forward operating bases might be fed by robots in an automated kitchen that arrives in a box about the size of a shipping container.
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A 2023 special ops exercise in Wyoming was a preview of the Iran rescue mission
In the spring of 2023, a barren stretch of Wyoming highway briefly became the tactical hub of a three-day Army and Air Force exercise in which special operators unloaded nimble attack helicopters...
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Former Fort Bragg employee charged with leaking classified information
A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted a former Army employee at Fort Bragg this week for allegedly revealing classified national defense information to a journalist.
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New capsule endoscopy option for easier GI screening
A more comfortable, convenient screening experience at Durham VA Veterans at the Durham VA Health Care System now have access to a groundbreaking gastrointestinal (GI) screening technology, a capsule.
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VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on chronic pain management, smoking and cardiac rehab
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on a chronic pain management tool for rural Women Veterans, how VA can help Veterans quit...
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How friendly fire could have killed Scotty from ‘Star Trek’ on D-Day
James Doohan’s first day of combat came during the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He almost didn’t make it to his second, all because of a friendly fire incident.
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That time the Air Force proposed making a ‘gay bomb’
In 1994, U.S. Air Force’s Wright Laboratory in Ohio were pressing the bounds to the question: Fellas, is it gay to fight for your country?
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Eligible American males will soon be automatically registered for the draft
All American males (including immigrants) aged 18 to 25 are required to register with the Selective Service System, perhaps more popularly known as registering for “the Draft.
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Air Force names 2 bases that could host nuclear ‘microreactors’
The Department of the Air Force has selected Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, as potential sites to host small nuclear reactors on base known as...
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