Tom Skerritt, Air Force veteran and ‘Top Gun’ star, dies at 93
Versatile actor and U.S. Air Force veteran Tom Skerritt, who starred in the war comedy M*A*S*H and the action drama Top Gun , has died at the age of 93.
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Air Force suspends rappelling events for special ops training unit after fatal fall
An Air Force unit that trains special operations airmen suspended rappelling and ropes training after an instructor in the squadron died during a demonstration at a college football game in San...
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White House military spouse council floats toll cuts for troops commuting to base
A White House-appointed commission of military spouses floated the idea of cutting or eliminating the tolls that some service members pay when commuting to work.
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Virginia man arrested after Quantico Iwo Jima statue defaced with sledgehammer
A Virginia man was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate the statue depicting Marine Corps Cpl. Harlon Block from Quantico’s Iwo Jima sculpture. At roughly 10:13 p.
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Hollywood legend and Air Force vet Tom Skerritt dies at 93
From Duke Forrest in “M*A*S*H” to Viper in “Top Gun,” Tom Skerritt knew how to play a military role and he became known for them.
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‘NCIS’ character reveals dark side as past catches up to him
On the hit TV show “NCIS,” Special Agent Nick Torres has a murky undercover background. While Torres —played by USO Global Ambassador Wilmer Valderrama — has become an integral part of the team over..
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USS Abraham Lincoln crew prepares for base move weeks after extended deployment
After a 10-month deployment that was extended twice, including 40 days of combat operations against Iran that kept sailors at sea for 265 days without a port call , the crew of the USS Abraham...
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Trump, Putin negotiate release of US Air Force veteran from Russian prison
Stephen Hubbard, a retired U.S. teacher and Air Force veteran, was released from Russian custody on Wednesday after spending over four years in prison.
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Air Force special ops trainees are graduating months faster in revised pipeline
Airmen training to join the Air Force’s special operations roles are moving through the service’s training courses months faster and with less downtime, officials said.
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8 baseball players who served in the military and won a World Series
Griffin Jax stands alone in Major League Baseball as the only active player to graduate from one of the United States military service academies.
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Salaries, Food, and Sumo Wrestling Suits. What I Learned Paying the Bills for War
Illustration by Aaron Provost This is an AI-generated narration. Pronunciation or other audio errors may occur. The midsummer heat reflected off the flightline at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base...
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The Navy SEALs behind ‘The Terminal List’ break down the new season’s sniper battle
As Gabriel Luna sprawls behind a custom sniper rifle on a balcony overlooking a port city, he pulls out a leather-bound notebook and opens it to a simple range card with half-circles across the top.
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Soldiers are using the Army’s new dining halls ‘exponentially’ more, official says
Army officials said more soldiers are eating at new college-inspired dining halls. In some cases, the average number of meals served is three to four times higher than at the same time last year,...
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Army wants to test and field new drone defenses in under six months
The Army plans to test up to 15 new drone defense systems in Morocco next spring, with the goal of getting the top performers into soldiers’ hands within six months afterwards, Army officials told...
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A chance conversation put this Navy Veteran on the path to franchise ownership
A chance conversation with a friend at Sherwin-Williams introduced Navy Veteran Nick Hernandez-Sepper to PAINT CORPS. Until then, he had never considered franchise ownership.
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Rappel demonstrations are risky, but common among elite units
The details behind the death of an Air Force special operations instructor killed during a rappelling demonstration Saturday will likely not be known for weeks or even months.
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Why the Army only has one Security Force Assistance Brigade left
Over the last year the Army has shuttered most of its specialized units that train and advise foreign militaries around the world, but one is left standing.
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‘The Terminal List’ kicks in your door and raids your house with season two
It was an unfortunate series of events that kept a new season of “The Terminal List” from getting to air. The 2023 Writer’s Strike, a Screen Actor’s Guild strike, and the busy schedule of the show’s..
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The post-Civil War ban on home distilling is heading to the Supreme Court
Wars are costly. And the Civil War was one of the costliest, with estimates as high as $70 billion ( adjust for inflation ). Even World War II was a fraction of that cost.
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‘VisionQuest’ is the end of a trilogy—and of an era
The new Marvel series “VisionQuest” (now streaming on Disney+) is considered the third installment in a trilogy of limited series: First came “WandaVision,” then “Agatha All Along,” and now...
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The last time that the U.S. military executed a service member
The family of the Austrian girl whom Army Pvt. John Arthur Bennett raped in 1954 did not support his execution. The parents of Gertie, who was 11 years old at the time of the assault, wrote to the...
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Children Are Falling From Military Housing Windows. Why Did the Pentagon Change How It Protects Them?
It was Jason English’s job as a Naval intelligence officer to mitigate risk. The work suited him. He felt like he was wired to protect the people and country he loved.
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Airman who died in football game rappelling incident identified
The airman who died in a rappelling demonstration gone wrong on Saturday night was a Tactical Air Control Party instructor with 15 years of service in the Air Force.
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Tragedy at Navy game overshadows Army and Air Force victories
While the Army Black Knights and Air Force Falcons won during Week 7 of the college football season, a tragedy before Navy played at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Saturday overshadowed those games.
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National Guardsman shot while breaking up fight in DC
A National Guardsman was shot in the leg when three soldiers exchanged gunfire with the alleged suspect while trying to break up a fight on a Washington, D.C. street Sunday night.
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