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Thanks but no thanks: Greenland declines Trump’s offer to send Navy hospital ship
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging that many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships are currently docked at a shipyard in Alabama. Trump’s announcement prompted a defense on Sunday of Denmark and Greenland’s health care system from their leaders, and it was the latest point of friction wi...[Read More]
Thanksgiving feasts deployed to troops around the world
Whether they’re feasting in dining halls, aboard ships, or at remote outposts, troops around the world are set to receive their Thanksgiving meals as 152,626 pounds of turkey have already arrived at their designated overseas locations, along with beef, ham, shrimp and the fixings, according to the Defense Logistics Agency. Even with the shorter timeline, that includes service members on board abou...[Read More]
Thanksgiving feasts deployed to troops around the world
Whether they’re feasting in dining halls, aboard ships, or at remote outposts, troops around the world are set to receive their Thanksgiving meals as 152,626 pounds of turkey have already arrived at their designated overseas locations, along with beef, ham, shrimp and the fixings, according to the Defense Logistics Agency. Even with the shorter timeline, that includes service members on board abou...[Read More]
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? In the early aughts of the 1990s, the Pentagon was working on developing a whole host of non-lethal chemical weapons that would render an enemy force incapable of being anything other than … amorous or annoyed. Within a three-page declassified document ca...[Read More]
That’s not a real soldier: campaign warns troops, families of AI scams
Consumer advocates are enlisting military families in the war against AI-aided scams. Officials from We the Veterans & Military Families are unveiling today a series of public service announcements warning troops about “the exploitation of generative artificial intelligence by foreign adversaries and other bad actors” as part of a broader education effort about identity theft and financial att...[Read More]
The 101st Airborne and the history of the real ‘screaming eagle’
Since its inception, the 101st Airborne Division — made even more famous by Stephen Ambrose’s “Band of Brothers” — has fought in every major war, from jumping behind the lines on D-Day to fighting in decades of battle in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Its unit patch, the screaming eagle overlaid on a black shield, is perhaps the most recognizable insignia in the U.S. Army. Its history, however, is...[Read More]
The 101st Airborne and the history of the real ‘screaming eagle’
Since its inception, the 101st Airborne Division — made even more famous by Stephen Ambrose’s “Band of Brothers” — has fought in every major war, from jumping behind the lines on D-Day to fighting in decades of battle in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Its unit patch, the screaming eagle overlaid on a black shield, is perhaps the most recognizable insignia in the U.S. Army. Its history, however, is...[Read More]
The 1st guardian to graduate — and dominate — drill sergeant academy
Childhood astronaut dreams first attracted Staff Sgt. Yuji Moore to the mission of the Space Force. But while his career didn’t lead where he initially expected, he’s discovered an ability to reach new heights in every role he fills. Moore, 25, began his military career in 2018 in the Air Force as an all-source intelligence analyst supporting remotely piloted aircraft operations. He calls the job ...[Read More]
The ace of aces: This Marine Corps aviator shot down 23 enemy planes
On Jan. 11, 2002, an 86-year-old World War II veteran on his way to speak at the National Rifle Association (NRA0 and the United States Military Academy (USMA) was detained at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, due to the metallic object he wore around his throat. The veteran was also wearing a pacemaker, but the matter was resolved by mailing the object to his home in Arizona — at his own ...[Read More]
The AEF ‘lost’ his MOH paperwork. It took nearly 70 years to correct.
Out of a hailstorm of machine gun fire and heavy shelling, Pvt. Burton Holmes returned, badly wounded, to the 371st Infantry Regiment’s command post. His unit had been set up, lured out onto Hill 188 by the false promise of surrender, leaving them vulnerable to the surprise attack from the Germans. But Holmes returned only because his automatic rifle was out of commission. He refused to be taken t...[Read More]