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White House officials to attend funeral of Afghan vet turned advocate
Numerous administration officials and congressional leaders are expected to travel to North Carolina today for the funeral of former Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, whose catastrophic injuries in Afghanistan led to his family’s involvement with the Independence Fund, eventually pushing the charity into a prominent national advocacy role. Verardo, 40, died on Aug. 26 from complications related to long-s...[Read More]
White House reviews candidates to replace Hegseth deputy, sources say
The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, a sign that more leadership change could come for a Pentagon already facing unusually high staff turnover. The effort, which was under way in June, has included conversations with senior lawmakers in the Senate about whether the adminis...[Read More]
White House Says Admiral Ordered Follow-on Strike on Alleged Drug Boat, Insists Attack Was Lawful
The White House says that a Navy admiral ordered a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and insists that the September attack that has come under bipartisan scrutiny was lawful.
White House urged firing live bombs for Trump’s Navy visit: AP sources
The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press. One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners ...[Read More]
White House urged firing live bombs for Trump’s Navy visit: AP sources
The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press. One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners ...[Read More]
White House Urged Firing Live Bombs, Not Dummies, for Trump’s Visit to Navy Celebration
The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during a recent military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended.
Who is John Frum? Inside the ‘cargo cult’ that worships American GIs
A bell rings. Men carrying thick bamboo poles as “rifles” with U.S.A. painted on their bare chests begin to march, in lockstep, toward a clearing in the forest. The man-made clearing is a rough opening meant to be a landing strip. Awaiting the “soldiers” is a wooden replica of a light aircraft. “On one side of the strip lies a control tower made of bamboo,” writes sapiens.org. “On the other sits a...[Read More]
Whole Blood, Total Readiness: Program Prepares Sailors for Combat Trauma Care
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – In a quiet room turned makeshift battlefield, corpsmen at U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay leaned over training mannequins and volunteers, practicing one of the most critical lifesaving skills in combat trauma care: administering a whole blood transfusion in the field.
Why Hitler declared war on the United States
When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached Germany, its leadership was absorbed by the crisis in its war with the Soviet Union. On Dec. 1, 1941, after the serious defeat the Red Army administered to the German forces at the southern end of the Eastern Front, Adolf Hitler had relieved Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the commander in chief of the army group fighting there; the next d...[Read More]
Why Truman changed the ‘War Department’ to the ‘Department of Defense’
During a White House press event on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump remarked that the Department of Defense name “didn’t sound good” to him. “Department of Defense, I don’t want to be defense only,” he continued. “We want defense, but we want offense, too. The president noted that under the old moniker, the Department of War, the United States enjoyed an “unbelievable history of victory” that incl...[Read More]
Why Trump is claiming the US ‘needs’ Greenland for Arctic security
Location, location, location. Greenland’s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world’s largest island a key part of security strategy. But for whom? Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make sure his country controls this mineral-r...[Read More]
Why Trump is claiming the US ‘needs’ Greenland for Arctic security
Location, location, location. Greenland’s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world’s largest island a key part of security strategy. But for whom? Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make sure his country controls this mineral-r...[Read More]