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If the government shutdown continues, military commissaries should be able to keep their shelves full and “sprint through Thanksgiving,” commissary officials said. Officials expect to maintain “as normal operations as possible” through closing on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, said John Hall, director of the Defense Commissary Agency, during a Oct. 24 webinar with members of industry, organize...[Read More]

If the government shutdown continues, military commissaries should be able to keep their shelves full and “sprint through Thanksgiving,” commissary officials said. Officials expect to maintain “as normal operations as possible” through closing on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, said John Hall, director of the Defense Commissary Agency, during a Oct. 24 webinar with members of industry, organize...[Read More]

If the government shutdown continues, military commissaries should be able to keep their shelves full and “sprint through Thanksgiving,” commissary officials said. Officials expect to maintain “as normal operations as possible” through closing on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, said John Hall, director of the Defense Commissary Agency, during a Oct. 24 webinar with members of industry, organize...[Read More]

The plan involved Marines firing high explosive rounds from M777 Howitzers — artillery used to launch shells in wars in Afghanistan and Ukraine — into designated ranges

Lt. Kermit Tyler’s eyes lit up at what he saw on his screen: a large blip 132 miles north of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It was just after 7:02 a.m., and the skeleton crew working the night shift at the Aircraft Information Center at Fort Shafter also were mystified by the reading that had caught Tyler’s eye. Could their radar equipment be malfunctioning? Just how many planes were incoming? And m...[Read More]

The U.S. Navy’s use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio silence was essential.

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Gray clouds hung low, and a steady drizzle dripped through the tall fir trees of the Hürtgen Forest along the German-Belgian border early on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 16, 1944. As sporadic artillery volleys thumped in the distance, batches of shivering German soldiers ventured from the forward foxholes and bunkers of Lt. Gen. Hans Schmidt’s 275th Infantry Division, scouting for signs of an exp...[Read More]

After the American victory over the British on Jan. 3, 1777, Gen. George Washington managed to hang on to his army — but just barely. As both British and American armies settled into their winter quarters both were back to almost the same positions held in mid-November. Except for a small garrison at Paulus Hook across the Hudson from lower Manhattan, all of New Jersey had been abandoned by the Br...[Read More]

The government shutdown has already affected some services on military installations, but the impact varies, according to Military Times’ review of several installation Facebook pages. For example, family centers at some bases are open, like those at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, but classes are canceled. At Fort Riley, Kansas, the Soldier and Family Assistance Center, as well as i...[Read More]