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Afghans who helped US fight Taliban left in limbo by Trump policy
They helped the U.S. military order airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State fighters and worked as drivers and translators during America’s longest war. They were set to start new lives in the United States. Then President Donald Trump issued executive orders that put an end to programs used to help Afghans get to safety in America. Now those same Afghans, who underwent a yearslong background...[Read More]
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their names, forgotten for more than a century, have been revived and are now written in the records of history. Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and h...[Read More]
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their names, forgotten for more than a century, have been revived and are now written in the records of history. Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and h...[Read More]
After 142 years, Navy apologizes for destroying Alaska Native village
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the following months that elders sacrificed their own lives to spare food for surviving children. It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. ...[Read More]
After 2 Years, Navy Sees Successes with Pre-Boot Camp Prep Course
After about two years of operation, the Navy’s pre-boot camp program for recruits who need help meeting the physical and academic requirements for service is proving to be useful, and leaders say they want it to stay.
After 50 years, this WWII soldier finally received his Medal of Honor
In 1997, after being denied the award for more than 50 years due to discrimination, 1st Lt. Vernon Baker finally received a Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II, making him one of the seven Black American troops awarded the medal for their service in the war. Baker was born in 1919 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. When he was 4 years old, his parents were killed in a car accident, leaving him a...[Read More]
After Long Search, Navy Declares 2 Aviators Dead in Washington State Growler Crash
Two Navy aviators who were flying an EA-18G Growler jet in Washington state when it crashed Tuesday were declared dead on Sunday, the service said in a statement.
After nearly 100 years, this WWI soldier received his Medal of Honor
War brings out the best and worst in its participants. One seldom knows what qualities one brings onto the battlefield until a situation arises when that service person has to make a fateful choice. In the case of William Shemin, World War I presented more than one call beyond duty. Born on Oct. 14, 1896, to Russian Jewish immigrants in Bayonne, New Jersey, Shemin played semi-professional baseball...[Read More]
After nine grueling months at sea, USS Theodore Roosevelt is home
The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt returned home to San Diego on Tuesday following a nine-month deployment that saw its West Pacific cruise detoured to the Middle East as war threatened to break out between Israel and Iran. TR was rushed to the Middle East in July, after East Coast carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower was wrapping up its own extended deployment battling missile and drone salvos fired...[Read More]
After review, VA scales back plans for contract cancellations
Veterans Affairs leaders on Monday scaled back massive cost-cutting plans within the department, announcing revised plans to still eliminate nearly 600 professional service contracts they insist will save $900 million without compromising any support for veterans. The elimination of 585 “non-mission-critical or duplicative contracts” comes a week after department officials touted plans to terminat...[Read More]
AI, advanced tech central to new Marine Corps aviation plan
The U.S. Marine Corps released a revised aviation strategy Monday that focuses on using autonomous systems, drones and artificial intelligence-driven software to ensure its aircraft fleet can survive in a fierce war zone. And the Corps is also shifting its procurement plans for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to buy more carrier-based F-35Cs and fewer of the B variants that can hover and vertically ...[Read More]
AI, advanced tech central to new Marine Corps aviation plan
The U.S. Marine Corps released a revised aviation strategy Monday that focuses on using autonomous systems, drones and artificial intelligence-driven software to ensure its aircraft fleet can survive in a fierce war zone. And the Corps is also shifting its procurement plans for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to buy more carrier-based F-35Cs and fewer of the B variants that can hover and vertically ...[Read More]