Oklahoma National Guard soldier Pfc. Sarah Bartodei, 19, and fellow soldiers gather to receive their combat action patches on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 …
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The Marines traveled light, carrying items they could pack into a helicopter or move on golf-cart sized Utility Task Vehicles, which can also be carried by MV-22 Osprey and CH-53 Super Stallion …
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Jun 4, 2023 – Iranian boats swarmed a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, leading to a distress call from the ship and the scrambling of a helicopter and a surveillance plane to the area, the U.S …
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Spc. Mackenzie L. Shay, 20, was killed in a crash. on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022 – . The accident occurred at Fort Indiantown Gap in southeastern Pennsylvania, involving a pair of cargo vehicles during …
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Jul 1, 2024 – BAE Systems of York, Pa., developed the ACV under a $67 million contract in June 2019. The following year, the company received a $184 million contract for the vehicle’s full production.
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Jan 30, 2024 – The ACV, first developed by BAE Systems of York, Pa., under a $67 million contract in June 2019, replaces the amphibious assault vehicles whose use by the Corps concluded not long after the …
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WASHINGTON The 14th command sergeant major of the Army Reserve will be Sgt. Maj. Andrew Lombardo, the Army Reserve announced Monday. Lombardo is a Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan War …
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May 18, 2023 – Existing airmen and guardians can earn as many as three medals for referring recruits and new enlistees can earn quick promotions if they refer friends.
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Sep 19, 2024 – German Col. Michael Von Block, front right, briefs Gen. Darryl A. Williams, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander, during Exercise Avenger Triad 24 in the United Kingdom on Sept. 15, 2024 – .
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A man was killed Friday at Luke Air Force Base when his vehicle crashed into automated barriers that were deployed after he tried to run the gates at the Arizona installation. The Glendale Police …
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VILSECK, Germany About 200 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment soldiers returned from Iraq on Sunday in two waves to a post decorated with hundreds of signs welcoming the troops home.
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Lt. Kevin Mullins, Surface Warfare Officer School surface navigator course leader, instructs Lt. Corey Schulz on proper sextant procedures, Dec. 10, 2015, in Newport …
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Jul 18, 2024 – The three parades are the hallmark of Fussa’s Tanabata Festival. The mikoshi and float parade is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. A mikoshi is a palanquin, or enclosed litter carried …
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The police spokesman said Rush was walking by himself at 1:38 a.m. near a JR Sanyo Honsen railroad crossing in Shingu-cho after drinking with his friends in Shunan city.
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A Marine salutes during a remembrance ceremony Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, for 13 Marines killed in a fire at Camp Fuji, Japan, in October 1979. (Christian Lopez/Stars and Stripes)
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Feb 15, 2024 – Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough testifies Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 – , before a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing on whether the VA ignore and perpetrate sexual …
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Dec 16, 2022 – Spc. Shay A. Wilson, 28, an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga., has been charged with one count of murder in the shooting death …
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A British court on Nov. 7, 2024 – , sentenced Spc. Isac Alejandro Calderon, a Texas Army National Guard soldier, to over two years in prison for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
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The person Heath identified as his torturer was Reynaldo Hernández, an agent of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence, DGCIM for its initials in Spanish, in Falcón state.
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