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Butch Wilmore Wilmore, 61, grew up in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, playing football for his high school … and served in a Navy helicopter squadron overseas during the military buildup for the Gulf War. NASA chose her as an astronaut in 1998.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/25/nasa-astronauts-who-will-spend-extra-months-space-station-are-navy-veterans.html

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A federal judge ruled this week that the U.S. military cannot bar enlistees who have undetectable viral loads of HIV, eliminating the last major barrier in the armed forces for asymptomatic

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/judge-rules-military-can-t-turn-away-hiv-positive-enlistees/ar-AA1pgrN4

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FORT NOVOSEL, Ala. (AP) — A helicopter crash at a military base in Alabama on Wednesday afternoon killed one person and injured another, military officials said. An AH-64 Apache helicopter …

https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/08/08/helicopter-crash-military-base-alabama-kills-1-injures-another-county-coroner-says/

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KILLEEN, Texas — Community members gathered Aug … “From the airport staff and local government officials to the military personnel and community members, each of you have contributed …

https://www.army.mil/article/278732/grk_hits_20th_anniversary_milestone

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CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military said its top commander, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, survived a drone attack on a military graduation ceremony that killed five people in the country’s east.

https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/sudans-military-says-its-top-commander-survived-a-drone-strike-that-killed-5-at-an-army-ceremony/HI5H7H4VZJDDDHSUXCQTQSLN24/

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An enormous military plane has crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii after overshooting the runway at a US Marine Corps base. There were no casualties among the nine crew members …

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/giant-military-intelligence-plane-crash-lands-in-hawaii-bay-after-missing-runway/ar-AA1khzg9

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Once again, another person from North Carolina will soon be in … One of those men is a military veteran from Raleigh. Touted as a “real-life superhero,” 31-year-old Marcus Shoberg is an …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/meet-the-raleigh-military-veteran-on-the-new-season-of-abc-s-the-bachelorette/ar-BB1nyEdI

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Connecticut lawmakers fear a reduction will … equality and inclusion programs in the military. “I applaud Chairman [Mike] Rogers [R-Ala.] and Ranking Member [Adam] Smith [D-Wash.]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ct-s-electric-boat-and-suppliers-around-the-state-depend-on-a-military-submarine-contract-its-future-is-uncertain/ar-BB1owgaj

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Connecticut farmers who are also U.S. military veterans are set to take part in the state’s first-ever veteran only farmers’ market on July 13. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/first-of-its-kind-farmers-market-aimed-at-helping-state-s-military-veterans/ar-BB1pweHe

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KANE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — A historic military vehicle was reportedly stolen … cut spruce and pine from the Boulder and Thousand Lake Mountains to his log mill in Bicknell in southern Utah.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/historic-military-vehicle-stolen-from-utah-national-forest/ar-BB1q225y

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A U.S. Army Reserve Colonel, formerly of Utah’s 76th Operational Ruse … U.S. out of more than $60,000 in unearned military pay entitlements. The announcement by …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/us-army-reserve-colonel-from-utah-accused-of-defrauding-nation-of-more-than-60k/ar-BB1iNJQU

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An Army soldier has pleaded guilty to selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities NASHVILLE … which straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky line, shortly after the indictment …

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-army-soldier-pleads-guilty-selling-sensitive-military-112816421

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The Department of Justice has nabbed two men from Florida for smuggling firearms and other military equipment into Colombia. Jordan Guy MacDonald Goudreau, 48, of Melbourne, Florida, and Yacsy …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/financial-crime-weekly-florida-duo-busted-for-smuggling-military-equipment-into-colombia-diesel-parts-seller-fined-1m/ar-BB1r6AYF

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While then opposition leader Juan Guaido was initially enthused by the coup idea, signing an agreement with Goudreau’s Melbourne, Florida-based … their effort to buy military-related equipment …

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/07/31/former-green-beret-arrested-for-2020-failed-venezuela-raid/

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Bellevue police responded Thursday to a report of a military-grade rocket in the garage of a home in the city across Lake Washington from Seattle. Police said an Air Force museum in Dayton …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/deceased-bellevue-resident-had-military-grade-cold-war-era-rocket-in-the-garage/ar-BB1hP4pu

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In July 2006, veterans sent letters to local news outlets, the Mankato Free Press, archived by Bluestem Prairie News, and the Winona Daily News, claiming Walz was misleading voters about his military service in Afghanistan. Walz published a response in the Winona Daily News stating he never misled anyone and he was proud of his military service.

https://highlandcountypress.com/index.php/news/questions-remain-over-tim-walzs-military-service-after-harris-campaign-says-he-misspoke

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An inert military ordnance was discovered in Medford on Saturday, prompting the closure of several roads, the State Police said. At approximately 2 p.m. on Feb. 3, state police, Medford police …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/inert-military-device-found-in-medford-police-say/ar-BB1hLRij

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Sights most visible to the public included military trucks filling the parking … formerly Lennon, 62, of Florissant, Missouri, who served from 1989 to 1999 with 657th reservists from Illinois …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/belleville-had-an-army-reserve-center-for-nearly-60-years-now-it-s-being-sold/ar-BB1r5hCd

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Collins, 41, of Twin Falls, Idaho, said he worked at the Pentagon … and did two tours in Germany during his service as a military policeman from 1979 to 1992, is still working out a plan.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he-got-30k-to-leave-the-military-when-it-needed-to-downsize-now-the-government-wants-that-money-back/ar-BB1pp0n2

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Last week, the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee’s military record came under assault from Republicans — attacks reminiscent of those two decades earlier on Sen. John Kerry during his White House run.

https://roanoke.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/will-the-attacks-on-walzs-military-service-stick-like-they-did-to-kerry-20-years/article_ea559788-2037-5567-88fc-0f3c52357545.html

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