Military News

Bernard Bluestein, 100, of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and John Christman … The legislation to honor the military units with the Congressional Gold Medal — Congress’ highest honor — was …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-wwii-ghost-army-was-secret-for-decades-now-the-artist-soldiers-will-finally-get-their-recognition/ar-BB1kgTAh

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Tim Walz has exactly the kind of dopey, smug left-wing politics you’d expect from a Minnesota public school teacher. Republicans’ trying to knock his military service instead may be the dumbest thing I have heard in a long, dumb political season.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/knock-walz-politics-not-military-064300063.html

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with efforts to call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s candidacy into question centering on his military record. On Wednesday, Sen. JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, accused Walz of “lying” about …

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-walz-faced-the-same-questions-about-his-military-record-back-in-2006-too

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By 1996, he transferred to the Minnesota Army National Guard. In 2003, he deployed to Italy in a support position of active military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he was not in a combat zone …

https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/state_news/walzs-military-record-under-scrutiny-as-vance-gop-question-his-service/article_6db4b3c7-1643-5300-a6f7-c6d19b7989d7.html

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Tim Walz, challenging his military record. “When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, you know what he did?” Vance said at the rally. “He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-controversy-over-tim-walz-s-military-service-explained/ar-AA1oFZH0

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TEXARKANA, Tex. — Kyra Rousseau remembers feeling trapped in her high school media center last fall when a phalanx of military personnel and faculty members shut the doors behind her and about …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-trump-s-orbit-some-muse-about-mandatory-military-service/ar-BB1o0ioO

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The Depot is situated in Northeast Texas. Texarkana is unique as it is divided into both Texas and Arkansas. Although the military population in the area is small, the support from the community …

https://www.military.com/base-guide/red-river-army-depot

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The U.S. military is open to consultations about escorting Philippine ships in the disputed South China Sea, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Tuesday amid a spike in hostilities between Beijing and Manila in the disputed waters.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/28/us-military-is-open-to-escorting-philippine-ships-/

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KOCO 5 visited students at Starbase Oklahoma City. Even from a kid’s perspective … their attitude towards STEM – and the military – shift dramatically toward the positive.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/stem-spotlight-dod-program-exposes-oklahoma-students-to-stem-careers-in-military-civilian-life/ar-BB1mSl9E

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The City of Laredo Parks Department is gearing up to enhance North Central Park with military-grade fitness equipment, thanks to a new proposal inspired by the Marine Corps and local officials.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north-central-park-may-receive-new-military-grade-fitness-equipment/ar-AA1pcTmk

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Rheinmetall would buy U.S.-based military vehicle parts maker Loc Performance in a $950 million deal, the German defense group said on Tuesday. Michigan-based Loc is an original equipment manufacturer for the U.

https://wsau.com/2024/08/13/rheinmetall-to-buy-military-vehicle-parts-maker-loc-performance-in-950-million-deal/

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – CSU has moved up to #5 in the latest Militaryfriendly.com rankings of small public military-friendly schools, after ranking in the top 10 last year. CSU is now the only …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/columbus-state-advances-to-5th-most-military-friendly-school-in-u-s/ar-BB1l0RXV

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP … The hearing took place in a courtroom used for cases involving military veterans. Banners from branches of the military hang along the back wall of the courtroom.

https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/case-against-army-veteran-charged-with-killing-a-homeless-man-in-memphis-tennessee-moves-forward/IMHHPT3QABBQPACZYQPL4R5R64/

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The transition from military to civilian life in the classroom … One example is the Chez Veterans Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which was built to accommodate wounded …

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/tips-for-going-to-college-as-a-military-veteran

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An enormous military plane has crashed into … Aircraft expert Peter Forman told Hawaii News Now that the runway at the Kaneohe base is relatively short, which also may have made landing trickier …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/giant-military-intelligence-plane-crash-lands-in-hawaii-bay-after-missing-runway/ar-AA1khO87

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A military aircraft converted to fight California wildfires is in the air after years of federal delays. The first of seven C-130 aircraft transferred from the U.S. Coast Guard and retrofitted is now combating the state’s wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s …

https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-california-long-awaited-military-191919546.html

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Base officials told residents and base personnel that the areas possibly affected by the blast may include Edwards Air Force Base, California City, Barstow … The military did not reveal the …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/military-detonation-completed-at-edwards-air-force-base/ar-BB1oKrEi

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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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