Military News

CAMP DOUGLAS (WLUK) — Northeast Wisconsin residents may notice increased military aircraft activity in the first two weeks of August. Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, located in …

https://fox11online.com/news/local/military-training-exercise-to-increase-aircraft-activity-over-northeast-wisconsin-volk-field-combat-readiness-northern-lightning-camp-douglas-air-force-national-guard-marine-navy-michae…

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(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin state representative who got three fake military ballots in the mail two years ago is now getting mail for at least one of those same fake people. Rep.

https://www.news-journal.com/brandtjen-fake-military-voters-remain-on-wisconsin-voters-rolls/article_c08e3717-853a-57fb-9aa7-d6fe821b2299.html

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A massive human trafficking bust in Florida resulted in 228 arrests, including members of the U.S. military and a teacher, authorities said Tuesday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said 150 …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-sheriff-military-teacher-included-in-those-apprehended-in-massive-human-trafficking-bust/ar-BB1jnPsG

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Questions surrounding Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s military biography have sparked an online debate about whether or not the circumstances of his …

https://www.newsweek.com/tim-walz-jd-vance-military-records-compared-1936655

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The United Way of Broward County is helping hundreds of students in military families get ready to return to school. On Wednesday, the United Way of Broward County’s …

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/08/07/south-florida-military-families-receive-back-to-school-supplies/

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COLUMBUS, Ga. — For Ryan Calloway, the raging debate over the vice presidential candidates’ military records is “silly.” Troops serve in a variety of roles, including financial management …

https://kdhnews.com/news/politics/vance-and-walz-served-in-the-military-that-s-what-matters-some-voters-in-georgia/article_4b1f3303-f5c4-5069-aeca-6fe707121b0b.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/us/judge-rules-military-can-t-turn-away-hiv-positive-enlistees/ar-AA1pg0sz

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including a U.S. Army instructor pilot from Canton, were killed Wednesday afternoon in a helicopter crash on an Alabama military base. According to a report from the Associated Press Wednesday …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-army-instructor-pilot-from-canton-killed-in-helicopter-crash-on-alabama-military-base/ar-AA1oxXZQ

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Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to join her … contenders for the vice presidential nomination. His military experience also provides a counterpoint to that of …

https://rollcall.com/2024/08/06/minnesota-gov-walz-brings-rural-military-background-to-harris-ticket/

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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.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/08/tim-walz-military-record-questions/

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Ohio Sen. JD Vance slammed the timing of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s retirement from a more-than-two-decades-long military career as a means of avoiding a deployment to Iraq on Wednesday, …

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/07/vance-walz-military-stolen-valor-garbage-00173172

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(WLUK) — Flags will fly at half-staff in Wisconsin Monday in honor of a soldier … “Sergeant Jack Hohlfeld was a decorated military hero who selflessly answered the call to serve and gave …

https://fox11online.com/news/military/sergeant-jack-hohlfeld-flags-half-staff-mast-wisconsin-governor-tony-evers-world-war-ii-casualty-pacific-theater-remains-identified-la-crosse-burial

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Combined Arms reduces the noise by directly connecting veterans and military families with hundreds of best-in-class resources through one simple online platform. It is a network of federal, state, and nonprofit organizations that work together for one common goal: holistically serving the military community.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/empowering-veterans-military-families-combined-143500917.html

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JD Vance alleges Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz deliberately “abandoned … The Harris-Walz campaign has responded in part: “After 24 years of military service, Walz retired in 2005 and ran for Congress.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-we-know-about-tim-walz-s-military-record/vi-AA1otYnb

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ASHBURN, Va. — From the 40-yard dash, to the broad jump, the three-cone shuffle, and the quarterback arm challenge, the military took over Washington Commanders practice on day five of training …

https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/nfl/washington-commanders/training-camp-meets-boot-camp-military-appreciation-day-washington-commanders/65-a2f738ea-b8bf-41a1-a2dd-f87a406bf599

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North Carolina’s race for state schools superintendent is once again in the national spotlight after an unearthed social media video by Republican candidate Michele Morrow called for a military …

https://www.wral.com/story/nc-superintendent-race-morrow-defends-comments-on-using-military-to-keep-trump-in-office/21575761/

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SAS is one of 15 companies nationwide to receive the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Analytics, artificial intelligence and data management software and services company SAS received an honor Thursday for its work to support military families.

https://www.wral.com/story/sas-receives-award-from-pentagon-for-supporting-military-employees/21591812/

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Hope for the Warriors, a national non-profit that supports post-9/11 military families, has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation.

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/non-profit-supporting-post-9-11-military-families-receives-200000-donation-15-passenger-van/

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Calley died on April 28 at a residential end-of-life facility in the southern city of Gainesville … find and kill members of the Viet Cong, the military arm of North Vietnam that often carried …

https://www.voanews.com/a/william-calley-us-military-officer-convicted-of-infamous-massacre-of-vietnamese-villagers-in-1968-dies-/7718443.html

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The U.S. has announced that it has handed over its last military base in the African nation of Niger. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of National Defense of the …

https://www.newsweek.com/us-military-troops-niger-africa-department-defense-1934734

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