Military News

Donald Trump was criticized Friday after he said the top civilian award he gave to a donor was better than the highest US military medal because his supporter remains “healthy

https://www.tiogapublishing.com/news/nation/trump-takes-fire-for-comment-on-top-military-medal/article_e7cbf7f6-e88e-565d-9cdf-1bed60f31957.html

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(Navy) Less than half of service members with a special needs family member reported that they were satisfied with the military program … as they progress in their oversight and data collection …

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2024/08/15/dod-shows-progress-challenges-in-special-needs-family-member-program/

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Two French military jets collided in midair over the country’s east on Wednesday, killing two military personnel and leaving a sole survivor, French officials said. In a post on X, French President Emmanuel Macron identified the fatalities in the Rafale (AM.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/french-military-jets-collide-in-midair-two-dead/ar-AA1oOBpZ

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Britain is circulating a United Nations resolution on Myanmar urging renewed peace efforts. It also condemns attacks on civilians, especially by the Myanmar military, and calls for a halt to illicit arms transfers.

https://localnews8.com/news/2024/08/27/a-proposed-un-resolution-on-myanmar-condemns-military-attacks-on-civilians-and-urges-peace-efforts/

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Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) doubled down on his attacks on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) military background, arguing during a campaign event Thursday that Vice President Harris’s running mate

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/vance-continues-attacks-on-walz-s-military-service/ar-AA1oS2r7

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Last October, the global developer Lendlease, which owns and manages more than 40,000 homes and 192 apartments on U.S. military installations … across the DC-Maryland-Virginia area. As those commands have grown, Fort Belvoir now has more than 1,000 …

https://www.bdcnetwork.com/military-housing-presents-opportunities-and-challenges-its-private-builders-and-landlords

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Greg Abbott unveiled plans for a new military base outside Eagle Pass … Ron DeSantis and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem are also among the lawmakers sending in resources to help Abbott.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-abbott-unveils-military-base-amid-border-fight-with-biden/ar-BB1ixELw

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The U.S. military is among several countries participating in a large-scale military exercise this week and next week in Indonesia. The Super Garuda Shield, an annual Indonesian-led military exercise,

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-military-participates-in-super-garuda-shield-exercise/ar-AA1psU8c

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A former top Milwaukee election official was convicted at trial Wednesday in a case in which she was criminally charged for creating fake names to order three military absentee ballots ahead of …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jury-finds-former-milwaukee-election-official-guilty-in-fake-military-absentee-ballot-case/ar-BB1kf82X

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Tennessee, we took you to Henry County, home of the only barrage balloon battalion in the U.S. Army. This week, one of the soldiers in that battalion was posthumously awarded a top military honor …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-soldier-with-middle-tn-ties-posthumously-receives-top-military-honor/ar-BB1nPGFC

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Troy Nehls has repeatedly claimed to be the … and was awarded a Bronze Star for his duties there. But military documents obtained by CBS News after a months-long investigation and a review …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/military-documents-contradict-gop-congressmans-military-record-claims/ar-AA1o3PV5

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The Democratic NC superintendent candidate says his GOP opponent can’t be trusted to uphold the Constitution after she urged Trump to use the military to stay in power.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michele-morrow-advocated-for-a-military-coup-to-keep-trump-in-power-mo-green-charges/ar-AA1oFDxN

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TUNICA, Miss. – Don’t be alarm if you see military helicopters in your neck of the woods over the next few days. Especially in the Tunica and Oxford areas of Mississippi. The aircrafts are part of …

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/military-training-to-take-place-in-skies-of-mississippi-louisiana-over-next-few-days/article_54317dbc-5a3b-11ef-aa5a-77126668b16c.html

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Heavy rain overnight helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire burning at a military bombing range in southern New Jersey … or just under 2 square miles (5.3 square kilometers).

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/forest-fire-at-new-jersey-military-base-80-contained-after-overnight-rain/ar-BB1q9UBS

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Musk added, “Oh the Irany.” The problem with … a community note has been add to the bottom of Musk’s Iran graphic, reading, “There are no U.S. military bases in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan or …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elon-musk-still-hasn-t-deleted-x-post-falsely-showing-26-us-military-bases-around-iran-oh-the-irany-he-writes/ar-AA1j0FHh

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PINEVILLE, La. – Fifteen human intelligence collector … While interrogating, teams received detainee information from LANG military police, who acted as area security and managed all detainee …

https://www.army.mil/article/278710/louisiana_guard_hosts_army_interrogation_team_competition

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paid to publish a letter in a Minnesota newspaper claiming that Walz had for years “embellished and selectively omitted facts and circumstances” about his military career. In an interview …

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/08/25/walzs-exit-from-minnesota-national-guard-left-openings-for-critics-to-pounce-on-his-military-record/

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A family is grieving and desperate for answers after a 21-year-old soldier died while stationed at a military base in New York.

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/08/14/we-are-shock-us-soldier-found-dead-military-base-roommate-charged-with-murder/

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Twenty military veterans were honored recently at a special pinning event and remembrance ceremony at Town Square Sarasota jointly hosted by the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs and Empath …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/military-veterans-honored-during-special-ceremony-at-sarasota-adult-day-center/ar-BB1qPcSI

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Operating from four strategically located companies across Puerto Rico — the Headquarters Company in Juana Díaz, Alpha Company in Yauco … engineering, military police and civil affairs …

https://www.army.mil/article/278969/delivering_critical_comms_in_the_caribbean_as_ernesto_advances

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