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KXII-TV
April 28, 2018
"They are looking for a patriotic supporter of the military to help them out with funds to get home," said Berry. ... Scammers will choose the people they have the greatest chance of fooling, claiming anything from IRS fraud to grand prize winnings, to grandchildren wounded in an accident, needing your help.
The Drive
April 24, 2018
Catherine Caddell, the show's director of marketing, initially told local reports that the accident had caused an estimated $1 million in damage, which would make it a Class B mishap according to the U.S. military's official definitions. U.S. Navy Lieutenant David Gardner, a spokesman for the Blue Angels,Ãâà...
Task & Purpose
April 24, 2018
The mishap occurred during a training flight. Military aviation has seen a spike in crashes recently. A total of 16 service members have been killed in separate crashes since March. Military Times found that crashes have soared by 40 percent since deep cuts to defense spending took effect in 2013.
Stars and Stripes
April 24, 2018
Army Secretary Mark Esper ended three online mandates this month: media awareness, combatting trafficking in persons and the accident avoidance course. He also lifted several requirements related to unit safety programs and inspections. Esper and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said in an AprilÃâà...
Business Insider
April 24, 2018
An F-22 from the 90th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, experienced engine failure April 6 during a routine training flight at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, days before another F-22's belly skid at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Air Force officials told Military.com on Friday. "We can confirm that a 3 WG F-22, assigned to theÃâà...
The Killeen Daily Herald
April 24, 2018
In addition to covering over information available on the rollover accident in its main report, the Army also failed to give the public a copy of the Fort Hood unit's report, known as an Army Regulation 15-6 investigation. The unit report had been given to deceased soldiers' family members, who shared it withÃâà...
New York Times
April 17, 2018
A new civil rights movement in Pakistan is galvanizing a rapidly growing following among the country's ethnic Pashtun minority by doing the nearly unthinkable: openly accusing the powerful and popular Pakistani military establishment of being “oppressors” who kill or whisk away Pashtuns by theÃâà...
CNN
April 11, 2018
(CNN) At least 257 people were killed on Wednesday when a military plane crashed near the Algerian capital, Algiers, state media reported. The plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Boufarik air base, between Algiers and the city of Blida. Ten of those killed were the plane crew, according toÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 2, 2018
A British soldier has died in the final week of his training course in a tragic diving incident. An investigation has been launched into the death of Lance Corporal George Partridge at the National Dive Activity Centre in Chepstow, Gloucestershire. The 27-year-old, who was expecting his first child with wifeÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 2, 2018
Speaking with Army Radio, Gilad Erdan suggested that Israel opposed “the hostility and anti-Semitism of Erdogan,” adding that he “continued to support Hamas,” reiterating the prime minister's remark, “It's odd for a country such as Turkey, that is massacring the Kurds and occupying northern Cyprus, to beÃâà...
WHIO
April 1, 2018
SPRINGFIELD — Crews responded to a two-vehicle accident at Bechtle Avenue and West Columbia in Springfield around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. According to a witness, ... The funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. April 6 at Newcomer with burial with full military honors at Dayton National Cemetery to follow. READ MORE: KoreanÃâà...
Mansfield News Journal
April 1, 2018
Dad and I had a big argument over me going ahead and joining the Army because my older brother Chuck was already in (the Army) and was in Vietnam. He didn't want any of us to go through that. Just as I was going to go down and sign up, Dad came in with the mail and tossed my draft notice to me.”.
Sumter Item
April 1, 2018
Shaw Air Force Base has been a valued part of the Sumter community for my entire life. Many of my friends have served or are serving at Shaw in some capacity. The impact that the military has on our community is more than just monetary, with many retirees choosing Sumter for their retirement home.
The Hill
April 1, 2018
... South Korea kick off joint military exercises after hiatus MORE, the central target in the special prosecutor's probe, has repeatedly stated? Comey was humiliatingly removed by the president last May and enjoyed a brief period of bipartisan sympathy for the disgraceful manner in which he was dispatched.
Sputnik International
March 31, 2018
The EU's hasty response to the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal risks turning out to be flawed, Alexander Cerny, deputy chairman of the defense committee in Czech lower chamber, told Sputnik, commenting on the UK-led expulsion spree which resulted in the deportation of more than 100 RussianÃâà...
The Desert Sun
March 31, 2018
Mario Garcia, 25-year-old Palm Springs resident, was killed in a drunk driving accident just three months before being discharged from the Army National ... conversation about death with his older brother, Pedro, a few weeks ago after Garcia enrolled in a life insurance plan with the Army National Guard.
The Herald Journal
March 31, 2018
2 British IS members say hostage beheadings were a 'mistake' ... Elsheikh said the killings were a "mistake" and might not have been justified. But, he ... They said they had been questioned repeatedly by U.S. military officials and the FBI — daily interrogations for a month, then frequent ones for weeks after.
AirForceTimes.com
March 31, 2018
A decorated Air Force hero of the Vietnam War was killed in an automobile accident March 24 in Winchester, Virginia. ... team of American and South Vietnamese soldiers that had been ambushed by a North Vietnamese Army battalion as they returned from a secret mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Haaretz
March 30, 2018
Fatal errors, near-disaster, a lot of luck and a national hero who doesn't quite deserve the title: To British military historian Saul David, those were the actual components of the Israeli operation to rescue the hostages from an Air France flight that was hijacked to Uganda in 1976. Jose Padilha's “7 Days inÃâà...
The Hill
March 30, 2018
Then there was the deal with Democratic leaders to secure more military spending in exchange for boosts in social spending. Back in 2011, Republicans agreed to $1 of military cutbacks for every $1 of domestic program cuts. The government shrank by several hundred billion dollars for several years, evenÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 29, 2018
“The whole time he was laying in the woods, and nobody would go look,” Stump's mother, Patrice Wise, told Army Times after he was found. “He knew going into this that he could be giving his life for all of us, and they couldn't even go look for him. We were told that we were taking time away from theirÃâà...
MyPalmBeachPost
March 29, 2018
'Everything was an accident:' Palm Springs driver cited in fatal Publix crash ... It was an accident, he determined. Her actions violated only the ... At about 10:30 p.m. July 13, Celavie Duclos backs her minivan into two cars in the Publix parking lot near South Military Trail and Melaleuca Lane. JosephineÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 28, 2018
The Illinois National Guard says 30-year-old Sgt. Marcos Leonardo Gudino was in a military ambulance that was part of convoy of vehicles returning on Interstate 90 from weekend training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, on Sunday. National Guard officials say the ambulance driver suffered serious injuries andÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
March 26, 2018
He said he was in shock for a moment, and then grabbed a military-grade medical kit out of his truck. He's not military, but said he bought it because he thought it might come in handy. Ironically, this was the second time he was the first person to respond to a car accident. The woman in the driver's seat wasÃâà...
WIFR
March 26, 2018
LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) -- A man is dead after an Illinois National Guard military car crashed heading eastbound on I-90 near the Riverside Blvd. exit just after 11 a.m. Sunday. Police say there were two men in the car at the time of the crash. Both were transported to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.
Rockford Register Star
March 26, 2018
A member of the U.S. Army National Guard died Sunday, March 25, 2018, after a single-vehicle rollover accident off Interstate 90 near Loves Park. ... LOVES PARK — A member of the Army National Guard was killed and another was critically injured after they rolled their military vehicle off Interstate 90.
Times Daily
March 25, 2018
But his votes can nevertheless impact the world stage. His decision to cross party lines in order to give President Trump a free hand to continue support for a disastrous policy in the Saudi Peninsula is more than a freshman mistake. It is a signal that military contractors at home are more important than theÃâà...
LobeLog
March 23, 2018
Instead, Abrams prefers the assessment of Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, whom he quoted as saying, “Today, the Lebanese army has lost its independence and is another unit in Hezbollah's apparatus, and therefore, as far as we are concerned, the infrastructure of the Lebanese army and theÃâà...
www.computing.co.uk
March 23, 2018
Guccifer 2.0, the hacker supposedly responsible for hacking into the Democratic National Committee computer network, who claimed to be Romanian, has been outed as working from Moscow, most likely for the Russian foreign military intelligence agency, known as the GRU. The DNC materials that wereÃâà...
CIproud.com
March 23, 2018
Jamanni "Jay" Gibson and another soldier were kayaking during free time on a lake at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington. Military emergency personnel received a report of missing kayakers and recovered the bodies. Gibson is a 2015 graduate of Manual Academy, graduating in the topÃâà...
Newsweek
March 23, 2018
The U.S. nuclear arsenal will be useless unless the production of plutonium cores—used to trigger the weapons—is accelerated to replace ageing stock, a military official has warned. Earlier this week, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command voiced his concern over the supply of plutonium triggers,Ãâà...
Twitchy
March 23, 2018
United Airlines, under fire for killing one dog and shipping another to the wrong continent, changed temporarily suspended the shipping of pets as cargo. But this has hit members of the U.S. military stationed in Guam pretty hard as United is the only carrier with direct flights to the mainland and the pets areÃâà...
OCRegister
March 23, 2018
Fatal stabbing of Camp Pendleton Marine was a tragic accident, defense argues in preliminary hearing ... The hearing — known as an Article 32 in the Uniform Code of Military Justice — allows the defense and prosecution to introduce evidence and arguments. After hearing evidence against Begay, HurÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
March 23, 2018
Several troops testifying for the defense said the death was an accident at a preliminary hearing Thursday at Camp Pendleton, according to the Orange County Register. The hearing — known as an Article 32 in the Uniform Code of Military Justice — allows the defense and prosecution to introduceÃâà...
Q13 FOX
March 22, 2018
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Two JBLM soldiers were found dead in American Lake on Tuesday after receiving reports of missing kayakers. According to military officials, Pvt. Jamanni Gibson, 21, of West Peoria, Illinois, and Pvt. Jacques Means, 22, of Killeen, Texas were killed in a boatingÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 22, 2018
The military's mea culpa comes a day after CBC News first published 24-year-old Kennedy McArthur's story. She applied to join the reserves in the Brantford 56 Field Artillery last summer, but was denied because she takes estrogen, the military said in a letter. 'I feel more hopeful. I went home today feelingÃâà...
Theredstonerocket
March 21, 2018
The Army was looking for him, his father said. Thomas, who was under a student deferment, had neglected to notify his local draft board that he left school. “And it was just a mistake on my part. I forgot to notify them,” Thomas said. He reported to the draft board in Columbia in February 1972. The woman atÃâà...
My Twin Tiers.com
March 21, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has rejected a resolution that would prohibit U.S. troops from helping a Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen. But the unusual vote - coming as Saudi Arabia's crown prince met with President Trump- showed the continued unease in Congress with military action abroad.
wtkr.com
March 21, 2018
Car crashes into Norfolk military surplus store for second time in 6 months. Posted 3:19 pm, March ... A car has crashed into the M&G Army Navy Surplus store for the second time in less than six months. According to the store's ... We haven't even fixed the last damage from the last accident. It just happenedÃâà...
Arizona Daily Star
March 21, 2018
President Trump's firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is a colossal and highly symbolic mistake. ... A military-grade nerve agent originally developed in the former Soviet Union, now replicable by other nation-state actors, was used in Salisbury, England, earlier this month on former Russian militaryÃâà...
WSIL TV
March 21, 2018
STATESBORO, Ga. -- A soldier from Sesser has died in a motorcycle crash while stationed in Georgia. Army Pfc. Dylon Kelly of Sesser died Thursday after his motorcycle hit a car. Kayla Tindall has known Kelly most of her life. "My mom and his aunt, they were really close, so we were always together,"Ãâà...
Haaretz
March 21, 2018
Elite Israeli Combat Soldier Killed After Being Shot by Accident ... A 20-year-old Israeli soldier from a prestigious combat died after being lethally wounded in a friendly fire incident in a military base in central Israel on Tuesday. ... The accident took place at the Central Command of the Israel Defense Forces.
CNBC
March 19, 2018
In response to the legislation, China said Saturday that it "firmly opposes" the move and demanded the U.S. "correct its mistake," according to the Chinese ... China should and will take military action if the U.S. decides to press ahead with legislation designed to encourage high-level contact with TaiwaneseÃâà...
Voice of America
March 15, 2018
The My Lai massacre was the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military history, but not an aberration in America's war in Vietnam. The U.S. military's own records, filed ... He said his mistake was following orders, which had been his defense when he was tried. Fifty years after the massacre, andÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 15, 2018
President Muse Bihi Abdi said the UAE would train police and military in Somaliland, which wants independence from war-torn Somalia but is not ... Abdi said the vote was a "joke" and a "political mistake" that would have no impact on the DP World agreement that includes the government of Ethiopia.
The Guardian
March 15, 2018
An Australian and a Cambodian were killed and a second Australian injured when a landmine was accidentally detonated during a military training exercise west of Phnom Penh, police say. The Australians were military trainers and another two Cambodian soldiers were also wounded in Kampong Speu,Ãâà...
HuffPost
March 15, 2018
So Hyebin, who's currently on a student visa, will have to leave the United States after she graduates from college, Military Times reported. USCIS declined to comment on this case. Patrick told Military Times that being unaware of the age policy is his “biggest mistake in life.” He now wishes he'd filed theÃâà...
CNN
March 15, 2018
"A US military aircraft has crashed in western Iraq with US service members aboard," the US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq told CNN. "Rescue teams are responding to the scene of the downed aircraft at this time. Further details will be released when available. An investigation will be initiated toÃâà...
Omaha World-Herald
March 15, 2018
First National Bank made a mistake when it entered into an agreement with the National Rifle Association to place its logo on its credit cards. The bank should have known that there would be controversy over the NRA's support for the sales of military style weapons, and it should have expected that anyÃâà...
WPTV.com
March 15, 2018
But shortly after his enlistment ended in 2001, Barajas says he made a mistake. He was convicted of “shooting at an occupied motor vehicle” and sentenced to prison. Not long after his release two years later, he was picked up and deported to Mexico. He made it back to the U.S.—“snuck” back home, as heÃâà...
