WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said. Trump announced the joint operation in Africa’s most populous country in a late-night social media post that offered few details. He said…
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It started as a dream and a vision in 1999 to memorialize the spirit of Marines and Sailors serving in the Carolinas for future generations. On June 8, that dream officially becomes a reality. Starting as an idea floated at the tail end of the 20th century by a trio…
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As a member of the Army’s 506th Infantry unit, Paul Kim had a front-row seat to some of the most intense fighting of the Iraq War. The experience changed Kim and his fellow troops forever, leading to the groundbreaking 2010 PBS documentary “The Wounded Platoon,” showing a group of young…
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Sixteen American soldiers killed on D-Day were interred in a communal grave at Omaha National Cemetery last week, on May 7, more than 81 years after a mine blast and fire aboard their landing craft kept them from ever reaching the beaches of Normandy. The soldiers had been aboard Landing…
WAIKIKI, Hawaii—Drones are everywhere U.S. Army Pacific forces go these days. Last week, the 25th Infantry Division used uncrewed vehicles, vessels, and aircraft to fight a simulated battle on a Philippine beach. This week, two more buzzed about the USARPAC commander’s head as he delivered the keynote speech at AUSA’s…
XTEND CEO Aviv Shapira says the future of drones is not really about drones. It is about software. In an interview with Military.com, Shapira described XTEND as a company operating “at the intersection between AI and robotics,” building an operating system that allows humans to direct complex robotic missions remotely…
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A New Smyrna Beach, Florida, man has pleaded guilty to one count of receiving stolen government money after federal prosecutors said he faked blindness for years to collect nearly a quarter-million dollars in Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation. Jerry Smith, 73, faces up to 10 years in federal prison…
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Mareem Al-Mosawi has had no easy path toward her dreams. The daughter of Iraqi immigrants who fled to the U.S., and as the eldest sibling in her family, she was tasked to care for her visually impaired mother, who speaks only Arabic, while trying to keep her Middle Eastern identity…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday on CBS’ 60 Minutes that there’s more “work to be done” in Iran, refusing to detail a timetable for prolonged conflict and military efforts to deter the Middle East nation from procuring nuclear weapons from their enriched uranium. Netanyahu, in his first interview…
PAOAY, Philippines—Right on cue, the missiles blazed from their launcher, kicking up sand behind them. A few minutes later, cheers from the VIP pavilion confirmed that the Japanese Type 88s had hit their target, sinking a decommissioned Philippine ship about 46 miles away.Last week’s mock attack marked the first time…
Department of Veterans Affairs’ burial allowances are cash allowances paid to an eligible veteran’s family to help defray burial and funeral costs. VA will pay a different amount depending on whether the death was considered service-connected or if the veteran was hospitalized by VA at the time of death. Burial…
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The U.S. Coast Guard has reportedly seized the sailboat at the center of a Bahamas mystery after a Michigan woman vanished more than a month ago. The boat, named “Soulmate,” had been docked in the Bahamas since a Michigan woman, Lynette Hooker, disappeared April 4 near Hope Town and Elbow…
Performance cars come in a wide range of different shapes and sizes. From 1,000+ horsepower hypercars like the Bugatti Chiron to sensible sports sedans like the Volkswagen Jetta GLI, there is something for every budget or pace desire. One of the most versatile and affordable breeds of performance machine is…
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An Air Force MQ-9 drone has downed aerial targets with a relatively inexpensive air-to-air missile, part of the Pentagon’s quest for more cost-effective defense against drones.MQ-9 maker General Atomics announced on Monday that the Air Force had used a Reaper armed with laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, or APKWS,…
