WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday. The new…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea ahead of their upcoming military drills, which Pyongyang called a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year. The warning is typical of the harsh rhetoric that North…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American special operations forces are ready to step up warfighting-readiness exercises with counterparts in the Philippines and other countries in Asia to further strengthen a security alliance and help deter a major conflict in the region, a U.S. military official said Thursday. Adm. Frank Bradley, commander…
Marines in Okinawa can now manufacture a working raiding craft in theater instead of waiting for one to ship across the Pacific. That capability moved from concept to the water on June 29 when Intermediate Repair Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG) put a 7-meter foam hull…
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00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to this country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trot lighting and just in general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the…
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Military families in five major communities account for an outsize share of the children still waiting for care across the Defense Department’s sprawling child care system. Hawaii, the National Capital Region, Norfolk, San Antonio and San Diego represented more than one-third of the almost 9,000 children whose need for care…
It’s rare for an established charitable organization to rebrand itself after a quarter-century. But the New York charity Tuesday’s Children, founded in 2001, is changing its name to better reflect its mission to not only serve children, but adults and Gold Star Families still impacted by the September 11, 2001,…
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ILORIN, Kwara (AP) — Some of the 163 kidnapped Nigerians rescued from jihadi captivity have spoken of the suffering and fear they lived in for six months. The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week. They were handed over…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon revoked former U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s “eligibility” to access classified information and barred him from holding “any sensitive position,” alleging Friday that he disclosed sensitive information about Air Force One’s capabilities to the media. It follows reporting last month, including from The New…
Fall has always been one of the best seasons for readers. Publishers save many of their biggest releases for the months leading into the holidays, filling bookstore shelves with everything from sweeping histories and spy stories to ambitious science fiction and literary fiction. This year’s lineup of most anticipated releases…
The U.S. Army, along with the Idaho National Laboratory and a locally headquartered mining company, has commissioned a new mineral processing plant in Idaho Falls, Idaho, that will produce a homegrown supply of antimony trisulfide, a mineral that’s said to be critical to national security. The Army, along with Perpetua…
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