Success and tragedy often go hand in hand for the private Illinois nonprofit search and recovery dive team Chaos Divers. One of their last successful diving missions led authorities to recently confirm an Oak Park family’s heartbreak: the positive identification of their long-lost loved one, Army veteran John “Johnny” Pisano…

Five years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, a new book shines light on one of the war’s most consequential local partnerships: the U.S. relationship with Abdul Raziq Achakzai, the powerful police chief who controlled security in Kandahar province. “America’s Favorite Warlord” by Jacob Hagstrom traces how Raziq became a…

Army veteran Alan Bonnin would be alive today if not for an aggressive three-year fight with asbestos-causing mesothelioma that ultimately took his life. The hardworking husband, father and retired soldier never questioned his work as a longtime mechanic and HVAC technician after leaving the armed forces. His specialty of working…

More than 100 students from Crossroads Elementary and Quantico Middle High School ran, pushed and planked their way through the first Presidential Fitness Test held on a military installation April 12 at Butler Stadium. Fifteen kids earned the top Presidential Fitness Award. Nineteen more took home the National Physical Fitness…

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