HOAX ALERT: A news story blaming White House immigration policies for causing more than 20 homeless veterans to be booted from their temporary shelters turns out to be an elaborate hoax.
âSecretary Wilkie and several members of his executive staff violated the trust of a fellow veteran who came forth with serious allegations of sexual assault,â said Veterans of Foreign Wars Executive Director B.J. Lawrence in a statement Friday night.
A Navy hero in World War II before he became a gifted lawmaker and a principled statesman, George Herbert Walker Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara. Fair winds and following seas, Mr President.
Biden on Friday nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to serve as the next Chief of Naval Operations, putting her in line to become the first woman ever on Joint Chiefs of Staff. But her nomination will likely run into the White House-GOP fight over abortion.
A letter signed by 69 fellow West Point graduates was published in the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman and called on Alaska state Rep. David Eastman to resign after his membership in the Oath Keepers became public, with another name added after publication.
âSecretary Wilkie must be held accountable... His actions not only threaten to deter veterans from seeking care at VA, but also undermine the efforts of VA staff who have been working to bring an end to sexual harassment throughout the department.â
The Navy aviators responsible for drawing a condensed-air-trail phallus over Washington state last year were invited to appear on Amazon's "The Grand Tour" car show
Sign of the times: The Joint Chiefs had to issue a memo reminding troops that Joe Biden will be the next Commander in Chief and efforts to "disrupt the Constitutional process" are "against the law."
Troops from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and Virginia joined those from D.C. Leaving their homes and jobs, the Guard troops are here, three days after five people â including two Air Force veterans â were killed in an attempted insurrection.
Mamba out. Fair winds and following seas, Mr. Bryant. Then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, and Kobe Bryant talk at Arlington National Cemetery, July 15, 2012. (D. Myles Cullen/Department of Defense)
The aircraft carrier Nimitz, the namesake of the class, just entered Mideast waters late last week from the Indian Ocean, likely to replace the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Arabian Sea.
Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram went missing this month.
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After complaints were raised over the apparent use of a helicopter with Red Cross markings to disperse protesters with its rotor wash, the D.C. National Guard commander, Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, directed an investigation into the incident.
âSome of our NATO allies have already figured out better solutions. Some, like the French, are just going out with their Special Forces and getting their people by whatever means necessary. Mr. President, if the French can do it, so can we.â- Matt Zeller
Fair winds and following seas, Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham and Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters. FBI seeks tips about the man who killed them.