Montana Sen. Tester a welcomesa Trump by touting passed bills

In this July 3, 2018 file photo President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is giving Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana by taking out a full-page ad in 14 newspapers thanking the president for signing 16 bills that the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored.

DigitalGlobe Appoints Mike Edwards as Vice President to Provide…

DigitalGlobe , a Maxar Technologies company , announced today that Mike Edwards has joined as Vice President, Senior Advisor Defense Programs, to provide strategic leadership on various defense programs, including the company's work with the U.S. Department of Defense and collaboration with aero-defense companies. Edwards joins the company's senior leadership team and will report to DigitalGlobe President Dan Jablonsky.

Vietnamese refugees who got a warm welcome in US puzzle at family separations, harsh talk

As a refugee, Lynn Le landed at Camp Pendleton among thousands of mothers and fathers clutching their children, desperately searching for a sign that at last they would be safe in America, far from Communist persecution at the end of the Vietnam War. Her father, Phong Le, held her close to his side.

Concern over using US military to help border…

The Trump administration's request for the Pentagon to house migrants detained at the U.S. southern border and even help prosecute them is prompting concern about strains to the military. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has made it his top priority to improve the military's fitness for combat, argues that the Pentagon is nonetheless obliged to provide help with border enforcement.

Illegal Alien Protected by Sanctuary Policies Convicted in Savage Murder of Air Force Veteran

This week a Santa Barbara County jury found Victor Martinez, an illegal alien who had been previously convicted of sexual assault, guilty of first degree murder in the brutal 2015 sexual assault, torture, and murder of 64-year-old Air Force Veteran Marilyn Pharis. Though Pharis was murdered just weeks after Kate Steinle was shot and killed on a pier in San Francisco, and sanctuary policies also directly led to her murder, Pharis's case has never attracted the publicity Steinle's case did - and that's a shame.

Happy 50th to America’s biggest military airplane

One of the largest airplanes in the world -- a jet that forever changed America's military and airline industry -- is turning half a century old. When you see a C-5 Galaxy on the ground for the first time, the first thing that strikes you is... it's freakishly huge.

Blunt Praises Passage of Defense Funding Legislation

Several Missouri and national defense priorities stand to benefit with the overwhelming passage of the Fiscal Year-2019 Defense Appropriations bill. Senator Roy Blunt issued a statement of support, Thursday, praising passage of the bill by the full Appropriations Committee.

Alaska city honors Guardsmen killed in crash after ’64 quake

In this photo provided by the Office of Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, he is shown delivering remarks at a plaque dedication ceremony Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Valdez, Alaska. The memorial plaque honors four Alaska National Guard members killed in April 1964 while conducting a humanitarian mission after the second most powerful earthquake ever destroyed the town.

500 children reunited with families since May – ” Trump official

About 500 of the more than 2,300 children separated from their families at the US border have been reunited since May, a senior Trump administration official has said. Confusion has mounted along the US-Mexico border over the "zero-tolerance" policy that called for the prosecution of anyone caught entering the country illegally.

Confusion, uncertainty at the border after Trump acts

The U.S. government wrestled with the ramifications Thursday of President Donald Trump's move to stop separating families at the border, with no clear plan to reunite the more than 2,300 children already taken from their parents and Congress again failing to take action on immigration reform.

What’s changed after Trump’s immigration order: For families, the military and Congress

In signing an executive order Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he was ending the practice of separating children from parents who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. "We are keeping families together," he said.

Liberty University Trains Junior Air Force Cadets to Meet National…

This summer, 54 high school students in the U.S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps are training to become pilots at Liberty University. The training is part of a nationwide, $2.4 million USAF effort to address the pilot shortage and to increase diversity in the aviation industry.

‘Spice’ users slumped in Bridgend town centre is latest proof of devastating blight on UK

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U.S. Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Tristan G. Maness graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.