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At a rally yesterday afternoon just outside of Fort Bragg, the world's biggest Army base by population, Barack Obama crisply summarized why Democrats hope this year will be different - and why the Clinton campaign is competing so aggressively for the votes of active duty service members, their families and veterans. "Listen, if you want to keep our military the greatest fighting force that the world has ever known a then we can't have a commander-in-chief who suggests that it's okay to torture people," the president said, referring to Donald Trump.
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US Marines are coming to Norway -- a move that could send a chill down Russian President Vladimir Putin's spine. The move, which was sought by the Americans and announced Monday by Norway, comes as tensions between the US and Russia are increasing amid the humanitarian disaster in Syria and US assertions of Moscow's involvement in cyber hacks on American political organizations and individuals.
Donald Trump calls the U.S. military "depleted." It urgently needs more planes, ships, troops and nuclear weapons, he says, to ensure American predominance in the world.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is scheduled to Bremerton Oct. 21, to make what will likely be his last visit to the Pacific Northwest as the longest-serving Secretary of the Navy since the Great War. During a civic event that day, Mabus will discuss the Navy's current state of affairs, the Navy's positive economic impact on Washington state, and thank those who continue to support our service members.
Brigadier General Kevin Killea, the Commanding General of Camp Pendleton, Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Jay Vargas, retired, and Congressman Darrell Issa, of the 49th Congressional District, from left, stand together in front of Camp Pendleton's Medal of Honor Post Office following a Dedication Ceremony on Monday. Colonel Jay Vargas, left, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970 for his service in Vietnam, stands with Congressman Darrell Issa as he helps dedicate Camp Pendleton's Medal of Honor Post Office during a ceremony on Monday on behalf of himself, "and the other 76 living Medal of Honor recipients."
Eckrich, the makers of naturally hardwood smoked sausage and savory deli meats, teamed up with Safeway and Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, to honor an Oak Harbor, Wash. military family on Thursday.
The California Energy Commission and the Department of the Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing a partnership that supports Navy and Marine Corps installation efforts to develop alternative energy resources and increase energy security and reliability. Following the MOU signing, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment Dennis V. McGinn announced that the Navy and Marine Corps will lease 205 new electric vehicles for use at California installations, the largest integration of electric vehicles in the federal government.
Political acrimony at the top didn't trickle down to the troops in the field as the U.S. and the Philippines held what could be their final joint exercise. With new President Rodrigo Duterte again taking swipes at U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, handshakes and smiles reflected the goodwill between U.S. and Philippines marines after they stormed a beach on Friday as part of the PHIPLEX exercise.
Col. Frank H. Schwable was an Annapolis graduate with 23 years' service in the U.S. Marine Corps and a chest full of medals won as a combat pilot in the Pacific during World War II. His commanding officer in Korea testified that Schwable "was one of the brightest, finest, most conscientious, and, during the war, one of the bravest officers I have ever known."
Two interviews with U. S. World War II veterans, from the series taped by HCTV at Laurel Lake Retirement Community, will be shown on HCTV this week: Joseph Zapytowski of the U. S. Army and Edmund Lutz of the U. S. Marine Corps. Hudson Rotary Club presents Katie Schilling, director of Student Development at Kent State University, and exchange student Jasiek Dolkowski, who tells a bit about his home community in Poland.
Hillary Clinton is the worst kind of political animal, one who will exploit anything for political gain, distort facts and shift her positions at will for votes, significantly more than your garden-variety pandering politician.
"When you look at where the Air Force is headed, you look at coalition warfare and spend time in the Pacific, what this means to the interoperability, the ability to operate with others in the battle space and create the coalition warfare that we will always, always, fight with in the future, the centerpiece of that is gonna be the F-35," US Air Force Gen. Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, said at the Air Force Association's annual Air, Space and Cyber conference .
A US military jet crashed off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Thursday but the pilot was safely rescued, authorities said. The wreckage of the plane was found 150 kilometres off Okinawa's main island in the mid-afternoon, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
A 19-year-old U.S. Marine shot while on weekend leave in Los Angeles is on life support and unlikely to survive, and police were searching for suspects. Segovia was found Friday night slumped over in the driver's seat of his car in South Los Angeles on Friday night, was unlikely to survive, officials said.
The contrasting styles of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are on display each time the two presidential nominees are forced to react to a national security event. Trump is often loose with his language in describing what has taken place, and couples it at times with bragging about his own calls for toughness.
Law enforcement officers stand on D Street in Seaside Park, N.J. on Sept. 17, 2016, during the investigation of an explosive device that detonated in a garbage pail before a charity race to benefit military soldiers.
The Marines of Camp Pendleton host this day of stand-up and prone paddleboard races, outrigger canoe and surf-ski races, a one-mile open-harbor swim with separate races for adults and kids, and a vendor village. The event is highlighted by the Elite Amphibious Assault with soft-sand running, cargo-net scaling, inflatable-slide jumping, and a grueling stand-up paddleboard race said by many premier athletes to be the most physically demanding event of the year.
The dinning room of the AmVets Post 21 in Findlay was a place of reverence Friday night for a ceremony honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action.
In this July 30, 2011 file photo, Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees Navy and Marine Corps programs, is seen at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans urging a steep increase in the Pentagon's budget have received $10 million in campaign contributions over the course of their congressional careers from defense contractors that would benefit from higher levels of military spending.