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President Donald Trump abruptly declared a ban Wednesday on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military, catching the Pentagon flat-footed and unable to explain what it called Trump's "guidance." His proclamation, on Twitter rather than any formal announcement, drew bipartisan denunciations and threw currently serving transgender soldiers into limbo.
In this still image from video taken on Monday, July 24, 2017, by the Coast Guard, the captain of the fishing vessel Grayling, left, rescues one of his crewmen after the vessel capsized in the Kupreanof Strait near Raspberry Island, Alaska,. The captain jumped into cold, choppy waters to save two of his crew members after their vessel capsized off the Alaska coast.
The 20-year-old corporal from Colts Neck, who was among 16 service members killed when a military plane crashed earlier this month in rural Mississippi, had dreamed of serving his country since at least middle school, family and friends said Tuesday morning. As hundreds of people gathered for a memorial service at the Colts Neck High School football field, where Baldassare competed for four years, mourners remembered him as an adventurous and loving young man, who his commanding officer described as the "epitome of what a Marine is."
'She doesn't know what happened': Devastated parents of girl, 18, who live-streamed car crash which left her 14-year-old sister dead say it's ruined their lives and the older daughter needs help The Uber ride from hell: Horrified passenger films 'intoxicated prostitute in the front seat performing oral sex on driver - and all company did was offer $10 credit' John McCain to return to Senate on Tuesday for crucial Obamacare vote just days after announcing he has brain cancer Jordan releases shocking security footage showing one of their soldiers killing three U.S. Army Green Berets - despite the Americans waving their hands in peace Woman 'slapped' the back of police car moments before Justine Damond was fatally shot by rogue cop whose partner said he was 'startled' by loud noise just before killing Houston, we have a financial problem: Space Center forced to launch Kickstarter campaign ... (more)
U.S. Air Force F-16 jets over Paris on July 14, 2017, during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees. U.S. Air Force F-16 jets over Paris on July 14, 2017, during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees.
The USS Constitution - 'Old Ironsides' - is afloat again The USS Constitution - first launched in 1797 and the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat - was eased back into Boston Harbor on Sunday night. Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://usat.ly/2uZt3M2 The USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat, returned late Sunday to Boston's waters.
The undocking of "Old Ironsides" on Sunday marked the end of restoration work that started two years ago, officials said. A celebration was held at the USS Constitution Museum .
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis recently told constituents of how he participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. He told us to remember and give thanks to those who gave their lives in the service of our nation, as they are the "indispensable Americans without whom we would not be free."
The aircraft arrayed around the spacious lawn of Maxwell Air Force Base, home of the Air University, mostly represent long-retired types. The largest, however, is a glistening B-52 bomber, which represents a still-employed component of the Air Force's aging fleet: The youngest B-52 entered service in 1962.
KODIAK, Alaska>> The U.S. Coast Guard says a launch from a rocket complex in Alaska will occur as soon as next week. The launch from Kodiak Island is scheduled to occur at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska between 7 p.m. on July 29 and 1:30 a.m. on July 30, according to a U.S. Coast Guard notice released Wednesday.
The aircraft arrayed around the spacious lawn of Maxwell Air Force Base, home of the Air University, mostly represent long-retired types. The largest, however, is a glistening B-52 bomber, which represents a still-employed component of the Air Force's aging fleet: The youngest B-52 entered service in 1962.
A soldier in the US Army has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly attempting to provide material support to ISIS, the Justice Department announced Saturday. The Army sergeant first class, 34-year-old Ikaika Erik Kang, allegedly tried to offer classified military information to FBI agents whom he believed to be ISIS affiliates.
The ship hadn't yet left Vancouver for the Arctic Circle's Northwest Passage when the icebreaking began - with a round of "introduce yourself to the others." We'd already met a few crew members of the MSV Nordica icebreaker the day before, including Capt.
An extraordinary new Pentagon study has concluded that the US-backed framework of international order established after World War II is "fraying" and may even be "collapsing," leading the United States to lose its position of "primacy" in world affairs. This article was produced in partnership with AlterNet and Insurge Intelligence .
Oxygen leakage from a torpedo led to the fire on board Naval submarine Sindhurakshak in 2013, and the submarine was holding ammunition that was near expiry, an official report said. A CAG report, tabled in Parliament on Friday quoted the Board of Inquiry that looked into the accident, after scientific analysis and careful consideration inferred leakage of oxygen from a torpedo as a primary initiator of the incident.
Bob Fritzler is photographed on July 10, 2017 in Greeley, Colo. He's working to restore a U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky H-34 helicopter, which was flown during Operation SHUFLY, a Marine helicopter operation that primarily ferried troops in Vietnam between 1962 and 1965.
A Coast Guard helicopter searches Main Bay in Prince William Sound for a missing setnetter on Friday, July 21, 2017. A Coast Guard helicopter searches Main Bay in Prince William Sound for a missing setnetter on Friday, July 21, 2017.
The oldest commissioned warship in the world had just gone into dry dock, and work had just begun to remove the rigging, the cannon, at least some of the hull planks, the caulking and the more than 2,400 copper plates that loomed just above me. The plates, installed in 1996, had turned that “old statue” green.
Iraqi special operations forces advance during a field training exercise in Baghdad in May. When the Iraqi government launched an online recruitment drive for its elite counterterrorism forces in May, a startling 300,000 men applied. Of those, 3,000 passed a preliminary screening.