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Each year, the Military Order of the Purple Heart is honored to pay special recognition to a National leader who best demonstrates inspirational leadership and distinguished service to our nation's veterans. On March 22, 2017, National Commander Hershel Gober presented this year's Special Leadership Award to California Congressman Paul Cook , a distinguished Member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Chinese officials warned a US military aircraft flying near South Korea Sunday, telling its pilots that they were illegally operating in Chinese airspace and ordering the American plane to leave, a US defense official told CNN. The pilots of the US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber aircraft responded to the Chinese air traffic controllers, saying that they were conducting routine operations in international airspace and did not deviate from their flight path, according to US Pacific Air Forces spokesman Maj.
The U.S. Coast Guard says crews are searching for a Florida man who fell off a Carnival cruise ship near Cuba. A Coast Guard news release says 23-year-old Brandon Paul went overboard from the eighth deck of the Carnival Victory at about 3 a.m. Wednesday.
Crews with the United States Coast Guard and Cuban Search and Rescue authorities are searching for a 23-year-old Floral City, Florida man who fell off of the Carnival Victory cruise ship 33 miles northwest of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew launched to search for Paul.
Your story "Bailout! Bailout!" brought back both good and bad memories. I was in-country 1971 and 1972, but in 1968 I was the training NCO for the munitions squadron of Project Arc Light supporting our B-52s in Operation Linebacker.
HISTORY is developing a new annual scripted television event, THE COMMANDERS, dramatizing pivotal moments in U.S. history that defined the men who served as the most powerful person in the nation, the President of the United States, it was announced by Jana Bennett, President & General Manager of HISTORY. From auspices such as Emmy Award winner R.J. Cutler , Academy Award nominated Stephen J. Rivele , Matthew Sand , Cyrus Nowrasteh , Michael Hirst and Leslie Greif , "The Commanders" would include limited series ranging from four to ten hours in length that initially would delve into the gripping stories of Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.
The Coast Guard rescued a woman who had been hurt while on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said Monday. The Coast Guard cutter Steelhead received a distress call about 1 p.m. Monday from a charter boat located about 35 miles off Port Aransas.
The Pentagon faced a burgeoning scandal Friday as more pictures of naked female service members apparently shared without their consent by male colleagues have turned up on secret social media sites. General Robert Neller, the commandant of the Marine Corps, appeared embarrassed and uncertain how to deal with the problem, which first surfaced among members of his elite force.
New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Tagliafierro discusses the scenario for a tabletop exercise exploring New York National Guard response to an improvised nuclear device detonating in New York City held on March 9, 2017 at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, N.Y. The drill was held to prepare for participation in the Ardent Sentry 2017 exercise.
In case you missed it: A story published March 4, in The Daily News written by Sarah Hauck headlined, "Task force prepares for Afghanistan deployment," reported on a live-fire training exercise she and I attended March 3 aboard Camp Lejeune.
Stephanie A. Finley, United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, announced today that she is retiring after 25 years of federal service. Finley began her public service in the military in 1988 after she was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, competing nationally and being designated as a Distinguished Graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps.
The United States will continue to ship to South Korea the remaining elements of a THAAD missile defense battery regardless of the ouster of former President Park Geun-hye, the Department of Defense said Friday. "Leaders change over time, that's not new," Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt.
Fewer than 10 women victims have come forward so far in the investigation into nude photos of female service members that were posted online without their permission, the top Marine general said Friday. He pleaded with female Marines to "trust us" and reach out to make complaints or seek help.
The August 2017 edition of Marine News , the leading voice in the North American workboat market, will feature 100 leaders and innovators, including workboat owners and operators, workboat builders and repairers, and product and service providers. Is your firm a top 100 workboat, brown water or inland enterprise? Participation is free, but to be considered you must apply at the link below.
A new site called "Female Marines United campaign" wants to raise money to support women service members after hundreds of nude photos of female marines were posted to a secret Facebook group called "Marines United." The fund, which is asking for $1 per supporter, will "show that there are more people out there who support women in the armed forces and demand respect for all women who have met the standards asked of them in service of their country," said Justine Elena, 31, a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves who served in Afghanistan from 2010-2011, and started the gofundme campaign on Wednesday.
" President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for $530,000 worth of lobbying work before Election Day that may have aided the Turkish government. Paperwork filed Tuesday with the Justice Department's Foreign Agent Registration Unit said Flynn and his firm were voluntarily registering for lobbying from August through November that "could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey."
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter called a proposal from President Donald Trump's administration to slash the US Coast Guard's budget by $1.3 billion "nonsensical" Wednesday. Speaking on CNN's "At This Hour" with Kate Bolduan, the California congressman argued the proposed cuts -- part of the administration's tentative budget for fiscal year 2018 -- would cripple the agency's "shoestring budget."
Marines train in 2015 in Twentynine Palms, Calif. According to several current and former female service members, online harassment goes well beyond a shared drive or Facebook group.
Photo illustration comparing Staff Sgt. Jack Weiner's previous headstone and his corrected headstone from Feb. 28, 2017 The headstone of an American soldier killed in World War II was replaced with one bearing a Star of David.