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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.
Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. After 21 years in the military, three deployments, and a roadside bomb blast that left him bleeding and unconscious, Christopher Van Meter got a letter from the Pentagon saying he improperly received enlistment bonuses and now owed the government $46,000.
Capitol Hill lawmakers from both sides of the aisle blasted the Pentagon for trying to recoup reenlistment bonus money awarded to National Guardsmen years ago, calling the military's effort "a bonehead decision" that Congress can correct. Lawmakers are up in arms over a Defense Department order demanding that National Guard units repay reenlistment bonuses for combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the first of what could be the start of what could be a national public relations nightmare, California lawmakers from both sides of the aisle piled on the Pentagon after reports it is forcing vets to repay enlistment bonuses improperly paid to thousands of National Guard soldiers a decade ago. Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The California National Guard says it welcomes attention to the predicament of nearly 10,000 soldiers ordered to repay enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. Spokesman Capt.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching western Lake Erie for three men who left to go fishing from near the Michigan-Ohio border and didn't return as expected. The search for the boaters began early Monday near Lost Peninsula Marina, which is located in Monroe County's Erie Township in Michigan.
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.
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As maintenance director at Harbor Tower Village, Steve Swankie grew accustomed to a familiar face every morning as he walked through the front door. Harold Johnson arose early each day and started his morning at the same table and in the same chair in the dining area.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he did not mean he would cut off ties with the United States when he said in China that he was separating from the U.S., adding it's in his country's best interest to stay with America. Despite the clarification, the tough-talking president kept up on his tirades against the U.S., saying in a late-night speech in his southern hometown of Davao city that he would never travel to America "in this lifetime."
An Israeli F-16I fighter jet during an exercise in the United States in 2009. The family of an F-16 pilot killed two weeks ago in a crash at the Ramon Air Force Base in the south received the preliminary report into the crash on Friday.
The UK's new nuclear-powered submarine is to be named HMS Dreadnought, it was announced today to coincide with the anniversary of the Navy's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon revealed that the Queen has given her approval for the lead boat to become the latest in a long line of ships bearing the name.
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.
The story behind Australia's first submarine, which disappeared in 1914, is told in an exhibition at the Portland Library. War at Sea - the Navy in WWI is on tour from the Australian National Maritime Museum and tells servicemens stories through their diaries, mementos, ship's logs and letters home.
While U.S. President Donald Trump's budget proposal for national defense increases spending, it falls short of campaign promises to rebuild the U.S. Navy and a "historic" increase in military spending. The Department of Defense's budget proposal documents showed total defense spending for the 2018 fiscal year at $603 billion, a 10 percent or $52 billion increase over current congressional budget caps, but only about 3 percent higher than former President Barack Obama's proposed 2018 fiscal year defense budget.
Russia's completion this month of an integrated air defence system in Syria has made an Obama administration decision to strike Syrian government installations from the air even less likely than it has been for years, and has created a substantial obstacle to the Syrian safe zones both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have advocated. Deployment of mobile and interchangeable S-400 and S-300 missile batteries, along with other short-range systems, now gives Russia the ability to shoot down planes and cruise missiles over at least 400km in all directions from western Syria, covering virtually all of that country as well as significant portions of Turkey, Israel, Jordan and the eastern Mediterranean.
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."
What's a ride like in the Navy's largest and most sophisticated new destroyer? Capt. James Kirk compares it to "a really souped-up sport utility vehicle."
"Washburn," the roughly 800-pound female manatee, was captured in Falmouth last month after spending weeks bobbing around off parts of Cape Cod. "Washburn," the roughly 800-pound female manatee captured in Falmouth last month after spending weeks bobbing around off parts of Cape Cod, will be flown by plane Tuesday from the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut to Florida.