29 Jun 2024
Today's Military, Veteran, War and National Security News
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South Carolina's Edward Rutledge opposes independence
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Terrorist shoots Serbian policeman with crossbow near Israeli embassy in Belgrade All Israel News. A Serbian policeman was seriously wounded when a terrorist shot a crossbow bolt in his neck outside the Israeli embassy in the Serbian...
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Declining interest in Armed Forces Day reported as councils don't want to host Action on Armed Violence - AOAV. The absence of a national event for Armed Forces Day in the UK this year ? 29 June 2024 ? marks a notable departure from recent tradition,...
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Ladakh: Indian military tank sinks and kills 5 soldiers AP News. Five Indian soldiers were killed when a military tank they were travelling in sank while crossing a river in the remote region of Ladakh...
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UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS AP News. The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern...
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Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push AP News. Slowly but steadily this summer, Russian troops are forging through Ukraine's outgunned and undermanned defenses along the front line of the...
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Nothing Went Right During Production of This Japanese-American WWII Movie Collider. Akira Kurosawa was fired by Fox while a crew member was killed during the making of this war classic film...
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Wicker: Notches victory In Americas military rebuild DeSoto County News. I hope the overwhelming support for the bill is an indication that Congress realizes the need to do what is needed for our national...
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AFRICOM denies claims of US plans for military base in Zambia Al Mayadeen English. General Michael Langley, the commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), dismissed claims on Thursday that the US intends to establish a...
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Mirror: Russian POW camps feed Ukrainian soldiers dog food and torture them until they lose consciousness Euromaidan Press. Horrific acts of torture have been reported from POW camps in Russia, where captured Ukrainian soldiers are fed dog food and suffer...
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Legislation signed permitting disabled veterans to roll with military license plates of their choice Florida Politics. Disabled veterans in Florida can soon celebrate their military branch on license plates instead of just their injury...
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Crossbow attacker wounds officer guarding Israel embassy in Serbia, possible terror motive WTGS. Police officers work at a crime scene close to the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)...
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World War II soldier's remains returned home 79 years after death FOX 2. It was a very special night Friday as the remains of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Woodrow Gerdes returned home to St. Louis for the first time since...
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Over 3,000 Nepalis joined Russian army, captured POW estimates The Kyiv Independent. "I guess around 3000 to 4000 Nepalis joined the Russian army," Rai Bikash, the captured POW said, after estimating that he saw around 200...
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Ukraine brings back 90 POWs from Russian captivity The Kyiv Independent. The released captives include 32 personnel of the National Guard, including those who defended the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant,...
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US military destroys seven drones, vehicle in Yemen The Economic Times. Over the past 24 hours, American forces destroyed seven drones and a control station vehicle in Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen due to...
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China Claims Intercepting US Anti-Submarine Device in South China Sea, Raising Tensions SOFREP. China claims intercepting a US anti-submarine device in disputed South China Sea waters, raising tensions as the US remains silent...
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Military space trackers to keep public informed on Starlink satellite reentries SpaceNews. U.S. Space Command says it is working with SpaceX to safely track the orbit lowering and reentry of Starlink satellites...
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NSA: Burundi Civil War Begins. Make sure it is listed on your active duty Record now & on your discharge DD-214 or your DD-215 or your 201A Award Report. Form 201A here...
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Navy will test Red Hill alarm system on Sunday Spectrum News. PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii The Navy announced the Red Hill alarm system will sound on Sunday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m...
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China 'Captures' Sonobuoy Dropped By U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon In South China Sea The Aviationist. Grab of the video showing the P-8A Poseidon of the U.S. Navy dropping the sonobuoy. (All images credited to Weibo/Telegram)...
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Russia Warns Japan Over Planned Joint Military Drills With NATO Countries Times of India. Russia has lodged a strong protest against Japan over its planned wargames with NATO Nations. Russia issued a note to the Japanese embassy...
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US military destroys seven drones, vehicle in Yemen's Houthi-control region Times of India. US News: Over the past 24 hours, US forces have destroyed seven drones and a control station vehicle in areas of Yemen controlled by the...
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Army & Navy Fire-Off Hypersonic Missile for Warships & Land Attack Warrior Maven. Army-Navy recently did an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic weapon from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii...
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Russia warns of possible response to US drone flights over Black Sea Air Force Times. Russia's Defense Ministry says officials have been ordered to prepare a response to U.S. drone flights over the Black Sea...
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Iraq: 5 big ISIL bombs found hidden in Mosuls al-Nuri Mosque Al Jazeera. Iraqi authorities requested UNESCO halt all reconstruction operations at al-Nuri Mosque and evacuate the entire complex...
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US military reactivates World War 2 era airfield in the Pacific Audacy. The Marine Corps has reactivated a World War 2 era airstrip on a small Pacific island in order to prepare for potential contingencies if...
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Bundeswehr mission in Lebanon remains important: Germany is supporting UNIFIL, the United Nations peace mission Auswrtiges Amt. United Nations peacekeeping soldiers have been engaged in fostering peace between Lebanon and Israel since 1978. Germany has supported the...
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Kenya finance bill: Court allows military deployment to restore order BBC. Kenya's High Court has approved the use of military force to restore order, following days of anti-tax protests that at some point...
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Russia navy using 'safer' spot to strike Ukraine, still exposed: experts Business Insider. Russia's warships are firing on Ukraine from the Sea of Azov, thinking it's a 'safer' spot, a Ukrainian official said. It may not be,...
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The era of small drones dominating the battlefield won't last: experts Business Insider. French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill said small drones could soon lose their battlefield advantage as defenses were catching up...
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Huge 'Manta Ray' sea drone spotted at US naval base on Google Earth Business Insider. Sea drones have redefined naval warfare in recent years. Their use in the Russia-Ukraine war has gained them widespread media attention...
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USS America sinking took weeks, reflects Navy carrier fleet's strength Business Insider. The USS America's sinking followed decades of service and weeks of bombardment. Sinking an aircraft carrier proved harder than the US Navy...
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Navy releases identities of two Sailors killed in early morning crash near Camp Pendleton cbs8.com. The United States Navy has released the identities of two Sailors who were killed in an early morning crash near Camp Pendleton on Thursday...
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US and Europe warn Lebanon's Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war WKMG. FILE - A damaged Israeli military position targeted by Hezbollah fighters is seen on the top of Mount Hermon in the Israeli-controlled Golan...
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Queen Camilla hails the 'unrelenting efforts and selfless loyalty' of Britain's military heroes as King Charle Daily Mail. While historically the sovereign, as head of the British military, has tended to mark the occasion, the King gave permission for his wife to...
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Trkiye eliminates 10 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, Syria Daily Sabah Daily Sabah. Turkish counterterrorism operation eliminated at least 10 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria, the Defense Ministry said Saturday...
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An Indian military tank sinks while crossing a river in a region bordering China, killing 5 soldiers El Paso Inc.. Officials say five Indian soldiers are dead after a military tank they were travelling in sank. The tank was crossing a river in the remote...
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Ten Ukrainian POWs return home after being held for years by Russia Euronews.com. The ten Ukrainian prisoners, two of them monks, were reunited with their families at Kyiv's international airport...
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Pakistan Trying To Blackmail USA By Dangling Terror Threat Amid New Security Operation? Hindustan Times. Masood Khan, Pakistan's ambassador to the US, has called on Washington to arm Pakistan following the announcement of the anti-terror...
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Navy sued over stalled $1.2bn clean-up of radioactive San Francisco shipyard The Independent. The US Navy and the Environmental Protection Agency are failing to properly oversee the removal of radioactive waste from a massive San...
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Nigeria military neutralizes 2,245 terrorists in 3 months Middle East Monitor. The Nigerian military neutralized 2245 terrorists in operations against Boko Haram and the ISWAP, the West African branch of the ISIS/Daesh,...
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Air Force Veteran Accused of Disclosing Classified Data on Aircraft, Weapons in Latest Military Leak Case Military.com. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida announced that retired Lt. Col. Paul J. Freeman has been indicted by a...
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Navajo Corporal Becomes First Marine Authorized to Wear Traditional Native Hair Military.com. Cpl. Bradford Flores is honoring his culture by growing his hair out -- and the Marine Corps authorized it...
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Sickening Russian torture of Ukraine POWs ? from stun guns to genitals to being force fed dog food The Mirror. WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGES: Ukrainian POWs were fed dog food with hairs in and had their genitals stunned by Russian prison officers,...
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Why Russian Submarines Torpedoed Each Other in 'NATO Lake' Newsweek. Two Russian submarines faced off against each other in a simulated attack in the Baltic Sea, where NATO conducted its own military drills at...
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The Army Is Back in the Ship Killin' Business Popular Mechanics. The U.S. Army's new long range tactical missile sank a moving target during exercise Valiant Shield. This sinking marks the reintroduction...
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Russian military says it captures eastern Ukraine village, Kyiv says fighting continues Reuters. Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the settlement of Rozdolivka in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's...
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Tootsie Rolls Saved American Marines During Korean War? Snopes. The candy was cited as having helped give soldiers energy and mend holes in fuel tanks...
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'Trillion dollar trainwreck': US super stealth fighter is eating the next generation The Telegraph. All of a sudden, the US Air Force is considering cancelling a multibillion-dollar effort to develop a new stealth fighter...
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Zelensky on shelling of house in Dnipro: Russia will be responsible for this terror Ukrinform. Russia must be held accountable for another act of terrorism - the shelling of a residential building in Dnipro, and the Ukrainian...
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Zelensky outlines ways to overcome Russian terror Ukrinform. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said after Saturday's missile attack on the Zaporizhzhia region that to overcome Russian terror,...
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Russia protests to Japan about joint exercises with NATO countries Voice of America. Russia protested to Japan on Friday about Tokyo's plans to hold joint military exercises on the island of Hokkaido and accused Prime...
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Worlds largest navy exercise sends message to China Voice of America. This week the United States and 28 partner nations began the world's largest naval war exercise off the shores of Hawaii...
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The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks WIRED. As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The US military wants to team up with the private...
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China launches Zhongxing-3A satellite China Military Online. China on Saturday successfully sent a new satellite into space from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of southern island province...
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Iran threatens 'obliterating war' if Israel launches full-scale conflict with Hezbollah New York Post. Tehran's thunderous warning came after concerns of an all-out war between Israel and Lebanon have surged in recent weeks amid escalating...
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Operation Proud Hunter, Vietnam. Make sure it is listed on your active duty Record now & on your discharge DD-214 or your DD-215 or your 201A Award Report. Form 201A here...
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As North Korean and Chinese Threats Rise, US Looks to Lock in Defense Partnerships with Asian Allies Military.com. GIMHAE AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) The United States wrapped up its first multidomain exercise with Japan and South Korea in the East China...
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Doris Allen, Analyst Who Saw the Tet Offensive Coming, Is Dead at 97 The New York Times. Her warning of a big buildup of enemy troops poised to attack South Vietnam in 1968 was ignored, a major U.S. Army intelligence failure...
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