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WWII-era squadron reactivated as MQ-9 Reaper drone unit
The 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron will be a tenant unit of the 8th Fighter Wing based at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
A jacket, a coin, a letter: Relics of Omaha Beach tell the D-Day story
Eighty years ago, Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel to land on Normandy beaches to defeat Hitler’s regime.
By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution, The Conversation
Meet the namesake of the Navy’s newest ship, the USS Robert E. Simanek
This Marine threw himself onto a grenade to save his entrenched comrades in Korea. He absorbed the full blast — yet survived.
By Jon Guttman
Remains of 17-year-old soldier killed during Korean War identified
Army Pfc. Thomas A. Smith was reported missing in action in 1950 when his unit took part in a battle at the southern end of the Korean peninsula.
Houthis claim attacking USS Mason that shot down missile in Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
US poised to give $1 billion in new weapons, ammo to Israel
The package being sent includes about $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, sources said.
Army major resigns commission over US support of Israel in Gaza
An Army major assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency announced his resignation on LinkedIn due to U.S. support of Israel in Gaza.
By Todd South
Retired staff sergeant recalled, sentenced on child sex abuse charge
He must serve more than six years, reduced to private and issued a bad conduct discharge.
By Todd South
Marine Corps’ longest-held Vietnam War POW, Harlan Chapman, dies at 89
Marine aviator Harlan Chapman once spent 2,657 days in captivity before his release in 1973. The retired lieutenant colonel passed away Monday, May 6.
Aid on its way to US-led Gaza pier, but delivery is unclear
The first aid ship bound for the floating pier has departed even though the U.S. military has not yet installed the pier off the Gaza coastline.
Army veteran convicted of 2001 murder of pregnant soldier
Recent developments in DNA technology led to the conviction of a former soldier in a decades-old case.
By Riley Ceder