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USS Carney shoots down drone launched from Yemen
A U.S. official told the Associated Press that the Navy destroyer deemed the drone to be a threat and shot it down over water.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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Opinion
Don’t believe the hype about Fort Bliss
"Striking is the disparity between what people who’ve never been here presume about the region and what residents recognize as reality."
By Maj. Gen. Jim Isenhower, Oscar Leeser, Ricardo A. Samaniego
Texas National Guard to help El Paso morgues with virus dead
The Texas National Guard has sent a 36-member team to El Paso to assist morgues in the border region with the number of dead as a result of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.
Fort Bliss declares public health emergency
El Paso saw a nearly 160 percent increase in COVID-19 positive rates and a 300 percent increase in hospitalizations since Oct. 1.
By Kyle Rempfer
Report: Spy plane monitored protest where the head of the California National Guard lives
Maj. Gen. David Baldwin said the fact that he lives in El Dorado Hills had nothing to do with the California National Guard sending the RC-26B to monitor peaceful protests there in June.
Petty officer, a 19-year Navy vet, dies in Florida hospital after collapsing in El Salvador
Master-at-Arms 1st Class Patrick X. Gilyard, 38, exhibited “signs of a stroke” on Sept. 28 in the Central American nation and was evacuated to the states on Sept. 30.
US charges British ISIS members in deaths of American hostages
El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men who were called “the Beatles” by the hostages because of the captors' British accents.
US won’t seek death penalty against pair of Islamic State militants suspected of beheading hostages
The Justice Department has notified the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages, removing a hurdle in the potential prosecution of the men in the United States.
Best pics of the week: July 26, 2020
Airborne ops at Fort Bragg, the largest C-130J formation flight ever and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Soldier praised for his actions during El Paso shooting found dead
"At this point in the investigation, foul play in not suspected,” a post official said.
By Kyle Rempfer
Lawsuit filed by families of 4 Marines killed in 2018 CH-53 crash
“The EPDM “button” material degraded after being exposed to hydraulic fluid causing a blockage in the hydraulic system resulting in a “hydraulic lock” condition, causing the flight control system from the subject helicopter to become uncontrollable, unresponsive and/or inoperative leading to the crash."
By Shawn Snow