US Coast Guard shoots out migrant boat engine in high speed chase
As the Coast Guard response boat approached to establish contact, the migrant vessel accelerated in an attempt to evade.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Troops arrive at Guantanamo Bay to prepare migrant detention center
Marines and soldiers will prepare a detention center at Guantanamo to hold up to 30,000 migrants.
By Riley Ceder
Haste and planning failures doomed Operation Lone Star’s troops to suffer
Never before has Texas — or any other state — involuntarily activated so many troops under state active duty authority for such a long-term mission. Nor has it been done so quickly.
B-1B Lancer bombers return to Texas from European deployment
The bombers depart as tensions rise in Eastern Europe over Russian aggression and a migrant crisis.
‘I have to help,’ says sailor who rescued migrants at sea
The Navy rescue swimmer immediately started running toward the shore in what would become the most dramatic rescue mission of his 17-year career.
US military picks up distress signal, helps coordinate rescue of 131 migrants in the Mediterranean
A vessel carrying 131 migrants was deflating off the coast of Libya on July 21 when a U.S. unit conducting surveillance received their distress call.
By Harm Venhuizen