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Ukraine arms freeze part of wider military aid review, Pentagon says
The decision to pause the delivery of some munitions to Ukraine "was made to put America's interest first," a White House spokesperson said.
Enlisted pay raise, abortion ban included in panel’s defense budget
The annual defense appropriations bill would give all troops a 4.5% pay raise in 2025, with some enlisted troops getting a boost of nearly 20%.
US B-1 flies precision bomb drill as tensions simmer with North Korea
The U.S. flew a B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for its first precision-guided bombing drill with South Korea in seven years.
Marines fast track qualified cyber, signals recruits to rank of gunny
The Marine Corps has launched a pilot program that will allow qualified recruits to enter the Corps with a rank as high as gunnery sergeant.
By Todd South
DOD failed to share rules on partisan politics before election season
The lack of communication means service members could violate rules they don’t know exist and portray the DOD as politically partisan.
Centenarian vets are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
Few witnesses remain who remember the storied Allied assault and history’s biggest amphibious invasion.
Last WWII vets converge on Omaha Beach for D-Day and fallen friends
Vets, many of them centenarians and likely returning for one last time, pilgrimaged to what was the bloodiest of five Allied landings on June 6, 1944.
Black medic who saved dozens on D-Day posthumously honored
Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in D-Day, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
Here’s your team, go get ‘em: Training for long range recon in Vietnam
Veterans of LRRP units talk about how they got into the military, and took jobs in Long Range Recon — one of the most dangerous jobs in Vietnam.
By Staff Reports
Parachute jump over Normandy kicks off D-Day 80th anniversary
WWII vets are converging on France to revisit old memories, make new ones and hammer home a message D-Day survivors have repeated time and time again.
Eisenhower carrier strike group deployment extended
The strike group, which for months has launched crucial strikes against Houthi rebels, will remain in the Red Sea for at least another month.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press