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VA may fast-track disability benefits for Air Force missile community
The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering offering easier access to disability benefits to airmen in the nuclear missile community.
Navy accepts future attack sub Montana, dock ship Fort Lauderdale
The Navy has gained two future ships.
By Diana Stancy
Montana ski town hosts military members who served in Kabul
For the servicemen who recently visited Whitefish, the opportunity to process their recent combat experience with other veterans was both healing and surreal.
By Tristan Scott, Flathead Beacon
Community gathers for veteran’s funeral, family not located
Army Spc. Michael J. Gilmer died in late October in the Fort Harrison Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s intensive care unit.
By Nolan Lister, Independent Record
Marine veteran pleads guilty to $2 million fraud scheme involving bogus ‘rescue ops’
Matthew Anthony Marshall, 51, of Whitefish, Montana, pleaded guilty Nov. 10 to wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion after claiming to be a former Force Reconnaissance Marine conducting "off the books" rescue missions for the CIA, according to court documents.
Researchers hunt for soldiers’ graves at Montana’s Rosebud Battlefield
A team of researchers conducted a survey last week trying to find the remains of nine men.
By Paul Hamby
More National Guard soldiers ordered to help with wildfires in Montana
Currently, there are 84 soldiers deployed to help firefighting efforts as the state faces record drought and heat.
Montana National Guard mobilized to support firefighting
The governor ordered two helicopter support crews, including 24 soldiers, to enter active duty.
Forensic genealogy closes 65-year-old double homicide of Malmstrom airman and girlfriend
The detective in the case said it was the oldest case he could find nationwide that has been solved using forensic genealogy.
Before US-Russia summit, measure demands any new missile treaties include China
Sen. Steve Daines is proposing a higher bar for any new limits on America’s ballistic missile arsenal.
By Joe Gould