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How Memorial Day has evolved from its Civil War origins
Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen troops. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.
France says leader of group behind 2017 deaths of four US troops in Niger killed
Rumors of the militant leader’s death had circulated for weeks in Mali, though authorities in the region had not confirmed it.
By Baba Ahmed and Krista Larson
Paratrooper ordered videos deleted after dodgy gunfight in Syria, charge sheets say
U.S. forces were supposed to remain two kilometers away from pro-Syrian regime fighters.
By Kyle Rempfer
Here’s why the command master chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy was fired
Coast Guard Investigative Service agents discovered that U.S. Coast Guard Academy Command Master Chief Brett VerHulst had a history of inappropriate physical contact with female cadets, enlisted personnel and officers.
Putin slams presence of US, Turkish troops in Syria
Putin said the presence of the foreigners is illegal because they don’t have permission to be there from the United Nations or Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.
US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks
The U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Study criticizes post-9/11 reliance on war-zone contractors
Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a new study found.
After 71 years, Korean War vet will finally be laid to rest
The 24-year-old soldier was reported missing in early December 1950 on the sixth day of a retreat at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.
War in Afghanistan ended much as it began ― with U.S. Marines defending a runway
After watching the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfold on televisions in bars and on ship, the Marines of the 15th MEU knew they were going to war.
By Philip Athey
‘Not something you should ever really see’: Veterans reflect on 9/11
After the last 20 years of war, veterans serving on 9/11 look back at the day.
By Sarah Sicard