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New Hampshire National Guard encounters new challenges at Texas border
Backed by $850,000 in state funding, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu deployed 15 National Guard members to assist Texas' border security mission.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin
There are fewer recruits due to COVID-19, but they have the same hard training Navy, Marine commanders say
The global pandemic caused by the rapid spread of COVID-19 has caused both the Navy and Marine Corps to take precautionary measures to protect new recruits at boot camp and schoolhouses.
By Philip Athey
US government launches campaign to reduce high suicide rates, particularly among veterans
The federal government launched a broad national campaign Tuesday aimed at reducing high suicide rates, urging the public to reach out to others, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, and acknowledge daily stresses in people's lives.
VA reports nearly 5,000 active cases of COVID-19 among VA patients
The number of active patients has more than tripled from the start of June.
Former airman pleads guilty in scheme to offer information to Russia
A West Virginia woman who previously served in the Air Force planned to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government, prosecutors said Monday in announcing her conviction in federal court.
Anti-ISIS coalition — saying Iraqi security forces now effective — reducing personnel, shifting mission focus
Operation Inherent Resolve's training forces in Iraq will be restructured to provide mentoring and assistance to high-level Iraqi leadership.
By Harm Venhuizen
MacDill Air Force reservists return from fighting COVID-19 in New York
MacDill Air Force reservists from the 927th Aerospace Medicine Squadron are coming out of quarantine after fighting COVID-19 in New York.
By Zach England
Coast Guard Academy alters training for incoming class due to COVID-19
COVID-19 has forced big changes to the Coast Guard Academy.
New Shaw Air Force Base leader talks readiness amid pandemic
Col. Larry Sullivan thinks people, and airmen, bond in struggle. What better way to test that than to assume command of your first fighter wing during a pandemic?
By Kayla Green, The Sumter Item via the AP
First aeromedical evacuation conducted with new containment chamber for COVID-19 patients
A total of 12 COVID-19 patients were evacuated July 1 from the CENTCOM area of operations to Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
By Diana Stancy
During coronavirus era, government restriction of cannabis is dangerous for the veteran population
States should keep cannabis dispensaries open as an essential service to help veterans with their treatment plans, say the authors of this commentary.
By Doug Distaso and Christopher Neiweem