Navy twin brothers start and end 30-year careers side by side
From enlistment to retirement, Lt. Cmdr. Terry Brown and Lt. Cmdr. Jerry Brown reflect on their unique time in the service.
By Riley Ceder
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Osprey pilot killed in Nov. 29 crash posthumously promoted to major
Maj. Terry Brayman joined the Air Force in 2014 and began flying the Osprey in 2020.
Trump triggers another resignation after sudden Syria policy shift
Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
Christmas in wartime
Amid shortages, rationing, separation, and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive during the long years of World War II.
By Stanley Weintraub, World War II Magazine
Settlement reached in infamous ‘Norfolk 4’ case
The city of Norfolk has agreed to pay $4.9 million to four former sailors who were wrongly convicted of a woman’s rape and murder based on intimidating police interrogations. A copy of the settlement agreement for the “Norfolk Four” was obtained by The Associated Press.
5 get prison after 2012 military munition blast in Louisiana
A federal judge on Thursday ordered $34.8 million in restitution from the owner of a company that committed what a prosecutor calls the nation’s worst-ever dumping of military explosives — a case stemming from a huge 2012 munitions blast. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Foote also ordered David Alan Smith to spend 4 years and 7 months in prison.
National World War I memorial a step closer to reality
The memorial in Washington is planned for completion in 2020.
By Kathleen Curthoys
New book leaves Trump ‘furious,’ ‘disgusted’ with Bannon
President Donald Trump returned fire with both barrels Wednesday against criticism leveled at him in a new book that says he never expected — or wanted — to win the White House, his victory left his wife in tears and a senior adviser thought his son’s contact with a Russian lawyer during the campaign was “treasonous.”
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press and Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press