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1 day ago · Donald Trump focused his ire and retaliation on one person in the very first minutes of his presidency, even before his inauguration concluded -- retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking and most visible officer in the military during the president's first term in office.. On Jan. 20, as Trump was sworn in, Milley's recently unveiled portrait painting from …

21 hours ago · The city of nearly 400,000 residents has deep connections to America's aviation history and is a regional hub for oil companies, engineers and drillers, riding the industry's boom-and-bust cycles.. It was unclear how many of the victims may have been Wichita residents. Authorities have not released a list of the passengers, who included hunting buddies, an attorney on a business trip and a ...

Jan 15, 2025 · The Pentagon's pay review, conducted every four years, has found that service members are paid just as well, if not better, than similar civilians.. The review, known as the Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation, or QRMC, was unveiled Wednesday and reported that "the department's compensation package is strongly competitive with the civilian labor market," a senior defense official told ...

Feb 20, 2024 · This article is co-published with Military Times, an independent news organization reporting on issues important to the U.S. military. Sign up for its daily Early Bird Brief newsletter here.. Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced that the state is building an 80-acre base camp in Eagle Pass for Texas National Guard soldiers who are deployed for Operation Lone Star, the $10 billion state effort ...

Jan 21, 2024 · Read the original article on Business Insider.. U.S. personnel in Iraq are undergoing traumatic brain injury evaluations after Iranian-backed militias launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and rockets at the Al-Asad airbase in western Iraq on Saturday, according to a statement from the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

May 12, 2023 · Overhead, America's most lethal aircraft -- F-15E strike fighters, AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, and MQ-9 Reapers -- pounded the Russian guns and enemy formations below. The Special Forces team had been in combat against ISIS fighters for months, but this was different. ISIS, for the most part, was a few mortar rounds or …

Sep 6, 2024 · With a polarized country bracing for the presidential election and violent extremism on the rise, experts say disappearing military firearms and tactical gear is a national security concern

Jan 16, 2025 · The MISSION Act of 2018 aimed to strike a balance of modernizing and strengthening VA’s direct care service and offering community care, Lyle said, but the outcome so far has resulted in ballooning costs: The price tag for community care spiked from roughly $15 billion in 2018 to $28.5 billion in 2023. VA leaders worry that the level of spending will increasingly damage their ability to ...

Jan 23, 2025 · NICOSIA, Cyprus — Experts from the U.S. Air Force are looking at ways to upgrade Cyprus’ premier air base for use as a humanitarian staging post in future operations in the Middle East, a Cypriot official told The Associated Press Thursday. Cyprus, which is only 184 kilometers (114 miles) from ...