Cpl. Oscar Sprague was reported missing in action while fighting in Korea in 1950, and his surviving family members spent decades unsure what exactly happened to him. The recent identification of his remains, and a remarkably joyous funeral this week, are helping them to find closure at last.
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Mainers from Iran reflect on recent U.S. bombing of native land
Maine is home to several hundred people with roots in Iran who are now wrestling with the U.S. bombing of 3 nuclear facilities last weekend.
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We must keep politics out of our armed forces | Opinion
The moment we begin to use our military as a political weapon is the moment we begin to lose our republic.
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What the Lewiston shooter’s brain injury can tell us about blast exposure in the military
Experts say the gunman’s brain tissue points to traumatic injury ‘likely’ caused by blasts in the line of duty; the Army disagrees but is taking steps to limit exposure.
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House passes $895 billion defense policy bill with pay raise for troops
The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows.
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Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend
The trend since 2011 has been an increase in suicides among active-duty service members.
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Donald Trump says US forces will stay in Iraq, possibly deploy to Syria if needed again
President Trump said he has no plans to withdraw American forces from Iraq, a week after announcing a surprise pullout of troops from Syria and ordering the Pentagon to bring home roughly half of the American forces deployed to Afghanistan. The decision allows the United States to maintain a presence in the heart of the […]
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US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, […]
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Russian fighters killed in attack on U.S. and Kurdish forces in Syria
[media-credit name=”Associated Press map” align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit] U.S. forces killed scores of Russian mercenaries in Syria last week in what may be the deadliest clash between citizens of the former foes since the Cold War, according to one U.S. official and three Russians familiar with the matter. More than 200 contract soldiers, mostly Russians fighting on […]
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At least 16 die in military plane crash in rural Mississippi
Emergency officials respond to the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena, Mississippi, Monday, July 10, 2017. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles north of Jackson […]