Tag: Military affairs
Zimbabwe air force helicopter crashes near capital, 4 killed
HARARE, Zimbabwe — An air force helicopter crashed into a house in Zimbabwe on Friday, killing three crew members and a child at the...
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — DO NOTE MOVE DO NOT MOVE DO NOTE MOVE
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Mexico’s navy turns over 30 marines in disappearances cases
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s navy said Monday it turned 30 marines over to civilian prosecutors to face justice in the cases of people who...
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry reveal first Netflix docuseries
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first Netflix series will center on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the...
Mexican soldiers seized after Guatemalan killed near border
MEXICO CITY — Some 300 residents of a remote stretch of the Mexico-Guatemala border held 15 Mexican soldiers captive for hours after one of...
New Mexico sues US over proposed nuclear waste storage plans
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico sued the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday over concerns that the federal agency hasn’t done enough to vet...
Watchdog: Ex-Navy auditor sexually harassed female workers
WASHINGTON — A former Navy civilian auditor sexually harassed at least a dozen female employees for more than two decades as part of a...
Army revamps fitness exam, kicks out leg tuck test many fail
WASHINGTON — The Army is kicking out the leg tuck.
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Minorities underrepresented in service academy nominations
Minority students are significantly underrepresented when it comes to getting nominations from members of Congress to attend the nation's military service academies, according to...
Biden to name Sperling to oversee COVID-19 relief package
Gene Sperling, a veteran of the Clinton and Obama administrations, will lead the oversight for distributing funds from President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus...