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Navy divers, Polish forces to aid in recovery of missing US soldiers
Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general of the 1st Armored Division, said it would be a “long and difficult recovery operation.”
Nearly 70 dead in ‘horrific’ outbreak at veterans home in Massachusetts
Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S.
Your 2021 Guide to Military Benefits
Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.
By Military Times staff
Spain deploys men in deep V-necks and leather suspenders to stave off Covid-19
Caballeros, we wish you the best.
By J.D. Simkins
Army closing recruiting stations because of coronavirus, moving effort online
The Army became the first military service to do so.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
8 female soldiers who changed the course of US military history
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and a celebration of women would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized. From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are 8 female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military.
By Dylan Gresik
Turkish officials speak with NATO and US leaders, hold emergency meeting after 29 soldiers killed in Syria airstrike
An airstrike by Syrian government forces killed 29 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016.
Al-Qaida, ISIS affiliates team up in West Africa, says US Special Operations Command Africa leader
The only place in the world where fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are cooperating is in West Africa’s sprawling Sahel region, giving the extremists greater depth as they push into new areas, according to the commander of the U.S. military’s special forces in Africa.
Seventy-five years later, the Netherlands honors the ‘Black Liberators’ who helped end the Nazi occupation
In 1944, Allied forces began liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. Among these soldiers were black GIs whose role in the liberation had largely been overlooked in historical accounts. Now, the Black Liberators Project seeks to highlight the service and sacrifice of these soldiers, including the 172 buried in Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.
By Dylan Gresik
Canadian military wants to attract women recruits by shortening, tightening its uniform skirts
This is what three years of work yielded.
By J.D. Simkins
Trump pays tribute to 2 soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack
President Donald Trump traveled Monday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to pay respects to two U.S. soldiers killed Saturday in Afghanistan when a soldier dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire with a machine gun.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press