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Coast Guard, Navy save mother, child, cat, tortoise stranded at sea
The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy successfully rescued the passengers and pets of a sailboat adrift 925 miles off the Hawaii coast.
By Riley Ceder
Senior Air Force commander nominated for National Guard Bureau chief
If confirmed, Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus would be promoted to four-star general and become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By Lolita C. Baldor
Air Force drops child sex abuse case against lieutenant colonel
Lt. Col. Kevin DiFalco, who was arrested in 2022 for alleged child sexual abuse, will no longer face a court-martial.
By Riley Ceder
Guard nominations languish, raising concerns as top officers retire
The top National Guard Bureau officers have left or will soon retire, and to date no nominations for their replacements have been confirmed by the Senate.
By Lolita C. Baldor
Families of US troops killed in Kabul airport bombing criticize Biden
Relatives of some of the 13 troops killed in the attack criticized President Biden for how the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was handled.
By Jonathan J. Cooper, Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee and Steve Peoples
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face court-martial
After pleading guilty in federal court for leaking classified military documents, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman now faces military charges.
Archeologists find musket balls from early Revolutionary War battle
Nearly 250 years ago, militiamen fired a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first major Revolutionary War battles.
By Michael Casey