Headlines – June 26, 2019
News Two US troops killed in Afghanistan- There now have been nine U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this year and 2,426 fatalities since the start of combat operations there in October, 2001,...
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U.S. military says 2 service personnel killed in Afghanistan The U.S. military said two service members were killed June 26 in Afghanistan, but did not offer any details surrounding the circumstances...
View ArticleHeadlines – June 28, 2019
News Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan were Special Forces in close-quarters fight, according to report- The New York Times reported June 28 that the two soldiers were from an Army Special Forces team...
View ArticleNews Briefs – July 1, 2019
Pentagon releases IDs of 2 soldiers killed in Afghanistan The Pentagon has announced the identities of two soldiers killed in combat in Afghanistan. Killed on June 26 in Uruzgan province were...
View ArticleHeadlines – July 1, 2019
News Senate shoots down attempt to curb Trump’s Iran war powers- The Senate’s Republican majority defeated a war authorization measure June 28 meant to bar President Donald Trump from launching a...
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U.S. targets al Qaeda militants in northern Syria The U.S. military says it has struck an al Qaeda leadership and training facility in northern Syria where attacks threatening Americans and others were...
View ArticleHeadlines – July 3, 2019
News SEAL war crimes suspect not guilty on murder charge- More than nine months after he was charged with murder, attempted murder and a string of other alleged war crimes tied to a 2017 deployment in...
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Aviation legend Bob Gilliland passes
Robert J. “Bob” Gilliland, former Lockheed test pilot and the first man to fly the iconic SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, the world’s fastest aircraft, died on Thursday, Jul. 4, 2019 at the Rancho Mirage,...
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NAWS China Lake evacuated after earthquake, California Guard sending 200...
RIDGECREST, Calif.–The two major earthquakes that hit Southern California should alert people across the nation of the need to be prepared for natural disasters, the state’s governor said as officials...
View ArticleNews Briefs – July 8, 2019
14 sailors killed in submarine fire laid to rest in Russia The 14 Russian seamen who died in a fire on one of the navy’s research submersibles earlier this week were laid to rest in St. Petersburg on...
View ArticleHeadlines – July 8, 2019
News Admiral Bill Moran out as Navy’s next CNO- Moran said that he won’t become the next chief of naval operations and instead will retire due to “an open investigation” into emails he exchanged with a...
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Naval Air Weapons State China Lake still closed after big California quakes
A sprawling Navy base in the Southern California desert is still closed to nonessential personnel July 9 as the military works to determine the damage from two powerful earthquakes last week. Teams...
View ArticleNews Briefs – July 10, 2019
All-Afghan conference brings country closer to peace An All-Afghan conference that brought Afghanistan’s warring sides together appears to get the country a step closer to peace with a statement that...
View ArticleHeadlines – July 10, 2019
News Army, Navy face big shake-up on the road to confirming the next SECDEF- The clock is ticking. The Pentagon has until the end of this month to get a secretary confirmed before Congress and the...
View ArticleGuard deployed to help after California rocked by quakes
TRONA, Calif.–Two major earthquakes that hit towns in the Mojave Desert of California July 4 and 5 left behind cracked and burning buildings, closed highway and burst water lines that prompted call-up...
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NAWS China Lake Public Works Department restores base utilities
In the wake of multiple earthquakes that occurred on July 4-5, 2019, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., sustained damage to multiple facilities and loss of utilities to numerous base...
View ArticleNews Briefs – July 12, 2019
U.S. proceeding with plan for coalition to deter Iran threats The top U.S. military officer says Washington will move ahead with plans to build a coalition of nations to monitor and deter Iranian...
View ArticleHeadlines – July 12, 2019
News Blast from the past: The Pentagon’s updated war plan for tactical nukes- The world has not seen a nuclear strike in combat since 1945. But a nuclear attack from an enemy — and potential U.S....
View ArticleNews Briefs – July 15, 2019
General: Early Afghanistan troop pullout would be mistake The Army general nominated to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs says that pulling American troops out of Afghanistan prematurely would...
View ArticleHeadlines – July 15, 2019
News Army identifies spec ops sergeant major who died in Afghanistan- Sgt. Maj. James G. “Ryan” Sartor, 40, a Special Forces company sergeant major, died July 13 during combat operations in Faryab...
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