A terminal diagnosis can be a lonely experience for anyone, but for a veteran that diagnosis can present unique issues.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — As the Ukraine war enters its third year, the infantry of 59th Brigade are confronting a bleak reality: they’re running out of soldiers and ammunition to resist their Russian invaders.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary cease-fire linked to the release of hostages held b…
Monday, February 19, 2024
Raytheon's Tucson operation is serving a critical and growing role in providing the nation and its allies with weapons to counter the rapidly evolving threat of drone warfare — and the Pentagon wants more, and fast.
The days of Timothy Leary promoting psychedelic drugs with the 1960s refrain “turn on, tune in, drop out” are long gone.
The $3.4 billion project will completely replace the shipyard's Dry Dock 3, which is unable to support the Navy's more advanced Virginia-class submarines or larger surface ships.
AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Cavazos soldier charged with murder and another charged as an accomplice in a shooting death will face separate courts-martial in May at the central Texas Army base, according to court records.
A Senate investigative panel is requesting interviews with Coast Guard personnel to elaborate on 2018 planning documents that led service leaders to bury a report on the yearslong mishandling of sexual assault allegations at the Coast Guard Academy.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
It seemed like the 2024 equivalent of a Sputnik moment: In a cryptic statement on Feb. 14, a U.S. lawmaker privy to U.S. intelligence warned of a grave but unspecified security threat from Russia.
Flanked by armed National Guard members, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Friday plans to build a base housing up to 1,800 troops in Eagle Pass, close to the riverfront area where state leaders have been at loggerheads with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement.
BEIJING - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday he had discussed the prospects for peace in Kyiv's nearly two-year-old war against Russia with his Chinese counterpart, part of a long-running bid to bolster relations with Beijing.
BAGHDAD - A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq, multiple Iranian and Iraqi sources told Reuters, saying it was a sign Tehran wants to prevent a broader conflict.
Saturday, February 17, 2024
JERUSALEM - Israel has sent negotiators for truce talks in Cairo as requested by U.S. President Joe Biden but they did not go back for further talks because Hamas' demands were "delusional," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
A U.N. relief worker alleged by Israel to have participated in the Oct. 7 attacks was captured on video that day removing the limp body of an Israeli man who had been shot at Kibbutz Beeri and driving off with it, according to information released Friday by Israeli authorities.
Friday, February 16, 2024
KYIV - Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, Kyiv's military chief said on Saturday, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of the city "an important victory."
CAIRO — Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel’s war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he does not expect the Republican-led chamber will consider President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars more aid for Ukraine before mid-March, after it debates broader spending bills.
KYIV - Outnumbered Ukrainian defenders were fighting fierce battles inside the small eastern city of Avdiivka on Friday, commanders said, as Russian forces closed in on the strategic location ahead of their invasion's two-year mark.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden wants an 18% cut in the number of F-35 jets the Pentagon buys next year after Congress' cap on the size of the upcoming defense budget compelled the administration to find savings, two sources familiar with the situation said.
WASHINGTON — U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan plans to meet with a group of senior members of Congress after one top Republican warned publicly of an unspecified “serious national security threat.”
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — Wreaths Across America (WAA), the national nonprofit whose yearlong mission is to “Remember the fallen, Honor those who serve, and Teach our children the value of freedom,” proudly announces its theme for 2024: “Live with Purpose.”
TILTON — The New Hampshire Veterans Home is accepting applications for their Licensed Nursing Assistant Trainee (LNAT) course to build a career in the nursing field. Students are full-time State of NH employees eligible for benefits and earn $19.52 per hour while learning in this expense-pai…
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is throwing her support behind legislation that would let the US seize sovereign Russian assets to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction, as she steps up her foreign-policy attacks on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said the United States would not back down from supporting Ukraine in the short and long-term, even as President Joe Biden's administration has run out of money for Kyiv and a request for additional funds is languishing in the Rep…
DUBAI - U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces launched a strike on Tuesday on a cruise missile that was about to be fired at ships in the Red Sea from an area of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi group.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from a military hospital on Tuesday and will attend a Ukraine-related virtual meeting Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as the Pentagon chief struggles in the wake of prostate cancer surgery.
WASHINGTON — Democratic President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including the top Senate Republican, on Tuesday urged the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to take up a $95.34 billion military aid package for Ukraine and other allies.
The US Senate approved $95 billion in assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay, but the legislation still faces formidable obstacles in the House.
Monday, February 12, 2024
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin canceled a trip to Brussels for NATO defense talks after being admitted to a military hospital for a second time this year, the Pentagon said on Monday.
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA — Talks involving the U.S., Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce ended without a breakthrough on Tuesday as calls grew for Israel to hold back on a planned assault on the southern end of the enclave, crammed with over a million displaced people.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said on Monday the United States is pushing for a six-week pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza as a stepping stone toward a longer cease-fire.
JERUSALEM - The Israeli strikes that lit up the night in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday sent pulses of fear through the 1.4 million Palestinians for whom that strip of land has become a shelter of last resort.
KYIV - Russian forces are obtaining Starlink terminals illicitly from third countries and they are increasing their use on the front line, the Ukrainian military spy agency's spokesperson told Reuters on Monday, without explaining how he knew.
Sunday, February 11, 2024
DOHA/JERUSALEM — Israel on Monday freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held by Hamas in Rafah in a ferocious rescue operation that killed 74 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city where about one million civilians have sought refuge from months of bombardments.
WASHINGTON — A narrowly divided Senate moved closer to passing a $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Sunday, showing undiminished bipartisanship despite opposition from Republican hardliners and Donald Trump.
WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah without a credible plan to ensure the safety of the roughly 1 million people sheltering there, the White House said.
PARIS — President Joe Biden and top western officials criticized former President Donald Trump on Sunday after he suggested the United States might not protect NATO allies who aren’t spending enough on defense from a potential Russian invasion.
Friday, February 09, 2024
One of the five U.S. Marines killed in a helicopter crash in California earlier this week was from New Hampshire, military officials confirmed Friday, the second Granite State service member to die in a chopper crash in the past three months.
DOHA/JERUSALEM — Israeli forces geared up on Friday for a ground assault on Hamas in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced by violence further north are trapped in desperate conditions.
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Monday, February 19, 2024
A Senate investigative panel is requesting interviews with Coast Guard personnel to elaborate on 2018 planning documents that led service leaders to bury a report on the yearslong mishandling of sexual assault allegations at the Coast Guard Academy.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
It seemed like the 2024 equivalent of a Sputnik moment: In a cryptic statement on Feb. 14, a U.S. lawmaker privy to U.S. intelligence warned of a grave but unspecified security threat from Russia.
Flanked by armed National Guard members, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Friday plans to build a base housing up to 1,800 troops in Eagle Pass, close to the riverfront area where state leaders have been at loggerheads with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement.
BEIJING - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday he had discussed the prospects for peace in Kyiv's nearly two-year-old war against Russia with his Chinese counterpart, part of a long-running bid to bolster relations with Beijing.
BAGHDAD - A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq, multiple Iranian and Iraqi sources told Reuters, saying it was a sign Tehran wants to prevent a broader conflict.
Saturday, February 17, 2024
JERUSALEM - Israel has sent negotiators for truce talks in Cairo as requested by U.S. President Joe Biden but they did not go back for further talks because Hamas' demands were "delusional," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
A U.N. relief worker alleged by Israel to have participated in the Oct. 7 attacks was captured on video that day removing the limp body of an Israeli man who had been shot at Kibbutz Beeri and driving off with it, according to information released Friday by Israeli authorities.