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  1. 3 hours ago

    A 28-year-old man was recently sentenced to eight years for shooting at National Guard members activated in Minneapolis during April protests. One soldier was injured by broken glass; the other had "superficial injuries", Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports.

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  2. Jul 31

    "[Woody] Williams came up with the idea for Gold Star Families Memorial Monuments to be installed around the country, with the goal of them becoming places for family members to meet and share their experiences," reports.

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  3. Jul 31

    Fort Benning is set to dedicate a memorial for Pvt. Felix Hall , a 19-year-old Black soldier who was lynched at the base eight decades ago, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

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  4. Jul 30

    "About 200 Afghan interpreters and their families arrived in Virginia on Friday, the first evacuations of thousands imperiled because of their work with the United States in Afghanistan," The Washington Post reports.

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  5. Jul 30

    The sailor suspected of setting the blaze last July is a seaman apprentice and was a crew member on the amphibious assault ship, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday, Navy Times reports.

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  6. Jul 29

    John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, says it's vitally important for the United States to learn from its repeated mistakes over the past two decades in Iraq and Afghanistan, Task & Purpose reports.

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  7. Jul 29

    A U.S. military combat veteran who later worked as a security contractor in Afghanistan told Vice News that the pipeline of service members leaving the military to work as guns-for-hire represents a major national security issue, Vice News reports.

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  8. Jul 29

    A soldier assigned to 10th Special Forces Group died in a drowning accident Tuesday at the Army’s combat diving school in Key West, Florida, Army Times reports.

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  9. Jul 28

    "Service members, federal employees, contractors, and others must return to wearing masks indoors on Defense Department facilities in areas of 'substantial or high community transmission' of COVID-19," Defense One reports.

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  10. Jul 28

    "Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced California will require all state employees to be vaccinated or face a weekly testing. That will include the state’s National Guard, for which Newsom serves as its commander-in-chief," reports.

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  11. Jul 28

    "Several questioned how I could have endured so many years of mistreatment. To that, I can only offer that abuse knows abuse. In my experience, military service and abuse were synonymous," Michelle Gradnigo writes for The War Horse.

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  12. Jul 27

    "While police units across the U.S. are seeing increased calls for body camera use to better monitor what officers are doing, the Air Force’s law enforcement troops will stop using the security tool," reports.

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  13. Jul 26

    "Beginning on Wednesday, [VA] health care workers will have eight weeks to get fully vaccinated or face penalties including possible removal," The New York Times reports.

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  14. Jul 26

    "I still love the Marine Corps," Thae Ohu told . "What I don't love is the fact that you have leaders in position that can make changes, and they have the ability to listen, but they choose not to listen. That's the sad part."

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  15. Jul 26

    "Some of the training the Marines are going through is now required after an investigation into the causes of the AAV accident, which was the deadliest training accident in the history of the vehicle’s use.," The Orange County Register reports.

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  16. Jul 25

    "Although both the Army and Marines have safety processes in place, the study found that implementation of them is inconsistent and supervisors, lacking clearly-defined roles and procedures, fail to manage risks," The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

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  17. Jul 25

    "For veterans of a war that many concluded years ago could not be won, getting their interpreters out fulfills at least one promised goal going in: to protect Afghans who helped in the fight," The New York Times reports.

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  18. Jul 24

    Army Sergeant 1st Class Alwyn C. Cashe will receive the Medal of Honor, becoming the first Black service member to receive the nation's most prestigious award for valor since the Vietnam War, Newsweek reports.

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  19. Jul 24

    A federal judge has denied bond for a former Army Ranger facing charges related to his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, saying his release would pose a danger to the community, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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  20. Jul 24

    "Ian Simpson was standing outside the fence of a Royal Air Force base in eastern England and snapping pictures of fighter aircraft taking off when he spotted a shower of sparks flying from the back of a plane," ABC News reports.

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