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US will send antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine as Russians press infantry assaults
The US will soon provide Ukraine with antipersonnel land mines to counter a Russian shift to “World War I”-like dismounted infantry attacks.
Meet the team helping recover missing U.S. troops from deep underwater
Project Recover helped find the crash site of a B-24 under 200 feet of water in the Pacific and recover the bombadier’s remains.
The Army built a giant concrete pyramid in North Dakota and only used it for six months
In the middle of the Great Plains sits a massive cement pyramid surrounded by farmland and a nearby town with about 30 people. But over six months in the 1970s, it helped end the Cold War.
Veterans Affairs police officer sentenced to prison after beating man at hospital
Juan Anthony Carrillo was a police officer with the Department of Veterans Affairs when he struck a man 45 times with his baton.
We showed the new Marine Corps recruiting ad to some teenagers. Here’s what they thought of it.
Veterans and active troops love recruiting ads, but they aren’t who recruiting ads are for. So we asked some high schoolers what they thought about the newest one from the Marines.
How the Army’s cavalry scouts earn their spurs
“You’re not full scout until you have them. That’s how I always looked at them.”
Air Force Reserve chaplain gets Trump nod to lead the VA
Doug Collins is a Navy veteran, an Air Force Reserve colonel, a Baptist minister, and a former congressman.
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