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Department of Defense tells its schools ‘do not use’ certain lessons
Schools for military families must pull several lessons tied to immigration, gender and sexuality from their curriculum and remove books that could “potentially” cover those topics.
Majority of troops and military families believe large-scale war is on the horizon, survey finds
“[83%] of active-duty families and 67% of Americans anticipate U.S. involvement in a major conflict within the next three to five years.”
How a broken part in a jet engine’s ‘blind spot’ brought down an Air Force F-16
An accident investigation board found that the part behind an F-16C crash in April 2024 was in a “blind spot” that Air Force mechanics can’t see during maintenance.
Trump nixes Gaza deployments, but Forever Wars continue
President Trump has said the United States wants to take over Gaza, but he clarified that no U.S. troops will be needed to deploy there. Elsewhere in the Middle East, airstrikes continue as the Forever Wars quietly grind on.
Air Force PJs welcomed the new Captain America with a freefall jump
Anthony Mackie has played a former Air Force pararescue specialist-turned-superhero in four Marvel movies. For his new role as Captain America, he took a jump with the real PJs at the 58th Rescue Squadron.
Here’s what the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment looks for in candidates
“You can sit there and judge, day one, on who you think will or won’t make it, but you’re going to be surprised every time.”
The new secretary of Veterans Affairs is an Air Force chaplain and Iraq War veteran
Doug Collins was confirmed on Tuesday as the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He served in the Navy in the 1990s before joining the Air Force after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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