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Astronaut in Army Reserve awarded wings and space badge for trip to International Space Station
Maj. Kate Rubins, a microbiologist, NASA astronaut and Reserve officer received the Army’s rarest badge for a mission to the International Space Station.
Police report sheds new light on Pete Hegseth sexual assault allegations
The woman alleged she was sexually assaulted by Pete Hegseth in October 2017. Hegseth says it was consensual throughout.
‘Armor Major’ swears his son into ROTC as family’s third-generation
Army Maj. Michael Liscano Jr. gave his son the oath of enlistment to begin ROTC studies to become his family’s third-generation soldier.
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.
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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