Military

The Pentagon announced Friday that it will deploy about 3,600 additional military personnel to support COVID-19 vaccination sites around the country. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has authorized an additional 20 teams to support a Federal Emergency Management Agency request — one could ultimately require close to 19,000 service members to assist at vaccine sites, Pentagon …

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DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Joseph Hall walked into Causeway Alterations at the beginning of January with a strange request. The 96-year-old veteran still had his original U.S. Navy uniform that he wore when he enlisted in 1941. He wanted to be buried in it, but it no longer fit. Could someone there make a new …

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. prosecutors have charged the son of a civilian Navy staffer in Bahrain over her stabbing death in the Mideast island kingdom. Federal court documents accuse Giovonni Z. Pope, 27, of stabbing his mother to death at her off-base apartment on Jan. 31. Contact details for Pope could not …

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U.S. President Joe Biden faces “serious dilemmas” in Afghanistan as a deadline to withdraw troops nears and the Taliban show no sign of ending their bloodshed, a top U.S. official warned. The new U.S. leader has ordered a review of the deal Washington cut with the Taliban last year, which promised the withdrawal of all …

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The F-35A Joint Strike Fighter will participate in fewer air shows this year as military leaders deal with an engine shortage for the fifth-generation stealth jet. Bloomberg News reported this week that there is a growing shortage of F135 engines, which are manufactured by Pratt & Whitney, now owned by Raytheon Technologies Corp. Air Combat …

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