Military

Any Marine operating or riding in a waterborne amphibious assault vehicle will now get a supplemental emergency breathing device, Military.com has learned. The Marine Corps has lifted its servicewide suspension on water operations for AAVs after one sank off the coast of California in July 2020. Eight Marines and one sailor riding inside drowned when …

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is again moving to change the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ motto to be more inclusive toward women and LGBTQ troops after the effort failed during the Trump administration. The VA’s current motto, in use since 1959, quotes President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address in 1865: “To care for him who …

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People across the Pacific Northwest were awed on the evening of March 25 by an otherworldly formation of fireballs that streaked across the heavens, causing a social media sensation. Astronomers promptly demystified it as debris from a falling SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Though such wayward rockets generally burn up in the atmosphere, this time substantial …

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