Within the next 60 days, the U.S. military will undergo a “stand-down” period to discuss extremism among the ranks as commanders grapple with the issue following the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the two-month period Wednesday during a meeting at the …
Within the next 60 days, each of the military services will take time out of daily duties to discuss the problem of extremism and extremist ideology in the ranks, as military leaders seek to get a better sense of how widespread these belief systems are. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III ordered the stand-down Wednesday morning …
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The Idaho Army National Guard announced Wednesday that it has suspended flight operations after one of its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed Tuesday night in bad weather, killing all three pilots aboard. “As of right now, our flight operations have ceased,” Lt. Col. Nicole Washington, commander of the Idaho Guard’s 1st Battalion, 183rd Aviation Regiment, …
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After more than a year of delays imposed by the Chinese government, a World Health Organization team probing the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic visited the suspect Wuhan Institute of Virology on Wednesday. The WHO virology experts toured the institute’s secure laboratory that the Trump administration concluded was one of two potential sources for the …
Former President Trump’s controversial order to pull thousands of U.S. troops from Germany is on hold as the Department of Defense conducts a review of the plan, officials said. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of U.S. European Command, confirmed the pause in any future troop withdrawals during a briefing with reporters. The Trump administration’s …
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