A Navy chaplain who comforted sailors whose ship was torpedoed in 1945, leaving them stranded in shark-infested waters, has been posthumously awarded his service’s second-highest award for heroism. Lt. Thomas M. Conway, a Catholic priest who died on Aug. 2, 1945, three days after a Japanese sub took out the heavy-cruiser Indianapolis, was recognized for …
The U.S. Air Force held a virtual B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber industry day this week to discuss construction projects to house the new stealth bomber, known as the Raider, according to a release. The Air Force Civil Engineering Center and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers went over details and scheduling — including maintenance hangars …
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The U.S. Army plans to review all other-than-honorable discharges given between April 17, 2011, and Nov. 17, 2020, to soldiers who were diagnosed or had symptoms of a mental health condition or brain injury. The automatic review, announced Tuesday by the service, is part of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by two veterans …
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WASHINGTON — His place in the history books rewritten, President Donald Trump endured his second impeachment largely alone and silent. For more than four years, Trump has dominated the national discourse like no one before him. Yet when his legacy was set in stone on Wednesday, he was stunningly left on the sidelines. Trump now …
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A retired Navy SEAL who earned two commendation medals with valor devices after serving in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan is taking heat after appearing, in a video posted to social media, to praise a mob that violently broke into the U.S. Capitol last week. Adam Newbold, who retired in 2017 and was listed as a Navy …
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