America lost its first Navy SEAL Tuesday morning. Harry Beal died at 90 years old. The Greenville Township resident was the first SEAL to be appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962. His son, Mack, remembered Beal as a true hero. “In my opinion they were real superheroes,” he said of military personnel he …
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After coming into the Pentagon with battling COVID-19 as his foremost objective, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday issued sweeping orders mandating that U.S. military personnel will wear protective masks in almost every situation. The Feb. 4, 2021 memorandum says personnel must wear masks continuously on U.S. military installations except when alone in an …
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In a straw poll of 810 active-duty military personnel, spouses and veterans, more than half of active-duty families, or 53%, said they did not plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine, citing safety concerns and suspicions over development. Nearly half of veteran families agreed. The survey was conducted by researchers with the military advocacy group Blue …
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A congressional hearing on domestic terrorism turned tense when a freshman congressman likened screening military personnel for extremist ties to the “Thought Police” who ferret out unapproved beliefs in George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel “1984.” Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Georgia Republican and retired Navy commander, told experts Thursday that he’s concerned about the push to …
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A sweeping new order issued by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III makes face masks mandatory at all times for everyone on military bases — with very few exceptions. According to a memo published Thursday, masks must now be worn even outdoors and when people are able to maintain a six-foot distance, circumstances under which unmasking …
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