A fifth of sailors assigned to Chinese submarines patrolling the South China Sea have experienced some degree of mental health problems, according to a study published this month. “This study demonstrates for the first time that soldiers and officers in the submarine force in the South China Sea are exposed to a number of mental …
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden made his first major foray outside the White House on Friday with a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to meet with wounded soldiers. Biden met with both active duty and retired service members receiving treatment at the facility, before touring the vaccine distribution center there. “These …
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Within two days of the Army‘s rollout of new hair and grooming standards primarily for female soldiers, a petition calling for the service to allow male soldiers to grow beards has gotten more than 55,000 signatures. “With all of the progressive change in the US Army’s policy on uniform wear and appearance it is only …
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BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces have killed a senior commander of the Islamic State group, the prime minister said on Thursday, a week after the rare, twin suicide bombing by ISiS militants killed dozens in Baghdad. The Islamic State group had quickly claimed responsibility for the Jan. 21 blasts at a busy open-air market in …
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FORT BLISS, Texas — Eleven soldiers were injured after ingesting an unknown substance during a field training exercise at Fort Bliss in Texas, the U.S. Army said late Thursday. Two of the soldiers were in critical condition, the 1st Armored Division said in a statement. All 11 were placed under the observation of medical professionals. …
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