Air Force PJ Earns Heroism Award for Treating 7 Teammates After Explosion in Afghanistan

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Minutes before a massive explosion at a school the Taliban had been using for a headquarters and weapons cache in an Afghan village, Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Rogers and his teammate had been sitting inside, sifting through a pile of electronics, ammunition and artillery. Fifty or so pounds of homemade explosives were scattered in …

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China’s carrier group conducts exercises in South China Sea

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BEIJING (AP) – China’s Shandong aircraft carrier group has recently conducted routine annual exercises in the South China Sea, the People’s Liberation Army said Sunday, after Beijing criticized the U.S. for sending Navy ships into the strategic area. The Chinese Defense Ministry last week urged the U.S. to restrain its front-line forces in the air …

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Seven Rescued by Coast Guard on Savannah River After Boat Crashes into Jetty

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Seven people were rescued Friday night after their 25-foot boat ran aground into a jetty in the Savannah River, the Coast Guard announced in a press release Saturday. Coast Guard Station Tybee watchstanders were called by the owner of the boat stating he had run into the south jetty of the Savannah River with seven …

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SpaceX Returns 4 Astronauts to Earth; Rare Night Splashdown

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending the second astronaut flight …

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