A Democratic senator from New York has called on the new defense secretary to investigate a “disturbing pattern” of UH-60 Black Hawk crashes that have claimed the lives of nine Army National Guard soldiers since December 2019. “Three crashes involving the National Guard’s use of the UH-60 in just over a year raises significant concerns …

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JERUSALEM (AP) – It’s been three weeks, and he still hasn’t called. Israelis are expressing growing concern that President Joe Biden has yet to call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following his inauguration. Some fear that it could forecast a chillier relationship between the two close allies after President Donald Trump’s warm embrace. The United States …

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Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass would share every airman’s story if she could. Knowing an individual’s backstory helps people connect on a deeper level, be open to different points of view and find shared experiences, she believes. Since assuming her role in August, Bass, the Air Force’s first female top enlisted …

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President Biden will visit the Pentagon on Wednesday for the first time since becoming commander in chief on Jan. 20 and will address a Defense Department in the midst of a major review of U.S. troop presence abroad, an anti-extremism push across all branches of the armed forces and other key changes in all corners …

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If you’re in a nursing home operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, data shows you’re about half as likely to contract COVID-19 as you are in a non-VA senior living facility, and 13 times less likely to die from the disease. In the past year, 1,679 residents of VA nursing homes, which it calls …

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