WASHINGTON (AP) — The top watchdog for the U.S. Capitol Police told a House committee Thursday that there is a need for a culture change within the force after broad failures in its response to the Jan. 6 insurrection, including missed intelligence predicting a “war” and weapons that were so old that officers didn’t feel …
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For a guy reported dead almost 80 years ago, retired Navy Capt. Richard “Robbie” Roberts has lived a remarkably long life. The combat pilot earned 15 medals over a 24-year military career, which ended in 1963. He flew over 50 aircraft models, including fighters, helicopters, patrol bombers and sea planes; fought in two wars; and …
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“Eight sailors walk into the desert” sounds like the start of a joke, only it’s not a joke, it’s a photograph that won first place prize for feature photo at the 2020 Military Visual Awards. The photo, taken by Dutch photographer Aaron Zwaal, shows the commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter …
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The first female enlisted airman soon will enter training to become a combat controller, a milestone for the Air Force‘s efforts to add women to its elite special warfare ranks. In an email Thursday, Air Education and Training Command spokeswoman Marilyn Holliday said that the unidentified airman is one of two enlisted women now in …
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s top diplomat asked Thursday for stronger Western backing, saying “words of support aren’t enough” amid escalating tensions in the country’s east and a Russian troop buildup across the border. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, speaking after talks with his counterparts from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, asked the Baltic nations to …
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