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The Army’s permafrost test bed in Alaska set for significant upgrade

The Army's research facility includes a permafrost tunnel — about a third of a mile long — that has Ice Age-era animal bones jutting out from the walls.

By Hope Hodge Seck

14 days ago

Texas Guard can make immigration arrests under new Trump agreement

Texas Guard soldiers now have the authority to help detain and deport undocumented people under an agreement between Texas and the Trump administration.

By Alejando Serrano, The Texas Tribune

5 weeks ago

Pair who tried breaching Virginia Marine base are Jordanian nationals

They drove up to a base gate in a truck and claimed to be Amazon subcontractors making a delivery, a Marine spokesman said.

By Irene Loewenson

10 months ago

VA disputes GOP claim that money for vets is going to migrants instead

Republican lawmakers have accused the department of using funding and resources to help with immigration work at the expense of veterans services.

By Leo Shane III

14 months ago

Inside the US Army’s failed nuclear ice lair in Cold War Greenland

While the U.S. didn’t get to act out its Bond villain lair fantasies, it did further scientific understandings of the world around us.

By Claire Barrett

15 months ago

Jared Leto to sell ‘Twentynine Palms’ eye cream for $97

Twentynine Palms. No longer just a Marine base where summer temperatures routinely creep into the 100s.

By Irene Loewenson

2 years ago