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Government should pay compensation for Cold War testing, victims say
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Army used blowers to spray a potential carcinogen into the air surrounding a St. Louis housing project.
US Navy accepts first Freedom LCS since discovering widespread defect in combining gear system
The Navy is satisfied that land-based and at-sea testing of the new combining gear system — and its bearings, specifically — sufficiently wrung out the new design, and now the service can move forward with installing the fix in new-construction and in-service ships.
A snowstorm and a plane crash stranded 13 in the Alaskan wilderness. The Guardsmen who rescued them have won an award.
Search-and-rescue crews were trying to help sick mountain climbers when a crashed plane needed them, too.
Slain Marine laid to rest in Missouri after procession
Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz was laid to rest at a private burial at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
Army veteran sentenced for shooting Black girl at Iowa Trump rally
Michael McKinney, 26, of St. Charles, pleaded guilty in June to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury in the Dec. 6 shooting after a rally in Des Moines near the state Capitol.
WW II veteran celebrates 104th birthday in Virginia
Family and friends celebrate the 104th birthday of WWII veteran Retired Lt. Col. Louis Frazier Martin.
By KRISTI K. HIGGINS
Operation Protect Democracy: Our ongoing oath supports electoral reform
We must recognize democracy is under pressure around the world, and our system is not immune to such threats, say the authors of this commentary.
By Former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera, former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, former Secretary of the Navy Sean O’Keefe, retired Navy Adm. Steve Abbot, retired Army Gen. George Casey, retired Coast Guard Adm. Jim Loy, retired Air Force Gen. John Jumper, and retired Marine Corps Gen. Tony Zinni
Former VA health worker sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven patients via insulin poisoning
Investigators found multiple failings within the VA medical system that contributed to her crimes going unnoticed.
Sentencing set for former nursing assistant who admitted to killing 7 VA patients in West Virginia
Reta Mays faces up to life in prison for each of seven counts of second-degree murder when she is sentenced Tuesday in federal court.
How a Roman-era Rapunzel became the patron saint of artillery
Saint Barbara, beheaded by her own father, became the patron saint of artillery.
By Philip Athey