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Military Times’ 10 best Vietnam War movies
In honor of Vietnam War Veterans Day, we put together a top-10 list of films — excluding documentaries — we consider the best about the Vietnam War.
By Jon Simkins
Wild tale of ‘Pablo Eskobear’ & a paratrooper-turned-drug kingpin coming to big screen
Some stories are truly stranger than fiction.
By Jon Simkins
Book excerpt: ‘The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq’
“The West’s War Against Islamic State” offers the first history of Operation Inherent Resolve and the West’s war against ISIS, from its inception in 2014 to the fall of Raqqa in 2017.
By Andrew Mumford
US Africa Command official hails ‘new beginning’ in Sudan
A U.S. deputy commander for Africa on Wednesday welcomed a “new beginning” and a “renewed relationship” between the U.S. and Sudan following the African country’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Investigation of Marine convicted in DC barracks shooting reveals unit history of firearm negligence
It also revealed that Lance Cpl. Andrew Johnson had a history of pointing what he believed to be an unloaded pistol at fellow Marines and pulling the trigger.
By Philip Athey
Trump pardons former Rep. Duncan Hunter and four Iraq war vets convicted in Blackwater shooting
The former Blackwater employees were sent to prison for their role in a controversial 2007 attack in Baghdad which left 14 people dead.
Former SEAL, not-for-profit sue VA over new rules restricting caregiver benefits
Andrew Sheets, his wife and caretaker, and Veteran Warriors, Inc. are suing the VA for restricting eligibility for a program that gives many parents, spouses and other caretakers the financial ability to care for disabled veterans.
By Harm Venhuizen
Biden landing team for Pentagon announced
Fifteen of the 23 individuals named on the landing team for the Pentagon are women
By Aaron Mehta
That time the Marine Corps killed a John Wayne movie
The Marine Corps put the kabosh on a John Wayne film, suggesting it to be a PR nightmare.
By Davis Winkie
NATO stands up Joint Force Command Norfolk to boost readiness in the Atlantic
The command is designed to reinforce NATO readiness in the Atlantic and bolster communications between Europe and North America.
By Diana Stancy
At military academies, COVID-19 is the enemy to be defeated
Under the siege of the coronavirus pandemic, classes have begun at the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press