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Texas A&M cadets’ Halloween tradition likened to cultish ritual
Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets' annual tradition involves smashing pumpkins and pranking the school band.
By Sarah Sicard
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28,500 troops affected as USFK ramps up to HPCON Charlie for greater Seoul metro area
HPCON Charlie indicates the risk is substantial and there has been sustained community transmission.
By Diana Stancy
Joint Base Andrews, others in NCR, go to HPCON Charlie over COVID-19 concerns
At the direction of Col. Andrew Purath, the commander of the 11th Wing and Joint Base Andrews, the base shifted from HPCON Bravo, according to the release. Other military bases throughout the National Capital Region have similarly shifted to HPCON Charlie.
By Howard Altman
Emergency declarations open option to utilize National Guard in coronavirus responses
Governors in Washington, California, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut have all issued emergency proclamations given increases in COVID-19. These declarations allow state governments additional resources, including the ability to swiftly implement a National Guard response.
By Dylan Gresik
Protect pay for our unsung maritime military service: the US Coast Guard
This congressman makes the case for the Pay Our USCG Parity Act to ensure the Coast Guard is paid during a government shutdown
By Rep. Charlie Crist
Opinion: Support veterans treatment courts
The bill’s purpose is simple: to authorize the Justice Department to support the nation’s state judicial systems with the needed policies, training resources, and funding to establish and sustain their respective state veterans treatment court programs.
By DJ Reyes
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.
Veterans courts could get big boost if Congress passes this law
Advocates say veterans treatment courts have helped many veterans get back on their feet without the stigma of incarceration.
By Natalie Gross
A shark attacked a Marine vet’s daughter. He punched it in the face til it stopped
A Marine veteran saved his daughter from a life-threatening shark attack in North Carolina.
By Laura Murgatroyd
Trump, Shanahan distance themselves from McCain controversy
The Pentagon’s acting chief, Patrick Shanahan, ordered his chief of staff to investigate the flap.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
3 generations of Parris Island Marines meet for ‘rare’ honor
Wes Guarino's CWO4 pinning, performed by his father who graduated Parris Island, coincided with his son's graduation from boot camp.
By Wade Livingston, The Island Packet via AP
Why the Massachusetts governor won’t send his state’s National Guard to the border
Gov. Charlie Baker is reversing a decision to send a Massachusetts National Guard helicopter to the country’s southern border, citing the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents.
By Steve LeBlanc, The Associated Press