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Groceries, gas, a ‘Grand Slam’: here are your Veterans Day discounts
Check out the free or discounted food, attractions, services and products available to veterans and active-duty service members on Wednesday.
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Dutch firm Optics11 in talks with navies on secretive underwater listening tech
For underwater use, the company’s fiber-optic sensing can detect an oil tanker at 100 kilometers, the CEO said.
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October surge in hiring lowers veterans’ unemployment to 2.7%
The jobless rate for veterans fell to a stunning 2.7% in October as employers added 165,000 hires.
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How Afghanistan War soul-searching led to renaming of Navy expeditionary command
The command’s recent name change was years in the making after the end of the Afghanistan War, according to the head of Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces.
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Judge stops construction of arch at Arlington National Cemetery as key committee votes to approve
Within an hour after a federal commission approved construction of a 250-foot arch Thursday, a federal judge blocked any work from starting,
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Percentage of veterans serving in incoming congressional class drops to 15%
In the 1970s, almost three-quarters of the members of Congress had served in the military.
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Hegseth says impeachment filing against him is ‘sabotage’ and political ‘farce’
The Secretary of Defense defended his record in his first press conference since May, and said attacks on him disrespect troops, and are a preamble for trying service members for war crimes.
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Coast Guard icebreaker Healy towed to Washington after engine failure
The Coast Guard’s Cutter Healy was towed to Port Angeles, Washington, earlier this month as a result of a “significant engineering casualty.”