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US ships, drones positioned to assist Americans fleeing Sudan
The Defense Department is on call to help with the evacuation of Americans as fighting in Sudan continues.
Russia releases US Marine vet as part of prisoner exchange
The Marine veteran jailed in Moscow was traded for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America.
Marine veteran ‘wrongfully detained’ in Russia reportedly ends hunger strike
The former Marine Corps presidential guard member is serving a nine-year prison sentence.
Veteran non-profit says it rescued dozens of Americans trapped in Ukraine
Project Dynamo says it has rescued 33 Americans since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. However, the group reports at least another 1,000 have requested assistance.
Families of American captives frustrated with Justice Department
Among those Americans held by foreign governments is Trevor Reed, a Marine veteran who was sentenced in Russia to nine years on charges he assaulted a police officer.
Inside the mission to rescue 169 Americans from a hotel outside the Kabul airport
The 169 Americans had met up intending to walk through the gate, until the security situation changed.
Postal Service unveils stamp honoring Japanese American WWII veterans
The “Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of World War II” stamp honors the second generation Japanese Americans, or Nisei, who fought during the war and faced discrimination in the U.S.
Book excerpt: ‘Facing the Mountain’
"Facing the Mountain" portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible.
By Daniel James Brown
Police mistreatment of Black service members common even before Virginia case
The traffic stop of Lt. Caron Nazario in rural Virginia was a grim reminder to many Black Americans that even being in military uniform doesn't necessarily protect them from mistreatment by police.
Why have so many Medals of Honor been awarded to the Irish? ‘We’ve been fighting for years and years’
“If you go back to the culture of the Irish you know we’ve been fighting each other and fighting the Scottish and so on and so forth for years and years and years,” said Medal of Honor recipient James Charles McCloughan.
By Howard Altman
Veterans employment discrimination guidance updated
Here are six key takeaways from the EEOC's new guidance related to the employment discrimination challenges facing veterans.
By Bradford J. Kelley