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Navy postpones several modernization programs to pay for operations
The Navy's fiscal 2025 budget request prioritizes near-term readiness and lethality and delays a number of larger, longer-term modernization programs.
Over 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials killed since US pullout: UN
“More than two-thirds” of the victims were alleged to result from extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates, the U.N. says.
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
Best pics of the week: June 13, 2021
The East Africa Response Force trains in Kenya, U.S. Marines drill Down Under, USS Kearsarge sailors on deck, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
‘There is stuff’: Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs
A report summarizing what the U.S. knows about “unidentified aerial phenomena” — better known as UFOs — is expected to be made public this month.
Unaccompanied children arriving at US-Mexico border could be housed at two bases in Texas
Unaccompanied minors could be housed on military installations while their asylum cases are adjudicated.
Why San Antonio should host US Space Command
In this commentary, a retired four-star Air Force general makes the case for why San Antonio should be selected to host U.S. Space Command.
By Edward A. Rice Jr.
Best photos of the week: Dec. 20, 2020
Soldiers train in Hawaii, sailors conduct night flight ops in the North Arabian Sea, Marines participate in live-fire exercises in Japan and more in this week's Frontline Photos
Vets for Trump co-founder remains jailed on gun charges, claims he’s a ‘political prisoner’
Joshua Macias and Antonio LaMotta remain in jail after their arrest last week on gun charges in Philadelphia.
By Davis Winkie
$136,000 settlement reached for troops charged illegal lease termination fees
The Justice Department reached a settlement with Texas-based Western Rim Investors for charging Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland troops illegal lease termination fees between 2011 and 2020.
By Davis Winkie
Korean War veteran sees medals for first time at ceremony
Marcos Luis Montano of Waukegan, 91, held his Purple Heart medal at Veterans Memorial Plaza for the first time last month.
By Karie Angell Luc, Lake County News-Sun via the AP
COVID closed Mexican factories that supply US defense industry. The Pentagon wants them opened.
Factory closures in Mexico due to the coronavirus pandemic are hurting U.S. defense firms, and the Pentagon is urging America’s neighbor to the south to reopen vital suppliers.
By Joe Gould