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Denis Leary returns to TV in Army comedy series
The comedy will follow a disgraced Army colonel who's been banished to a U.S. military base in the Netherlands.
By Riley Ceder
Seventy-five years later, the Netherlands honors the ‘Black Liberators’ who helped end the Nazi occupation
In 1944, Allied forces began liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. Among these soldiers were black GIs whose role in the liberation had largely been overlooked in historical accounts. Now, the Black Liberators Project seeks to highlight the service and sacrifice of these soldiers, including the 172 buried in Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.
By Dylan Gresik
New use for a shuttered base?
Adak Island is the nation’s westernmost community, located 1,200 miles from Anchorage in the Aleutian Chain.
Payback at Balikpapan
Only weeks after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, four stalwart destroyers demonstrated that there was still plenty of fight left in the U.S. Navy.
By Michael Crowder, World War II
Explainer: How countries in conflict, like Iran and the US, talk to each other
International diplomacy found an ingenious solution to the problem of communication between nations that broke ties.
By Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Iran spins more centrifuges on anniversary of 1979 US Embassy crisis
Iran on Monday broke further away from its collapsing 2015 nuclear deal with world powers by doubling the number of advanced centrifuges it operates, linking the decision to U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the agreement over a year ago.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
40 years later: How the Iran hostage crisis shaped the future of special operations
Thanks to an amendment included in the 1987 National Defense Authorization Bill, SOCOM was formed nearly seven years after Eagle Claw on April 16, 1987.
By Diana Stancy
This military base is getting its own exorcism horror movie, and it’s ‘based on a true story’
The film's release date has yet to be announced.
By J.D. Simkins
Frozen in time, US Embassy a monument to Iran hostage crisis
What initially began as a sit-in devolved into 444 days of captivity for 52 Americans seized in the embassy.
Coast Guard seaman charged in shipmate’s death tried to keep his “best" buddy from swimming says attorney
Coast Guard Seaman Ethan Tucker faces murder and other charges in the death of shipmate after a night of drinking.
Coast Guard seaman charged with murdering shipmate
Investigators collared him in connection with the January slaying of Seaman Ethan Kelch in Alaska.
By Carl Prine