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Former Marine captain’s Syrian detention reaches 11th year
Syrian officials were willing to share proof of life information as recently as 2020, reporting indicates.
By Todd South
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 Jon 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
L. Bruce Laingen, Iran hostage, Navy combat vet, dies at 96
On Nov. 4, 1979, protesters took over the American Embassy. They held the staff hostage for 444 days.
US forces have much to learn from Ukraine’s fight with Russia, says State Department official
“Ukraine is a laboratory of techniques and procedures,” George Kent, deputy assistant secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau at the U.S. Department of State, told Military Times Tuesday afternoon
By Howard Altman