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He took them captive in Iraq 30 years ago. Now, they’re fighting for his citizenship
Two Navy pilots were shot down and taken prisoner during Desert Storm. Decades later, they formed an unlikely friendship with their once-captor.
By Harm Venhuizen
‘Desert One’ documentary chronicles challenges, lessons of Operation Eagle Claw
The film is coming to more than 100 theaters across the U.S. starting on Aug. 21.
By Diana Stancy
Navy takes first steps toward rebuilding base rocked by twin earthquakes
Officials estimate the magazine construction project will be completed by August 2022.
By Jon Simkins
Desert Storm memorial receives $10 million pledge from Kuwait
The memorial has a planned cost of about $40 million, and current law requires that 100 percent of funding be raised prior to initial groundbreaking, according to the National Desert Storm Memorial Association.
By Olivia Vermane
National Desert Storm War Memorial approved concept unveiled
The memorial is planned for completion by 2021.
By Todd South
Inside the historic decision to deep-select the Navy’s top officer
The Senate bestowed a fourth star on Michael Martin Gilday and the son of sailor is prepared to lead the sea service into the 21st century.
By Mark D. Faram
Officials: US putting troops back in Saudi Arabia
With Iranian military threats in mind, the United States is sending American forces, including fighter aircraft, air defense missiles and likely more than 500 troops, to a Saudi air base that became a hub of American air power in the Middle East in the 1990s but was abandoned by Washington after it toppled Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein in 2003.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Flag-waving man in 1991 photo returns to what’s left of carrier Saratoga
The image has long outlasted that day's news cycle: When Matt Miller meets someone with a connection to the Saratoga, they usually remember that photo.
By Matt Soergel, (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union via the AP
Nevada Assembly against expanding Nellis military training range into refuge
The Nevada Assembly has gone on record as opposing proposed expansion of the Nellis Air Force Base testing and training range into the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.
As a close US ally in Africa teeters, what comes next?
Ali Bongo Ondimba's family has run the central African country since the late 1960s.
By Gyldas A. Ofoulhast-Othamot, University of Tampa
Desert Storm memorial marks an ‘atonement’ for Vietnam War mistakes
The site has been picked and dedicated. But now they need to raise the money.
By Todd South