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Joe Biden speaking at a Toys for Tots event while a 10-year-old girl listens at the left of the frame

Biden’s message for military children: ‘I’m so proud of you’

President Joe Biden knows what it’s like to have a loved one in the military, he told children of service members Monday.

By Irene Loewenson

2 years ago

Virginia National Guard airmen assigned to the 192nd Security Forces Squadron, 192nd Mission Support Group, 192nd Wing help to secure the grounds near the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 13, 2021, in Washington.

Creating a DC National Guard quick-reaction force is a bad idea

We need to keep our nation’s seat of government safe, but creating a quick-reaction force is not the right solution, says the author of this commentary.

By Retired Maj. Gen. Arnold L. Punaro

4 years ago

Accused of murder, Coast Guard seaman headed back to court-martial

Questions continue to swirl about what happened on Alaska's Amaknak Island 11 months ago.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago

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.

6 years ago

Washington residents: Hearing helicopters from military bases like ‘living in a war zone’

Life in the D.C. bush is cruel.

By J.D. Simkins

6 years ago

Here’s the Fitzgerald CO’s side of the story

Cmdr. Bryce Benson defended his tenure on the warship before its 2017 collision killed seven shipmates.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

6 years ago