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VA disputes GOP claim that money for vets is going to migrants instead
Republican lawmakers have accused the department of using funding and resources to help with immigration work at the expense of veterans services.
Navy stands up runway, encampment on massive Arctic ice sheet
The runway and encampment were set up to support Ice Exercise 2022.
By Diana Stancy
‘Climate change is going to cost us’: How the US military is preparing for harsher environments
Climate change is no longer a problem for future defense leaders — it is an immediate challenge.
By Andrew Eversden
That time the Navy spent a million dollars on an ice cream barge
In 1945, the Navy built an ice cream ship.
By Caitlin O'Brien
How Navy divers are preparing for the Arctic battlefront
Diving beneath 18 inches of ice presents its own hazards and challenges.
Special Tactics airman dies in swim training incident
The airman, a Special Tactics combat controller, went missing just after 11 am.
By Jon Simkins
In a thawing era, ICEX 2020 kicks off up north
Welcome to Camp Seadragon, a temporary military outpost on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean.
Divers use WWII-era equipment for USS Arizona interment
Fire Control Chief Petty Officer Lauren Fay Bruner died on Sept. 10, a couple months shy of his 99th birthday.
NORTHCOM commander says US needs Arctic early warning system
Russia has deployed thousands of troops to the Arctic region for training and is expected to field 13 polar icebreakers by 2035. The U.S. has only one working heavy polar icebreaker.
By Shawn Snow
Illegal immigrant charged in hit-and-run death of Marine Vietnam veteran
Detectives allege the veteran was struck by the front of the Toyota and dragged more than 50 feet.
By Jon Simkins
Does ICE follow its policies when it comes to deporting military veterans?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents aren’t always following the rules in deporting military veterans who are not citizens and treating them without regard for their service to the country, a deported veteran who has since become a citizen told a House Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday.
By Piper Katarina Hudspeth Blackburn and Sam Cabral, Medill News Services