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Skipper: Docs show no coverup in submarine sinking
The loss of the nuclear-powered submarine and all 129 sailors and civilians aboard during a test dive in the Atlantic Ocean was both a tragedy for the families and a blow to national pride during the Cold War.
Court rules again to give veterans access to both Post-9/11 and Montgomery GI Bill education benefits
Federal officials have two months to appeal the ruling or start paying out potentially billions in new education benefits.
Army identifies Green Beret killed in Afghanistan
The Pentagon has identified an Army Green Beret killed in Kunduz province, Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer
AFRICOM demands return of US drone shot down by Russian air defenses over Libya
The remotely piloted aircraft may have been brought down by Russian mercenaries or troops with Khalifa Hifter’s Libyan National Army operating a Russian air defense system.
By Shawn Snow
American military loses drone over Libyan capital
The U.S. military said Friday it lost an unmanned drone aircraft over the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where rival armed groups have been fighting for control of the city for months.
Aircraft carrier: Ship of fear
The author believes one well-placed cruise missile or even a World War II torpedo could take out a modern aircraft carrier, but 90 years of success suggest these uniquely American weapons are here to stay.
By Geoffrey Norman, Military History Magazine
Op-ed: Time to add ‘Lost 74’ to Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
The destroyer Frank E. Evans was cut in two in a 1969 collision with the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne during exercises in the South China Sea.
By Foster's Daily Democrat (New Hampshire)
Progress on recovering missing troops, but still a daunting task ahead
Officials from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified more than 200 missing service members this fiscal year.
When John Paul Jones crossed over
In 1905, an American cruiser took the remains of the Revolutionary War naval hero home.
By Ellen Hampton, Military History Magazine
Revolutionary War shipwrecks get first good look in years
In May, for the first time in nearly three decades, archaeologists slipped into the murky York to assess what's left of the Lost Fleet at Yorktown, a British convoy sent to its doom during the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
By Joanne Kimberlin, The Virginian-Pilot