On Nov. 20, 1943, the eyes of a weary nation focused, just for a moment, on a battle playing out stateside. Following major mishaps, the military’s first tiltrotor aircraft program must take “immediate and decisive action” to avoid more loss, a review found. Service members will see a 4.2% bump, on average, in their monthly Basic Allowance for Housing as of Jan. 1, defense officials announced Thursday. If the U.S. is ever dragged into a large-scale war against an adversary like China or Iran, it will be ill-equipped for a drone-heavy background. Eleven cadets and midshipmen who played for their service academies would go on to receive the nation's highest award for valor. Was it an irrational act? Hardly. Pearl Harbor merely gave him the excuse he had long been seeking. By Gerhard L. Weinberg
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6 days ago The service on Friday salvaged an F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter that crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26. The 1944 game delivered a brief respite from the far-flung battles across the globe, drawing attention back to a good, old-fashioned American rivalry. The 65-page report details the specific errors that led to the USS Harry S. Truman's collision with a merchant vessel on Feb. 12 near Port Said, Egypt. Load More