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An airman sleeps inside a C-17 Globemaster III during a flight over an undisclosed location in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel, Jan. 22, 2018. (Staff Sgt. Jordan Castelan/Air Force)

Pentagon needs to wake up on troops’ lack of sleep, watchdog says

A new GAO study found that Defense Department leaders aren't doing enough to address sleep deprivation among troops.

By Leo Shane III

14 months ago

Virginia Beach sailor dies in rip current incident

Airman Recruit Ethan Eric Dumbuya, 23, died Saturday, Sept. 11 while swimming at Dam Neck Beach due to a rip current.

By Diana Stancy

4 years ago

Goodbye, coffee? Service members might soon be fueled by a jolt to the brain

The Air Force tested 40 subjects for a new potential treatment for sleep deprivation.

By Sarah Sicard

4 years ago

Four Marines receive rare medal for rescuing drowning mother, daughters in North Carolina on Father’s Day 2018

Unfortunately, the girls’ father, Charles “Austin” Joy Jr., was unresponsive when the Marines reached him.

By Dylan Gresik

5 years ago

Weird stuff washes up on North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Recent flotsam and jetsam: a bagged body, UXO, rocket parts, rotting whale carcasses, Navy trash tossed overboard.

By Jeff Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot

5 years ago

Why the deeper, lasting costs of war are not reflected just in dollars and body counts

Researchers looked at the effects of the current wars both abroad and at home.

By Todd South

5 years ago

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