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DoD’s border wall funding shift hits Russia deterrence efforts
The Pentagon is moving to scuttle nearly 19 more military construction projects ― including $274 million worth in Europe to deter Russia.
By Joe Gould
Deep-sea explorers find Japanese ship that sank during WWII
Hundreds of miles off Midway Atoll, nearly halfway between the United States and Japan, a research vessel is launching underwater robots miles into the abyss to look for warships from the famed Battle of Midway.
Target: Makin Island
On Aug. 17, 1942, daring Marine Raiders stormed Makin Island. But far worse fighting faced soldiers, sailors and Coast Guardsmen when American forces returned in late 1943.
By William B. Allmon, World War II Magazine
US military brings back remains from World War II battle
The U.S. military has brought back the remains of more than 20 servicemen killed in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.
Miracle at Midway?
At 10 o’clock on the morning of June 4, 1942, the Japanese were winning the Pacific War; an hour later, three Japanese aircraft carriers were on fire and sinking.
By Craig L. Symonds, World War II Magazine
That time the US dropped an atomic bomb on a fleet of 95 ships
Mistakes were made.
By Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University
Coast Guard suspends search for missing child, suspected smuggler
The Haitian child and the suspected smuggler, a Bahamian citizen, went missing after their 18-foot boat overturned with 11 people on board Sunday in what authorities believe was an underworld operation from Freeport to Miami.
By Carl Prine
Coast Guard, Navy continue rescue efforts after commercial ship fire
Navy, Coast Guard and several commercial vessels searched for a handful of mariners who abandoned a burning ship.
By Carl Prine
Coast Guard evacuates federal crew off remote Pacific islands as hurricane looms
The Monday operation spirited away four Fish and Wildlife employees, a field biology crew that’s encamped yearlong at the National Wildlife Refuge.
By Carl Prine