Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III honored Medal of Honor recipients Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn C. Cashe, Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher A. Celiz, and Army Master Sgt. Earl D. Plumlee at a Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at Conmy Hall at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia. Photo …
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American journalist Brent Renaud reportedly shot and killed at a checkpoint outside Kyiv This is an interview with his partner who was in the car with him. Jack Poseobiec https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1503003793704820738 #UPDATE A US journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, …
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Medal of Honor recipient Clarence E. Sasser CITATION For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp5c. Sasser distinguished himself while assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion. He was serving as a medical aidman with Company …
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Four senior enlisted sailors and a junior officer have been charged for their alleged role in releasing government video footage from USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Vinson’s Pilot’s Landing Aid Television (PLAT), showing the ramp strike of an F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter in January, 2022, USNI News The USS Stockdale steams in …
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander, U.S. Central Command, provide testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ending the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, …
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January 13, 2022 9:21 AM VOA News The European Union’s drug regulator is warning that too many doses of COVID-19 vaccines could eventually weaken the body’s immune system, rendering the extra shots ineffective. Marco Cavaleri, the head of vaccine strategy for the European Medicines Agency, said earlier this week that …
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Johan van Hulst Early Life and WWII from the Jewish virtual library. In 1942 van Hulst was the director of the Reformed Teacher Training College, a Protestant religious seminary in Amsterdam. The nearby Hollandse Schouwberg theatre was the main clearing site for the Jews living in Amsterdam who had been issued …
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The five Sullivan brothers ‘missing in action’ off the Solomons. THEY did their part. Office of War Information poster shows the Sullivan brothers on board USS Juneau (CL-52) in early 1942. All were lost with Juneau on 13 November of that year. Donation of the Steamship Historical Society of America, …
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1 January Four Suspects Captured After Attack on Shaddadi By Staff Sgt. Gregory Summers Officials from Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve announced last night that Coalition forces were targeted by indirect fire in areas of northeast Syria. According to the Coalition, rounds did not damage any Coalition …
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DoD Releases 2022 Continental U.S. Cost-of-Living Allowance Rates DEC. 22, 2021 The Defense Department released today the 2022 Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) rates, which take effect Jan. 1, 2022. In 2022, $8.5 million will be paid to approximately 6,000 service members stationed within CONUS. CONUS COLA is …
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