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The Marine next to me started screaming, which I could clearly hear over the engine and wind noise  by Al Hagan As a Marine Corps lance corporal, I was going through helicopter training at Camp Lejeune. Our bird lands, we jump on, and I find that my seatbelt is adjusted …

by Al Hagan In the early 1980s, I was in the Marine Corps, and a friend of mine who had gone into the Armywas getting married. We’d grown up together, and so I and others – lots of military – journeyedback home for the occasion. Naturally, this required a combination …

by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry, Massachusetts National Guard STERLING, Mass. – Specialist Ryan Leger finished his drill with Massachusetts National Guard’s 110th Maintenance Company, and his wife picked him up. As they were driving home, they noticed how nice the sunset looked. His wife, Courtney, a photographer, wanted to stop …

Precious time is the most valuable thing any of us will ever possess. by Heath Hansen As I reflect on what today’s holiday means, and remember the sacrifices so many American servicemen and servicewomen made for my freedom, I’m humbled. I think about the buddies I lost – the guys I knew …

Taipei criticized Beijing for damaging stability across the Taiwan Strait with “irrational provocation.” TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China wrapped up a two-day, large-scale military exercise Friday after its forces sent 111 aircraft and 46 naval vessels to areas around Taiwan. Taiwan’s National Defense Ministry said 82 Chinese military aircraft crossed the median …

My own inquiry shows so far that this tragedy was incredibly sad, but not nefarious. ANALYSIS by Susan Katz Keating I frequently remind readers that when following current events, be mindful that first reports often are incomplete, misleading, or even wrong. This is one of those times. Alarming news emerged Thursday …

by Tony Wesolowsky He was one of Bulgaria’s most notorious mafia kingpins, who rose through the ranks in the chaotic 1990s, acquiring along the way an empire of businesses — some legitimate, many not — from fruit markets, parking lots, to a stake in a business at a key border …

by Susan Katz Keating The cowboys were out on the range on a Texas morning, fixing fences that were cut down the previous night by intruders. Bobby, a “lifelong ranch hand” at age 28, was alone on his horse in a remote pasture. He heard a scream; a weird, piercing …

Raisi was aboard a helicopter that crashed in Iran’s mountainous northwest on its way back from the border with Azerbaijan.  The ruling mullahs in Tehran have demanded that people in Iran stop behaving gleefully over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi and other senior officials when their helicopter crashed …

The new B-21 Raider stealth bomber continues its progress toward becoming the backbone of the United States’ bomber fleet. New images of the sixth-generation aircraft were released after a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Only last autumn, the United States Air Force (USAF) confirmed that the first …