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The son of an American citizen and military veteran – but who has no citizenship to any country – was deported from the US to Jamaica in late May. Jermaine Thomas’s deportation, recently reported on by the Austin Chronicle, is one of a growing . . .
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has formally announced that the US navy supply vessel named in honor of the gay rights activist Harvey Milk is to be renamed after Oscar V Peterson, a chief petty officer who received the congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of the Coral Sea in […]
A group of 12 House Democratic military veterans have thrown their weight behind efforts to constrain Donald Trump’s military authority, announcing they will support a War Powers Act resolution in response to the US president’s go ahead for airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. The veterans – some of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan – […]
By: Cicley GayBoard Chairwoman of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, was meant to symbolize a national reckoning with history and a celebration of freedom when President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan legislation into law in 2021. Yet, just a few years later, we find Juneteenth events canceled in cities […]
Despite heat and humidity, there was a good turnout Thursday at the U.S. Exercise Tiger Foundation’s Juneteenth ceremony in downtown Columbia honoring black U.S. military veterans with medals and awards. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States. The Rev. James Gray and others spoke at the ceremony, which was called the “They […]
Despite heat and humidity, there was a good turnout Thursday at the U.S. Exercise Tiger Foundation’s Juneteenth ceremony in downtown Columbia honoring black U.S. military veterans with medals and awards. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States. The Rev. James Gray and others spoke at the ceremony, which was called the “They […]
Here’s a look at US military assets available for use in the Middle East Retired US Army Brigadier General Steve Anderson breaks down what military assets are available for possible use in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Source link
It may have been billed as a military parade to celebrate the American military’s history, but it said even more about the country’s present and future under Donald Trump. Soldiers, tanks and even robot dogs paraded along Constitution Ave. on Saturday, as paratroopers swooped in from overhead . . .
Members of the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” watch fireworks at the end of a military parade commemorating the Army’s 250th anniversary on Saturday in Washington, D.C. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP The U.S. Army celebrated its 250th anniversary on Saturday with a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., against […]
American flags large and small filled the crowd of protesters at the “No Kings” march in Philadelphia, where demonstrators said they were fighting to protect their country and democracy. “We’re taking our flag back. We feel like Republicans have basically tried to take over the American flag and kind of use it as a weapon […]