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A major military parade to celebrate the US army’s 250th anniversary – which will also coincide with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday – could cost up to $45m and involve thousands of soldiers, hundreds of army vehicles and dozens of warplanes and battle tanks. The 14 June parade in
Detailed army plans for a potential military parade on Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple of thousand civilians, the Associated Press has learned. At the same time, Fox News reported that the parade was a definite go-ahead and […]
The United States possesses the world’s most advanced military equipment, and quality matters immensely in combat. But quantity gets a say, too. And from ships to shells to soldiers, the U.S. military lacks the personnel and materiel it needs to fight a major war. America’s armed forces, with a naval fleet roughly half the size […]
The only all-Black, all-female Army battalion to serve in Europe during World War II was awarded Congress’s highest honor on Tuesday, in a celebration of the type of diversity that has come under assault by the Trump administration. The unit, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — known as the Six Triple Eight — deployed […]
The only all-Black, all-female Army battalion to serve in Europe during World War II was awarded Congress’s highest honor on Tuesday, in a celebration of the type of diversity that has come under assault by the Trump administration. The unit, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — known as the Six Triple Eight — deployed […]
Eight decades ago, U.S. Army soldiers raised the American flag in the center of Nuremberg. They stood atop a bunker adorned with Nazi symbols, now in the hands of Allied forces after five days of fierce urban combat. By April 1945, the invasion of Germany was well underway. After crossing the Rhine River, American soldiers […]
An American soldier who was found guilty of making threats of murder and stealing in Russia had his more than three-year prison sentence reduced by seven months . . .
Sgt. Joe Harris lived a beautiful life. He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the “Triple Nickles.” At his funeral service on Saturday, friends, families and uniformed members of the military danced and sang to honor […]
CNN — The bodies of three of the four US soldiers who were reported missing after their vehicle was submerged in a bog in Lithuania last week have been recovered, the Army announced on Monday. The vehicle has also been recovered.
Military personnel work at the site of a rescue operation for missing U.S. soldiers at Pabradė training ground, in Lithuania, on Friday. Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images Scores of soldiers and rescue workers are heading to Lithuania to assist in the recovery efforts of four U.S. […]