National Guard Troops Doing Search, Security Duty at Hawaii Fire Scene.

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For 50 Years, Recruiting a Volunteer Military Was Salesmanship. Now, Few Are Buying.

The transition to an all-volunteer force came with a pay raise and, initially, recruiting numbers were high. But in the years that followed, morale dropped. Pay stagnated, and the quality of recruits declined.

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Poll: Most Alabama Voters Want Tuberville to Drop Military Hold

Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s block stems from his disagreement with the Pentagon over its abortion policy—which reimburses service members who travel across state lines for the procedure. The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling and commissioned by VoteVets, found that 58% of Alabama voters think Tuberville has “made his point.”

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National Guard Troops Doing Search, Security Duty at Hawaii Fire Scene

National Guard and active-duty troops are providing security and searching for remains at Lahaina, the historic town in Hawaii nearly destroyed by wildfire a week ago, according to Hawaii Guard Brig. Gen. Stephen Logan.

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Ukrainian soldiers to receive extra training on US Abrams tanks in Germany

Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who have spent months in Germany learning to operate and maintain the most advanced U.S. battle tank are having their training extended at Kyiv’s request.

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Hawaii wildfire death toll reaches 111 as Biden announces Maui visit

Troops from bases in Hawaii have arrived on Maui, where President Joe Biden is expected to visit Monday, to assist at the scene of a deadly wildfire that ravaged the town of Lahaina, according to U.S. Army Pacific.

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Coast Guard rescues 14 people from ocean after fleeing Maui wildfires.

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US troop surge to aid Middle East shipping echoes past confrontations with Iran
A resurgence in tensions between the U.S. and Iran in Middle Eastern waters is harkening back to the playbook of clandestine maritime conflicts that has pitted the two countries against each other for more than four decades, according to analysts.

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Coast Guard rescues 14 people from ocean after fleeing Maui wildfires
More than 100 National Guardsmen are helping with the wildfire response.

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7 killed in Ukraine’s Kherson region, including a 23-day-old baby girl

Artillery shelling in the village of Shiroka Balka, on the banks of the Dnieper River, killed a family and another resident. Meanwhile, a Russian warship on Sunday fired warning shots at a Palau-flagged cargo ship in the south-western Black Sea.

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US military ready to assist in Hawaii fire recovery, Pentagon says

The U.S. National Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard are assisting with recovery efforts in the communities reeling from fires in Maui. No active-duty forces are involved yet.

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North Korea confirms it has runaway US soldier in custody

North Korea apprehended Army Pvt. Travis King, 23, after he dashed into the country during a group tour of the heavily guarded Joint Security Area on July 18, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

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The Maui fires are heart breaking. Over 106 deaths confirmed. However it is comforting to know that the National Guard, and the Coast Guard are helping out. The Coast Guard saved 14 people’s lives out of the ocean. The National Guard is searching for survivors.

We do not hear to much about these two forces, but they are always there helping.

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I had the National Guard help me personally two years ago. It was the height of the pandemic, and I was at the place for people to get their shots.

The lines were huge, but I got in line anyway. As I slowly worked my way forward, a National Guard private came up to me and said, “Follow me.”

He took me past the head of the line into a special area. It looked like it was set up for handicapped people. Since I was using a walker that seemed t be the reason he took me there. Maybe it also could have been that I was wearing an Army hat.

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There Are Many U.S. Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine. The Question is, Why?

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US, South Korean navies carry out anti-submarine drill after military parade in Pyongyang

US and South Korean warships conducted an anti-submarine drill south of the Korean Peninsula over the weekend.

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US troops in Ukraine now eligible for combat pay
The move comes almost 18 months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Dozens of Marines complete revised training course to operate Amphibious Combat Vehicles
The new course comes after a series of mishaps involving ACVs last year.

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US Coast Guard sends its ‘deployable specialized forces’ to Australia for first time

The U.S. Coast Guard sent 100 members of its high-risk “deployable specialized forces” to the massive Talisman Sabre exercise underway in Australia.

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Drones Target Russian Capital on Eve of Military Parade Attended By Putin 

The incidents were the latest in a series of attempted drone assaults—including on the Kremlin and on Russian border towns—that Moscow has blamed on Kyiv. Last week, a drone fell in the center of the capital near defense ministry headquarters, while another hit the south of the city, gutting several upper floors of a building.

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It makes me proud to know how many soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. The question is why?

Why would they go to another country, and put themselves in harms way?

I think I know the answer. It isn’t that they are fighting to protect their own country. They are fighting to protect the lives of innocent people.

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I am in the process of interviewing a submariner. Not just any submariner, but a nuclear submariner. Incredible interview. This should be enough to buy my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the trenches of life.

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