Remains are being Found From Pearl Harbor and WWII

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Military news…

US troops conducted 313 missions and killed 686 ISIS fighters in 2022
The war against ISIS continues.

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It’s a miracle’: TikToker raises thousands to help Navy veteran retire

Navy veteran Walter S. “Butch” Marion, 82, had no idea his life was going to change forever after a chance meeting with Rory McCarty. It did, thanks to a viral video and a GoFundMe account with donations exceeding $100,000 in just a few days.

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South Korea to maintain troop size against North threat

The South Korean military will maintain its current troop levels despite ongoing threats from North Korea’s military, according to a Ministry of National Defense prospectus.

Japan plans surface-to-air missiles on island east of Taiwan

Japan plans to put surface-to-air missiles on Taiwan’s doorstep in a move to shore up defenses in the Nansei Island chain, a defense official said.

‘Nothing left to destroy’: Russia is fighting for land already in ruins

Lyman and cities across the Donbas have been invaded and liberated multiple times since 2014. The few residents left fear Russia will invade again, continuing the cycle.

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It is many years later, but they are finding the remains of veterans lost at Pearl Harbor, and even before that. It means so much to those loved ones who will now have closure.

We must never forget those who gave their all to defend freedom.

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Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war faltersWith the Russian president refusing to back down in Ukraine, Russia’s elite is split between those who want the war to end and those supporting further escalation.

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You are never forsaken.

You are never unloved.

And above all…never, ever, give up.

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A Marine saved Two of His Buddies and Had a Near Death Experience

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Military news…

The Army wants to make the question of “how the hell did this person make sergeant major?” 

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As events in Syria, Kabul, Niger and elsewhere have shown, the military has a tendency to use its investigations to absolve itself rather than to hold senior leaders accountable for their mistakes.

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A Marine got a tattoo based on the viral “He’s a Marine” TikTok video that ostensibly caused the entire Marine Corps to cringe in June 2020.

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“I am disappointed by the lack of action taken so far to hold this Marine accountable. Sir, you know what he did to me.” That’s from Cybèle Greenberg, a Marine veteran who wrote to her former general, Maj. Gen. Francis Donovan, urging him to do more to hold accountable the Marine who a 100-page investigation confirmed had sexually harassed her.

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Ever try coordinating 21 aircraft across 37 different radio frequencies in the dark over a firefight while flying your own aircraft? That’s what Air Force A-10 pilot Maj. Mike “Vago” Hilkert did in Afghanistan in 2011, saving several dozen ground troops in the process.

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“We’ve raised our counterterror capability to an exquisite level. We’re going to sustain and protect that. The other side is harder to describe.” That’s from retired Army Special Forces Col. David Maxwell, who told about the U.S. special operations community’s post-Afghanistan identity crisis.

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As He Leaves The Marines, a Navy Cross Recipient Finds Purpose Through Tragedy

Retired Marine raider Nick Jones end his 11-year career in the Marine Corps just before Veterans Day. In March 2020, Jones narrowly cheated death while trying to save two of his wounded teammates on a mountainside in Iraq.

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Taliban Hold Military Parade With U.S.-Made Weapons in Kabul in Show of Strength

The Taliban recently held a parade of captured American weapons in Kabul, including dozens of MI-17 armored security vehicles and MI-17 helicopters.

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You are never forsaken.

You are never unloved.

And above all…never, ever, give up!

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