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Military Military Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, We Owe the Next Generation a Better Strategy Political leaders failed the troops and their families. Americans must wake up and demand better. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images I remember September 11, 2001 clearly. Watching the attacks unfold on television while sitting in a classroom as a junior in high school, I immediately sensed the world had changed—but I didn’t know exactly how. My oldest sister was already serving on active duty in the U.S. Navy, and less than two years later, she would be deployed on a…Open
A soldier who died last month in a fiery crash on a German federal highway in Bavaria has been identified as a noncommissioned officer on his first overseas deployment.
F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni for training with U.S. and allied forces throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
The verdict watch continues in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. The jury remains deadlocked despite a dynamite charge. Brian Entin reports from the Massachusetts courthouse. Plus, after a record 286 days at sea… the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has finally pulled into port. Thousands of sailors and Marines now get a much-needed five-day break in Thailand, after reports of sailors struggling with their mental health during the deployment. More on that story. And the Sandra Birchmore case is getting closer to trial. She's the 23-year-old pregnant woman prosecutors claim was killed by a former police officer — who then staged her death as a suicide. Now, a huge fight over what the jury will hear… including Sandra's own texts, statements and…
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer analyzes the U.S. military presence in the Middle East and discusses a Fox News poll on national pride on ‘The Bottom Line.’ #fox #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #foxbusiness #thebottomline #military #usmilitary #veterans #middleeast #deployment #defense #armedforces #servicemembers #dakotameyer #meyer #petehegseth #hegseth #medalofhonor #patriotism #nationalpride #america
CNN's Pamela Brown explores the broader issue of mental health resources available to service members during their deployments, and the long journey for one former enlisted sailor to being medically discharged for mental health reasons. And Admiral Gary Roughead, Fmr. Chief of US Naval Operations, shares his perspective on the poor living conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln. The aircraft carrier arrived in Thailand on Wednesday, its first regular port call in more than eight months, ending a marathon stint at sea in the Middle East that raised concerns about the welfare of its crew. The 100,000-ton ship departed San Diego last November, and when it returns to Southern California later this year it will have completed one of the longest…
