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  • Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard ride a Metro train that will get them to the station they will guard for the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. (Sgt. Abraham Morlu/Army National Guard)
    Anticipating demonstrations and disturbances, DC Guard deployment to continue through end of March

    Thousands of National Guard troops will remain on duty in the nation's capital as the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump begins.

    Davis Winkie and Howard Altman
    12 hours ago
  • In this Dec. 8, 2008, file photo, armed al-Shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)
    US airstrikes in Somalia continue at rapid pace even after force relocation

    AFRICOM has completed six airstrikes in Somalia since 2021 began, three of which occurred since a majority of troops in Somalia were relocated earlier this month.

    Harm Venhuizen
    13 hours ago
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    Air Force veteran arrested for threatening family of congressman, journalist

    A criminal complaint says the former Air Force captain and retired police officer was dissatisfied with the 2020 presidential election results and sent text messages saying thousands of active/retired law enforcement and military were "armed and ready."

    Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press
    14 hours ago
  • In this file photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Dec. 9, 2020, a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia as part of military drills. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
    Russia, US exchange documents to extend nuclear pact

    The pact’s extension doesn’t require congressional approval in the U.S., but Russian lawmakers must ratify the move.

    Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press
    14 hours ago
  • National Guard troops patrol the grounds of the U.S. Capitol building hours before the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
    Guard response not to blame for deadly Capitol riot, former Army secretary testifies

    Ryan McCarthy told lawmakers the Defense Department had no intelligence indicating a violent attack on Congress.

    Leo Shane III
    14 hours ago
  • A B-2 Spirit, top, a B-1B Lancer, lower left, and a B-52 Stratofortress are scheduled to fly over Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 7. (Air Force)
    Super flyover scheduled for the big game in Tampa

    Air Force officials say the flyover of three bombers from three different bases will be the first of its kind.

    Howard Altman
    17 hours ago
  • A member of the U.S. Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan Air Base in al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
    US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions

    The announcement comes as Saudi-American relations remain strained by the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the kingdom’s ongoing war in Yemen.

    Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
    20 hours ago
  • On this day in 1945, Audie Murphy climbed a burning tank and schwacked Nazis with a 50-cal

    Audie Murphy would earn a Medal of Honor for his heroics on this day in 1945.

    Daniel R. Champagne
    21 hours ago
  • The Beckley VA Medical Center in West Virginia is seen in this 2010 photo. (Veterans Health)
    Ex-VA doctor sentenced to 25 years over molesting patients

    A former doctor at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to federal charges that he molested three male patients and violated their civil rights.

    The Associated Press
    1 day ago
  • This undated file photo provided by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Elizabeth Jo Shirley. (West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)
    Former airman sentenced to 11 years in scheme to offer information to Russia

    Elizabeth Jo Shirley, 47, pleaded guilty last year as part of a plea agreement to one count each of willful retention of national defense information and international parental kidnapping.

    John Raby, The Associated Press
    1 day ago
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