Troops arrive at Guantanamo Bay to prepare migrant detention center
Marines and soldiers will prepare a detention center at Guantanamo to hold up to 30,000 migrants.
By Riley Ceder
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Haste and planning failures doomed Operation Lone Star’s troops to suffer
Never before has Texas — or any other state — involuntarily activated so many troops under state active duty authority for such a long-term mission. Nor has it been done so quickly.
B-1B Lancer bombers return to Texas from European deployment
The bombers depart as tensions rise in Eastern Europe over Russian aggression and a migrant crisis.
US military picks up distress signal, helps coordinate rescue of 131 migrants in the Mediterranean
A vessel carrying 131 migrants was deflating off the coast of Libya on July 21 when a U.S. unit conducting surveillance received their distress call.
By Harm Venhuizen