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Military news…
| Navy blocks Iranian effort to capture unmanned drone in Persian Gulf |
| The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet says Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized and later let go of a U.S. sea drone in the Persian Gulf. |
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One year later, Austin acknowledges lasting questions over Afghanistan war’s end
One year after the last American troops left Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acknowledged the questions some veterans still face about the chaotic evacuation and a failed war.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91.
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Police: Heroic Safeway employee and Army veteran confronted gunman in store
A Safeway employee who previously served in the U.S. Army for two decades attacked a gunman in the produce section of the Bend, Oregon, supermarket, possibly preventing more casualties from a shooting that left the employee and one other person dead.
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Taiwan fires warning shots at Chinese drone after vowing to defend its airspace
Taiwanese soldiers fired warning shots at a Chinese drone this week as Taiwan’s president announced the military would take “necessary and powerful countermeasures” to protect the island’s airspace.
Japan’s record-high defense budget request of $40.4 billion still lags its G-7 peers
Japan’s Defense Ministry unveiled a record-high spending request for the next fiscal year that is likely to increase further before it’s approved.
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| Navy’s return to frigates begins with construction start of $1.3 billion Constellation |
| The Navy wants to add a total of 20 frigates, which are planned for use in blue water and along the coasts, and which have more armor and firepower than the much-maligned littoral combat ships. |
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Here is a other Medal of Honor recipient. I will share one on every post until you have them all:
Kyle J. White
Born: March 27, 1987, Renton Washington Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor action date and Place: Nov. 9, 2007, Nuristan province, Afghanistan
Citation:
Returning to their outpost, Spc. White and his comrades were ambushed by enemy forces. Despite having grenade embedded in his face, he moved into and exposed area to provide medical help to a wounded soldier, then moved to provide comfort and aid to a Marine as he succumbed to his wounds. He gave to the previous soldier. who had been wounded again., and provided directions for an airstrike via radio, allow the aircraft to rescue him and his fellow soldiers.
Presentation: May 13, 2014, the White House, by resident Barack Obama.
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