Intense NFL action dominated the American sports landscape Sunday, but it’s what happened before the games that garnered the most headlines.
Responding to President Donald Trump’s “son of a bitch” comments made Friday in reference to NFL players who kneel during the anthem to protest police brutality, hundreds of players and front office personnel either took a knee or linked arms during the singing of the anthem.
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J.D. Simkins is a writer and editor for Military Times, and a USMC veteran.
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Some 6,000 people, including Navy, Army and Air Force families, suffered nausea, headaches, rashes and other symptoms.
Some of the highest concentrations of PFAS chemicals in the country have been found at and around military bases.
Sunday’s statement comes as North Korea’s neighbors say the country is ready for its first nuclear test in five years
About 6,000 Navy, Army and Air Force families were affected by the toxic spill. Their trust in the military remains low.
The team hired real special ops members to appear in a major combat scene and also employed former troops behind-the-scenes in a variety of roles.
Air Force linguists scrambled to keep up through the Afghanistan withdrawal and, now, the war in Ukraine.
"Our head is above water, but I'm not sure for how long," one soldier said of his family.
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