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Trump taps Hegseth’s top military aide for Army vice chief of staff
Gen. James Mingus is currently vice chief of staff and has not publicly said he plans to step aside.
US says Russian military conducted unsafe intercept of B-52 over Black Sea; violated NATO airspace in separate incident
Two Russian military planes conducted an unsafe intercept of an American B-52 bomber as it flew over international waters on Friday, according to the U.S. military.
US plans further troop reductions in Iraq by November
The United States plans to reduce its military force in Iraq from the current 5,200 to about 3,500 by November, U.S. officials said Friday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Aiming at Trump, Biden says he won’t use military as ‘prop’ in address to National Guard group
Joe Biden said on Saturday that as president, he would never use the military “as a prop or private militia” and accused President Donald Trump of employing U.S. forces to settle “personal vendettas” and violate citizens’ rights.
Army identifies Night Stalkers killed in California Black Hawk training crash
Staff Sgt. Vincent P. Marketta and Sgt. Tyler M. Shelton died in the Black Hawk crash
By Howard Altman
Top general says no role for military in presidential vote
The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Iraq War hero Alwyn Cashe should get Medal of Honor, Esper says
Cashe died after suffering severe injuries while pulling fellow soldiers out of a burning vehicle after an ambush in Iraq in 2005.
Parochialism, not Congress or naval history, will kill the Space Force
Now is the time for U.S. Space Force to break free from the orbit of its U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy heritage to determine its future as an independent service, say the author this commentary.
By Matt Hipple and Jack McCain
2nd person pleads guilty in counterfeit military clothing scheme
A New York City man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to manufacture counterfeit brand-name clothing overseas that was then sold in the U.S., including to the military in violation of federal law, prosecutors said Thursday.
Judge refuses to free ex-Green Beret accused of spying for Russia
A federal magistrate judge in Virginia refused Thursday to free a former Army Green Beret who was arrested last week on a charge that he divulged U.S. military secrets to Russian intelligence agents.
Esper visit to tiny Palau highlights US-China competition
No nation is too small or too distant from Washington, it seems, to be excluded from the Trump administration’s campaign to counter China’s efforts to supplant America as the dominant Pacific power.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press