10,000 VA employees are resigning in September. Here’s the list
"Mission-critical" workers were exempt from deferred resignations, but doctors and nurses are quitting anyway, The War Horse reports.
By Leah Rosenbaum, The War Horse
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In 1914, the US Navy went dry … but not before it threw a party
When the Navy ordered all alcohol off its ships in 1914, much of the fleet was in Mexico as part of the occupation of Veracruz. Enter: one raucous party.
In reversal, judge allows removal of Confederate memorial at Arlington
Allegations that the removal efforts amounted to grave desecration “were, at best, ill-informed and, at worst, inaccurate," the judge said.
Paratrooper’s Afghan War book helps platoonmates tell their story
The author deployed in 2009-10 to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division.
By Todd South
US envoys work for scale-down of Israel-Hamas war
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed with Israeli leaders ways to scale back major combat operations in Gaza.
By Tara Copp and Melanie Lidman
US military leaders press Israel to shift from major combat
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown will join Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for meetings in Israel.
By Tara Copp, AP
Inside the US Army’s failed nuclear ice lair in Cold War Greenland
While the U.S. didn’t get to act out its Bond villain lair fantasies, it did further scientific understandings of the world around us.
Last surviving Alaskan taken by Japan during WWII dies
Japan invaded Attu in June 1942 and held the Attuans captive in Japan. The invasion prompted the only World War II battle on North American soil.
Opinion
Communication of intent and the importance of language to deterrence
The Biden administration’s rhetoric may be critical to deter not only escalation, but to stop persistent attacks in the Middle East.
By H. Steven Blum and Jacob Olidort
Pearl Harbor survivors return to honor those who died in attack
Pearl Harbor survivors, World War II veterans and their families gathered in Pearl Harbor to remember those who died 82 years ago.
Petraeus says Israel should try U.S.-style counterinsurgency in Gaza
Civil-military lessons from past wars could hold keys for current conflicts such as the Israel-Hamas war, retired Army Gen. David Petraeus said.
How embracing a former enemy at Pearl Harbor ended one veteran’s war
“Who will be there?” "The pilot who sunk my ship."
By Frank A. Vargo, The War Horse