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The head of NATO’s military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage — reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies — even as the Biden administration balks at allowing Kyiv to do […]

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NATO military committee chair, others back Ukraine’s use of long range weapons to hit Russia

September 14, 2024 at 2:34 p.m.

The head of NATO’s military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage — reflecting the beliefs...

Passage of a six-month temporary spending bill would have widespread and devastating effects on the Defense Department, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said in a letter to key members of Congress on Sunday.

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Pentagon chief says a six-month temporary budget bill will have devastating effects on the military

September 9, 2024 at 9:48 a.m.

Passage of a six-month temporary spending bill would have widespread and devastating effects on the Defense Department, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said in a letter to key members of Congress...

The U.S. Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said.

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US to boost military presence in Mideast, sending fighter jet squadron and keeping carrier in region

August 2, 2024 at 7:12 p.m.

The U.S. Defense Department will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said.

The Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn’t stop multiple law enforcement agencies from giving him a badge.

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With DUI-related ejection from Army, deputy who killed Massey should have raised flags, experts say

July 29, 2024 at 1:56 p.m.

The Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had...

The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home.

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US military pier for carrying aid to Gaza will be dismantled after weather and security problems

July 17, 2024 at 2:49 p.m.

The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home.

Battling rough seas around Gaza, the U.S. now is considering abandoning efforts to reinstall the pier that has been used to get badly needed humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians, two U.S. officials said Thursday.

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US looks to abandon plan to reinstall Gaza pier, says end of the project is coming soon

July 11, 2024 at 2:32 p.m.

Battling rough seas around Gaza, the U.S. now is considering abandoning efforts to reinstall the pier that has been used to get badly needed humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians, two...

The U.S. military-built pier has been pulled again from the Gaza shore due to rough seas, and its future role in the distribution of aid to Palestinians is uncertain.

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This is how the US-built pier to bring aid to Gaza has worked — or not

June 28, 2024 at 4:40 p.m.

The U.S. military-built pier has been pulled again from the Gaza shore due to rough seas, and its future role in the distribution of aid to Palestinians is uncertain.

Fatigue is setting in as a U.S. aircraft carrier nears its ninth month waging the most intense running sea battle since World War II. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, its strike group and about 7,000 sailors have been protecting commercial shipping in the Red Sea from months of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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Norfolk-based Eisenhower and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?

June 19, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.

Fatigue is setting in as a U.S. aircraft carrier nears its ninth month waging the most intense running sea battle since World War II. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft...

A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

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Norfolk-based submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba

June 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the order last week to extend the four ships’ deployment for a second time, rather than bring the carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, and its three warships home.

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Pentagon chief extends deployment of Norfolk-based USS Eisenhower, ships in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks go on

May 31, 2024 at 5:37 p.m.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the order last week to extend the four ships’ deployment for a second time, rather than bring the carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower,...

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