Новости за 13.07.2017

U.S. troops will for the first time lead France’s annual Bastille Day military parade in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into WWI, U.S. European Command officials said Wednesday.

Seaman 1st Class Robert Monroe Temple was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific with full military honors on Wednesday after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency at Hickam identified his remains using DNA.

A bombardier who became known for his accuracy as he flew 31 raids during World War II is one of three Rhode Island veterans who will receive France's highest distinction, the Legion of Honor.

The recent prequels to the “Planet of the Apes” films are prime examples of revitalizing, honoring and transcending familiar source material. They have created their iconic simian characters through photo-realistic performance capture rather than actors in monkey suits, deepened the story from campy action adventure to moving drama, and alluded to contemporary issues of bigotry, xenophobia and perpetual war. The new films have created a core of solidly grounded realism in a spectacular fantasy world.

Members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee gained feedback this week about three draft proposals to reform how and when veterans seek private-sector health care, setting the stage for negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on what might be the biggest task for the committee this year.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has promised a senior NATO officer that Romania will spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense this year in line with guidelines from the alliance.

After nine months of vicious street-to-street fighting to drive the Islamic State out of Mosul, it could take many years more to fully remove explosives and other munitions from what was once one of Iraq's most populous cities, U.S. State Department officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 121 Haitian migrants found in the Atlantic Ocean, the largest repatriation of migrants in more than a year.

When Kim Jong Un took the helm of North Korea in late 2011, speculation swirled around the young, Swiss-educated leader. What would he do for an economically backward authoritarian nation that had been in a high-stakes nuclear standoff with its neighbors and Washington for years?

Oklahoma National Guard soldiers returned home Tuesday after a six-month deployment to Ukraine.

For the first time ever, the gear Robert O’Neill wore the night he hunted down bin Laden – boots, helmet, bullet-proof vest, all in desert-camouflage – is on public display, until the end of July.

House lawmakers will introduce legislation Thursday to secure college aid for reservists and reimburse veterans whose schools unexpectedly close, as well as do away with a 15-year time limit for veterans to use education benefits – changes that together create the largest expansion of veterans’ education benefits since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was created nearly a decade ago.

Congressional Republicans and Democrats have reached initial agreement on the biggest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade, removing a 15-year time limit to tap into benefits and boosting money for thousands in the National Guard and Reserve.

A verdict is expected later this month for an Army contractor facing assault and weapons charges stemming from a “physical altercation” at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

Brig. Gen. Case Cunningham, who was recently promoted to brigadier general, took command of the 18th Wing — also known as the Shoguns. The force he leads includes nearly 18,000 Americans and more than 4,000 Japanese employees and contractors.

A Japanese Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor will deploy next month to the headquarters of U.S. Forces Japan and the 5th Air Force in Tokyo, Japanese media reports say.

The Air Force has identified a member of its civilian workforce who died off base in Japan this week as Allen M. Tesch, a civilian employed by the 374th Force Support Squadron and retired Air Force Technical Sergeant.

Speaking publicly for the first time about a policy change from the Department of Defense that thwarted the immediate professional aspirations of several Air Force athletes, football coach Troy Calhoun was predictably noncontroversial.

Michael Perich has paid his late son’s cellphone bill for nearly a decade, just to be able to hear his voice.

Homeland Security Department spokesman David Lapan said the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services approved a State Department request for six girls from the war-torn country to be allowed in, along with their chaperone, so they can participate in the competition.

A man who identified as the Nichole Walters' brother said Tuesday that her family is, at this time, too grief-stricken and shocked by her death to talk about what happened.

Sgt. Joe Murray sent a letter home to his dad in Jacksonville five years ago for Father’s Day while he was deployed in Afghanistan to express how proud he was to have a son for the first time even though he couldn’t be there for the birth.

The 50,000-person limit is more than a 50 percent reduction in the number of refugees that had been authorized by President Barack Obama and Congress for this fiscal year, ending Sept. 30.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on the cusp of having something his father and grandfather could only dream of — the ability to unleash a nuclear attack on the United States.

The musician from suburban Detroit is teasing his potential 2018 candidacy, though it is news to Michigan Republicans.