Новости за 02.09.2017

The soldiers from the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade were scheduled to fly Friday from St. Cloud, the Minnesota National Guard said.

Hundreds have gathered in Rhode Island to honor an Army specialist who was killed during a training exercise in Colorado.

When World War II finally ended with the Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, former Buffalo Bills coach and Army Air Corps veteran Marv Levy remembers that "euphoria swept over this country like you can't believe."

Another 1,500 soldiers and airmen from the Arkansas National Guard are headed to south Texas to aid the Hurricane Harvey relief effort.

Deputies with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office responded Friday to an "intruder call" at a home on the northeast side of the metropolitan area. "Upon arrival, deputies were met by a large alligator who made his way into this flooded home," the constable's office said in a Facebook post, along with a photo of the animal.

The White House says President Donald Trump plans to nominate an Oklahoma congressman to serve as the next administrator of NASA.

Dozens of young men over the last year have joined the armed separatists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. Faced with one of the most prolonged popular uprisings here in recent memory, Indian soldiers and police have responded with overwhelming force, killing at least 135 suspected militants.

The film "Dakota Warrior" will focus on Lt. Cmdr. John Waldron, an aerial hero of the Battle of Midway that swung World War II against the Japanese. He led the squadron of 15 torpedo bombers in a mission on June 4, 1942.

Just before entering a barber shop in Killeen, Texas, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who has his sights set on replacing Republican Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate – gently hyped the moment: "We are in Killeen, Texas. We just finished a veterans' town hall...."

Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley is leading implementation of a new four-year strategic plan aimed at preserving tradition while steering the 133-year-old institution in new directions.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived Saturday morning in Houston, and their first order of business is to meet with people affected by the storm and flooding. They're also set to stop by a relief center to speak with volunteers before heading to Lake Charles, Louisiana, another area devastated by Harvey.

Several dozen friends of WWII veteran Sydney Cole gathered Friday to celebrate his 103rd birthday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he lives in the community living care unit. Members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart presented Cole with a cake that honored the Purple Hearts he earned when he was shot down behind enemy lines in Belgium.

One of former President Barack Obama's greatest foreign policy achievements is at risk, and it has nothing to do with his successor. Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation that Obama helped usher back to democracy, has been roiled by an explosion of violence between Rohingya Muslim insurgents and security forces.

Tens of thousands more people have crossed by boat and on foot into Bangladesh in the last 24 hours as they flee violence in western Myanmar, the UNHCR said Saturday.

Veterans no longer must take a written test to obtain a Commercial Driver's License as long if they operated a large truck in the military in 2016.

As Hollywood wraps up the all-important summer box office season this Labor Day weekend, a sobering reality has gripped the industry.

For more than 50 years, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, tried to seize power by force, turning this South American nation into a land of bloodshed, drugs and kidnapping. On Friday, however, the FARC held a political rally.

About 21,000 people were ordered to leave their homes and workplaces in Koblenz, Germany, as a precaution before specialists were to attempt to defuse a 1,100-pound WWII-era bomb.

A Michigan man whose house is next to the site of a fatal motorcycle crash has honored the Army veteran killed in that crash by giving an American flag to the victim's family.

Dozens of Islamic State group members and their families have crossed into areas controlled by the extremists despite U.S. threats to bomb the convoy days after they left the Lebanon-Syria border, Syrian opposition activists said Saturday.

Former heavyweight boxing champion and Army veteran Ray Mercer visited the Augusta VA medical centers in Georgia on Friday.

The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center put a twist on the standard holiday weekend safety briefing with a humorous video posted to social media.

The Washington Department of Ecology is proposing to change its cleanup plans at the Camp Bonneville Military Reservation site and it wants to know what the public has to say about it. A public comment period is open until Sept. 18.

One week after Harvey roared into the Gulf Coast, a Texas city struggled with no drinking water, fires kept erupting at a stricken chemical plant and funerals began for some of those who drowned in the floodwaters.

After violent protests rocked Charlottesville, Va., last month, Republican Sen. John McCain took to Twitter to condemn hatred and bigotry and urge President Donald Trump to speak out more forcefully. Then pro-Russian bots got activated on social media.