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The Coast Guard rescued three people in a boat on the Columbia River that was taking on water near the Port of Vancouver early Saturday evening.

Paul John Lux may have rubbed shoulders with Gen. George S. Patton in the mess hall at Fort Bliss, Texas, but he wasn’t going to share his wine with him.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that there would be no deal to legalize the status of millions of “dreamers” and criticized Mexican authorities as being too lax about border security,

The cutter Sherman, the Coast Guard’s last active warship to have sunk an enemy vessel in combat, was decommissioned in Honolulu on Thursday.

A woman was struck by a police vehicle Saturday as it peeled away from protesters demonstrating in Sacramento, Calif., in what was described by the victim and protesters as a hit and run.

Earl Watson, 88, was a public information officer for the Army during the Korean War and was stationed at Okinawa, where he obtained up-close photos of the fighting in the last major battle of World War II.

Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, who is widely expected to be confirmed this month, also will confront Russia’s aggressive targeting of the U.S. electrical grid and other critical infrastructure.

“Magic: The Gathering Arena,” is an online-only version of the venerated collectible card game that is attempting to bring together the glamour of "Hearthstone" and the deep, intricate play of Magic. It succeeds, for the most part.

The victims are asking the high court to reinstate a $654 million verdict against the PLO and Palestinian Authority in connection with attacks in Israel in 2002 and 2004 that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more.

IS abducted and killed the workers shortly after the extremists seized the northern city of Mosul in the summer of 2014

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is accused of crimes against humanity committed in Timbuktu while the town was under the control of extremists between April 2012 and January 2013.

The defense contractor recently announced it scored 45 drone kills in an Army demonstration, using an advanced high-power microwave and a laser weapon mounted on an all-terrain vehicle.

About 11,500 U.S. and 290,000 South Korean troops will participate in the annual field-training drill known as Foal Eagle, which began Sunday and is expected to last about a month.

Seventeen years in the infantry have turned Army 1st Sgt. Shaun Morgan into a hard-charging grunt, but the veteran of five combat tours who recently deployed to Afghanistan is prepared to take a back seat and let that nation’s forces lead the fight.

Building on what was merely a concept at the beginning of 2017, the Army hopes to boast five brigades of conventional soldiers hand-selected and specially trained to advise indigenous partner forces by the end of next year. Army officials say the service is seeking to quickly build its Security Force Assistance Brigades, units designed to shoulder the bulk of the Pentagon’s train, advise and assist missions throughout the world. That is why the Army is seeking funding to build three SFABs — it has begun assembling two ... Читать дальше...

After a tour of the widebody jet plant that built his airplane, the 32-year-old crown prince looked on as Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg signed a memorandum of agreement to set up a $450 million joint venture in Saudi Arabia that will provide maintenance and repair support for the kingdom’s military aircraft.

Johnson had delivered plenty of significant addresses during his presidency, from vowing in 1964 to build a "Great Society" to pushing for the Voting Rights Act in 1965. None of them came with the stunning conclusion of the speech televised in 1968 from the White House.

More than 300 people joined Jay Gibson's family in his former school auditorium for the community funeral.

Residents may experience aircraft noise and GPS unavailability April 1-6 when the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group conducts boat operations in the Gulf of Mexico and Choctawhatchee Bay.

The 71-year-old Vietnam War veteran remembers people spitting on soldiers and calling them baby killers. Wilder served four tours in Vietnam and was a cryogenic technician who helped make rocket fuel. Born in Oregon, he spent most of his service aboard the USS Chicago. "You were king over there," Wilder said. "You came back to the States and you were dirt. People just didn't like you."

The dead body found near the side of the highway in Canton on Wednesday has been identified as a Marine recruit who has been missing since November.

Three flatbed trucks entered Camp Pendleton Thursday carrying a monument to Marines and sailors from the "Fighting Fifth" regiment who died in Vietnam, left a Vermont-based foundry on March 22 to make the eight-day, cross-country journey accompanied by dozens of Patriot Guard riders.