Army to cut 6,500 active-duty aviation jobs over next 2 years
The U.S. Army plans to cut 6,500 aviation jobs from the active duty ranks, starting in the coming months, service officials confirmed Friday. The move aims to realign the force toward the use of unmanned drones instead of manned aviation platforms and will occur over...
Four soldiers killed in Washington state helicopter crash, Army says
SEATTLE — Four U.S. Army soldiers who were part of an elite team that does nighttime missions died when the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were aboard crashed earlier this week near a military base in Washington state, Army officials said Friday. The helicopter was...
Remains of WWII Medal of Honor recipient identified after 80 years
Bianchi was killed on Jan. 9, 1945, after U.S. naval aircraft, unaware that there were prisoners on board, scored a direct hit on the Japanese transport ship (dubbed “hell ships” by American POWs), Enoura Maru, in Takao Harbor. An estimated 431 “unknowns” were killed in...
Virginia National Guard begins ICE logistics support
The Virginia National Guard mobilized 40 soldiers and airmen this week to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with non-law enforcement duties, Virginia National Guard officials announced Friday. The troops were mobilized Monday and are serving at ICE field offices across Virginia, where they are...
Sailor charged in Angelina Resendiz’s murder linked to other assaults
The sailor awaiting trial for the murder of fellow U.S. Navy service member Angelina Petra Resendiz allegedly assaulted several other people before taking her life, according to the attorney for Resendiz’s family. Culinary Specialist Seaman Jermiah Taylor Copeland was charged Aug. 22 with premeditated murder...
Senate rejects competing funding bills, increasing shutdown risk
The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date. Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side...
US military strike near Venezuela disrupts life in fishing communities
GÜIRIA, Venezuela — On Venezuela’s Paria Peninsula, an idyllic stretch of Caribbean coast, it is an open secret that boats departing from its ports transport both drugs and fish. Residents claim not to know who owns the illegal cargo, but they can tell when business...
