Attack submarine crew is first to receive new Arctic Service Medal
The crew was the first to receive the new medal, which was created last year for missions sailing under Arctic ice.
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Medal of Honor Recipients Could Get $100,000 Annual Pensions Under Bill Proposed in Congress
Chris Pappas, D-N.H., and Troy Nehls, R-Texas, who has been at the center of a military awards controversy. The House version of the bill has not seen any movement since being introduced.
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U.S. deploys soldiers, rocket systems to Alaska island as Russian military activity ramps up in region
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and ...
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U.S. moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and ...
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Vietnam War ‘Dustoff’ helicopter crews to receive Congressional Gold Medal
Vietnam War medevac helicopter crews will be the latest military group to receive the highest award Congress can bestow.
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Submarine crew and undersea warfare staff receive Navy’s Arctic Service Medals
The crew of the USS Indiana, a Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine that spent three weeks in the seas near the North Pole ...
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NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals for pioneering space work
A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “ Hidden Figures” were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday ... to developing the U.S. space program ...
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US military acknowledges Yemen's Houthi rebels shot down 2 MQ-9 Reaper drones
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels shot down two American MQ-9 Reaper drones in under a week, the United States military acknowledged Wednesday, further highlighting the ...
Seattle Times5d
US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in ...
Marines give highest noncombat medal to family of Osprey crew chief who died trying to save pilots
The Marine Corps in a ceremony at the commandant’s headquarters has presented their highest noncombat medal to the parents of ...
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NASA's 'Hidden Figures' women awarded Congressional Gold Medals
one of the highest civilian honors in the United States. As authorized by Congress, the medals were bestowed to Christine Darden and posthumously to Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy ...
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U.S. Troops Moved to Alaska Island Amid Russia Threat
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers to Shemya Island in Alaska's Aleutian chain. The deployment comes in response to a recent surge in Russian military activity near U.S. territory.