‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is the respite from reality we all need
WARNING: This review contains spoilers from Paramount’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ It’s been 36 years since Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (played by actor Tom Cruise) sped…
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Kicking tires and lighting fires with Coyote from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
The ‘80s are back as the much-anticipated sequel to ‘Top Gun’ (1986) flies into theaters. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ premiered on May 24 with a new,…
US Army signs deal to backfill Stingers sent to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The Army has awarded a multimillion contract to Raytheon Technologies to build Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to restock its own supply after sending roughly…
The quiet artistry of bringing the dead home from war
On a muggy Virginia morning, a petite soldier with dark brown hair adjusts her cover tightly on her head. Fifty yards away, in a bed…
Can we honor deaths by suicide on Memorial Day?
In 2016, shortly after my son’s passing, I wrote that “The older you get, the faster time goes by.” Adam was a United States Marine…
Headaches, diarrhea: New report details Hawaii military families’ symptoms after drinking fuel-tainted water
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details the extent of Hawaii military families’ symptoms following the petroleum leak at the…
European Command nominee doesn’t foresee more troops there under expanded NATO
If Sweden and Finland succeed in their bids to join NATO, it’s likely that the landscape of U.S. troops in Europe could shift accordingly. But…
Sweeping changes to VA’s medical facilities across America on hold due to missing nominee
The Veterans Affairs Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission has only eight months left to finalize its report on the fate of hundreds of department hospital…
Defense firms push Congress for Pentagon budget increase over inflation
WASHINGTON — U.S. defense and aerospace firms are asking Congress for a defense budget for 2023 that exceeds inflation by 3 to 5 percent and…
Tribute for late VA chief Max Cleland, who lost limbs in war
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden and three former presidents paid tribute Wednesday to late Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator Max Cleland, who lost limbs…