Новости за 29.09.2016

Destructive winds of 58 mph or greater anticipated within 12 hours.

Seasonal TCCOR 4 resumes for U.S. bases on Okinawa.

Destructive winds of 58 mph or greater actually occurring on Okinawa.

While Chaba keeps intensifying, peak forecast winds for Okinawa dramatically downgraded.

U.S. bases on Okinawa have entered TCCOR 1-Caution. 40-mph winds or greater are occurring.

Latest wind-forecast timeline: Destructive-wind duration shortened; peak winds remain same.

Latest forecast timeline projects 144-mph sustained winds, 173-mph gusts at 8 p.m. Monday

Latest wind-forecast timeline for Okinawa projects fiercest winds in nearly two decades.

Chaba upgraded to typhoon, Okinawa braces for 150-mph gusts, Japan's main islands next.

Peak forecast winds for Okinawa remain 127-mph gusts at 2 p.m. Monday.

U.S. bases on Okinawa remain in TCCOR 3; Chaba starting to pick up the pace.

U.S. bases on Okinawa enter TCCOR 3. Destructive winds of 58 mph or greater possible within 48 hours.

Okinawa remains the apparent target as Chaba is forecast to reach Category 3-equivalent strength.

In his first visit to Fort Jackson — the U.S. Army's largest and busiest training center — he participated in early-morning physical training and a two-mile run with soldiers. He later spoke at the weekly basic training graduation.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Thursday that the United States will continue to invest in five military bases in the Philippines as the relationship between the two countries remains “ironclad.”

More veterans vote, volunteer and attend public meetings than nonveterans, according to a report released Thursday on veterans’ civic engagement.

The Navy has scrapped its two-century-old enlisted ratings system that identified sailors by their occupation and military rank in a plan to provide them greater career flexibility, the service announced Thursday.

The Navy has scrapped its two-century-old enlisted ratings system that identified sailors by their occupation and military rank in a plan to provide them greater career flexibility, the service announced Thursday.

"They say it's a rite of passage to us," said former Pvt. Thomas Jacob Weaver. "That that's why they put us through hell. But in no way is it benefiting us, or anything. It's pointless. I just felt like someone has to say something."

Ukraine on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II.

The United Nations in Afghanistan says at least 15 civilians were killed and another 13 injured in an air strike in eastern Nangarhar province early Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors and the bank's regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, are planning to punish the San Francisco-based lender for alleged violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, the commander of the National Training Center, will lead the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley in Kansas after the Army relieved Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby of command, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Thousands of Israelis flocked to parliament Thursday to view the casket of Shimon Peres, paying final respects to the former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of his country.

No one stays together at the Museum of Broken Relationships in Los Angeles. Hearts cleave, tears spill and lives splinter. And yet the personal mementos from those unions remain intact ... a forever reminder, for one half, of what the other half did.