Новости за 05.04.2017

On the 155th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh, the park will illuminate the battlefield with candles, each one representing a soldier killed, wounded or missing during the fight.

Congress sent President Donald Trump legislation to temporarily extend a troubled program widening veterans' access to private-sector care, as the Department of Veterans Affairs prepares a broader revamp of health services.

The service chiefs on Wednesday offered a grim potential of dead soldiers, grounded planes and aging ships if Congress continues to use stopgap measures to fund military operations.

The Marine Corps is trailing the Army in integrating women into combat arms jobs, opening some roles but not addressing barriers to ground combat officer positions, according to advocates.

It's been seven years since the last air show at Maxwell Air Force Base, and the Maxwell team is prepared for a major comeback this weekend.

Citing no evidence, President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused his predecessor's national security adviser of breaking the law, one month after he accused former President Barack Obama of illegally wiretapping him.

The designation, if approved, would make the Columbus memorial the only one in the nation covering "the experience of veterans across all eras, conflicts and branches of the military," the Ohio lawmakers said.

The Syrian government's chemical weapon attack, with its images of dead children, coincides with this week's 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I, where chlorine, mustard gas and other poisons were widely used.

The Navy has grounded its T-45 Goshawk trainer jets in response to increased incidents where pilots’ oxygen systems have malfunctioned, the service announced Wednesday.

Russia voiced hope Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's planned visit next week will help improve relations between the former Cold War foes.

An Afghan general is among nine soldiers who have been suspended pending an investigation into an attack on the country’s largest military hospital that killed at least 50 people, the military said.

Donald Trump asked "a lot of questions" that showed his general knowledge about aviation issues when he grilled the Air Force's mobility chief in December about what he considered an overpriced new Air Force One, said Gen. Carlton Everhart.

A Russian buildup of high-readiness combat forces means Moscow could invade the Baltic states in less than 48 hours, potentially overrunning allied troops who would be difficult to reinforce, according to a new Lithuanian threat assessment.

Cambodia has canceled a longstanding Navy program that provided humanitarian assistance throughout much of the country, in a sign that U.S relations with the Southeast Asian nation may be in decline.

President Donald Trump has removed chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, reversing an earlier, controversial decision to give Bannon access to the group's high-level meetings.

Final funeral rites for astronaut John Glenn will take place Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

A Taliban suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying census workers in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two data collectors and four soldiers who were escorting them, officials said.

Grace K. Tsuida is one of several local internees who shared their personal artifacts and memories with MiraCosta College, which is commemorating the 75th anniversary with a multimedia exhibition, “Uncommon Ground: Behind the Barbed Wire.”

If lawmakers whiff on a budget deal later this month, they could end up hitting defense contractors like Newport News Shipbuilding, warned U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman at the Sea-Air-Space exposition in National Harbor, Md.

Navy defensive coordinator Dale Pehrson said a primary goal for spring camp was to reestablish the aggressive mentality Navy displayed during the 2015 season.

The United States and Russia are trading conflicting assertions about who launched a chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed 72 people.

His expression grave and his words emphatic, President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday the deadly chemical attack in Syria had crossed "many, many lines" and abruptly changed his views of Syrian President Bashar Assad. But he refused to say what the U.S. might do in response.

After years of failing at the grown-up business of passing legislation, small wonder the Democrats would like to let the Republicans have a try at being the adults in the room. In politics, saying “no” is a great deal of fun.

What message does it send to all the people who’ve spent their lives devoted to or preparing for public service?

Willie and Joe lie in their sleeping bags in the snow up against a log. "Remember that warm, soft mud last summer?" Willie says. The pair of unshaven, weary grunts slogged their way from Italy to Germany in the pages of Stars and Stripes during World War II — along with their creator, Army Sgt. Bill Mauldin.