Новости за 13.04.2017

A U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Pacific during World War II finally received his service medals Wednesday at the American Legion in Fort Smith, 71 years to the day from when he honorably discharged.

Treasuries rallied, reversing earlier declines, after the U.S. dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo denounced the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks on Thursday as a "hostile intelligence service" and a threat to U.S. national security, a condemnation that differed sharply from President Donald Trump's past praise of the organization.

John Harrison Surratt had been a Confederate spy and conspired with John Wilkes Booth and others to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln. The plot failed, but after Lincoln was fatally shot and Booth died, Surratt became the most wanted man in the world.

Syrian authorities - "abetted by Russia's continuing efforts to bury the truth" - still possess and use chemical weapons, an American diplomat told the international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday.

Glaydon I.C. Iverson, a Navy Fireman 3rd Class, was killed on Dec. 7, 1941, as he served on the USS Oklahoma. He will be buried with fully military honors next to his parents on Memorial Day weekend in Emmons, population about 400.

Cybersecurity at NASA extends from maintaining email to guarding U.S. networks in Russia, where American's serve on crews working with the International Space Station. Among the chief information security officer's concerns are hackers.

NCIS started investigating Jordan Lee Adams when another sailor complained he had sexually assaulted her. He gave NCIS agents permission to search his laptop and they found hundreds of images and videos of suspected or known child pornography.

It remains to be seen if Trump’s initial reactions produce the substantive revisions needed to get his floundering administration back on course.

U.S. forces can’t rely on Europe’s top three military powers to quickly deploy brigade-size armored units to the Baltics in a crisis because their ground combat units are undermanned, overextended and lack sufficient equipment, said a study of alliance capabilities released Wednesday.

Base tours offer an easy way to see Europe with other members of the military community. Here is a sampling of trips scheduled as of April 14, 2017.

Marine Maj. Mark Thompson pleaded guilty to lying in a sexual misconduct case, admitting Thursday that he "crossed the line" when he had sex with two students during his tenure as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy.

The Marine Corps’ first female armor officer will soon report to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where she will become the first woman to lead a Marine tank platoon.

Four U.S. Army soldiers are in good condition after being treated for carbon monoxide exposure when their M1A2 Abrams tank malfunctioned on an exercise in Latvia, the military said.

A local man allegedly misrepresented himself as a Wounded Warrior Project volunteer and an ex-combat medic who saw action in both the Korean and Vietnam wars, despite being born a few months before the U.S. became involved in the Korean War.

The United States dropped the largest conventional bomb ever deployed in combat Thursday to destroy a series of Islamic State caves in eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.

Sen. Chris Murphy, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, said Wednesday he will appeal to the president for support in a renewed push for federal legislation to boost domestic manufacturing and job creation in the defense industry. The legislation would benefit workers in Connecticut, including those at hundreds of companies subcontracted by Sikorsky, Electric Boat and Pratt & Whitney.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base lost out on a plea for millions of dollars in state funding for four projects at the sprawling installation.

A man charged with killing two Fort Campbell soldiers and wounding a teenager in a domestic dispute has pleaded not guilty.

After North Korea launched its Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite, entire sections of booster rocket were snagged by South Korea's navy and then scrutinized by international weapons experts. Many key components were foreign-made, acquired from businesses based in China.

When the first wave of active-duty personnel who opt into the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) next year start to retire a decade later, they will face a decision on retired pay so unusual that the Department of Defense Board of Actuaries has called it inappropriate and asked Congress to rescind the choice.

The Virginia Beach City Public School district has many programs supporting military families that are often recognized for excellence. But when it comes to special education, some military families say Virginia Beach is failing their children.

FBI Director James Comey says Americans should be mindful of foreign efforts to undermine confidence in U.S. elections.

Authorities have arrested the suspected shooter in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed a bungled gun-tracking operation by the federal government.

When Navy Capt. Cassidy Norman was assigned executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, he and his wife, Michelle, were relieved. They were going back to Virginia Beach — where they’d lived before and knew to be a good fit for their severely disabled daughter. But they soon concluded that they were in a battle — with their daughter’s future hanging in the balance.