Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, left, and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., talk during a televised debate Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham is bypassing uncomfortable questions about his extramarital activities in the final days of his closely contested race with GOP Sen. Thom…
Army: No Requests Made for Use of Troops Around Election
November 2, 2020
This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Army leaders said Tuesday that they have not received any requests to use active-duty or National Guard troops for possible civil unrest surrounding the presidential election…
Army Chaplain Jailed For Drunken Behavior, Shoppette Gas Theft
November 2, 2020
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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A series of bad decisions, from stealing gas to smashing the window of his estranged wife’s car, has landed an Army chaplain assigned to Stuttgart in jail for a month.
Chaplain (Maj.) Donald V. Wood was sentenced…
Have Army Emergency Relief Debt? It Could Soon Be Canceled
November 2, 2020
Several hundred soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division were reunited with their families following a nine month deployment, July 23, 2019, at Fort Drum, New York. (U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Paige Behringer)
More than 1,000 soldiers and Army families who received loans this year from Army Emergency Relief are about to get a windfall, as the nonprofit forgives those debts, converting them instead to…
Army-Navy Game to Be Played at West Point This Year
November 2, 2020
U.S. Naval Academy quarterback (#2) Kriss Proctor runs the ball during the 112th Army-Navy Football game at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. 10 Dec 2011 (Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad Runge)
For the first time since World War II, the…
The Assignment Satisfaction Key – Enlisted Module for Army NCOs is scheduled to go Army-wide beginning Nov. 11, 2020 for the 21-01 enlisted manning cycle. (U.S. Army/Fonda Bock)
For the first time, the U.S. Army will allow noncommissioned officers to rank where they…
US Drone Strike Kills 17 Jihadists in NW Syria
November 2, 2020
U.S. military convoy drives through the town of Qamishli, north Syria, by a poster showing Syrain President Bashar Aassad Saturday, Oct. 26. 2019. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
The U.S. Army said Thursday it carried out a drone strike against Al-Qaeda leaders in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border, killing 17 jihadists, according to a war monitor.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said…
WASHINGTON ― More Capitol Hill headwinds are greeting the Trump administration’s fast-moving sale of 50 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to the United Arab Emirates, as Democrats on Friday introduced a new bill to curb the sale.
Following similar concerns and legislation…
UAE could get up to 50 F-35s in $10B sale
October 31, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department is backing the sale of as many as 50 F-35 joint strike fighters to the United Arab Emirates in an arms deal worth an estimated $10.4 billion, according to multiple reports.
The news came as the Trump administration informally…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force could be one year away from being able to load its cargo planes with pallets of smart weapons, transforming them into strike aircraft without the need for expensive and lengthy modifications.
In August, the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $25 million to develop a palletized munitions system, Scott Callaway, director…
