Military
With Congressional blessing, Space Force is closer to launch
The House and the Senate have both proposed plans for Space Force in their versions of the annual defense bill.
7 years ago
Bare buttocks of Adam and Eve in Wyeth mural trigger military art controversy
The Wyeth mural has been on display at the Delaware Air National Guard for a half-century. The artist calls the notion of covering up the bare cheeks ‘absurd.’
7 years ago
Listen 1:45Delaware delegation demands answers on PFAS contamination at Dover air base from Pentagon
Five wells near the Dover Air Force Base are contaminated with excessive levels of PFAS. Delaware’s three members of Congress want answers from the Pentagon.
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Declared dead at war, he returned alive to find his world had moved on without him
After three wars, two marriages, and 30 months as a POW, Walter Dixon says he's proud of his time served in the military. "I'd do it again," he says.
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Philly vets update ‘King Lear’ for modern knights
In West Philadelphia's annual Shakespeare in Clark Park adaptation, Lear's knights are played by four veterans and given a slightly bigger role.
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Listen 2:52Bucks and Montco activists skeptical about Pentagon PFAS task force
The new Secretary of Defense says he wants to review how chemicals in firefighting foam contaminated groundwater near military bases nationwide.
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Popular Delaware beach state park gets historic upgrades
Improvements at the popular Cape Henlopen State Park site help create what organizers call America’s “best WWII museum inside a WWII facility.”
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N.J. Senate passes bill exempting disabled veterans from beach buggy permit fees
The bill would still require disabled veterans to abide by permit rules and not operate a beach buggy in municipalities that do not permit beach driving.
7 years ago
N.J.-Pa. Sikh veterans march in national Independence Day parade to combat discrimination
A New Jersey-based Sikh veterans organization has rallied a contingent of servicemen who practice the South Asian faith to march in Washington D.C. Independence Day Parade.
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Listen 2:18N.J. bill would grant veterans, active duty military free access to state beaches
A bill pending in the New Jersey legislature would allow veterans and active duty military personnel free access to the state's parks, forests, and beaches.
7 years ago
Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza is ready for its closeup
The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, which has been working on the project since 2006, developed an app with free self-guided tours and first-person stories from
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On D-Day a dentist helps a wounded engineer
The fake eye an Army dentist constructed for Capt. Arthur F. Hoffmann became one of the few positive things Hoffman shared with his family about D-Day.
7 years ago
Defense chief calls out China on tech theft, South China Sea
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan on Saturday denounced China's efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea.
7 years ago
A U.S. Army tweet asking ‘How has serving impacted you?’ got an agonizing response
Among the thousands of responses: harrowing tales of trauma, depression and sexual assault.
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Memorial Day traditions big and small celebrated across the Philly region
South Jersey residents turned out, as they have for years, to honor those who have served.
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