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Military

A U.S. Marine salutes as participants in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally rumble through Washington, D.C., in 2017. Organizers say the 2019 event will be the last in D.C. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

After decades, ‘Rolling Thunder’ to make its last big ride through Washington, D.C.

Rolling Thunder, the veterans advocacy group that organizes a massive annual motorcycle ride through D.C., announced that the gathering in 2019 will be its last big rally.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump greets people after arriving via Air Force One at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Trump is attending the Army-Navy football game. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Community

Trump is 10th sitting president to attend Army-Navy game

The commander in chief flew to Philadelphia for the 119th meeting in the storied rivalry between the service academies.

7 years ago

In this May 25, 2017 file photo, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a question while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Army's fiscal 2018 budget. President Donald Trump will tap Gen. Mark Milley as his next top military adviser. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump picks Gen. Mark Milley as next top military adviser

Gen. Mark Milley, a battle-hardened commander who oversaw troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be the nation's next top military adviser.

7 years ago

(From left) Hank Heim, William Bonelli, Richard Schimmel and Isaac George salute at a ceremony commemorating the Pearl Harbor attack. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Community

Remaining Pa. survivors honor Pearl Harbor’s 77th anniversary

Pennsylvania's commemoration ceremony is just one of many held annually around the country.

7 years ago

This undated photo provided by the Pentagon's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency shows Lawrence Dickson, a New York pilot killed during World War II. Dickson is first of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen still listed as missing in action whose remains the Pentagon says they have identified through DNA samples provided by his daughter in New Jersey. Dickson was a 24-year-old captain in the 100th Fighter Squadron when his P-51 fighter plane was seen crashing along the Italy-Austria border during a mission on Dec. 23, 1944. Searches for the crash site were unsuccessful until 2012. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP)
Science

Pentagon IDs remains of Tuskegee Airman killed in WWII

Sixty-six Tuskegee Airmen died in combat, including 27 who were listed as MIA. Dickson was the first to be identified.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
Community

Rumbles and booms: Joint Base training through the weekend

Residents near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst might hear “booms” and feel “rumbles” through Sunday.

7 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court, taken on November 8, 2018. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

White House asks Supreme Court to fast-track ruling on transgender military ban

The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court on Friday to bypass lower courts and rule quickly on its ban of most transgender military members.

7 years ago

For the first time since women have been allowed to apply, a woman has passed the initial Special Forces Assessment and Selection process, placing her on the path to become the first female Green Beret. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Woman qualifies for Special Forces training, could be the first female Green Beret

For the first time since women have been allowed to apply, a female soldier is one step closer to becoming a member of the Green Berets.

7 years ago

Khieu Samphan, (left), former Khmer Rouge head of state, stands at the dock in a court room during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Friday. (Nhet Sok/AP/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)
NPR
Courts & Law

Verdict on Khmer Rouge leaders is first to officially acknowledge regime’s genocide

The last two surviving leaders of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s were found guilty Friday by an international tribunal.

7 years ago

The soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division Headquarters stand at attention at a farewell ceremony on January 13, 2018. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Community

Pa. soldiers returning from Middle East deployment

Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers deployed to the Middle East may be home in time for Thanksgiving.

7 years ago

Veteran Patrick Watson places a wreath at the base of a new Mural Arts Philadelphia piece titled
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

Let’s give veterans what they deserve

As we celebrate yet another Veteran’s Day, I’m left to consider all the scandals that have beset America’s veterans in recent years ...

7 years ago

An American flag blows in the wind surrounded by the color of autumn leaves at Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Md., Thursday, November 8, 2018. November 11, 2018 is Veterans Day and marks 100 years since the end of World War I.  (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)
Radio Times
Community

Veterans roundtable

Guests: Mike Felker, Anna Stormer, Patrick Dugan Veterans Day was Sunday so we thought we’d talk with a couple ...

Air Date: November 12, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
Army veteran Chuck Schretzman was diagnosed with ALS in April 2015, six months after her retired from his 26-year military career. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philly veteran’s battle with ALS highlights troubling trend

Studies suggest that military veterans have a higher risk of developing ALS, though it's unclear why that's the case.

7 years ago

Listen 2:09
Fran LaRose, a lifelong Philadelphia resident, listens as the bells ring at 11:11 a.m. at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on Nov. 11, 2018 in celebration of Centennial Armistice Day. Her father was a WWII Veteran.
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Community

Amid ‘really rough time’ for American unity, honoring veterans with ‘bells of peace’

“We need to remember these things,” said Ray Harshbarger, another park ranger at Independence Mall and a Marine Corps veteran who served from 1978 to 1984.

7 years ago

A Yemeni child suffering from malnutrition lies on a bed at a treatment center in a hospital in the capital, Sanaa. (Mohammed Huwais/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

A call for a cease-fire in Yemen makes news. Its catastrophe doesn’t

Food security isn't the only pressing issue.

7 years ago

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