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The U.S. Army paused Jonathan Majors’ “Be All You Can Be” ad campaign following his arrest for allegedly assaulting a woman. The public affairs for the U.S. Army Enterprise Marketing Office made a statement on Sunday: “The U.S. Army is aware of the arrest of Jonathan Majors, and we are deeply concerned by the allegations surrounding his […]
Two people are dead following a Black Hawk helicopter crash near Huntsville, Alabama that was caught on video. Per regional outlet WHNT, the crash occurred on Wednesday in an area near the Highway 53 and Burwell Road intersection. There were no survivors aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk, with the two crew members who died later […]
BTS member Jin has started his military service and showcased a new buzzcut he received as he began his boot-camp training this week. Under South Korean law, every man is required to serve between 18 and 21 months in the military before their 30th birthday. Jin turned 30 on Dec. 4, and so his service began […]
President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, per NBC News. “Justice has been delivered. And this terrorist leader is no more,” Biden said during his address from the White House. “No matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide—if you are […]
At around 6 a.m. on May 13, 1985, tear gas and water hoses created a diversion in a row home in the west section of Philadelphia. News reports stated that the blaze burned for an hour and a half, before the police called in the fire department. Several Black children were killed that day and […]
President Vladimir Putin said early on Thursday that Russia has authorized a “special military operation” that will be conducted in eastern Ukraine, according to The New York Times and the Associated Press. The sound of “large booms” was reported around Kramatorsk, Ukraine at about the same time that Putin made the announcement. In a televised address, the […]
A Navy SEAL candidate died in San Diego on Friday after completing the final training phase, known as Hell Week. ABC News reports Kyle Mullen, a 24-year-old from Manalapan, New Jersey, who was assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command, was taken to the hospital along with a second candidate who remains in stable condition at Naval Medical Center San […]
Norway’s military is addressing an underwear, sock, and bra shortage by telling those who have completed their service to return their undergarments for use by the next wave of recruits, Washington Post reports. Conscripts were once allowed to keep their underwear and shirts, as well as headgear and field boots, but when the military started to feel the […]
A 50-year-old Army veteran spent nearly a decade risking his life in the fight against hatred. In a recent sit-down interview with the Associated Press, Florida resident Joseph Moore opened up about his undercover years within the Ku Klux Klan. Moore said he became an FBI informant back in 2007, when he was asked to infiltrate a […]
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act is being debated this week in the Senate that would establish an office focused on the investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), a.k.a. UFOs. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York spoke with Politico on Wednesday about the bipartisan proposal, noting that she finds it “fairly concerning” that […]
