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Airstrikes in Afghanistan See Big Spike Following Spring Surge

Source: https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2018/06/19/airstrikes-afghanistan-see-big-spike-following-spring-surge.html Fighter, attack and remotely piloted aircraft together dropped nearly 600 weapons in the month of May.

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Twin Brothers Reunited 74 Years After WWII Death at Normandy

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/20/twin-brothers-reunited-74-years-after-wwii-death-normandy.html Julius Heinrich Otto “Henry” Pieper, his identity recovered, was laid to rest beside his twin brother in Normandy.

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Navy Investigating After Death of Sailor in Africa

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/19/navy-investigating-after-death-sailor-africa.html A sailor deployed to Eastern Africa has died in a “non-combat related incident,” the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

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Coast Guard Considers New LED Light for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/18/coast-guard-considers-new-led-light-cape-hatteras-lighthouse.html The Coast Guard is considering changing the bulb to the latest technology available — an LED light.

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Federal Court Overturns Marine General’s Gitmo Contempt Conviction

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/19/federal-court-overturns-marine-generals-gitmo-contempt-conviction.html A federal judge overturned the contempt conviction of the Marine general in charge of Guantanamo’s war court defense teams.

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Former Monk Trades Robes for Air Force Uniform

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/19/former-monk-trades-robes-air-force-uniform.html After spending 18 years as a monk, Airman 1st Class Kornkawee Rue Art traded his robes for a uniform.

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Man Will Admit to Impersonating General for Helicopter Ride

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/19/man-will-admit-impersonating-general-helicopter-ride.html A man accused of landing a chartered helicopter plans to plead guilty to impersonating a three-star Army general.

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Navy Takes Delivery of Future USS Hudner

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/18/navy-takes-delivery-future-uss-hudner.html The Navy has accepted delivery of a destroyer named for Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Hudner.

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Mexico in WW1 – The Mexican Revolution I THE GREAT WAR Special

Source: http://youtu.be/vzsVUT7WqHA http://youtu.be/vzsVUT7WqHA

The full text of the Zimmerman Telegram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram#Content Mexico was mainly focussing on internal struggles and …

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US Navy Crew Transfers 41 Migrants to Italy

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/18/us-navy-crew-transfers-41-migrants-italy.html The crew of a U.S. Navy vessel has transferred the 41 migrants they rescued over to Italian coast guard ships off Sicily.