Officials find debris from F-35 fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after pilot ejected
The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected has been located in rural South Carolina after the military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection.
US Army misses recruiting goal; other services squeak by
The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers โ or 25% โ short of its recruitment goal this year, despite a frantic effort to make up the widely expected gap in a year when all the military services struggled in a tight jobs market to find young people willing and fit to enlist.
Across services, troops face discipline for refusing vaccine
U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service.
โWhenever there is a need we show up:โ WWII bugle player among first women to join US Marine Corps
โWomen have always fought for this country and whenever there is a need we show up,โ Amato said. Every American even the youngsters were a part of the survival of this country.โThe Marine Corps veteran said she enlisted when she was 20 years old after the government saw there was a need for women. โWhen I saw that, โbe a Marine free a Marine to fight,โ I thought: Oh! (WKMG 2021)After she enlisted, Amato enrolled in the field music school where she learned how to play the bugle. Yes!โ Iโm very proud and Iโm so proud to be a Marine.โ
The impact of the Montford Point Marines during segregation
Most people know about the Tuskegee Airmen and Buffalo Soldiers, but very few are aware of the Montford Point Marines. โNobody really knew about Montford Point other than that was a Marine training station,โ he said. It was just being built.โForeman was among the first 1,000 men to graduate from Montford Point. โMontford Point was the...Iโd say the jumping-off point for black Marines,โ he said. Approximately 20,000 African American soldiers received basic training at Montford Point between 1942 and 1949.
Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting
Ray attended the Joint Chiefs meeting Friday in the so-called Tank โ the classified meeting room in the Pentagon. Officials said that is where most of the military leaders were exposed to him, but he also had other meetings with officials. The Marine Corps remains operationally ready to answer the Nationโs call.โThe news of the positive tests has stunned officials at the Pentagon. Overall, more than 47,000 service members have tested positive for the virus, as of Monday; 625 have been hospitalized and eight have died. According to officials, the military leaders were negative at that time, and they will continue to be tested in the coming days.
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