A body believed to be that of a missing Fort Hood soldier has been found. Officials are awaiting forensic confirmation but police said that identification found on the body indicate it is that of Sgt. Elder Fernandes. “At this initial stage of the investigation, there is no indication of foul play,” police in Temple, Texas, said […]
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A US Army officer got a call he was dreading on Thursday. His mom had been deported to Mexico. She called her family from the other side of the border to let them know. “I feel betrayed, to be honest,” 2nd Lt. Gibram Cruz told CNN affiliate KSWB. “A country that I’m serving, which I’ve served […]
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Authorities are searching for the killer of a soldier who had returned home just months before he was fatally shot, Tennessee police say. Jacob Bishop, 35, was a father of two who came back to Lenoir City after serving a year in Poland with the Tennessee Army National Guard, the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. His mother […]
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Independence Day celebrations are not over just yet, as many families just started their own celebrations. The USS Midway held a naturalization ceremony Friday, where a total of 52 immigrants became new Americans. The ceremony included 22 service members and veterans. One of those new citizens is Angel Reyes, who serves in the Army and […]
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A soldier who tried to get a closer look at an active volcano in Hawaii fell 70 feet down a 300-foot cliff on Wednesday but survived, NBC News reported. The 32-year-old lost his footing after climbing over a railing at the edge of the Kilauea caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, according to a statement from […]
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The widow of a Utah mayor who was killed while serving in Afghanistan remembered her late husband on Wednesday, saying that while her family’s “hearts are broken,” they are “full.” “When I talk to our children, not just now, but into the future, it will always be with a sense of pride,” Jennie Taylor said in an […]
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It was a reunion seven months in the making – and one that had tails waging and tears flowing inside a Florida airport. U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Tracy McKithern reunited Wednesday with a dog she rescued as a puppy while deployed in Iraq in 2017. The combat photographer from Tampa met the pooch, who had […]
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The remains of a U.S. soldier who was listed as missing in action nearly seven decades ago were returned to family members Wednesday in an emotional ceremony at Los Angeles International Airport. Army Cpl. Albert E. Quintero began his service in 1945, serving in the Korean War. He was declared Killed in Action in 1953, […]
