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More than two dozen National Guard soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters based in Buffalo will deploy next week to Hokkaido, Japan, for a two-week training exercise alongside troops of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces.
STEUBEN COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Wayland man has been arrested for stealing about $14,000 from the Cohocton American Legion. State Police say Jeffery Palmiter, 32, took the money during the two years he served as the group's treasurer.
Every year since the 1940s, members of the Clermont County Council of the American Legion provides local needy children with food, clothes and toys directly from Santa.
On Thanksgiving morning, while many of us will be preparing big family meals or watching football, members of the Sons of the American Legion will be setting up for their Second Annual Christmas Tree Sale. The sale, which will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Black Friday through Christmas, will benefit both activities in Yardley Borough and the veterans of the Knowles-Doyle ...
There are many ways to introduce a controversial topic — even today’s about the most private tool of public diplomacy and its role in President Barack Obama ’s troop decision on the Afghanistan war.But first I need to make sure I don’t make the same mistake an aspiring television news host made while trying to switch subjects in midstream, so to speak.We were taping a pilot for yet another ...
As of Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, at least 849 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.
Gregg Keesling chooses his words carefully when he talks about the death of his son, Spc. Chancellor Keesling.
APJosh Patterson's service in the U.S. Army 's 4th Infantry, never for consumption outside his father Gary Patterson's TCU family, is rarely mentioned within. Still, the Horned Frogs coach occasionally has reminded his players how sweet they really have it playing a game.
War On Terror: As Khalid Sheikh Mohammed receives the benefits of U.S. justice, three Navy SEALs face court-martial for allegedly punching a captured terrorist who hanged Americans from a bridge in Fallujah.
His father was a lifelong scalloper, his uncles are fishermen, and 23-year-old Chris Pinto realized as he got older that fishing is "in my blood." It just didn't look like it was in his future.
The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, along with a visit by the commanding general in Iraq and a phone call from President Obama, were some of the ways the White House and Pentagon helped U.S. troops overseas celebrate Thanksgiving.
Mr. Hill engaged bystanders on Boston streets with his parables and became a fixture at storytelling conferences abroad.
Cordia-Humphrey, American Legion Post 265, in conjunction with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6996 will have a flag ceremony honoring veterans of all wars at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at the Washington County Courthouse.
The last remaining soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard are coming home from Kosovo duty just in time for Thanksgiving.
MARTINSBURG - There were a few sleep-deprived volunteers and legion officers at American Legion Post No. 14 Thursday for the Thanksgiving lunch for veterans and their familie.
Blood donation is particularly important during winter months, when blood supplies diminish while need remains the same.
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As most families gathered for a Thanksgiving meal, the American Legion Post in Gulf Shores was making sure that area veterans didn’t go without one.
There is no yelling. No invective. No spittle-laced derision.
Russia's once-mighty navy faces further dramatic decline after 2015, when most Soviet-built ships will have to be mothballed, a retired admiral was quoted as saying Friday.
