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Mexican authorities arrested two suspects in the slaying of a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant earlier this month in a Juárez strip club.
CONTRACTS Security company Northrop Grumman said it received a training contract with the National Guard valued at $50 million over five years.
The next Gretna community blood drive is Monday, Nov. 30. The Gretna American Legion Auxiliary is organizing the drive from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church. Those interested in volunteering or making an appointment should contact Kathy Iske at 332-3827.
U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, both Michigan Democrats, the Senate’s passage of a bill including $87 million for seven projects in Michigan and funding for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System will be providing free services for homeless veterans on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Omaha Civic Center, Mancuso Hall.
The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said.
Oak Hill Baptist Church, 3440 Wheeler Road in Hernando, is having a choir reunion musical today at 2:30 p.m. Call (662) 429-8747.Line dance lessons Graceland Christian Church, 2126 State Line Road E. in Southaven, is offering line dance lessons each Tuesday at 7 p.m. Call (662) 429-1701.Gospel singing Jackson Chapel Church, 2231 Grays Creek Road in Hernando, will host a gospel singing Saturday ...
TOPSAIL AREA – The body of a missing Hampstead man was found by the US Coast Guard last Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Both Hosam "Sam" Smadi and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan attracted attention from federal agents long before their high-profile arrests. But the two Texas cases, just six weeks apart, resulted in spectacularly different outcomes - one in the prevention of a large-scale terrorist attack in Dallas, the other in a deadly shooting rampage of soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood.
It was just time for arGentis Pharmaceuticals LLC to "grow a little bit," said company CEO Tom I. Davis.Davis was referring to the Memphis-based drug developer's new office space in the Colonnade Center at 1661 International.In October, the company began moving from its space in Downtown's Memphis Bioworks Foundation building.But arGentis also grew its drug-development pipeline this month with ...
LONG HILL TWP. – Retiring Post Commander Richard Q. Hofacker Jr. read the presidential proclamation from President Barack Obama recognizing all veterans and gave his own remarks at the Long Hill Veterans Day Ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the American Legion Post 484, Union Street, Stirling.
As top U.S. Navy officials deliberate on a policy change that would allow women to serve on submarines, Naval Academy officials said they've been advised to canvass female students for the possible historic opportunity.
Associated Press - November 21, 2009 6:15 AM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard's 951st "Sapper" Engineer Company are returning from Afghanistan.
FORT LUPTON - The National Guard facility in Fort Lupton is coming along nicely, said Tom Parko, the planning director for Fort Lupton. The National Guard is proposing a Dec. 2 groundbreaking ceremony for the armory. No major changes to the budget or building plans have been made to the project since April, when the state's contribution to the project was temporarily withdrawn. The project was ...
Sgt. George Kovacs was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in January 2008. He served for the Michigan Army National Guard in Iraq for 12 months. He worked as a recovery specialist in Iraq for one year, He has also spent time in Kuwait and Latvia as a soldier for the Michigan Army National Guard.
Newton Jan Barry, award-winning author, poet, journalist, and a Veterans for Peace representative, will speak on issues affecting veterans at the Monday, Nov. 23 meeting of the Sussex County Democratic Committee, 7:30 P.M. at the Hampton Diner on Route 206.
The official responsible for the problem-plagued disability compensation system at the Department of Veterans Affairs will resign early next year, the department announced Friday.
The American Legion is renewing its fundraising efforts for the holiday season to purchase comfort items for troops recovering in U.S. military hospitals and warrior transition units around the world through its Operation Comfort Warriors campaign.
Security company Northrop Grumman Corp. said Friday it received a training contract with the U.S. National Guard valued at $50 million over five years.
Yesterday morning, members of Falldin American Legion Post 555 delivered apples to teachers and school supplies to students in honor of American Education Week.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- AgustaWestland North America announced that it was recently awarded a $17.3 million U.S. Navy contract to provide depot level maintenance on three Egyptian Mk-2 variant H-3 helicopters.
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