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A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm
Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community.
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The commanding officer of the hospital ship USNS Comfort, Capt. Kevin J. Knoop, was relieved of his duties this week. The commander of Military Sealift Command, Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, sacked Knoop because of a "loss of confidence in (his) ability to command." -
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jason Togi, 24, of American Samoa, was killed August 26 in Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a homemade bomb. -
The F-16C crash that killed pilot Capt. James Michael Steel on April 3, 2013 in Afghanistan was caused by his failure to "perceive mountainous terrain in his flight path," according to a new report by the U.S. Air Force. -
Camp Pendleton was the scene of an infamous act of road rage that was captured on video and made national news. Now, Marine Corps Installations West is providing some advice on how troops can avoid road rage. -
California Governor Jerry Brown ordered all flags over the State Capitol lowered today in honor of Army Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria. Alvarez was killed August 23 in Afghanistan. -
Navy corpsman Angelo Anderson was never much of a tennis fan, but he'll be running among the game's greatest players over the next two weeks as he serves as a ballperson for the U.S. Open. Anderson survived bone-shattering bullet wounds while serving in Afghanistan, and is now able to walk - and run - with enough skill to beat out 500 applicants for the ballperson job. -
The Navy has relieved Cmdr. Edward White of his duties as commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 106 for allegedly carrying on an extramarital affair with a civilian employee of the Navy. -
Command Master Chief Rick A. Helwick was fired Monday because of "a substantiated assault charge for grabbing the uniform shirt of a junior Sailor who was not wearing the proper uniform." -
The San Diego Chargers will gear up for their game against the San Francisco 49ers by holding an unusual practice session aboard the USS Ronald Reagan at NAS North Island on August 28. It seems only fitting, as the Chargers - 49ers game is the Bolts' 25th annual Salute to the Military game. -
Army Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria, California was killed August 23 in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan. Alvarez and Army Pvt. Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter, 20, of Missouri, were both killed when the enemy attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
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