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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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President Obama will award Army Staff Sergeant Ty Michael Carter the Medal of Honor on August 26 for his heroic acts during battle in Afghanistan. Carter, who now lives in California, will become just the fifth living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. -
What's the craziest thing you've ever done in combat boots? Well, this U.S. Airman pulled off quite a feat (or feet?) during the USA Basketball Showcase in Las Vegas on Thursday. During a timeout, Airman Nathaniel Mills wowed the crowd with a full windmill dunk, wearing combat boots to boot! -
The war horse Sgt. Reckless, who spent her last days at Camp Pendleton, is being posthumously honored today in Washington D.C. for her contributions during the Korean War. -
The three U.S. soldiers killed Tuesday in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber riding a donkey have been identified as 1st Lt. Jonam Russell, 25, of Cornville, Arizona; Sgt. Stefan M. Smith, 24 of Glennville, Georgia; and Spc. Rob L. Nichols, 24, of Colorado Springs, Colorado. -
A Texas grand jury indicted Marine veteran Eddie Ray Routh Wednesday on two counts of capital murder in the deaths of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend, Chad Littlefield. -
Camp Pendleton-based Navy Petty Officer Josh Bulla considers his dog Congo more than just a best friend. He says the pup is like a son to him. Bulla recently transferred from Guam to Camp Pendleton, but when he arrived at the San Diego Airport, he discovered the airline he'd flown had lost his dog. -
The shark-attack death of a California Navy contractor has prompted the Navy to suspend all water activities in the waters off Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia is a coral atoll in the Indian Ocean, about 967 nautical miles south of India's southernmost tip. -
The president of the National Women Veterans Association of America canceled Mayor Bob Filner's keynote speech over sexual harassment allegations today. -
The non-combat related death of Army Spc. Anthony R. Maddox, 22, is under investigation. Maddox died July 22 in a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany from injuries related to an incident in Andar, Afghanistan. -
Three U.S. service members were killed Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan when a suicide bomber riding a donkey detonated his explosives.
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