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President Obama to award Vietnam veteran Medal of Honor

Edit Atlanta Journal 22 Jun 2016
In May 1967, Army Maj ... Kettles retired from the Army in 1978 as a lieutenant colonel ... The Army said next month's White House ceremony is the culmination of an effort that began in 2012 ... The Army also announced that Kettles will be inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes on July 19, one day after the White House ceremony ... Scheck, an Army specialist who was serving as a door-gunner on Kettles' crew....

Lebanese army slowly crushing extremists near Syria border

Edit The Associated Press 22 Jun 2016
But hardly a day passes without army artillery stationed on the edge of this restive eastern Lebanese town pounding nearby militant positions. Aided directly by the United States and Britain - and indirectly by the Syrian army and its Lebanese militant Hezbollah allies working on the other side of the border - the under-equipped Lebanese military has registered steady successes against the militants....

Kachin News Group: KIA attack Burma Army camp in northern Shan State

Edit Topix 22 Jun 2016
Troops from the Kachin Independence Army's Regiment 6 attacked a Burma Army camp in Bang Lum Bum Mountain, between Mongyar and Mongkoe in northern Shan State, at 7 pm on 19 June ... He said that KIA Platoon 4 from Battalion 36, part of KIA Regiment 6 and the Kachin People's Militia Platoon 1 launched the attack against the Burma Army who retaliated with heavy weapons ... ....

Army to pay $100K EPA fine for Hawaii cesspools, marking first such civil penalty

Edit Business Journal 22 Jun 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has forced the Army to close 12 illegal cesspools on Oahu and the Big Island and ordered it to pay a $100,000 fine, the first time the EPA has imposed a civil penalty against a federal government facility for operating banned cesspools ... The Army has been using four illegal cesspools on Oahu including at Wheeler Army Airfield and Schofield… ... ....

Jaguar used in Olympic ceremony shot in Brazil

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 22 Jun 2016
... army said Tuesday. The army's press office said that Juma the jaguar was on display as part of ceremonies Monday at the Jungle Warfare Instruction Center in Manaus....

Manohar Parrikar meets family of Lt. Col. Chauhan who lost life in mishap

Edit The Times of India 22 Jun 2016
Accompanied by local BJP party men, local representatives and other army and Indian Air Force (IAF) officers, the defence minister met with the wife Rimjhim, children including son Vikram (9) and daughter Parina (3) and other family members of the personnel and shared their grief, besides paying tribute to the brave personnel ... The army jeep was proceeding to Sigar (Mebo) Military station....

A Missouri Guardsmen is headed to the All-Army Women Basketball team trial camp (Missouri National Guard)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
Devan Swisegood, a member of the 35th Infantry Division Headquarters Support Company, shows off her acceptance letter to the All Army Women’s Basketball Team trial camp at the St ... Fort Leavenworth, Kansas - Missouri Army National Guard Spc ... 'Teamwork, for example, is big in both basketball and the Army ... Army on basketball courts around the country....

Much-hyped trials of Nag missile miss date, DRDO left red-faced

Edit The Times of India 22 Jun 2016
Nag, a Gen-3 Fire and Forget Anti-Tank Guided Missile, had to be handed over to the Indian Army, the end user for final acceptance trials in June at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Bikaner here ... Army was supposed to test the performance of Nag with improved Imaging Infra Red Seekers (which guide the missile to its target after launch) for extreme hot weather in June and for extreme cold weather in December or so....

Jaguar used in Olympic ceremony shot dead

Edit Belfast Telegraph 22 Jun 2016
A jaguar used in an Olympic torch relay ceremony has been shot dead after it slipped its leash and tried to attack a soldier, the Brazilian army said. The army press office said Juma the jaguar was on display as part of ceremonies at the Jungle Warfare Instruction Centre in Manaus. Share Go To. The Olympic torch is travelling throughout Brazil leading up to the August 5 opening ceremony. The army said ... ....

Rogers, visiting committee chairman agree depot and military need more money

Edit Topix 22 Jun 2016
U.S. Rep Mike Rogers and Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, talk about their tour of the Anniston Army Depot and its role in defense readiness. U.S. Rep Mike Rogers and Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, talk about their tour of the Anniston Army Depot and its role in defense readiness ... ....

Jaguar shot dead after slipping leash at Olympic torch ceremony

Edit Baltimore Sun 22 Jun 2016
A jaguar used in an Olympic torch relay ceremony was shot to death after it escaped its leash and tried to attack a soldier, the Brazilian army said Tuesday. The army press office said that Juma the jaguar was on display as part of ceremonies Monday at the Jungle Warfare Instruction Center in Manaus.... ....

Jaguar shot dead after slipping leash at Olympic torch ceremony in Brazil

Edit The Morning Call 22 Jun 2016
A�jaguar�used in an Olympic torch relay ceremony was shot to death after it escaped its leash and tried to attack a soldier, the Brazilian army said Tuesday. The army press office said that Juma the�jaguar�was on display as part of ceremonies Monday at the Jungle Warfare Instruction Center in Manaus.... ....

NY Army National Guard hosting honor guard training program

Edit The Washington Times 22 Jun 2016
CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. (AP) - Army National Guard members from across the U.S. are at a New York base for training in how to conduct military funerals. Eleven National Guard honor guard members from across the country are at the New York Army National Guard's Camp Smith Training Site in ... ....
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