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SEATTLE — A passenger aboard a float plane that violated the airspace around Air Force One while President Obama was in town Monday was stunned to find out about the fuss that resulted, saying the incursion wasn’t intentional.
A reserve Marine died Tuesday in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department has announced.
Lance Cpl. Abram L. Howard, 21, of Williamsport, Pa., was assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group. The Marine Forces Reserve unit is based out of North Versailles, Pa.
Four Marine Corps Reserve colonels have been nominated by President Obama for promotion to the rank of brigadier general, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
The nominated officers:
Marine Forces Reserve is now offering $15,000 re-enlistment and affiliation bonuses for Marines in selected, in-demand fields who are willing to sign a three year contract with the Selected Marine Corps Reserve.
NORMAL, Ill. — The Illinois National Guard plans to build a new $16.3 million armory on the campus of Heartland Community College in Normal.
Gov. Pat Quinn’s office said the new armory will help the guard be better prepared to help with public safety.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — When squabbling between Louisiana’s Democratic governor and the Republican Bush administration delayed some troops getting to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, many blamed raw politics.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — The admission by Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal — one of Connecticut's most well-known politicians — that he "misspoke" when he claimed he served in Vietnam has bolstered Republican hopes they could capture a seat once seen as a lock for Democrats.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Trying to defuse a crisis that could give the GOP a powerful opening, Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday that he “misspoke” in claiming more than once that he served in Vietnam, and he dismissed the furor as a matter of “a few misplaced words.”
HARTFORD, Conn. — Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal disputed a newspaper report that he once lied about his Vietnam record, a brewing crisis that gave hope to Republicans pursuing control of the Senate.
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — A Marine reserve officer received a 90-day brig sentence on Thursday, along with a reprimand and forfeiture of $6,000 in pay, after pleading guilty in an alleged conspiracy ring at Camp Pendleton, Calif., to obtain and share classified intelligence documents.
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