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Wreath-laying, memorial ceremonies, and public events held at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Illinois Army National Guard Promotes Macomb Native to Lieutenant Colonel
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (80+ words) The Illinois Army National Guard promoted Maj. Phyllida “Phyl” Shoudel to lieutenant colonel Sept. 19, 2026, at Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois. Col. Michael Barton presided over the ceremony as Shoudel’s husband and two daughters pinned on her new rank. Shoudel thanked…...
How the Capital Region honored the lives lost in the 9/11 attacks
1+ week, 2+ day ago (66+ words) Many people today remembered where they were on the terrifying day of Sept. 11, 2001. Several ceremonies and events were held all across the Capital Region to honor the lives lost that day. Many people today remembered where they were on the…...
Dozens of Maine veterans en route to Washington, DC, war memorials
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (58+ words) In its third trip of 2026, Honor Flight Maine is sending 75 Vietnam and Korean War veterans, and one WWII veteran, to see their war memorials in Washington, D.C. In its third trip of 2026, Honor Flight Maine is sending 75 Vietnam and Korean War…...
DPAA Eyes Exhumation to Identify Korean War Unknown at Arlington
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (674+ words) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is seeking to exhume and identify the remains of the Korean War service member buried as an Unknown beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The proposal reflects the agency’s…...
Army Locks in Automatic Staff Sergeant Promotions for Drill Sergeants
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (682+ words) The Army announced Friday that soldiers who qualify as drill sergeants will receive an automatic promotion to staff sergeant after completing the training required for the assignment. The change puts a new reward behind one of the service’s most visible…...
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1+ day, 3+ hour ago (762+ words) The U.S. Air Force is confronting a $14 billion shortfall in aircraft parts, a supply gap that is affecting how the service buys components and approaches sustainment funding. Service leaders detailed the problem Wednesday during the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space…...
Protesters form human chain around shuttered Kennedy Center
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (333+ words) Hundreds of people formed a human chain around the Kennedy Center Friday evening in protest of its closing and threats by the Trump administration to demolish the memorial to President John F. Kennedy. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports. Hands Off the Arts…...
Scarlet Dragon 26.3: Interview With Col. Paul Staeheli, G3, XVIII Airborne Corps, and Col. Tom Monaghan, Director, Joint Innovation Outpost
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (171+ words) During the Scarlet Dragon 26.3 exercise, Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker interviewed Col. Staeheli, the operations chief for the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, and Col. Monaghan, who provides acquisition support and oversight for the Corps as the JIOP director. The Sept. 16 interview…...
Warner, McGuire in attendance for landmark National Ground Intelligence Center expansion
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (631+ words) The Ruckersville facility, in operation for 25 years, received much needed space and enhanced technological capabilities to help with intelligence gathering. Housed within the expansion are additional science and technology laboratories, as well as analytical workspaces for intelligence personnel as they…...
Silence of the Jammed; EC-130H retires
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (95+ words) Staff Sgt. Phoenix Bickerstaff, 755th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulic systems specialist, marshals in an EC-130H Compass Call, tail 1590, assigned to the 55th Electronic Combat Group, for the final time during a retirement ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 18, 2026. Tail…...