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Crash-Landing Of Remdesivir-Carrying Plane In Madhya Pradesh To Be Probed Crash-Landing Of Remdesivir-Carrying Plane In Madhya Pradesh To Be Probed COVID-19 India: The plane carrying boxes of Remdesivir injections, used in Covid treatment, had crash-landed around 8:30 pm on Thursday, in which the pilot and co-pilot had suffered minor injuries. The state plane had arrived in Gwalior from Indore. Sub divisional magistrate Anil Banwaria said the state plane had arrived in Gwalior from Indore. ...

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Erin Ripley was selected from among 70 other installation Sailor of the Year recipients to earn the prestigious award. “Congratulations to MA1 Erin Ripley, our CNIC Sailor of the Year! Our region and installation Sailors of the Year represent the best of the best and are all deserving of our thanks and admiration,” said Vice Adm. Yancy Lindsey, Commander, Navy Installations Command. “They have accomplished some incredible things in their Navy careers with the enc...

Israeli soldiers arrested Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Rimawi overnight on April 21, 2021 from his home in Al-Bireh. (Photo from Alaa al-Rimawis Facebook profile) A Palestinian journalist is on hunger strike to protest his administrative detention by Israel. Alaa al-Rimawi, a reporter for Al-Jazeera Mubasher and director of the local J-Media Network news agency, marked his 17th day on a hunger strike on Friday after being placed under detention for three months. Al-Rimawi, 43, was arrested ov...

Iranian missile launch TEL AVIV: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat have agreed to establish an interagency working group to focus on the threat from Iran’s precision-guided missiles being shared with Hezbollah and other allies. Israeli defense sources told BD that while the Trump Administration focused on how to stop Iran’s gallop towards a nuclear bomb, the issue of Iran’s precision ballistic missiles has been ignor...

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley asks, ‘Where are the black generals?’ Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 ‘WE MUST GET BETTER’: Before the nation’s top military officer swore in 21 new second lieutenants to the Army at a commissioning ceremony at Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., he paused to reflect on the U.S. military’s egalitarian ethos, as well...

NAVCENT, U.S. Fifth Fleet, CMF Change of Command Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Hinton | 210505-N-KC128-0168 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (May 5, 2021) Vice Adm. Sam Paparo, left, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), is relieved by Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, right, during a change of command ceremony presided over by Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, onboard Naval Support A...

"We have made it exceedingly clear that protecting our forces and the forces of our allies and partners as they too withdraw is a priority, its a main priority," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Wednesday. "We have made plans to introduce additional ground force capabilities to, again, make sure that this is safe and orderly," Kirby added. The Pentagon also extended the deployment of a U.S. Navy carrier strike group in the region and deployed a dozen F-18 fighter jets to provide a...

Nearly 17,000 Afghan interpreters who risked their lives working for the US military are trying to leave the war-torn country ahead of President Biden’s September 11th deadline to withdraw remaining US forces from Afghanistan, but some may get left behind.

Posted : 2021-05-06 09:48 Updated : 2021-05-06 13:01 U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, left, head of the U.S. militarys Central Command, walks with U.S. Army Lieutenant General Paul LaCamera commander of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, after landing in Baghdad, Iraq, February 17, 2019. REUTERS-Yonhap Gen. Paul LaCamera is expected to take office as the new commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) around next month if his confirmation process goes smoothly, sources said Thursday. ...

USNI News Paparo Takes Command of U.S. Pacific Fleet, Cooper Now Leading U.S. 5th Fleet May 6, 2021 4:52 PM Vice Adm. Sam Paparo, left, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), is relieved by Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, right, during a change of command ceremony presided over by Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, on May 5, 2021. US NAvy Photo The former commander of U.S. nav...