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La Senad intervino la Pizzería Bar La Casa Verde donde comercializaban drogas. Agentes del Departamento de Operaciones Urbanas de la Senad allanaron un local de nombre “Pizzería Bar La Casa Verde”, ubicado sobre la Avenida Defensores del Chaco casi Nueva Asunción donde, conforme a las investigaciones previas, se vendían drogas al menudeo. De acuerdo a las informaciones recabadas por los investigadores, la pizzería servía de fachada para la venta de los estupefaciente...

More than 3,100 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan since 2001, including more than than 30 Wisconsinites.

You are using an older browser version. Please use a supported version for the best MSN experience. This Memorial Day, remember especially those who died in Afghanistan, and the loved ones they left behind who still feel the loss deeply Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel It was a graduation gift from his mother, a chance to skydive. Quinn Johnson-Harris of Milwaukee made that first jump and declared: "Im going to live in the sky." And he did, joining the U.S. Air Force a...

More than 3,100 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan since 2001, including more than than 30 Wisconsinites.

Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering. He also earned a master’s degree in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School and a master’s degree in National Security from the Naval War College. Nicholson’s sea duty assignments include commander and deputy commander, Destroyer Squadron 22, embarked on USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77); commanding officer and executive officer of USS Pinckney ...

11 On May 10, a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the 61st Airlift Squadron was awarded one Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals for their decisive actions and outstanding airmanship displayed under hazardous conditions while deployed to Afghanistan on Sept. 19, 2020. The DFC is awarded to any officer or enlisted person of the Armed Forces of the United States who distinguished her or himself, in actual combat, in support of operations by heroism or extraordinary ach...

By Andre Trinidad, 943rd Rescue Group / Published May 18, 2021 An HH-60 Pave Hawk takes off form a temporary Forward Operating Base as part of Exercise Northern Assessment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group successfully completed training scenarios that incorporated highly mobile, temporary facilities in remote, austere locations while still performing combat search and rescue operations from 30 April through 3 May. Exercise Northern Assessment was safely condu...

By J.P. LAWRENCE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 15, 2021 PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan – Cease-fires between the Taliban and Afghan troops allowed Hussain Qadri to visit his childhood home in a Taliban-contested village near a former U.S. base for the first time in two years. The cease-fires, which were independently announced by the Taliban and the Afghan government to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, brought respite to Joi Yak, the village where Qadri grew up. It’s located within w...

By J.P. LAWRENCE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 15, 2021 PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan – Cease-fires between the Taliban and Afghan troops allowed Hussain Qadri to visit his childhood home in a Taliban-contested village near a former U.S. base for the first time in two years. The cease-fires, which were independently announced by the Taliban and the Afghan government to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, brought respite to Joi Yak, the village where Qadri grew up and located within walki...

USMC F-35Bs have arrived at RAF Lakenheath to deploy aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Split into two sections, each including 5 jets, a total of 10 USMC F-35Bs aircraft have arrived at RAF Lakenheath, UK. The first five jets landed on Apr. 26, 2021; the remaining ones arrived at the base in Suffolk, England, on Apr. 28, 2021. The USMC F-35Bs aircraft belong to the VMFA-211 Wake Island Avengers, based at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Yuma, Arizona, and, in the next weeks, they will depart RAF Laken...