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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...

The crisis between Cameroonian authorities and a group agitating for a separate country to be known as Ambazonia, is having effects on some parts of Nigeria, especially the border communities in Cross River State. Daily Trust on Sunday reports how the ‘Ambazonian Boys’ and Cameroonian soldiers enjoy unhindered access to Nigerian territories, especially communities in […]

Step into a DFAC (Dining Facility or cafeteria) on an Army post and you may overhear a soldier talk about the FOB (Forward Operating Base) they were at during their last deployment and whether the air conditioner worked in their CHU (Containerized Housing Unit or trailer.)  And now there’s this tongue twister: CNIDODCCSAAPWSVCSA. It refers to the just-formed “Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorates the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who...

The incident happened on Monday night when Igboho stormed the troubled area in Yewaland. However, the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday told newsmen in Abeokuta that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime. Oyeyemi also disclosed that there have been attacks in the past three days on herdsmen settlements in Yewaland. According to him, the settlements affected have been in existence in the area for many years, in some cases for over 20 years, and inhabi...

People who spoke to Daily Trust said it would require political will and active support of various stakeholders nationwide, devoid of mutual suspicion, ethnic and religious profiling, to surmount the daunting security breaches in almost all the geopolitical zones of the country.   South-West Kidnapping, banditry, communal unrests, farmers/herders clashes and cultism are becoming a norm in the South-Western part of Nigeria. In fact, the six states in the region are witnessing a surge in such c...

defenceWeb Written by RAF - Chinooks from 1310 flight on Op NEWCOMBE recently visited the Hombori Mountains. An RAF Chinook has delivered heavy equipment to extend French and Malian forces’ operational range as part of Op Barkhane, the French counter insurgency operation in the West African Sahel region. The recent operation saw a Chinook of 1310 Flight lift a large Air-portable Fuel Container to a Forward Operating Base to enable ground and air recces to operate at a greater distance from ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Twenty-four persons suspected to be involved in bunkering have been arrested in the riverine area of Ondo State. The suspects who were nabbed by the Forward Operating Base, FOB, of the Nigerian Navy in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state were caught with over 100,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, commonly known as diesel. DAILY POST gathered that the operatives of the Nigerian Navy intercepted six boats used to transport the product along Ondo/La...