Suicides across the military have steadily increased since 2013 according to the Department of Defense. But a naval clinic on Joint Base Andrews has a secret weapon that can sniff out members dealing with extreme stress. Every day, Senior Chief Brad greets sailors and marines as they enter a military clinic for their regular doctor’s appointments. Throughout […]
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Transgender Americans Continue To Sign Up For Military Service
Transgender Americans are openly enlisting in the U.S. military for the first time — and many say they feel courts will ultimately block President Donald Trump from banning their service. Nicholas Bade, a 37-year-old transgender man who is among the first of what advocates expect will be a small but historic surge of enlistments, has […]
North Korea Accepts South’s Invitation To Peace Talks
SEOUL — North and South Korea will hold official talks on Jan. 9, South Korea’s unification ministry said on Friday, after Pyongyang sent a statement accepting Seoul’s offer for talks next week. The agenda will include the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as well as other issues of mutual interest, ministry spokesman Baek Tae-hyun told reporters. “We […]
Kim Jong Un Says He Has Nuclear Button On His Desk At All Times
SEOUL, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States that he has a “nuclear button” on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened, but offered an olive branch to South Korea, saying he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul. After a year dominated by fiery rhetoric and […]
Navy Pilot Says He Encountered UFO Not From This World
A retired U.S. Navy pilot revealed the time in 2004 when he encountered a strange object he claimed was “not from this world.” Cmdr. David Fravor, a Navy pilot for 18 years, said he has come across strange things during his tenure but recalled one encounter on Nov. 14, 2004 that left him puzzled, ABC […]
Tillerson Says America Ready To Talk Whenever North Korea Wants
The Wall Street Journal’s Jerry Seib notes a slowdown in provocative activity from Pyongyang and the Winter Olympics in South Korea could provide a window of opportunity for diplomacy. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that the U.S. would be willing to hold talks with North Korea even if the Communist nation does not […]
14 United Nations Peace Keepers Killed In The Congo
KINSHASA, Congo — In the deadliest single attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in recent memory, rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 14 peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in an assault on their base that was launched at nightfall and went on for hours. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed “outrage and utter heartbreak” […]
ISIS Beheads 15 Of It’s Own Terrorists In Afghanistan
The Islamic State terror group beheaded 15 of its own fighters Thursday due to infighting in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, while a suicide attack in another part of the country left at least eight people dead. The fighters were executed in the Surkh Ab bazaar of Achin district along the country’s border with Pakistan […]
Ring Leader Of Benghazi Attack Is Acquitted Of Murder Charges
The man accused of masterminding the 2012 attack on a US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has been acquitted by a US jury of the most serious charges. Ahmed Abu Khattala was convicted of terror charges but found not guilty of other charges including murder. The attack on the diplomatic compound resulted in the death of […]
North Korea Blast Missile Into Japanese Waters
U.S. officials confirm South Korean media reports that North Korea conducted missile test; Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon. North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) around 1:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the first such launch from the rogue regime in more than two months, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News. The missile, […]
Terror Threat Has Law Enforcement On High Alert Across Country
With terrorist groups renewing calls for would-be attackers to target American rail lines, at least one local law enforcement agency in the U.S. is using drones to help guard against such a threat. The police chief for the Philadelphia-area’s mass-transit system said he has known for some time that more than 140,000 miles of rail […]
Hackers Putting Porn On ISIS Recruiting Sites
A group of Iraqi computer hackers has launched a cyberoperation against the ISIS terror group by slipping pornographic images into its official communication channels, according to a report published this week. Members of the hacker group, which calls itself Daeshgram (a play on an Arabic acronym many use to describe ISIS), told Newsweek that the […]