The soldiers who died last week during a mission in Lithuania were remembered as a mix of dedicated young fathers, talented Army mechanics and key members of a close-knit unit. The names of three were released Tuesday while the fourth soldier is expected to be officially named on Wednesday.
In this week’s episode of the BLUF, host Sarah Kallassy takes a look at the PACT Act, one of the largest expansion of VA health care and benefits in history.
Chet Gladchuk, the Naval Academy’s athletic director, is retiring after 24 years. The academy said Monday it would start a national search for a replacement, and the new AD will take over “upon a timely transition.”
The first refugees out of Saigon — 54 Vietnamese orphans — arrived at Yokota AB early Thursday after a dash to freedom from an increasingly nervous South Vietnamese capital. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, April 4, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.
Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.
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