When John Frey's family requested 101 birthday cards to celebrate the World War II veteran's 101st birthday in Utah, they were expecting to get 500 at most.
After a $30,000 donation, Honor Flight will hold its first all-female memorial flight this week, made up of women veterans from the Vietnam and Korean wars.
A statement from US national security adviser John Bolton reads, "In response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings, the United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U. S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. "
Hugs, kisses and tears of joy greeted 128 members of the 729th Air Control Squadron as they landed at Hill Air Force Base after seven months in the Middle East.
Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Pentagon calls Hill Air Force Base most at risk for negative impacts from climate change among 79 vital military installations in the United States.
U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she "felt like the system was raping me all over again."
The plane carrying Brent Taylor's body will land at Salt Lake's Air National Guard Base at 3:00 p.m., and then be taken to Weber State's Dee Events Center.
The National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah finds that at-risk veterans are more likely to post about emotional distress, alcohol, firearms, or post content which switches rapidly from positive to negative emotion.
A V.A. Mental Health Summit in Utah is aimed at preventing veteran suicide, with the Office of Veterans Affairs saying around 20 vets take their own lives every day nationwide.
The VA offers focused treatment to any and all United States veterans who risked their lives to keep our country safe. Here are some of the specific services they offer.
