Matthew Perez’s parents told him that he and his new wife, Jessica, should wait a few years before having kids, to make sure the young couple had their “ducks in a row” before adding to their family. But the young Army paratrooper and his wife had other plans.
“That’s the only thing I’m glad that he didn’t listen to me or his mom, because my daughter-in-law is expecting,” said Jose Perez, Matthew’s father. “So now we’re gonna have Matthew coming back, hopefully.”
Matthew Perez, 20, was killed Sept.
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A Marine veteran and his wife located the body of a man who is accused of shooting five people earlier this month along Interstate 75 in Southern Kentucky.
On Wednesday, Fred McCoy and his wife Shelia located the remains of Joseph Couch, who was wanted by police in connection with the Sept. 7 shootings.
Couch served in the Army Reserve for six years as a combat engineer, did not deploy, and left the service as a private. After the shootings, authorities had offered a reward for information leading to Couch’s arrest. Police found his truck and a weapon they believe he used.
For U.S. service members, PowerPoint presentations have become a mind-numbing, though generally benign, part of service in the modern age. But on Thursday, Army leaders have found themselves called before Congress to testify on one such slideshow.
On Thursday, Army leaders were questioned by members of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel about a July anti-terrorism briefing at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, that listed nonprofits and advocacy groups as terrorist organizations.
Three sharp directors on the National Security Council staff invited Ryan over to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to chat about the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact, which is a trilateral partnership between the United States, Canada, and Finland that’s aimed at delivering the icebreakers America needs while also jump-starting U.S. competitiveness and power in shipbuilding overall. Image: Tuomas Romu
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US Army personnel were given a taste of the thr
In 2020, Joshua Meservey wrote “China’s Palace Diplomacy in Africa,”where he argued that China maintains a competitive advantage in Africa and will continue its aggressive financial investment in African government infrastructure and cultivation of African leaders. In the wake of China’s announcement this month of additional multi-billion dollar investments, we invited Joshua back to reflect on his article. Read more below.
The Navy’s first fully gender-integrated submarine joined the fleet with changes to reflect an increase of women sailors serving in positions that were previously off limits. The biggest change? More doors for more privacy.
The Navy’s newest attack submarine, the future USS New Jersey (SSN 796) was commissioned into the fleet last weekend in a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey.
Lebanon is on edge after thousands of Hezbollah
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France has placed an order for eight SAMP/T NG missile defence systems, which are to be produced by Eurosam.