Author: Michael

Rafael Peralta could not wait to become an American.
Originally from Mexico City, Peralta would do anything for his adopted homeland. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on the same day he received his green card in 2000 and was killed four years later while serving his country.
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Peralta’s actions on November 15, 2004, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in Iraq earned him the Navy Cross. For years, Peralta’s family refused to accept the Navy Cross.

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The Japanese Ministry of Defense has reported a sharp increase in the Air Self Defense Force’s emergency fighter scrambles in December 2025, with 79 launches having been made to intercept foreign military aircraft approaching the country’s airspace. Fighters were scrambled only 33 times the previous month, with incidents in December representing 17.6 percent of the year’s total of 448. Chinese military aircraft accounted for 53 of the December scrambles, while Russian aircraft were responsible for 23.

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