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Those who are currently serving or have served in the military, those who have a loved one who is serving or has served in the military, and those who have lost a loved one that served in the military...
Posted on 5/27/13 at 10:30 AM
Armed Forces Day 2013
May 18 is Armed Forces Day. What is it and how did it originate? President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members fo...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:21 AM
UND Army ROTC secures elite Top 10 finish prestigious military event
The team of Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from the University of North Dakota finished sixth overall at this years prestigious Sandhurst Military Skills Competition (SANCOM) held recent...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:54 AM
Take Time to Thank Those Who Serve
For the first time in a long time, I was able to spend Thanksgiving with my family in Wisconsin. The North Dakota State University mens basketball team was playing in Green Bay that weekend, so an ass...
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:32 PM
Military blogs: an update
An update now on the post I wrote just before Memorial Day. I threw out a question, "Wouldn't it be great for someone to write a blog to honor our fallen soldiers?" I heard a resounding "YES" from so...
Posted on 6/2/11 at 3:08 PM
McConnell selected for new Air Force tanker base
TOPEKA, Kan. — Wichita's McConnell Air Force Base has been selected to be the main operating base for the Air Force's new KC-46A air refueling tanker.May 22, 2013
Bauman takes command of Grand Forks Air Force Base
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE — Col. Paul E. Bauman became the base’s 38th commander Wednesday after Maj. Gen. William Bender proclaimed him “the right commander at the right time.”May 15, 2013
Grand Forks AFB absorbs sequester cuts
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE -- Grand Forks Air Force Base already has absorbed some $800,000 in financial cuts as a result of the federal budget sequester that began last month. But they might be difficult to notice.By Kevin Bonham , May 14, 2013
Missile in scrapped test was to come from Minot
MINOT — Air Force officials and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven say the intercontinental ballistic missile for a planned test launch that was scrapped last month because of mounting tensions with North Korea was to have come from the Minot Air Force Base missile field.May 14, 2013
ND guardsmen deploy for homeland security mission
BISMARCK — About 150 North Dakota National Guard soldiers have left for a yearlong homeland security mission in the Washington, D.C., area.May 13, 2013
Is there a morale crisis in the US nuclear force?
WASHINGTON — Beyond the Air Force's embarrassing suspension of 17 nuclear missile launch officers lie two broader questions.By ROBERT BURNS , May 11, 2013
General orders extra review of Minot AFB nuke crew failings
WASHINGTON — The general who commands the nation's nuclear forces said Thursday he has ordered further review of failings discovered among Air Force officers who operate nuclear missiles. But he told Congress Thursday he was not alarmed by their shortcomings.By ROBERT BURNS , May 09, 2013
Air Force decision on airspace expected in March
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An Air Force decision on its plan to more than triple the airspace that can be used in training exercises for Dakotas-based B-1 and B-52 bombers is expected in March, Air Force chief of staff Gen. Mark Welsh said Wednesday.By DIRK LAMMERS , May 08, 2013
Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers at Minot; Commander cites 'rot' in nuke force
By ROBERT BURNS , May 08, 2013
Minot airman dies while deployed to Guam
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE — An airman from the Minot Air Force Base who was deployed to Guam has died.April 30, 2013
Passing the challenge: Trinity High School graduate Jacques Oesterich graduating from West Point
By Linda Sailer , April 28, 2013
'Forgotten war' lives in memory
By Chuck Haga , April 16, 2013
No panic in NKorea despite talk of missile test
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The prospect of a North Korean missile test is “considerably high,” South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang calmly prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention with dramatic displays of military power.April 10, 2013
Pyongyang rumblings have little effect on SKoreans
SEOUL, South Korea — Outsiders might hear the opening notes of a war in the deluge of threats and provocations from North Korea, but to South Koreans it is a familiar drumbeat.April 05, 2013
North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Tuesday it will restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of nuclear weapons material, in what outsiders see as its latest attempt to extract U.S. concessions by raising fears of war.April 02, 2013
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