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August 30, 2022

Bend shooting: Safeway employee 'attacked the suspect with a produce knife he kept on his hip,' police say

The Bend Police Department said Tuesday that Donald Ray Surrett, Jr., a 66-year-old Safeway employee, attacked a gunman with a produce knife inside the store.

August 30, 2022

HEROES OF KABUL: ‘All good here,’ Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss wrote in last message to mom

Army Special Operations Forces Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was among the 13 American service members killed by a suicide bomber one year ago during the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

August 30, 2022

Naming commission recommends Army and Naval academies scrap names of Confederate alumni

The Army and Navy academies should change the names of landmarks and memorials honoring Confederate leaders, according to the final Naming Commission report to Congress.

August 30, 2022

Mother of late Army sergeant blasts Biden for 'unnecessary' loss of lives in Afghanistan: 'America is angry'

Paula Knauss Selph said America as lost it's way after her son, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, was one of 13 U.S. service members killed in Kabul, Afghanistan.

August 23, 2022

Ukraine video by former US Green Beret shows hundreds of mines removed from field

A video posted on TikTok by a former U.S. Army Green Beret purportedly shows hundreds of mines that were removed from a field in Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine.

August 23, 2022

Air Force erasing decorated Union Army veteran from base over 'brutal acts' towards Native Americans

Washington's Fairchild Air Force Base is renaming areas of the installation honoring George Wright, who has generated controversy for his treatment of Native Americans.

August 23, 2022

US Army Corps vessel to be named after Memphis engineer

A U.S. Army Corps river vessel is being named after Darian S. Chasteen, a civil engineer who worked in the Memphis division of the Army Corps, who passed away last year.

August 23, 2022

Fallen soldier and devoted father lost in Afghanistan left legacy of true friendship

Thirteen years ago, Army Capt. John L. Hallett died in Afghanistan with three other soldiers when an improvised roadside bomb exploded. Hallett left behind his wife and kids — and countless friends.

August 19, 2022

Meet the American who founded pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the nation

Meet the American who created pickleball with friends — a sport that is becoming vastly popular in America. Joel Pritchard of Washington state invented the game in 1965 to entertain his kids.

August 18, 2022

Army's new 'tactical bra' is first-ever designed in-house by US military

The U.S. Army has announced prototypes designed to support its female soldiers with an item of clothing that's been much-needed: an Army Tactical Brassiere, or ATB. There are four prototypes.