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  • U.S. Troops Fortify California Border As Hundreds of Caravan Migrants Reach Crossing

    Hundreds of Central American migrants making their way through Mexico towards the U.S. have reportedly reached Tijuana, which shares a border with San Diego, California. The group is comprised of around 400 people, according to the BBC, including a group of around 80 LGBT migrants that Newsweek reported earlier this week had split with a […]

  • National Guard troops search for more wildfire victims; 56 dead

    PARADISE, Calif. — With at least 130 people still missing, National Guard troops searched Wednesday through charred debris for more victims of California’s deadliest wildfire as top federal and state officials toured the ruins of a community completely destroyed by the flames. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke joined Gov. Jerry Brown on a visit to the […]

  • Army Adopts ‘Pinks and Greens’ as New Service Uniform

    Army Adopts ‘Pinks and Greens’ as New Service Uniform Soldiers will soon be wearing the uniform worn by America’s “Greatest Generation.” But not real soon. The Army announced Sunday on its website that it will adopt the “Army Greens” as its new service uniform. Army leaders have been displaying modern prototypes of the historic uniform […]

  • Cal Guard’s newest helicopters head for Camp Fire

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  • Pentagon Sending 5,000 Active Troops to Border

    The Defense Department is sending more than 5,000 active-component troops to the Southwest border at the request of the Department of Homeland Security. The troops will help U.S. Customs and Border Protection “harden” 26 designated points of entry along the nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico, officials told reporters at a press conference Monday in Washington, […]

  • Talk of Defense Budget Cuts Return

    The growth in the defense spending may soon end. Last week, President Donald Trump directed Pentagon officials to develop a fiscal 2020 defense budget request with a topline of $700 billion, which is $16 billion less than Congress appropriated for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. His initial plan for the fiscal 2020 defense […]