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    September 14, 2016
    A U.S. Marine checks GPS coordinates for his mortar team during a simulated beach assault at Marine Corps Base Hawaii with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Unit during the multi-national military exercise RIMPAC in Kaneohe, Hawaii, July 30, 2016. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry
    Climate change 'significant and direct' threat to U.S. military: report
    WASHINGTON — The effects of climate change endanger U.S. military operations and could increase the danger of international conflict, according...
    NewsSeptember 14, 2016 - 10:00am
    September 9, 2016
    Submitted The drive to see the Medal of Honor awarded to Retired Captain E. Royce Williams, a Clinton native, has been featured in the Northern Star newspaper in Clinton. Williams is shown here when he was featured by Homeland Magazine.
    Minn. town wants nation to remember 'forgotten hero' who shot down Russian fighter jets
    CLINTON, Minn.—The small town of Clinton has not forgotten its native son for his bravery in the service of country. It's hoping the nation...
    NewsSeptember 9, 2016 - 1:37pm
    September 8, 2016
    Senators seek to block $1.15 billion U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia
    WASHINGTON—Four U.S. senators introduced a joint resolution on Thursday, Sept. 8, seeking to block the U.S. sale of $1.15 billion of Abrams...
    NewsSeptember 8, 2016 - 3:16pm
    September 7, 2016
    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at the Union League of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
    Trump vows U.S. military buildup, commander in chief test looms
    PHILADELPHIA—Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday to launch a new U.S. military buildup as he and Democratic...
    NewsSeptember 7, 2016 - 2:24pm
    August 31, 2016
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    Plane that looked like president's touched down in Fargo
    FARGO - If you thought you might have spotted the President's plane in Fargo on Monday, Aug. 29 you weren't alone. A large airplane with the...
    NewsAugust 31, 2016 - 9:27am
    August 30, 2016
    Canada's Chief of Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance speaks during a news conference upon the release of a progress report on addressing inappropriate sexual behaviour in the Canadian Armed Forces, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
    Sexual offense complaints in Canada military up 22 percent
    TORONTO—The number of sexual-offence complaints in the Canadian Armed Forces increased 22 percent this year, but that is a "positive indicator"...
    NewsAugust 30, 2016 - 3:09pm
    August 28, 2016
    Damaged mosque is seen in Falluja, Iraq, after government forces recaptured the city from Islamic State militants, June 30, 2016. REUTERS
    New massacre reports show U.S. inability to curb Iraq militias
    WASHINGTON—Shi'ite militias in Iraq detained, tortured and abused far more Sunni civilians during the American-backed capture of the town...
    NewsAugust 28, 2016 - 6:37am
    August 25, 2016
    Footage taken aboard the USS Nitze shows of Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessels. via REUTERS TVplay button
    U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots toward Iranian vessel
    WASHINGTON—A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots after an Iranian fast-attack craft approached two U.S. ships in the northern Gulf on Wednesday,...
    NewsAugust 25, 2016 - 2:16pm
    August 22, 2016
    The battleship USS Arizona sinks after being hit by a Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters
    Japan's first lady makes first visit to Pearl Harbor
    Japan's first lady Akie Abe made an unofficial visit to Pearl Harbor on Sunday where she paid tribute to Americans killed in Japan's surprise...
    NewsAugust 22, 2016 - 4:05pm
    August 14, 2016
    Thailand Election Commission's chairman Supachai Somcharoen, center, gestures during a news conference at the Election Commission Office in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 7. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
    Democratically elected government won't take power in Thailand until at least late 2017
    BANGKOK—A democratically elected government will take power in Thailand at the earliest by December 2017, a senior Thai official said this...
    NewsAugust 14, 2016 - 6:23am
    August 9, 2016
    An Abrams main battle tank, for U.S. troops deployed in the Baltics as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve, leaves Riga port March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
    U.S. approves $1.15 billion sale of tanks, other equipment to Saudi Arabia
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles,...
    NewsAugust 9, 2016 - 11:14am
    August 3, 2016
    A brightly shining sun reflected the nation's flag in the carved stone at the Rock County Veterans Memorial in Luverne, Minn., in this 2011 file photo.
    Suicide rate of U.S. veterans up since 2001
    WASHINGTON —The suicide rate among American veterans has increased by nearly a third since 2001, a bigger rise than in the wider population...
    NewsAugust 3, 2016 - 6:13pm
    June 9, 2016
    West Fargo VFW officers tally up the results to move to a new facility along Sheyenne Street during a membership vote Thursday, June 9, 2016.David Samson / The Forum
    VFW members overwhelmingly OK move to new Sheyenne Complex
    WEST FARGO—One of the state's largest VFW posts will move next door into a new complex in downtown West Fargo after its members overwhelmingly...
    NewsJune 9, 2016 - 10:09pm
    May 31, 2016
    U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points to a member of the media following a news conference at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
    Combative Trump says he raised $5.6 million for vets, bashes media
    NEW YORK - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday detailed $5.6 million in contributions he raised for military veterans,...
    NewsMay 31, 2016 - 2:16pm
    April 26, 2016
    From left, Department Chairman Jim Hapala, Deb Becker, Shanna Lower, Mary Anderson and West Fargo Post Commander Shorty Vetter. Photo by Josh Francis
    Three West Fargo teachers honored by VFW Post 7564
    West Fargo Public Schools teachers Shanna Lower, Deb Becker and Mary Anderson were honored on Thursday, April 21, for their teaching of patriotism...
    NewsApril 26, 2016 - 12:03pm
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