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May 20, 2021

 

C-130 air crew earns medals after escaping enemy fire, aiding injured airman C-130J pilot Maj. Christopher Richardson received the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., on May 10. Fellow pilot 1st Lt. Christian Grochowski, and loadmasters Senior Airman Dimitrious Carden and Staff Sgt. Jade Mori received Air Medals, a statement said Wednesday. READ MORE

‘10-4 good buddy’: Marines test radio systems in convoy across America A cross-country trek for testing radio communications systems tactics may be the longest haul in the history of Marine Corps convoys, officials say. READ MORE

Navy destroyer makes freedom-of-navigation pass through South China Sea The Chinese military said the Curtis Wilbur entered the waters near the Paracels without permission, and that Chinese ships and planes followed the U.S. ship, a report said. READ MORE   Fifteen countries, 1,800 troops demonstrate NATO’s reach in US-led fires exercise in Germany At the Army’s ranges in Grafenwoehr and a separate site in Poland, U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s Dynamic Front drill is bringing together dozens of howitzers and multiple launch rocket systems in a showcase of allied reach. READ MORE   Vietnam War hero who killed sniper and silenced machine gun to save wounded buddies dies at 74 Charles Hagemeister, 74, who received the Medal of Honor for actions as an Army medic during the Vietnam War, died Wednesday in Kansas. READ MORE

COVID-19 cases wane on US bases as Okinawa steers toward state of emergency All U.S. military installations in Japan and South Korea have scheduled vaccine clinics this week for children ages 12-17 to receive the first of the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. READ MORE   Racism he endured drove first Vietnamese-born US Army general’s passion for diversity, inclusion About 4% of active-duty enlisted personnel and 8% of commissioned personnel in the U.S. military are of Asian descent, and only about 3% of all active-duty personnel are Pacific Islander, according to a December report from the Department of Defense. READ MORE   Recalling childhood memories, antics with Audie Murphy While Murphy's heroics and bravery in the European theater of the war earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Silver Star and several other distinctions, making him a larger-than-life hero in the eyes of many, 96-year-old William Caldwell of Greenville enjoys sharing a few personal memories of growing up with Murphy, when the two were young boys living in Celeste. READ MORE

 

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