Officials find debris from F-35 fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after pilot ejected
The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected has been located in rural South Carolina after the military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection.
US Army misses recruiting goal; other services squeak by
The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers โ or 25% โ short of its recruitment goal this year, despite a frantic effort to make up the widely expected gap in a year when all the military services struggled in a tight jobs market to find young people willing and fit to enlist.
Army says nearly 98% got the COVID-19 vaccine by deadline
U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service.
Thief targets several disabled veterans' trucks during Marine Corps Ball in Houston
HOUSTON โ Sergeant Mike Nasche, a soldier in Houston on a recruiting assignment, is picking up the pieces after someone broke into his truck during the Marine Corps Ball this past weekend. โThe back window was just completely smashed.โIt happened in the parking lot of the Houston Marriott South near Hobby Airport Saturday evening. โAll from veterans with disabled veterans license plates,โ Nasche said. โThereโs no on-duty security, thereโs no rolling patrols in the parking lot,โ Aguais said. You can talk to them.โโKPRC 2 reached out to Marriott for a statement but referred us to the Houston Police Department.
Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting
Ray attended the Joint Chiefs meeting Friday in the so-called Tank โ the classified meeting room in the Pentagon. Officials said that is where most of the military leaders were exposed to him, but he also had other meetings with officials. The Marine Corps remains operationally ready to answer the Nationโs call.โThe news of the positive tests has stunned officials at the Pentagon. Overall, more than 47,000 service members have tested positive for the virus, as of Monday; 625 have been hospitalized and eight have died. According to officials, the military leaders were negative at that time, and they will continue to be tested in the coming days.
Oldest living US Marine celebrates her 107th birthday
The oldest living U.S. Marine celebrated her 107th birthday over the weekend with a special message from the Marine Corps. Cole, of Kannapolis, is the oldest living U.S. Marine in the United States. pic.twitter.com/mHZGMPNIxO โ Kannapolis, NC (@Kannapolis) September 19, 2020Everyone was out doing something," Sgt. So I decided that I wanted to do something, and I would go into the Marine Corps.โ. Cole was born Sept. 19, 1913 in Warren, Penn., and currently resides in Kannapolis, N.C., Fox 10 reports.