/military-and-defense Military and Defense en-US Copyright Sat, 09 Mar 2024 15:06:42 GMT /military-and-defense/2024-03-08/pentagon-finds-no-evidence-of-alien-technology-in-new-ufo-report In the U.S. military's most comprehensive report addressing unconfirmed UFO sightings, defense officials concluded that most sightings dating back to 1945 were of ordinary origin. Sat, 09 Mar 2024 15:06:42 GMT /military-and-defense/2024-03-08/pentagon-finds-no-evidence-of-alien-technology-in-new-ufo-report Emma Bowman /military-and-defense/2024-01-24/u-s-hits-iraq-militia-sites-and-anti-ship-missiles-in-yemen The U.S. military struck facilities in Iraq and Yemen operated by Iranian-backed militias that are said to be involved in attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:28:06 GMT /military-and-defense/2024-01-24/u-s-hits-iraq-militia-sites-and-anti-ship-missiles-in-yemen The Associated Press /health-and-medicine/2023-11-13/new-director-pledges-improvements-to-roseburg-va-health-care-system Patrick Hull began as the executive medical center director of the Roseburg VA health care system in April. Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:45:59 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-11-13/new-director-pledges-improvements-to-roseburg-va-health-care-system Jane Vaughan /military-and-defense/2023-11-10/sou-honors-service-members-in-second-annual-veterans-day-celebration The event’s keynote speaker was Lt. Col. retired Kirk Mickelsen, an SOU graduate from 1991 who led the university's ROTC program. Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:32:40 GMT /military-and-defense/2023-11-10/sou-honors-service-members-in-second-annual-veterans-day-celebration JPR News staff /international-affairs/2023-10-16/biden-is-set-to-visit-israel-but-a-planned-stop-in-jordan-has-been-canceled President Biden called off meetings in Jordan after an explosion at a busy hospital killed hundreds of people. President Mahmoud Abbas declared days of mourning for the victims. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:42:57 GMT /international-affairs/2023-10-16/biden-is-set-to-visit-israel-but-a-planned-stop-in-jordan-has-been-canceled Tamara Keith /military-and-defense/2023-08-28/tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions-may-put-650-officers-in-limbo-by-years-end Hundreds of nominees for military positions have been stalled as Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., protests Pentagon abortion policy, and that total could swell to 650, the Pentagon says. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:10:44 GMT /military-and-defense/2023-08-28/tubervilles-hold-on-military-promotions-may-put-650-officers-in-limbo-by-years-end Tom Bowman /military-and-defense/npr-news/2023-07-02/discharged-over-sexual-orientation-military-still-owes-thousands-of-vets Twelve years after repeal of the ban on gay and lesbian troops serving openly, no one in the military or Veterans Administration knows how many vets are still without the benefits they're owed. Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:49:37 GMT /military-and-defense/npr-news/2023-07-02/discharged-over-sexual-orientation-military-still-owes-thousands-of-vets Quil Lawrence /law-and-justice/2023-06-16/pentagon-leak-suspect-jack-teixeira-is-indicted-by-a-federal-grand-jury The Air National guardsman is facing six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information, according to the Department of Justice. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:09:19 GMT /law-and-justice/2023-06-16/pentagon-leak-suspect-jack-teixeira-is-indicted-by-a-federal-grand-jury Jonathan Franklin /international-affairs/2023-05-28/russia-has-launched-its-largest-drone-attack-of-the-war-on-kyiv-killing-one Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. Sun, 28 May 2023 12:57:02 GMT /international-affairs/2023-05-28/russia-has-launched-its-largest-drone-attack-of-the-war-on-kyiv-killing-one The Associated Press /international-affairs/2023-05-07/ukraine-says-its-newly-fielded-u-s-patriot-system-downed-a-russian-hypersonic-missile The Russian Kinzhal was intercepted during an air strike over Kyiv earlier this week, a Ukrainian official said. It is the first known time the sophisticated Russian missile has been shot down. Sun, 07 May 2023 12:48:58 GMT /international-affairs/2023-05-07/ukraine-says-its-newly-fielded-u-s-patriot-system-downed-a-russian-hypersonic-missile Scott Neuman