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Clearbrook-Gonvick grad finishes training

CLEARBROOK – Air Force Airman Sarina A. Trego, of Clearbrook-Gonvick, graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Trego completed an eight-week program that included...

news Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 5:14pm

Models of a mock North Korea Scud-B missile, center right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 17, 2013. A South Korean military official said North Korea launched what appeared to be KN-02 missiles last week during its own drills. He won't say on what day it happened. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Admiral says US can intercept North Korean missile

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea, the top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday as the relationship between the West...

news Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 10:56am

Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes

TOKYO (AP) — It's easy to write off North Korea's threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy...

news Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 10:18am

Klobuchar, Walz tout bill to restore vets benefits

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Congressman Tim Walz are holding a Minneapolis press conference to discuss their legislation aimed at helping wrongly discharged military veterans...

news / region Mon, Apr 01, 2013 - 9:32am

Military brief for March 31

Bagley grad finishes basic training SHEVLIN – Air Force Airman Allen Deshane graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an eight-week...

news Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 4:58pm

Scotty Allison: Interesting statistics on American Indian servicemembers

As I was gathering information for the Northern Minnesota Veterans Home Task Force, I discovered some interesting facts about American Indian service members. First, they serve at a higher rate...

columns Fri, Mar 22, 2013 - 5:07pm

Fort Snelling buildings to become veterans housing

FORT SNELLING, Minn. (AP) — After decades of neglect, five old brick buildings at Fort Snelling that saw service from the Spanish-American War through World War II will be renovated...

news / region Mon, Mar 18, 2013 - 5:41am

Northrop Grumman commits to drone tech park

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Northrop Grumman has committed to being the anchor tenant of a proposed unmanned aircraft systems technology park at Grand Forks Air Force Base, according to Gov...

news / region Thu, Mar 14, 2013 - 9:01am

Defense pay cuts could affect 2,000-plus in N.D., Minn.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A proposed furlough of Defense Department employees could mean a 20 percent cut in pay for thousands of employees of Grand Forks Air Force Base and...

news / region Thu, Mar 14, 2013 - 8:56am

NORAD may shed 24-hour alert sites in Va., Minn.

DENVER (AP) — NORAD is considering taking two of its 18 Air Force sites off 24-hour alert, saying it will save millions of dollars without compromising its ability to defend...

news / region Fri, Mar 01, 2013 - 1:50pm

Lawmakers, vet groups panning Pentagon's new medal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The military's new medal for cyber warriors should get a demotion, according to veterans groups and lawmakers who say it shouldn't outrank such revered honors as the...

news / region Wed, Feb 27, 2013 - 4:35pm

Military News: Blackduck grad back from overseas

BLACKDUCK – Army Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Johnson has returned to the United States after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...

news / local Fri, Feb 22, 2013 - 4:13pm

South Korean army soldiers patrol along barbed-wire fences at the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. South Korea is confirming that North Korea has tested a nuclear device in defiance of U.N. orders to stop building atomic weapons. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea conducts third controversial nuke test

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Defying U.N. warnings, North Korea on Tuesday conducted its third nuclear test in the remote, snowy northeast, taking a crucial step toward its goal of...

news Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 8:53am

In this photo from last year, President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. As President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Feb. 12, 2013, he presides over an economy much healthier than the one he inherited four years ago. Yet growth remains slow and unemployment high. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year, two people familiar...

news Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 8:50am

Diana West: Women fight, civilization loses

And so it came, the coup de grace. The final “barrier” to “opportunities” for women in combat is no more. With a stroke of their pens, Secretary of Defense Leon...

opinion / commentary Mon, Feb 04, 2013 - 11:16pm

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