10 Interesting Facts You Need to Know About Veterans Day in the U.S.

Veterans Day in the US is celebrated each year on November 11, and for this year's observance, celebrations and activities have started in different parts of the country. Read more...

War Veteran News Flash

• Road-weary Army crushes UP, Air Force fends off PNP in Shakey’s V-League Open

  GAMES ON THURSDAY (July 3rd) at the San Juan Arena: 2:00PM – Cagayan Valley vs. Philippine National Police 4:00PM – PLDT Home Telpad vs. University of the Philippines THE ARENA, San Juan City—Still recovering from the rigors of enduring a … Continue reading ?

• Will that star-spangled banner YET WAVE?

  Photo by Dan Miller He was Middletown’s one-man Independence Day tradition. Now he’s hung his last flag.

• Senator Kaine Makes Stops in Albemarle, Shenandoah Valley

  Senator Tim Kaine toured the Rivanna Station on the grounds of the NGIC and the Valley Career and Technical Center Tuesday.

• SPORT SHORTS

  The seventh annual Brennan Stands Alone Foundation Golf Outing is set for Aug. 6 at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Colts Neck. The outing begins with a continental breakfast and registration at 7:30 a.m., followed at 9 a.m. by 18 holes of golf. Lunch follows the golf. read more

• Aurora's Michelle Howard becomes first female four-star admiral

  Michelle Janine Howard grew up in Aurora dreaming of being a military officer, and on Tuesday she became the first woman to become a four-star admiral.

• China general's ousting tightens Xi's grip on military: experts

  Beijing (AFP) July 01, 2014 The Chinese Communist Party's dramatic expulsion of a former top general - the most senior figure to fall in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign - is an assertion of political control over the powerful and wealthy military, analysts say. Xu Caihou, former vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission and until two years ago a member of the ruling ...

• Army general from St. Paul tapped to lead U.S. Special Operations forces

  Not many military officers become a general in a church.

• Rick Mercer, Chris Hadfield, David Cronenberg among 2014 Order of Canada recipients

  Rick Mercer said he was dumbstruck when he learned he was to receive one of our country’s top honours. The comedian is among the latest admissions and promotions in the Order of Canada, a list that includes renowned filmmaker David Cronenberg and retired astronaut Chris Hadfield.

• Order of Canada honours Mercer, Hadfield and other Montrealers

  Order of Canada is a list that includes renowned filmmaker David Cronenberg and retired astronaut Chris Hadfield.

• Mercer, Hadfield, Cronenberg honoured by Order of Canada

  Order of Canada is a list that includes renowned filmmaker David Cronenberg and retired astronaut Chris Hadfield.

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