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All-Black Army Battalion Members Get Their Due 75 Years After Wartime Mission Over Northwest

By Tom Banse September 6, 2019

Paratroopers at Pendleton Army Airfield getting briefed before taking off to drop on a wildfire in the summer of 1945. NATIONAL ARCHIVES / VIA EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Triple Nickles thought they were destined for Japan when they stopped at Pendleton Army Airfield in the spring of 1945. But no, they were about to be converted into smokejumpers for Operation Firefly. Professional smokejumping started in 1939 in Washington's Methow Valley.Read More

President Trump Appoints Gen. Mark Milley Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff

By NPR News December 8, 2018

Gen. Mark Milley, currently the Army Chief of Staff, will succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford. Read More

Army Awards Medal For Heroism To 3 JROTC Cadets Killed In Florida Shooting

By NPR News February 21, 2018

Freshman cadets Peter Wang, Martin Duque and Alaina Petty were given the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps' highest medal for heroism. Wang, 15, was also posthumously admitted to West Point.Read More

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