


Five soldiers shot in attack at Georgia’s Fort Stewart
The installation was locked down shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday.

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Security forces airman dies in vehicle accident at RAF Lakenheath
The commander of the 48th Fighter Wing promised to support those affected by the airman's death, and the accident is now under investigation.

Senior military leaders being called to testify to Congress about George Floyd protest response
Lawmakers want explanations from top defense officials about how troops will be used and why active-duty forces are being deployed.

Guard troops in DC say they want to ‘give people the opportunity to express their First Amendment rights’
“The mission is to separate the good protesters and then the rioters and looters. You kind of have to draw the line between which is which," said one private first-class.

Presidents have leeway to use military for domestic purposes
President Donald Trump’s warning that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential power that gives wide latitude to the White House, legal experts said Monday.

Chief Wright: ‘I am George Floyd,’ promises review of Air Force justice system
"Believe me, my heart starts racing like most other Black men in America when I see those blue [police] lights behind me," Wright said.

Trump plans to use active-duty military forces to deal with growing protests
The president said the extra forces are needed to deal with increasingly violent actors in major cities.

Nazi headstones will be removed from US veterans cemeteries, VA leaders say
The headstones are engraved with a swastika, an iron cross and inscription in German that reads “He died far from his home for the Führer, people and fatherland.”

Esper encourages governors to ‘dominate the battlespace’ to put down nationwide protests
President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are encouraging governors to send in more Guard troops.

Senator: Deploy active-duty military to deal with violent protesters
Army veteran Tom Cotton said that military force is the answer to the growing unrest among demonstrators.

Louisville chief: Police and National Guard enforcing curfew fatally shot a man after someone in a group fired at them
Protests in Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly as police and National Guard fired on a man the city's police chief said.
