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STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Armed Forces Day 2013
May 18 is Armed Forces Day. What is it and how did it originate? President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members fo...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:21 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND Army ROTC secures elite Top 10 finish prestigious military event
The team of Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from the University of North Dakota finished sixth overall at this years prestigious Sandhurst Military Skills Competition (SANCOM) held recent...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:54 AM
EH? PLUS Honor Flight Northland fundraiser Saturday
The All American Club is providing the spaghetti and the Blue Water Big Band is providing the music for a fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. The event, which is to raise money for Honor Flight Northla...
Posted on 5/3/13 at 1:54 PM
THE NEW FORTY Freedom is not free.
USA Today's website has a powerful story and video aboutUSMC Cpl. Ronny "Tony" Porta that I think should be mandatory reading and viewing for every American who wants to maintain citizenship in this c...
Posted on 4/29/13 at 8:58 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Dayton backs clean energy
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Gov. Mark Dayton said Minnesota should move toward cleaner energy and set a goal to eliminate power use from coal-fired plants, he told hundreds gathered at the Capito...
Posted on 4/22/13 at 5:56 PM
Klobuchar, Walz tout bill to restore vets benefits 
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 restore their benefits.
By Associated Press , April 01, 2013
Tim Lamb, Grand Forks, letter: Air Force’s loss can be Grand Forks’ gain
Our community should embrace Col. Timothy Bush in his retirement, if he and his family can find a place in their hearts to embrace us. He’s honest and genuine and has a vision for the future of the UAS mission.
By Tim Lamb , March 27, 2013
OUR OPINION: Air Force should loosen its waistline rules
The Air Force should pay attention to what its senior airmen and civilian critics are saying and lose the waistline standard.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , March 27, 2013
North Korea cuts last military hotline with South
Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea said it cut the last military hotline with Seoul because there was no need for communications between the countries in a situation "where a war may break out at any moment."
By Hyung-Jin Kim , March 27, 2013
North Korea puts artillery forces at top combat posture
North Korea's military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States.
By Hyung-Jin Kim , March 26, 2013
Family searching for ailing, retired police dog lost in Grand Forks
Nick, a German shepherd that served 7 years in the military, including two tours overseas, has been missing from his home in the 1500 block of Fifth Avenue North area of Grand Forks since late Monday afternoon.
By Herald Staff Report , March 26, 2013
Fargo-based guard unit deploys to Afghanistan
Nearly 30 members of the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Security Forces Squadron have left for a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. The airmen will work in three squads to perform security missions.
By Associated Press , March 25, 2013
ND National Guard soldiers to return home Friday
Nearly 100 North Dakota National Guard soldiers who served a year in Afghanistan and lost two of their comrades are returning home.
By Associated Press , March 21, 2013
Fitness forces out GFAFB leader, USAF says commander’s waist too big
Col. Tim Bush was relieved of his command of the 319th Air Base Wing at the Grand Forks Air Force Base on Wednesday for failure to meet physical fitness standards, the Air Force announced today.
By Christopher Bjorke , March 20, 2013
Mortar explosion in Nevada kills 7 North Carolina unit Marines
A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during a training exercise in Nevada's high desert.
By Scott Sonner and Ted Bridis , March 19, 2013
Vet who saved many in Iraq couldn’t escape demons
He had a knack for soothing soldiers who’d just seen their buddies killed by bombs. He knew how to comfort medics sickened by the smell of blood and troops haunted by the screams of horribly burned Iraqi children.
By Sharon Cohen , March 17, 2013
ND soldier wounded in Afghanistan recovering
A North Dakota soldier who was wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan that killed two of his comrades is back home in Bismarck recovering and doing administrative work for the National Guard.
By Associated Press , March 15, 2013
Furlough would hit 522 at Minot AFB
That brings number of Defense Department workers affected by sequester in North Dakota and Minnesota above 2,600.
By Christopher Bjorke , March 14, 2013
ND Guard's Happy Hooligans get new commander
The North Dakota Air National Guard has named Col. Kent Olson as the next commander of the Fargo-based 119th Wing.
By Forum News Service , March 14, 2013
ND Guard soldiers back in US from Afghanistan
Nearly 100 North Dakota National Guard soldiers have returned to the U.S. after about a year in Afghanistan during which they lost two members of their company to a roadside bomb.
By Associated Press , March 13, 2013
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