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Veteran says he has received a lot of support as a student and veteran.

A U.S. defense official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighboring Iran.

Troy Rimmer returned to his house Saturday morning to find friends and family from all over there to celebrate his 100th birthday.

Ukrainian officials said their forces were battling Russians on a multiple fronts, and had lost control of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says Russia could invade Ukraine “any day," launching a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost."

To make his milestone birthday bright, the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, is asking the community to send Mr. Cook birthday cards and letters.

So far, the Marine Corps has received 3,350 requests for religious exemptions to the mandatory vaccine as of Thursday, and denied 3,212. No information about the two specific approvals was provided, due to privacy reasons.

The aircraft will make its return to Blytheville the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 11.

The Marine Corps discharged 66 Marines in the past week for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine as mandated by the military, outpacing the other services at discipline related to the shots.

Ozarks family welcomes home Marine for the holidays

We thought it would be fitting to honor our Region 8 veterans by allowing them to tell their stories.

“The enemy is in charge in Kabul,” he noted, referring to the Taliban having taken control of the capital on Aug. 15. “There’s no way else to describe that,” he said, adding that it’s possible the U.S. military’s biggest failure was to make the Afghan military overly dependent on an American presence and technology.

Learning about 9/11 together. High School students weren’t born yet, and some teachers barely remember. Harrisburg High School shared how they’re learning about the historical event that changed America.

A mural honoring veterans is being painted in Harrisburg. Paige Harris started the mural Sept. 2 and is hoping to get it completed by 9/11.

Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, one of 13 soldiers killed in Kabul, was awarded a Purple Heart. His family says they’re honored, but his life was worth so much more.

The MH-60S crashed on Aug. 31 about 70 miles off San Diego during what the Navy described as routine flight operations. It was operating from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

An event will be held Friday in Crittenden County to remember one of the 13 American service members killed in Afghanistan.

The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan has left veterans in the Mid-South with a feeling of uncertainty.

"Little did we know that he ultimately would make that sacrifice", Hoover's uncle said.

The Missouri National Guard was mobilized on Tuesday, August 31 to help with post-Hurricane Ida recovery efforts in Louisiana.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said it was not too late for any remaining Americans to get to the Kabul airport for evacuation flights.

Over 20 Arkansas Air National Guardsmen are heading out to multiple locations to help with Afghan refugees.

Clearwater Store and Cafe reserved 13 beers on the table along with a candle, a picture of the troops that were killed and a folded American Flag.

Hundreds of Afghans have protested outside a bank in Kabul as others form long lines at cash machines.

Around the world, newly arriving Afghan evacuees, many clutching babies and bare handfuls of belongings in plastic bags, stepped off evacuation flights in the United States, in Albania, in Belgium and beyond.

Speaking with emotion from the White House, Biden said the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate was to blame for the Thursday attacks that killed the Americans and many more Afghan civilians.

As news of the attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, came Thursday, the heart of American soldier’s families who died in the war broke.

The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan is having a profound impact on veterans across the country including right here in the Heartland.

After an advance group of Marines arrived on Friday, more flowed into the Kabul international airport on Saturday, said Navy Capt. William Urban, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command.

Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center says it's taking some additional precautionary measures regarding visitors in response to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant.