National Guard pilots honored for Valor in Raleigh
Two North Carolina National Guard helicopter pilots Capt. Stephen Scott and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Eric Carver received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor at a Raleigh ceremony. They served as co pilots and gunners on an AH 64 Apache during a 2018 engagement in Afghanistan where they identified and engaged enemy forces to protect ground troops.
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Raleigh
Stephen Scott
Eric Carver
130Th Aviation Regiment
National Guard
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Afghanistan
Benny Collins
Todd Hunt
North Carolina
Scott
Carver
Army
7Th Special Forces Group
Uruzgan
Brandon P. Fain
Bill seeks to remove Lee name from Arlington House memorial
Northern Virginia Congressman Don Beyer moves legislation to strip Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the official designation of Arlington House The Robert E. Lee Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery The move follows advocacy by descendants of enslaved people and donor David Rubenstein who funded restoration the site is currently closed for renovations.
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Falls Church
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Arlington National Cemetery
National Park Service
Arlington House
Congress
Lee
Don Beyer
David Rubenstein
Beyer
Arlington
Cliff Owen
Associated Press
Marines bid farewell as Abrams tanks leave Camp Lejeune
Marines from 2d Tank Battalion, 2d MARDIV saluted and watched the last M1A1 Abrams tanks depart Camp Lejeune on July 31 as the unit winds down after 79 years. Gen. David H. Berger framed the move under Marine Corps Force Design 2030 to shift to lighter, expeditionary warfare. Veterans and active Marines voiced mixed emotions about the legacy and future of tank warfare within the service.
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Camp Lejeune
U.S
2D Mardiv
Reginald Davenport
2D Marine Division
Mardiv
Marine Corps Force
Marine Corps
David H. Berger
Jason Pittsley
Davenport
Iron Horse Battalion
2D Tank Battalion
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Lance Cpl
Jose Gonzalez
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Southern Command
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Cherry Point
Olivia Raftshol
Marine Aircraft Group 41
4Th Marine Aircraft Wing
Soto Cano Air Base
Bill
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